Paul Bearne

I am fueled by a passion for new developments in technology and how the application of these can deliver an awesome user experience while effectively meeting business needs.

I discovered WordPress in 2006 when asked to explore the use of collaborative tools internally for a multi-national corporation, setting up a 200+ multi-blog site using WPMU on IIS7. This included creating my first plugin, Author Avatars, which has 9,000+ active installs.

From this point on, the community, the flexibility and the momentum of WordPress has made it the platform of choice for my work.

Although, over the years I have developed a number of complementary skill bases, my focus is now WordPress architecture, concept design, coding for complex projects and integrating external data sources.

I have made core commits in 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 and 5.0 and continue to support a growing list of plugins and the wider WordPress community.

My skill base includes:

• WordPress Admin interface customization
• WordPress VIP
• Theme development
• Plugin development and customization
• Rest API (internal and external)
• Multi-language (WPML)
• LearnDash
• WooCommerce and EDD
• Configuration, including multi-site
• User training and support