
Stanko Colic
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Prnjavor, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Toptal member since September 10, 2020
Stanko is a PHP and WordPress developer with years of hands-on experience in small, medium, and big-sized projects. Passion for his field has led to Stanko becoming highly skilled in WordPress plugin and theme development and core PHP and various frameworks, such as CodeIgniter, Laravel, CakePHP, and other OOP frameworks.
Portfolio
Experience
- PHP - 12 years
- HTML5 - 10 years
- CSS - 10 years
- WordPress Plugins - 8 years
- WordPress - 8 years
- WordPress API - 7 years
- WordPress Themes - 7 years
- PSD to WordPress - 7 years
Preferred Environment
Ubuntu, Debian, Unix, BSD, Linux, NetBeans, MacOS, Maps, Stripe
The most amazing...
...thing I've built is an entirely custom, private CMS system for multilanguage websites and a CMS system based on PHP and MySQL with the CodeIgniter framework.
Work Experience
Full-stack Developer
Freelance
- Developed WordPress plugins for real estate, restaurant reservation, custom forms (with Ajax drag-n-drop), multilevel membership, video gallery, SMTP (for private mail APIs), advanced user permissions, and various custom plugins that involve CPT.
- Implemented website optimizations such as speed (cache and file compression) and SEO to obtain better search engine position.
- Developed WordPress themes from PSD files and transformed them into fully responsive HTML/CSS3 and fully compatible WordPress themes.
- Redesigned and restyled old websites, transforming them into more aesthetically pleasing and cutting-edge designs.
- Migrated a static website to the WordPress platform, engaging with both, free and premium WordPress plugins along with custom plugin coding.
- Developed several WooCommerce WordPress sites for a range of industries.
- Created custom code via hooks for WooCommerce and implemented various WooCommerce extensions such as Stripe, shipment tracking, PDF invoices, and so on.
- Worked with numerous APIs including PayPal, Stripe, Sendgrid, Mailgun, Zoho, Facebook (ads), Google, eBay, and Amazon.
- Developed using the WordPress REST API on WordPress multi-sites.
Senior WordPress and PHP Developer
East Code
- Built a custom CMS system from scratch, based on PHP/CodeIgniter and MySQL database.
- Developed numerous websites based on WordPress and custom themes.
- Created restaurants and booking plugins for local companies and clients.
- Managed the entire system administration for five remote Linux servers (configuration and maintenance).
- Implemented advanced SEO for sites that had high volume traffic.
Junior WordPress and PHP Developer
East Code
- Built custom CMS systems from scratch, based on PHP/CodeIgniter and MySQL database.
- Developed numerous websites based on WordPress and custom themes.
- Created real estate plugins for local companies and clients.
- Managed the entire system administration for five remote Linux servers (configuration and maintenance).
- Improved SEO and speed/performance for many websites.
- Created the design and front ends of landing pages for long-term and new clients.
PHP Developer
Adamo Ads
- Built a type of internal task and time management/tracking software that is used by more than 50 employees.
- Developed new features such as assigning tasks to specific user, limiting the deadline, calculating total weekly time spent, providing daily/weekly/monthly reports, expanding profile page features, and more.
- Worked on entire software quality assurance of the project to ensure that the software is bug-free.
- Implemented archives for ex-employees to be available for administrators.
Experience
Custom WordPress Website
WordPress Site
https://skookum.com/WordPress Site
Sports Betting WordPress Site
http://sportshandle.comConstruction Company Website
https://www.gallifordtry.co.uk/Australis Barramundi: The Better Fish® | WordPress Website
https://www.thebetterfish.com/PicSil Sport | WordPress and WooCommerce
Beer Brewery | WordPress and WooCommerce
https://scheldebrouwerij.com/Tasks Accomplished:
• Developed a WordPress and WooCommerce site.
• Developed a custom front end according to delivered design assets and client requirements.
• Optimized the site for SEO.
Sleepiest App
https://www.sleepiest.com• Developed the front end and WordPress theme from scratch.
• Installed a plugin and set it up to fit the company requirements.
• Configured the blog and developed the blog slider (Ajax/jQuery).
• Created a custom blog design and layout.
• Implemented SEO for the site.
WooCommerce WordPress Site
https://www.irobot.cz/Ori Co
https://ori.co/• Full WordPress development, including front-end development with various animations
• Figma to WordPress theme conversion (responsive)
• Advanced Custom Fields development, social networks integration
• Advanced custom contact forms (JavaScript-based) development
• Converting HTML5 and CSS into WordPress theme, custom plugin development.
Home and Car Insurance WordPress Website
The client provided PSD files (design mockups).
Avada-based WordPress Site
https://www.identityiq.com/Set up WordPress instance on client hosting, installed Avada theme and necessary plugins. Filled up the content for the entire site and performed the basic SEO optimization.
Join Vitamin – WordPress Multisite
Converted Adobe design files to pixel-perfect and fully functional WordPress multilingual pages. Developed Advanced Custom Fields to implement assets for different pages.
Shopify Developer
https://heraldicjewelry.com/WordPress and Front-end Developer
https://www.anthill.co/Figma files were updated daily and included responsive design as well. The project was completed successfully within the planned timeframe.
WordPress Developer
https://www.anthill.co/The design was initially created in Figma and later converted into fully functional WordPress pages.
Senior WordPress and Front-end Developer
The project was completed successfully.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, jQuery, Google Maps, REST APIs, Stripe, BigCommerce API, WooCommerce API, Apple Maps API
Tools
Figma, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Adobe
Languages
PHP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS3, C#, PHP 7, Sass
Frameworks
CodeIgniter, Bootstrap 3+, Bootstrap
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Platforms
NetBeans, Linux, BSD, Unix, Debian, Ubuntu, WordPress, WooCommerce, MacOS, Shopify, Mapbox, BigCommerce
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Databases
Other
WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, Responsive Design, Pixel Perfect, User Experience (UX), Ajax, Maps, API Integration, Data Scraping, Web Scraping, API Design, APIs, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Invoicing, Payments, Cloud, Google SEO, PSD to HTML, Contact Form 7, Avada, WordPress Multisite, PSD to Shopify, Elementor, Landing Pages
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