Sandhrasen Subbaramoney
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Toptal member since October 20, 2021
Sandhrasen is a WordPress developer with over seven years of experience. He has proficiency in a wide array of technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and WordPress. He is well-versed in front-end development, responsive web design, and has extensive experience with WordPress custom themes and popular tools such as UIKit, Bootstrap, Elementor, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, Advanced Custom Fields, Kinsta Server Management, as well as basic SEO optimizations and CRM integrations.
Portfolio
Experience
- CSS - 15 years
- HTML5 - 15 years
- WordPress - 7 years
- Responsive Web Design (RWD) - 7 years
- Elementor - 7 years
- PHP - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- Beaver Builder - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress, UIKit, Elementor, Front-end Development, PHP, Beaver Builder, Kinsta
The most amazing...
...theme I've developed is for the Coastal Plain League. I kept the UI simple and used subtle animation to direct attention to relevant information.
Work Experience
WordPress Theme Management
Infinity Pro Sports
- Managed all previously built websites to address issues related to underlying code, content, or functionality.
- Updated the theme code when deprecation issues or plugin conflicts occurred during WordPress or plugin updates.
- Rolled out theme updates when these issues were critical to all relevant websites.
- Updated completed sites with any new or required functionality related to theme updates.
- Completed research and testing for plugins that could provide functionality for any client.
WordPress Theme Developer
Infinity Pro Sports
- Built custom, mobile-responsive WordPress themes based on graphical wireframes and HTML template designs.
- Used page builders like SiteOrigin and Elementor and the Uikit front-end framework or manual CSS when required.
- Built custom post types, settings pages, customizer pages, widgets, shortcodes, and page templates as part of the theme or as plugins.
- Conducted browser compatibility tests and page speed tests for optimal loading times.
- Completed pre-launch bug fixes and enhancements provided by project managers during QA.
- Tracked bugs with WordPress debug logs, the Query Monitor plugin, and Transients.
- Conducted training sessions for team members on all newly built functionalities.
WordPress Content Management
Infinity Pro Sports
- Developed and exported content for new websites and websites migrated from legacy PHP-based CMSs to WordPress.
- Created XML-based exports for WordPress posts from a legacy PHP-based CMS.
- Developed new content, widgets, and shortcodes to display dynamic content as required by clients.
- Built custom post types required for capturing data for a specific type of content.
Front-end Web Developer
Infinity Pro Sports
- Developed website front ends on a legacy PHP-based CMS based on graphical wireframes.
- Conducted browser compatibility tests and page speed tests for optimal loading times.
- Completed pre-launch bug fixes and enhancements provided by project managers during QA.
- Assisted with the launch process and resolved any pre- and post-launch issues that may have resulted from coding.
Experience
Coastal Plain Baseball League
https://coastalplain.com/Rise Softball
https://risesoftball.comBellingham Bells
https://bellinghambells.com/International Cheer Union
https://cheerunion.ism5.dev/Long Island Ducks
https://liducks.com/Casino Intranet Project
Key Activities
• Created and migrated all page content and user data from an old PHP system to the new WordPress system via XML imports.
• Closed off the REST API from public access, turned off search engine requests, and provided server admin with the Nginx server rule to prevent direct access to WordPress media uploads.
• Created custom user roles for back-end access as required by the client.
• Closed off the default subscriber role from any back-end access.
• Tested the roles and all imported users for any bugs.
• Handed off the project for QA and security scans by the client's security company.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Flexbox, jQuery, WordPress REST API
Tools
Google Docs, Formstack, Atom, Microsoft Excel, Pinnacle Cart, WPBakery, Divi Builder 3, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), WPML, SendGrid, Figma
Languages
HTML5, CSS, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Curl Language
Frameworks
UIKit
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Platforms
WordPress, cPanel, WooCommerce
Storage
MySQL
Other
Content Management Systems (CMS), Front-end, Web Development, Back-end, Websites, SiteOrigin Page Builder, CSS Grid, Elementor, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Data Entry, WordPress Customization, Beaver Builder, Kinsta, Gravity Forms, Full-stack, Intranets, Formidable Forms, Forminator, User Interface (UI), Webhooks, CRM APIs, eCommerce
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