WordPress systems for media, education, and government teams · Fort Erie, Ontario
Senior WordPress engineering — without the agency overhead.
I rebuild fragile WordPress sites for media, education, and government teams. Twenty-eight years on the web, nineteen of them in WordPress. Most engagements start with a twenty-minute call.
Christopher Ross28 years on the web · 19 years on WordPress · Fort Erie, Ontario.
Past work has supported teams at
Migrations that hold rankings
Replatforms and rebuilds with a documented redirect plan, structured-data parity, and Core Web Vitals targets — not a hope and a sitemap submission.
Editorial-grade WordPress
Block-first templates and editor patterns built for working journalists, instructional designers, and communications teams — not for a developer to babysit.
Teams that own the site after I leave
Every engagement ends with documented patterns, recorded walk-throughs, and a team that does not need to call me to publish.
Custom WordPress for editorial teams, training platforms, and applications that have outgrown off-the-shelf. Engagements from $14,000 substantial scope to $56,000+ application builds, scoped honestly.
WordPress maintenance that does the boring work — updates, backups, security, performance — so the rushed Friday-night call doesn't happen. Monthly retainers from $650/month, named human,...
Technical SEO for sites with rankings to protect — one-time audits, audit-and-implement engagements, monthly retainers, and multi-site enterprise programs.