Saif is available for hire

Saif Bin Alam

Verified Expert in Engineering

WordPress Developer

Location

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Toptal Member Since

July 3, 2018

Saif has been working as a web developer since 2011 and is passionate about his work using WordPress and PHP. He is a WordPress.org certified theme author, plugin developer, and theme reviewer. Saif has also had the opportunity to teach web design and development to graduate and post-graduate students for more than four years.

Front-end User Interface (UI)Websites Web Development WordPress Themes WordPress eCommerce WordPress Optimization Full-stack WordPress Design PSD to WordPress WordPress Plugins PSD to Bootstrap HTML to WordPress User Experience (UX)GoDaddy

Portfolio

WordPress.ORG

WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, WordPress Plugins...

Staff Asia Ltd.

WordPress, PHP, Leadership, Team Leadership, Requirements Analysis...

4 Rivers Equipment LLC

WordPress, WooCommerce, CSS, MySQL, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)...

Experience

eCommerce - 10 years WordPress Themes - 10 years WooCommerce - 10 years PSD to WordPress - 8 years WordPress Plugins - 8 years Responsive Design - 7 years WordPress API - 6 years HubSpot - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, GitHub, Subversion (SVN), Sublime Text, Brackets

The most amazing...

...site I've coded is a WordPress site that uses WooCommerce with a lot of custom PHP and JavaScript to function properly.

Work Experience

WordPress Theme Developer, Plugin Developer, and Theme Reviewer

2013 - PRESENT

WordPress.ORG

Developed WordPress Theme.
Developed WordPress Plugin.
Reviewed WordPress Plugin.
Helped others to develop WordPress plugin (by co-authoring).
Achieved theme developer and plugin developer certification.
Helped others to develop WordPress themes (by helping while reviewing their themes).
Participated in the improvement of WordPress core themes (Twenty Sixteen and Twenty Seventeen).
Helped existing plugins to improve.
Helped people through WordPress ORG forums.
Provided customer support for my theme and plugins.

Technologies: WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, WordPress Plugins, PHP, Web Development, CSS, HTML, WordPress Theme Design, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UI, Web UX, HTML UI, Full-stack, Front-end, User Interface (UI), Pixel Perfect, Websites, Plugins, Responsive, Mobile Design

Head of Technology

2021 - 2023

Staff Asia Ltd.

Recruited and trained an entire technology department (front-end developers, back-end developers, UI/UX designers, mobile app developers, and QA engineers).
Worked closely with management to ensure proper requirement analysis and smooth communication between tech and business.
Developed industry-first solutions and systems, including automation of WordPress admin tasks.
Planned and built microservices based on project requirements to ensure the best performance while keeping server costs low.
Managed server and hosting platform and negotiated with the provider.
Developed SOPs for a newly built tech team to ensure consistency and performance.
Trained non-tech customer support agents and call center personnel to provide the best care to clients related to tech issues.
Ensured inter-department communication and collaboration by maintaining proper communication channels.
Planned, led, and managed projects using Agile methodology.

Technologies: WordPress, PHP, Leadership, Team Leadership, Requirements Analysis, Technical Analysis, Management, JavaScript, WPLMS, WooCommerce, REST APIs, WordPress API, Laravel, RESTful Microservices, Database Design, System Architecture, eCommerce, WP eCommerce, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, Figma, WordPress Plugins, Client Portals, Web Development, User Management, CSS, HTML, Performance, Performance Optimization, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce API, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, Plugin Development, WordPress Optimization, Headless Commerce, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UI, Payment Gateways, HTML UI, Stripe, CAPTCHA, Stripe API, Full-stack, MemberPress, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), APIs, MongoDB, Payment APIs, Event Ticketing, Single Sign-on (SSO), MySQL, Google Analytics, Membership Sites, SQL, Front-end, Adobe, Marketing, User Interface (UI), Google SEO, Pixel Perfect, Websites, Seos, API Integration, Plugins, Responsive, Subscriptions, Mobile Design, Web Project Management, WP Engine, Project Management, REST, Online Payments

WordPress and WooCommerce Developer

2021 - 2023

4 Rivers Equipment LLC

Led the team to develop a properly structured internal ERP for centralized control over multiple vendors and sources.
Coded and managed the back-end in WordPress and built APIs for a headless front-end website.
Led the feature and system development process in the entire project.
Took over the old code and improved the performance until the site rebuilding was completed.
Made sense of complex data and system structure for developers and the business.

Technologies: WordPress, WooCommerce, CSS, MySQL, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, Figma, WordPress Plugins, PHP, Client Portals, Web Development, User Management, HTML, Performance, Performance Optimization, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce API, WordPress API, eCommerce, Plugin Development, WordPress Optimization, Headless Commerce, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Payment Gateways, HTML UI, Stripe, CAPTCHA, Stripe API, Full-stack, APIs, Payment APIs, Google Analytics, Membership Sites, SQL, Front-end, Adobe, Marketing, User Interface (UI), Google SEO, Pixel Perfect, Websites, Seos, API Integration, Plugins, Responsive, Mobile Design, Web Project Management, WP Engine, Project Management, REST, XML, Online Payments

Senior WordPress Developer

2017 - 2018

UserX

Edited WordPress sites that are created by others.
Fixed WordPress issues that are caused by others.
Created a few rare WordPress functions.
Transferred large and faulty sites across hosting providers, which seemed impossible by others.
Improving page load time drastically, for numerous times.

Technologies: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, WordPress, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, Figma, GoDaddy, WordPress Plugins, Client Portals, Web Development, User Management, CSS, HTML, WooCommerce, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce API, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, WordPress API, eCommerce, Plugin Development, WordPress Optimization, Headless Commerce, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Design, Web UI, Web UX, Payment Gateways, HTML UI, Stripe, CAPTCHA, Stripe API, Full-stack, APIs, Payment APIs, Single Sign-on (SSO), MySQL, Google Analytics, Membership Sites, HubSpot, HubSpot CRM, SQL, HubSpot COS, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Front-end, Adobe, User Interface (UI), Google SEO, Pixel Perfect, Websites, Seos, API Integration, Plugins, Responsive, Subscriptions, Mobile Design, Web Project Management, Project Management, REST, Online Payments

Senior WordPress Consultant

2016 - 2018

Total Online Solutions BD Ltd.

Created a detailed workflow for the entire development team.
Managed the complete process of recruiting and training new developers.
Improved the performance of existing project sites that were extremely slow and underperforming.
Created the guidelines for new and existing developers.
Resolved WordPress issues when needed and trained support engineers to troubleshoot efficiently.
Performed a performance check for their developers once every three months and decided whether their skills had improved or not. This helps them determine which developers to promote and which to let go of.

Technologies: PHP, WordPress, WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Asana, Best Practices, Bootstrap, Bootstrap to WordPress, HTML to WordPress, PSD to HTML, PSD to WordPress, Teamwork, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, GoDaddy, WordPress Plugins, Client Portals, Web Development, Wix, User Management, CSS, HTML, Performance, Performance Optimization, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce API, WordPress API, eCommerce, Plugin Development, WordPress Optimization, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Design, Web UI, Web UX, Payment Gateways, HTML UI, Stripe, CAPTCHA, Stripe API, Full-stack, APIs, Payment APIs, MySQL, Google Analytics, SEO Tools, SQL, Front-end, Figma, Adobe, Marketing, User Interface (UI), Google SEO, Pixel Perfect, Websites, Seos, API Integration, Plugins, Responsive, Subscriptions, Mobile Design, Web Project Management, Project Management

WordPress Theme Developer

2015 - 2018

Theme Forest

Developed one page WordPress site.
Developed multiple-page WordPress sites.
Converted approved PSD to complete WordPress theme.
Customized themes developed by others.
Developed HTML theme.

Technologies: HTML5, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, PHP, WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, Figma, GoDaddy, Web Development, CSS, HTML, WordPress Theme Design, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UI, Web UX, HTML UI, CAPTCHA, Full-stack, MySQL, Front-end, User Interface (UI), Pixel Perfect, Websites, Responsive, Mobile Design

Trainer

2014 - 2018

RRF Institute

Taught a variety of courses for a variety of skill levels on various topics including basic web design, advanced front-end design, WordPress theme development, WordPress plugin development, basic PHP, and advanced PHP and MySQL.

Technologies: jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, WordPress, PHP, Elementor, WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, WordPress Plugins, Web Development, WooCommerce, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce API, WordPress API, eCommerce, Plugin Development, WordPress Optimization, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UI, Web UX, HTML UI, Stripe, CAPTCHA, Full-stack, APIs, Payment APIs, MySQL, SQL, Front-end, User Interface (UI), Google SEO, Pixel Perfect, Websites, Seos, API Integration, Plugins, Responsive, Subscriptions, Mobile Design

Senior WordPress Developer (Freelance)

2012 - 2018

iWebCourage

Developed a complete membership system with raw PHP and integrated it with WordPress.
Built a custom shopping area and integrated it with WooCommerce.
Created a large one-page website with WordPress with a complete custom settings page for handling the full site (not a customizer, since the client doesn't want it).
Designed a quick-start pack for junior developers as a starting point for all their projects.
Worked with Instagram API and other APIs.
Integrated unknown payment gateways from different countries.
Created a site which required two language-based versions of everything, without any plugin or third-party language tools like WPML.
Developed hundreds of responsive websites, including sites where the view of the website remains exactly the same on all devices (no breakdowns or issues with readiness).
Created a variety of cross-platform and responsive email templates.
Converted some raw PHP sites to WordPress.
Transitioned many static sites to dynamic.
Added different WordPress features in many sites (e.g. ShortCodes, Custom Widgets, Custom Settings Page, etc.).

Technologies: Instagram API, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress, Elementor, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress Themes, WordPress Design, Landing Pages, GoDaddy, WordPress Plugins, PHP, Web Development, CSS, HTML, Performance, Performance Optimization, WooCommerce, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce API, WordPress API, eCommerce, Plugin Development, WordPress Optimization, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UX, Payment Gateways, HTML UI, Stripe, CAPTCHA, Full-stack, APIs, Payment APIs, MySQL, Google Analytics, Membership Sites, SEO Tools, SQL, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Front-end, Adobe, User Interface (UI), Google SEO, Pixel Perfect, Websites, Seos, API Integration, Plugins, Responsive, Subscriptions, Mobile Design, Web Project Management, WP Engine, Project Management, Online Payments

Project Consultant

2012 - 2013

Jems IT

Managed a number of their existing WordPress sites.
Created a number of new WordPress sites.
Improved page load time of their existing sites.
Improved on-page SEO of their projects.
Created a roadmap for existing project managers.

Technologies: HTML5, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, PHP, WordPress, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Landing Pages, Web Development, Wix, CSS, HTML, User Experience (UX), Web Design, Web UX, HTML UI, SEO Tools, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Front-end, Websites, Responsive, Mobile Design, Web Project Management

Experience

LMS Website for HistoryCourses

A complete WordPress-based LMS where learners can purchase memberships and view content based on their membership tiers. Unregistered users can see demo content, and registered free members can see specific lessons per the admin's decision.

Headless eCommerce Site for 4Rivers Equipment

https://4riversequipment.com

This headless website uses Next.js on the front end developed by another developer and WordPress on the back end I built. I was in charge of the entire project and made all the necessary development decisions that led to an industry-first website for the client.

Business Dashboard for Training Express

https://www.trainingexpress.org.uk/teams-training/

Training Express provides online training on various topics. While they do have a good number of individual customers, their main focus is business customers. Their site was built with a WPLMS theme, and they did not have the necessary tools to accommodate the needs of business clients. Therefore, I was tasked with developing a business dashboard for their clients. I developed it within a very short amount of time, and they have been able to focus their entire business toward B2B sales due to the implementation of the dashboard. This dashboard also has API integration methods through which anyone can sell courses from Training Express using their own websites.

While it would require one to purchase a business package to access the business dashboard, a sneak peek is given in the video on the right side of the hero section on the linked page.

Apex Learning Website

https://apexlearning.org.uk

This is a headless WordPress site where online courses are sold individually as well as on a subscription basis. The back end was already built in WordPress but was very slow and underperforming. Even old APIs were very slow. Then I was brought into the project, and I developed the back-end APIs for seamless and swift integration with the front end while also improving the quality of the back end.

Colorbox WordPress Theme

https://wordpress.org/themes/colorbox/

I created the theme in the early days of my WordPress career as a practice but never submitted or uploaded it anywhere. However, when I applied to become a theme reviewer, I thought about submitting at least one theme to become a theme author myself so that I could experience the review process as an author as well.

So, I tweaked the theme a bit and uploaded it. It got approved, and it allowed me to learn a great deal about WordPress coding standards.

This theme was also an experiment with CSS pseudo-classes, through which the posts and widgets get automatic colors depending on their position (hence the name "Colorbox" came to my mind).

Though it does not have many options, it will always remain a good starting point for my WordPress career.

Skills

Languages

HTML4, HTML5, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, CSS3, XML

Frameworks

Divi, Bootstrap, Laravel

Libraries/APIs

Mailchimp API, WooCommerce API, REST APIs, Google Analytics API, jQuery, Stripe, WordPress API, Stripe API, WordPress REST API, Node.js, BuddyPress, Instagram API

Tools

Asana, WPML, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Mailchimp, Gulp, LearnDash, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, Brackets, Sublime Text, PageSpeed, Figma, Adobe, Seos, LearnPress, Git, 2Checkout, Zeplin, Wix, HubSpot COS, Subversion (SVN), GitHub, WP eCommerce

Paradigms

Database Design, Web Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Responsive Layout, Responsive, Best Practices, Non-CMS Web Development, Responsive Coding, UI Design Standards & Best Practices, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Mobile Design, REST, Management

Platforms

WordPress, WooCommerce, HubSpot, WordPress Theme Design, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenCart, Windows

Storage

Databases, MySQLdb, MySQL/MariaDB, WP Engine, MySQL, MongoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

Industry Expertise

Web Design, Project Management, Marketing

Other

WP Rocket, WPMU DEV, Third-party APIs, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), PSD to Mailchimp, Elementor, Visual Composer, Localization, Yoast SEO, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro), Ultimate Membership Pro, PDF to HTML, AI to WordPress, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Amplitude, eCommerce, Mobile eCommerce, eCommerce Design, Web Project Management, Responsive Design, Communication, Wamp, Web Development, WordPress Themes, PSD to HTML, PSD to PHP, PSD to WordPress, Web Standards, Web App Development, Gravity Forms, WordPress Plugins, Web 2.0, Beaver Builder, WordPress Design, PSD to Bootstrap, HTML to WordPress, Sketch to WordPress, Bootstrap to WordPress, Web Pages, Landing Pages, Home Pages, User Experience (UX), GoDaddy, Client Portals, User Management, Performance, Performance Optimization, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, Plugin Development, WordPress eCommerce, WordPress Optimization, Headless Commerce, HTML UI, CAPTCHA, Full-stack, Content Marketing Platforms, APIs, Single Sign-on (SSO), Membership Sites, Front-end, User Interface (UI), Pixel Perfect, Websites, API Integration, Plugins, Subscriptions, Online Payments, Google SEO, SEO Tools, Local SEO, Web UI, Web UX, Email Templates, VPS/VDS, Jupiter, BrainTree, Design, Payment Gateways, Payment APIs, Event Ticketing, HubSpot CRM, HubSpot Marketing Hub, PayPal, Teamwork, Leadership, Team Leadership, Technical Analysis, WPLMS, RESTful Microservices, System Architecture

Education

2015 - 2015

Course in Basic PHP

BITM - Dhaka

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