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Kreig Durham.

Kreig Durham WordPress Developer & Full-Stack Engineer

10+ years on WordPress: custom plugins, WooCommerce, and agency theme work. Remote. Open to contract and full-time.

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About

I've been building production WordPress sites and plugins for more than ten years. WordPress is the day job; I still reach for Laravel, React, or Vue when the project actually needs them. I tinker with hardware when I'm bored and I'll happily disappear into a gnarly bug for an afternoon. Speed, mobile layout, and accessibility matter because broken sites are annoying, not because they're on a checklist.

I'm based in Farmington, New Mexico, where I also own and operate an independent bookstore and café. Running a small business has given me a pretty grounded sense of what it actually means to build something that has to work in the real world. It's also where I built the store's original WooCommerce site from scratch.

Outside of work, I'm an avid reader, sci-fi and fantasy fan, and gamer. Family comes first. I'm a self-teacher by nature and comfortable in an industry that never stops changing.

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Skills

WordPress
  • Custom themes & plugins
  • Gutenberg block development
  • ACF
  • WooCommerce
  • WP-CLI
  • REST API
Frontend
  • HTML5
  • CSS3 / Sass
  • Tailwind CSS
  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • React
  • Vue
  • Angular
Animation
  • CSS keyframes & transitions
  • JavaScript animation
  • GSAP (working knowledge)
Backend
  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • MySQL
  • REST APIs
Tooling & CI/CD
  • Webpack
  • GitHub Actions
  • Git
  • Docker
  • Figma
  • Adobe XD
Infrastructure
  • AWS
  • DigitalOcean
  • Linux server administration
Practices
  • WCAG accessibility
  • Cross-browser testing
  • Security best practices
  • Agile / Scrum

Work

Quill & Quest Bookstore homepage: hero section with Find Your Next Favorite Read and Shop Now button, blurred bookshelf background

Bookstore E-Commerce Website

  • WordPress
  • WooCommerce
  • Custom Gutenberg blocks
  • Custom plugin
  • PHP

Problem: Standard WooCommerce doesn't display books well. There's no native concept of author, ISBN, page count, genre, or editorial curation.

Display solution: Built a block-based child theme extending WooCommerce product templates to surface book-specific metadata from the inventory system, and custom Gutenberg blocks for slider-based book selection displays across the site.

Scale solution: Built a custom WordPress plugin to automate product updates by ingesting data files from a third-party book wholesaler and syncing to WooCommerce, eliminating manual catalog maintenance for thousands of titles.

Outcome: The site successfully served the business through its growth phase. It was eventually replaced by a bespoke custom solution. A sign of success, not failure.

Reflection: Would use a REST-based integration rather than flat file processing for the data sync layer, and lean on ACF for book metadata fields to improve editor experience.

  • X Games Open →

    WordPress theme development and front-end work for the X Games brand site.

    • WordPress
    • Front-end development
  • Sparkling Ice Open →

    WordPress theme and front-end development for Sparkling Ice.

    • WordPress
    • Front-end development
  • AED Authority Open →

    New site build and WordPress theme development.

    • WordPress
    • New site build

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Experience

  1. WordPress Developer

    Howard Development & Consulting

    ~1.5 years

    Built and maintained WordPress sites for agency clients. Custom themes and plugins; close collaboration with design and project leads.

    Tech: WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, Sass

  2. WordPress Developer

    Built Mighty

    5.5 years

    Long-term remote role. Custom themes, Gutenberg blocks, and plugin work for clients including X Games and Sparkling Ice. Webpack, WooCommerce, and the usual WordPress stack.

    Tech: WordPress, WooCommerce, React, Webpack, PHP, Laravel

  3. Web Developer

    Freelance

    3 years

    Production sites and custom solutions for small businesses and startups. End-to-end ownership from discovery to launch.

    Tech: WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

  4. Owner & Operator

    Independent Bookstore & Café

    Ongoing

    Run the business day to day. Built the store's original WooCommerce site, including a custom theme, book metadata, and a plugin to sync inventory from the wholesaler.

    Tech: WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP, custom plugin

Get in touch

Got a project or a role you think might be a good fit? I'd love to hear about it. Reach me at [email protected] or connect via the links below.

Open to remote contract and full-time roles.

[email protected] · LinkedIn · GitHub · CodePen

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