Are you looking for an 🏆 UpWork Expert Vetted 🏆 professional to build or grow your Membership Site, Learning Or Social Community, Gamification Strategy or Mobile Membership App?
I’m the ONLY Expert Vetted Membership Platform Developer on UpWork. Less than 1% of UpWork freelancers can receive this status via private invitation. Their extensive verification process requires passing a personal interview and skills review.
🌟FIND THE RIGHT FREELANCER🌟
Finding the right freelancer for your project is critical. There is nothing more frustrating than hiring the wrong person and losing time, money and reputation with your members.
To help you make the right decision I want to give you as much background about me, my tech stack, my process and why you may want to choose to work with me.
All other freelancers on UpWork use this section to cram in stats, their specialties, their tech stack and just a bunch of random information. What I want to do is really meet with you here in this virtual way and build trust and relationship from the start.
When starting up, scaling up or leveling up a membership platform you are making a big and key critical decision in whom you trust and work with. You don’t just need a developer. You need a membership experience architect as well. Someone who gets you, your member’s needs, your business goals, your story, your ideal outcome and can build with excellence what was designed.
🌟NAVIGATING MY PROFILE🌟
Here are some key parts of my profile I want to encourage you to visit to learn more on how I can best serve you and why I might be a good fit for your project:
➤ PROFILE VIDEO: Watch my profile video to really get a feel for me, my communication style and how I might be able to serve you.
➤ THIS PROFILE PAGE: Keep reading below to learn more about how I work with my clients
➤ WORK HISTORY: Maintaining a 100% Job Success Score and all 5 Star ratings is not easy. See what my past clients have to say about working with me.
➤ PORTFOLIO SECTION: In my portfolio section you get a lot more detail and background about:
- My Stats, Tech Stack and Systems
- Client Testimonial Videos
- Case Studies
After reviewing my profile if you feel I’m a possible fit then let’s schedule a free 45 minute consultation to continue our conversation together. One of my favorite parts about what I do is meeting with people just like you and hearing your story! Just message me here and we can schedule.🟢
🌟MEMBERSHIP PLATFORMS ARE MY THING🌟
Building Membership Platforms, Social and/or Learning Communities, Two Sided Marketplaces and all the various types of platforms or apps I build, is not like building a normal website or traditional software development. It takes creativity, understanding the heart and mission of the platform owner, the desires and needs of the members, creating compelling onboarding user experiences and even gamified engagement to build and grow a successful platform.
To accomplish all of this you need much more than just a developer. You need someone who acts more as a visionary partner with you in the architecture of your platform.
🌟25+ YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MEMBERSHIP PLATFORMS🌟
With over 80+ successfully completed projects on UpWork and over 800K+ in earnings I have been able to maintain a 100% success rate and 5 star rating from my clients. This is only accomplished by delivering excellence on-time, on scope and on budget.
I accomplish this high degree of professional delivery and client satisfaction via my communication skills and my proven 5D Process of Discovery, Determine, Document, Develop and Deploy that I have honed over the last 25+ years building Membership Platforms.
As you will see in my client testimonials, my clients don’t feel like they just hired a developer but someone who really gets them, their membership model, their engagement model and can really help them stabilize and grow.
Over the past 25+ years I have worked with over 450+ Membership Platform owners and have built systems for almost every business model and membership configuration imaginable. I draw upon this extensive background as I meet with my clients during the Discovery and Determine process to create a custom scope Document via which then guides a smooth and on time Development and Deploy process.
🌟MY PREFERRED TECH STACK🌟
➤ WordPress
➤ BuddyBoss
➤ LearnDash
➤ WooCommerce / Subscriptions
➤ CrocoBlocks / Jet Engine
➤ WPfusion - to drive content access & restriction via your CRM
And other plugins and tools that help fulfill your functionality and membership experience. I can’t wait to share with you the plugins and systems I have created specifically for Membership Platforms.
🌟LEARN MORE ABOUT WORKING WITH ME🌟
Watch my Profile Video, in my Portfolio check out my My Stats, Stack & Systems, Client Testimonial Videos and Case Studies and let’s schedule a 45 minute free consultation. 🟢
I look forward to meeting you.
To Your Success,
Kyle Newton
WordPress
WordPress Development
WordPress Plugin
WordPress Multisite
BuddyPress
LearnDash
CRM Software
CRM Automation
App Development
SaaS Development
Front-End Development
Software Development
Enterprise Architecture
PHP
MySQL
Gamification
WordPress e-Commerce
Business Strategy
Project Management Professional
Software Design
Customer Relationship Management
SaaS
Jeramee F.
Nashville, Tennessee
$75/hr
4.7
330 jobs
🚀 Top Rated Plus | WordPress, SEO & Speed Optimization Specialist
Need fast fixes, better performance, or launching a new site? I help business owners and agencies fix, optimize, and launch high-performing WordPress websites — fast.
With 10+ years of experience, I specialize in:
✅ Full-Stack WordPress Development
✅ Front-End Optimization & Speed (Core Web Vitals)
✅ On-Page SEO & Technical Audits
✅ Page Builders: Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, and much more!
✅ WooCommerce Setup & Performance
✅ Google Tools (Analytics, Search Console, Tag Manager)
✅ Hosting Transfers, SSL, DNS, and Server Tuning
🔧 Tech Stack & Toolbelt:
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- Servers: Apache, NGINX, LiteSpeed
- Tools: Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Moz, GTmetrix
- CDNs: Cloudflare, KeyCDN, Amazon CloudFront
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📩 Let’s talk! Send me a quick message about your project — I’ll provide next steps and a clear action plan.
WordPress
Search Engine Optimization
jQuery
JavaScript
Bootstrap
PHP
Adobe Photoshop
CSS
Bug Fix
HTML
James B.
Nashville, Tennessee
$50/hr
4.6
565 jobs
I’m a senior web developer with extensive experience building, improving, troubleshooting, and supporting websites for businesses, agencies, ecommerce brands, nonprofits, universities, public-sector organizations, and enterprise-level teams.
Over the course of my career, I’ve worked across hundreds of websites and web-based projects, ranging from simple marketing site updates to complex WordPress builds, ecommerce stores, custom functionality, performance improvements, API integrations, analytics implementations, migrations, and long-term support engagements.
Clients typically hire me when they need someone who can quickly understand the goal, evaluate the existing setup, identify the best technical path, and get the work done correctly without creating unnecessary complexity.
My core strengths include WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, PHP, Laravel, React, JavaScript, custom theme development, plugin customization, API integrations, page speed optimization, conversion optimization, WCAG accessibility improvements, SEO-focused development, content strategy support, analytics, and ongoing website support. I also work comfortably with Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Elementor, custom codebases, and mixed technology environments.
I can help with:
• Custom WordPress development
• WooCommerce and Shopify development
• Theme customization and custom feature development
• PHP, Laravel, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, and MySQL work
• Website fixes, debugging, and troubleshooting
• Page speed, Core Web Vitals, and performance optimization
• Conversion optimization, landing page improvements, and UX refinements
• Accessibility improvements and WCAG-focused website updates
• SEO-focused technical improvements and content strategy support
• API integrations, forms, payment systems, analytics, and automations
• Website migrations, rebuilds, redesigns, and long-term maintenance
• Agency support for overflow development, white-label work, and technical execution
I bring a broad technical background, but I also understand that most clients are not just hiring code. They are hiring judgment, reliability, communication, and the ability to move a project forward. I’m comfortable stepping into unclear requirements, inherited websites, aging codebases, urgent fixes, unfinished builds, underperforming landing pages, or larger agency workflows where quality and consistency matter.
I work well with both nontechnical business owners and technical teams. Whether you already have a detailed scope, a Figma design, an existing site that needs help, a performance issue, an accessibility concern, or a business goal that needs to be translated into a practical technical plan, I can help clarify the path and execute it reliably.
My goal is simple: make the process easier, solve the problem properly, and deliver work that is clean, stable, measurable, and built with the long-term health of the site in mind.
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