Skills Customer delivery
Core
Plugin Development
Custom WordPress plugins that extend your platform safely.
Core
Practice tier
01
Customer delivery
4
Ways I apply it
5
Process steps
Why it matters
Where this skill sits in a programme.
Off-the-shelf plugins create bloat and security risk. Custom plugin development gives you exactly the functionality you need with clean, testable code.
Embedded work on the CMS the editors already use: core, themes, plugins, VIP, and the content model.
Services
How I put this to work.
Typical engagements, not a menu of add-ons.
01
Custom plugin architecture and development
02
Plugin refactoring and security hardening
03
Third-party API integration plugins
04
WooCommerce and membership extension plugins
Process
How the work actually runs.
01
Discovery
Goals, constraints, timeline, and success metrics for your project.
02
Audit & plan
Technical review, architecture options, and a clear delivery roadmap.
03
Build
Iterative implementation with performance, security, and quality checks.
04
Launch
Staging validation, deployment, monitoring, and handoff documentation.
05
Optimize
Post-launch tuning, Core Web Vitals, and ongoing support as needed.
FAQ
Questions I get on this skill.
Can you build plugins that integrate with external APIs?
Yes. REST and GraphQL API integrations are a core part of my plugin development work.
Will the plugin follow WordPress coding standards?
All plugins follow WordPress PHP coding standards, include proper sanitization/validation, and are built for long-term maintainability.
From the blog
Notes on this skill.
Free tools
Try this on your own stack.
Nearby
Also in Customer delivery.
WordPress Core
Enterprise-grade WordPress architecture and custom solutions.
Theme Development
Custom WordPress themes built for performance and maintainability.
ACF
Advanced Custom Fields for flexible, editor-friendly content models.
WordPress VIP
WordPress VIP platform development and enterprise delivery.