Michael Etokakpan

💼 About Me

Hi, I’m Michael Etokakpan—a senior PHP & WordPress developer with 8 + years of hands‑on experience delivering high‑performance WooCommerce stores, custom plugins, Stripe/PayPal / iyzico payment‑gateway integrations, Elementor Pro designs, and full‑stack solutions that scale.

I thrive on debugging tricky checkout flows, hardening security to PCI DSS standards, and tuning MySQL queries with Redis caching to keep resource usage low—even on demanding multisite installations.

🔑 Core Competencies & Keywords

Expertise What I Deliver

WordPress / Elementor Pro / Kadence / Astra Pro / Spectra

Custom themes, responsive design, multilingual & multisite setups, pixel‑perfect Elementor pages, Kadence child‑theme tweaks

WooCommerce & Payment Gateways

Escrow workflows, Stripe, PayPal, iyzico, commission models, 3‑D Secure, custom checkout, webhooks, IPN

Custom PHP / Laravel 11 / REST APIs

Plugin development, API endpoints, WebSockets / Server‑Sent Events for real‑time bidding & auction systems

Performance & Security

Query profiling, Redis object caching, CI/CD on Ubuntu + Nginx, 2FA, rate‑limiting, OWASP hardening

DevOps & Cloud

Docker, GitHub Actions CI/CD, AWS / Azure deployments, automated backups & monitoring

Code Review & Mentorship

Architecture audits, junior‑dev mentoring, exhaustive documentation & knowledge transfer

🚀 Recent Wins

Worked as an independent WooCommerce developer providing technical support for a WooCommerce-based plugin 

Built an open-source productivity plugin for the WP dashboard, which is presently available on the WordPress directory

Built an API-based backend system that has custom data ingestion features for a data privacy firm

Built a Laravel-based platform for use in a Lead generation company.

Fixed sleeping‑query bottlenecks in a WordPress site cutting server CPU usage by 73 %.

Converted a React product‑based application into a WordPress plugin, maintaining Tailwind UI parity and seamless cart integration.

Implemented custom Stripe and WooCommerce payment order notice.

🧰 Tech Stack

WordPress ▸ WooCommerce ▸ PHPUnit ▸ PHP 8.3 ▸ Laravel 11 ▸ Elementor Pro ▸ Kadence ▸ Astra Pro ▸ Tailwind CSS ▸ MySQL 8.0 ▸ Redis ▸ WebSockets ▸ REST / GraphQL ▸ Docker ▸ Git ▸ CI/CD ▸ AWS / Azure ▸ Linux (Ubuntu + Nginx) ▸ JavaScript / React

🤝 How I Work

Proactive communication: daily stand‑ups or as you prefer (Slack / Teams / Zoom).

Transparent estimates & timelines—no ghost bids.

Clean, well‑commented code, peer‑review ready.

Available UTC + 0 – UTC + 6; quick turnaround on urgent bug fixes.

📥 Let’s Talk

Need a reliable WordPress/Laravel expert for payment‑gateway integration, WooCommerce optimization, real‑time bidding, or Elementor builds?

 Send me a brief and I’ll map out a technical approach within 24 h.

Quality code, bullet‑proof security, and blazing performance—delivered on time, every time.

Click “Invite” and let’s build something great.