9+ years · remote worldwide · available

Shakir Uz Zaman

WordPress Engineer. I build custom themes, plugins and Gutenberg blocks — clean OOP PHP, fast front-ends.

PHP 7/8 WP_Query · REST API WooCommerce Gutenberg · ACF
about

What I do

9+ years building for WordPress. I work across the stack — Core architecture and request lifecycle, actions/filters, WP_Query, template hierarchy, rewrite rules, cron and the REST API. I ship custom themes and plugins, Gutenberg and ACF blocks, WooCommerce, and I tune performance: caching, DB queries, assets, Core Web Vitals.

WordPress PHP 7/8 · OOP WP_Query Template hierarchy Rewrite rules · Cron REST API Gutenberg blocks ACF WooCommerce Multisite MySQL optimization Page-speed optimization Caching · OPcache Core Web Vitals HTML5 · CSS3 · SCSS JavaScript ES6+ jQuery Shopify · Liquid Cloudflare Git · PR workflow
work

Selected work

performance

Making WordPress fast

Speed is part of how I build, not an afterthought. I profile what's actually slow, then fix it at the right layer — from the database up to the browser. Goal every time: sub-1-second First Contentful Paint and green Core Web Vitals.

Server & cache
  • Full-page caching
  • Object & fragment caching
  • OPcache tuning
  • Cloudflare CDN
Database & PHP
  • Slow-query profiling
  • Indexing & query rewrites
  • Fix N+1 & heavy WP_Query
  • Reduce autoloaded options
Front-end
  • Critical CSS & defer JS
  • Lazy-load images
  • Asset minify & bundle
  • Core Web Vitals (LCP/CLS/INP)
experience

Where I've worked

Current · Remote · Denmark

WordPress & CMS Developer

Webkonsulenter (WK)

WordPress sites & plugins (Ewers Energi, internal WK plugin suite), WP cache & speed engagements at sub-1s FCP, plus Shopify theme work and a Laravel dashboard.

Apr 2023 — Dec 2025 · Remote · Singapore

Software Engineer

Triple-A

Sole developer on the Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce (800+ installs). WordPress demo sites and a pixel-perfect company site with HubSpot integration.

May 2019 — Mar 2023 · Remote · Canada

Software Engineer

Grype Digital

Delivered WordPress sites for North American clients — The Hill Times, Skate Ontario, TWUC. Custom themes & plugins, secure back-ends, performance.

2018 — 2021 · Dhaka

Web Application Developer

Neural Semiconductor · Sycorax Technology

Full-stack PHP/Laravel and MVC web apps — LMS UI, REST back-ends, React components, multiple projects shipped from scratch to client-ready.

Let's talk WordPress.

Full-time role, contract, or a specific build — send a note and I'll reply with specifics.

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