Richard

WordPress Developer & Designer

Freelance Web Designer • Freelance

Apr 2025 - Present • 1 yr 3 mos

Over the past several years, I've worked directly with business owners, agencies, and creators to build and repair WordPress websites that hold up under real traffic and real deadlines. My work covers the full range of what a WordPress site actually needs: custom builds from scratch, fixing sites that were rushed or broken by previous developers, speed optimization for pages that were losing visitors before they even loaded, and WooCommerce stores built to convert rather than just look finished. I've learned that most WordPress problems aren't really technical they're the result of unclear planning or work that got cut corners under time pressure. So I approach every project by understanding the actual goal first: what the site needs to do, who it needs to convince, and what "success" looks like for that specific business. Then I build or fix toward that outcome. Clients come back to me because I communicate clearly, deliver clean and maintainable code, and don't disappear once a project is marked complete. If something needs adjusting after launch, I handle it. I bring the same standard to every project: a site that works, loads fast, and still performs months after delivery.

WordPress Developer

Nova Blue Technologi

Jan 2025 - Present • 1 yr 6 mos

As a WordPress Developer at Nova Blue Technologi, I worked within a team delivering websites for clients across different industries, handling everything from custom theme development to site maintenance and troubleshooting. This role gave me hands-on experience working under real deadlines and client expectations, where a site couldn't just look good it had to load fast, function properly across devices, and hold up once real users started interacting with it. I regularly diagnosed and fixed issues in existing sites, optimized page speed, and built custom functionality using PHP and popular page builders like Elementor. Working inside an agency also taught me how to manage client communication clearly and set realistic expectations early, so there were no surprises by delivery day. That experience shaped how I still approach every project today: understand the actual goal first, then build toward it with clean, maintainable work. By the time I moved to freelancing, I had a solid foundation in both the technical and client-facing sides of WordPress development which is exactly what I bring to every project now.