Case studies

Explore product builds and WordPress engineering work across integrations, infrastructure, and application development.

Product case studies

A closer look at product development, API integration, and application engineering.

WordPress product

WPDevCopilot — WordPress guidance with the site in context

WordPress troubleshooting often starts with collecting the same information: which plugins are installed, how the site is configured, and what the environment looks like. WPDevCopilot brings that context into an assistant inside WordPress administration.

A native PHP plugin gathers structured site information and connects it to a TypeScript backend using Anthropic Claude. The assistant provides recommendations informed by that context, with conversation history available inside the WordPress workflow. The assistant recommends steps and code; site changes remain under the user's control.

The implementation extends beyond the chat interface. It includes React dashboards, a PostgreSQL data model, usage controls and a plugin release registry connected to WordPress's update checks.

Demonstrated Experience

•Connecting WordPress to an external service: collecting site information, making authenticated API requests and assembling useful context for responses.
•Managing a plugin beyond its first installation: maintaining version records and connecting release information to WordPress's familiar update process.

WPDevCopilot inside WordPress administration, with the Site Context panel open beside the assistant.

WPDevCopilot inside WordPress, with site information available alongside the assistant.

WPDevCopilot demonstration graphic showing a troubleshooting response and suggested follow-up questions.

Portfolio demonstration of the troubleshooting and follow-up workflow.

Audio product

SoundComet — automated audio mastering

SoundComet turned automated single-track audio mastering into an online product. Built using PHP, JavaScript and Python, it incorporated machine-learning-assisted audio analysis and reached approximately 100 early users.

The portfolio describes a workflow spanning user accounts, audio upload and storage, background processing, preview and delivery of the finished track.

It demonstrates experience building a complete product around a specialist processing system and taking that product to an early audience.

Demonstrated Experience

•Custom product development spanning a web interface and backend processing.
•Turning a specialist workflow into an online application.

SoundComet portfolio illustration showing audio upload, waveform analysis and result panels.

SoundComet portfolio illustration showing the upload, analysis and result workflow.

Prior Professional Experience

Additional context covering legacy modernization, inherited application completions, and integration engineering.

Taking ownership of a complex legacy WordPress platform

Situation

An inherited WordPress ecommerce platform combined legacy technology, custom functionality, third-party integrations, and operational dependencies.

Responsibility

Maintained the existing environment through legacy-code investigation, API compatibility work, production troubleshooting, and infrastructure changes.

Engineering Work

Modernized targeted parts of the stack and planned infrastructure changes around the compatibility needs of the existing ecommerce integrations.

What shipped & continued

Migrated the existing platform to newly provisioned infrastructure, modernized parts of the stack while maintaining ecommerce integration compatibility, and continued maintenance and improvement.

Completing and launching an inherited ecommerce build

Situation

A partially completed WordPress ecommerce project lacked core functionality and required business integrations.

Responsibility

Took ownership of the existing codebase, clarified incomplete requirements, and prepared the system for launch and ongoing work.

Engineering Work

Extended the WordPress/PHP application, connected ecommerce and operational systems, and resolved gaps against the business requirements.

What shipped & continued

Completed missing functionality and business integrations, brought the project through launch, and continued development.

Connecting WordPress to the systems around it

Situation

WordPress projects depended on payment providers, operational systems, external APIs, and hosting outside the application.

Responsibility

Diagnosed behavior across application, server, and third-party boundaries while maintaining operational workflows.

Engineering Work

Worked across REST/XML APIs, custom PHP logic, payment gateways, vendor services, Cloudflare, MySQL, and Linux environments.

What shipped & continued

Built and maintained custom WordPress/PHP integrations with external APIs, payment services, and operational systems; investigated application, third-party, and hosting issues.

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