Joshua Paul

WordPress and WooCommerce Support Developer

FIGmd • Freiberufler

Feb 2026 - Present • 7 mos

Handled day-to-day WooCommerce support and maintenance for 6 client stores at a web agency. Responsibilities: - Triaged and resolved store tickets: broken checkout and payments, critical errors after updates, missing order emails, product and variation issues, shipping and tax rules - Ran the monthly update cycle: backup, staging test of WordPress, WooCommerce, theme and plugin updates, then release during low-traffic windows with a rollback plan - Migrated stores from Shopify, Wix and Squarespace to WooCommerce with 301 redirects, keeping SEO rankings, orders and customers intact - Set up and repaired payment gateways (WooPayments, Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay express checkout) and Google Merchant Center product feeds - Checkout conversion work: fewer fields, express payment buttons, abandoned cart recovery, faster mobile checkout - Performance: passed Core Web Vitals on 5 stores through caching, image optimization, script cleanup and HPOS migration - Security: cleaned hacked stores, removed redirect malware and checkout card skimmers, added firewall, 2FA and file integrity monitoring - Accessibility and compliance fixes for EU-facing stores (WCAG 2.1 AA checkout, keyboard navigation, form labels)

WooCommerce Developer and Bug Fix Specialist

Hubexo • Selbstständig

Apr 2026 - May 2026 • 1 mo

Independent WooCommerce developer focused on emergency fixes and store recovery for small and mid-size online shops. What I handle every week: - WooCommerce checkout not working, place order button stuck, cart empty at checkout, session expired errors - Payment gateway errors: WooPayments, Stripe, PayPal, Square, Paystack, Flutterwave not showing or failing at checkout - "There has been a critical error on this website", fatal errors and white screens after WooCommerce, WordPress, theme or PHP updates - Block checkout vs classic checkout conflicts, custom checkout fields, outdated theme template overrides - Add to cart button, product variations, shipping not calculating, order emails not sending (SMTP) - Plugin and theme conflicts with Elementor, Woodmart, Flatsome, Astra and Divi - Speed and Core Web Vitals optimization (LCP, INP, CLS, TTFB), caching and database cleanup - Malware and credit card skimmer removal, security hardening, safe update process on staging How I work: full backup first, root-cause diagnosis from logs and conflict tests, then the fix, then an end-to-end test of cart, checkout, payment and order email, followed by a short written report the client keeps. Results: Translation + WooCommerce stores fixed, 88% delivered within 24 hours, 3 stores on monthly maintenance retainers. Stack: WordPress 6.9 / 7.0, WooCommerce 10.x / 11.x, PHP 8.x, HPOS, MySQL, JavaScript, REST API, WP-CLI, staging workflows.