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I am a US-based Senior PHP & WordPress Developer with 14+ years of experience building, optimizing, and troubleshooting high-performance web applications, SaaS platforms, and e-commerce systems. Since 2011, I’ve helped startups, agencies, and established businesses launch, maintain, and scale their websites—with hundreds of successful projects completed across PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, WordPress, WooCommerce, and custom backend systems. I specialize in solving difficult technical problems and improving the stability and performance of existing platforms, including: ✔ Backend Development (PHP / Laravel / CodeIgniter / Drupal) 🔹 API development & integrations 🔹 Authentication, OTP, admin panels 🔹 Cron jobs, queues, logic debugging 🔹 Building secure, scalable backend systems 🔹 Custom PHP development & legacy code modernization 🔹 Payment gateway and third-party API work ✔ WordPress & WooCommerce Expertise 🔹 Custom plugins & theme development 🔹 WooCommerce customization & API integrations 🔹 Database optimization, speed tuning, caching 🔹 Troubleshooting complex site issues 🔹 Migrations, fixes, redesigns, and enhancements ✔ Full-Stack Web Development 🔹 PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, JSON, JQuery, ReactJS, VueJS 🔹 Bootstrap, Tailwind, HTML5/CSS 🔹 SaaS development 🔹 Dashboard and UI/UX improvements ✔ Server & Infrastructure Troubleshooting 🔹 VPS / cPanel / Cloudflare / AWS Lightsail / Azure 🔹 Fixing crashes, downtime, SSL, DNS, redirects 🔹 Email deliverability, PHP mailer fixes, MySQL errors ✔ Database & Performance Optimization 🔹 MySQL indexing, query optimization 🔹 High-traffic site improvements 🔹 Fixing slow sites, 500 errors, memory issues ✔ Payment Gateways Integration 🔹 Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Square, Authorize.net, Klarna ✔ Integrations, APIs & Data Feeds 🔹 REST API development & third-party API integrations 🔹 IDX / MLS real estate data feed integration & customization 🔹 Twilio (SMS, Voice, OTP), Sinch 🔹 Mailgun (Transactional Email) 🔹 Webhooks, automation workflows, custom API endpoints ✔ DevOps & Version Control 🔹 Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, JIRA 🔹 Docker for containerized development

☑️ 𝟮𝟮+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. ✅ 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟬.𝟭% 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆! 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 or 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲. I’ll be happy to schedule a call to chat about your needs, outline a solution and give you a timeline and price to make it happen. ❝ 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁—𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, "𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜" 𝗜 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗼-𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. ❞ 🗣 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳 - 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗣𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 Highlights my clients appreciate about working together: ☑️ 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆 - I only quote exactly what’s needed and I track every hour using Upwork’s screen capture time tracker on every project ☑️ 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 – I work 7 days a week, responding to messages within 30 minutes to 1 hour during work hours ☑️ 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 - API Integration & Automation Obsession – Real Estate - Payment Processing - SaaS ☑️ 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – You’ll always know what’s happening with your project. You’ll have Loom videos explaining how everything works. ☑️ 𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - All my experience and solutions are based on American standards, best practices and expectations Hi, I’m Rick aka Patrick! For more than 22 years my expertise has focused on making third-party applications work flawlessly with WordPress through the use of custom built plugins and API integrations. I’m the creator of the “WordPress Plugin Dragon Framework” and follow Robert C. Martin’s Clean Code principles (SOLID, DRY, YAGNI) to ensure exceptional quality. 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 ✔ Custom WordPress API Integrations - API Development & API Automation - ✔ Real Estate IDX Plugin & MLS API Solutions - Housecall Pro ✔ Custom WordPress Plugin Development & WordPress Web Development ✔ Business Automation Solutions - Zapier - Zapier Workflows - Google Sheets ✔ WooCommerce API - E-commerce Solutions - SaaS Solutions - Data Synchronization - Stripe - PayPal 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 ✔ Senior Developer - Laravel - PHP - React - XML - JSON ✔ API Expert - RESTful API - Google API - MLS API - RESTful API - RESTful Architecture - SOAP API - Google API - Laravel API - RESO API ✔ Business Automation Solutions - Zapier - Google Sheets Thanks for learning about me! If you’re looking to get your WordPress plugin integration project done right the first time, 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 or 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲. I’ll invite you to book a complimentary consultation call together. Talk soon! Rick aka Patrick Mac Gillis ❝ 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙠'𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤! ❞ 🗣 𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙠𝙞 - 𝙊𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙧 - 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙚

Top-Rated and Expert-Vetted developer with 100% job success on UpWork. Over 15 years of experience building production SaaS solutions and REST APIs. Proven track-record of successfully delivering complex applications from initial concept to first paying user. Expert with TypeScript, JavaScript and PHP. Significant experience with Express.js, Vue.js, Laravel, MySQL and Kubernetes. +15 yrs JavaScript/TypeScript - Vue.js +15 yrs PHP - Laravel +15 yrs MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB +8 yrs Node.js - Express.js +9 yrs AWS - EKS, RDS, Lambda, R53, S3 +6 yrs Kubernetes +6 yrs DevOps/DBA/GIT/Linux Admin - Team player - Participated in multiple projects, joining large teams, effectively co-working with other professionals. - Clear communication - English as first language, able to give clear explanations of technical subjects. Available on Slack or Zoom 24/7. - Effective leader - Managed remote design/development resources to achieve goals meeting deadlines. Team planning with JIRA.

Microsoft Certified with 15+ years of full-time, professional experience as a software engineer in various fields such as Engineering, Higher Education, Human Resources, Accounting, and Manufacturing. Cloud (AWS): - Hosting and Storage | S3 - Global Content Delivery | CloudFront - Serverless Cloud Functions | Lambda - API Gateway | Deploy, manage, and secure APIs - Email | SES | Transactional and marketing email delivery - Virtual Private Servers | EC2 | Lightsail - DNS | Domain Registration | SSL Management | Route 53 Web & Application Development: - C# | ASP.NET Core | VB.NET | WinForms | WPF | Console - Python | Django - PHP | WordPress - Node.js | Lambda - HTML5 | JavaScript | CSS Automation & Scripting: - OpenAI | ChatGPT | integrations and automations - Python | scripting and API workflows - Windows | PowerShell task automation - Google Workspace | Sheets, Forms, Gmail, Apps Script - iOS | Apple Script | Shortcuts | Terminal automation Database: - SQL Server - Oracle - MySQL - SQLite Consultations and Mentoring: - Single Session | Debugging | Optimization | Q&A - Long-Term | Engineering | Architecture | Development | Cloud Infrastructure Please consider allowing me to be part of your next project. I look forward to the opportunity of making you my next satisfied client.

Experienced AI and full-stack engineer with a successful history in software, business, and product development. Spent the last 14+ years architecting, building, and implementing software and technology for organizations ranging start-ups, top tier universities, and Fortune 500 companies. I have successfully designed and developed dozens of complex custom web applications and work management solutions for small and mid-size businesses across different industries. My portfolio includes over 500+ visually appealing and functional projects, all built in strict compliance with the best software design and development practices. I have completed 100+ OpenClaw integration and build applications around it I typically work with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and Llama, along with LangChain, LangGraph, Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma, Python, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Docker, APIs, and AWS. Keywords to find me: AI Engineer, LLM Engineer, Generative AI, AI Automation, AI Agent Development, AI Agents, AI Chatbot, Chatbot Development, RAG, Retrieval Augmented Generation, OpenAI API, Claude API, Gemini API, Llama, LangChain, LangGraph, Python Developer, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Backend Development, API Integration, REST API Development, Workflow Automation, Business Process Automation, NLP, Semantic Search, Vector Database, Pinecone, FAISS, ChromaDB, Document Processing, Knowledge Base Chatbot, PDF Chatbot, Embeddings, Data Processing, Recommendation System, Personalization System, ML Pipeline, AI SaaS Development, OpenClaw

I specialize in building and optimizing high-performance web applications with a strong focus on backend architecture and modern frontend development. My work is centered around delivering reliable, scalable solutions that handle real-world business needs. With solid experience across Java, PHP, Python, and JavaScript ecosystems, I develop robust APIs, microservices, and full-stack applications. On the frontend, I build fast and responsive interfaces using React and Next.js, ensuring smooth user experiences and maintainable codebases. ✅ What I can do for you: - Develop scalable backend systems (Java Spring, Laravel, Django, FastAPI) - Build modern web apps with React / Next.js - Design and integrate REST & GraphQL APIs - Optimize databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) - Implement real-time features (WebSockets) - Integrate third-party services (payments, AI, analytics) - Improve performance, scalability, and security 💼 If you need a reliable developer who can handle both backend complexity and frontend delivery let’s connect. 🔑 KEYWORDS: Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer, Java Developer, Spring Boot, PHP Developer, Laravel Developer, Python Developer, Django, FastAPI, Node.js, NestJS, React Developer, Next.js Developer, TypeScript, JavaScript, REST API, GraphQL, Microservices, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, API Integration, Performance Optimization, Scalable Systems, SaaS Development