Abhishek Gavel
Senior WordPress Developer | WooCommerce | Elementor Pro & PHP Specialist
📧 ezabhishek@gmail.com | 🌐 ezabhishek.com | 💼 linkedin.com/in/ezabhishek
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | ✅ Available for Remote Roles & Freelance
⚡ Professional Summary
Senior WordPress Developer with 9+ years of experience and 120+ projects delivered for agencies, eCommerce brands, and service businesses. Deep expertise in WooCommerce, Elementor Pro, PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, custom plugin and theme development, and AI-assisted workflows. Proven track record leading cross-functional teams, managing complex integrations, and shipping conversion-focused WordPress systems on time. Leverages AI-assisted workflows including ChatGPT, Claude, and n8n to accelerate development, QA, and content optimisation.
💼 Professional Experience
- Architected end-to-end WordPress solutions for 15+ local business clients, integrating responsive frontend builds with custom backend logic and automation
- Spearheaded Elementor Pro and WooCommerce builds improving SEO rankings and lead generation flow, contributing to noticeably higher on-site conversions
- Configured and customised 30+ plugins including WooCommerce Subscriptions, Gravity Forms, and JetEngine to execute complex client-specific business logic
- Pioneered AI-assisted development using ChatGPT, Claude, and OpenAI, substantially cutting code review and QA turnaround time while raising output quality
- Owned technical delivery across 60+ large-scale WordPress projects, managing integrations, plugin customisation, and performance tuning through to launch
- Engineered scalable WooCommerce and REST API platforms using PHP, MySQL, ACF, custom post types, and Elementor Pro for high-traffic agency and eCommerce clients
- Reduced page load time through asset optimisation, caching strategies, and CDN configuration across multiple production WooCommerce stores
- Coordinated cross-functional teams of designers, developers, and PMs, consistently delivering on time with structured QA and staging sign-off
- Designed and built a luxury WooCommerce fragrance store including custom product layouts, dynamic bundle pricing, and subscription workflows
- Managed full DevOps lifecycle — staging, CDN, cron jobs, and backups — maintaining near-zero downtime in production
- Built 20+ responsive WordPress websites with custom layouts and plugin integration for retail, services, and hospitality sectors
- Optimised site performance and resolved cross-browser defects, improving mobile usability and client satisfaction
- Delivered 10+ concurrent client WordPress projects including custom theme development, plugin integration, and performance tuning
- Streamlined site migration and deployment processes, reducing rollout time and post-launch defects
🛠 Technical Skills
WordPress · WooCommerce · Elementor Pro · PHP 8+ · MySQL · REST APIs · JS (ES6+) · jQuery · AJAX · HTML5 · CSS3
ACF Pro · JetEngine · JetSmartFilters · Gravity Forms · YITH Suite · WooCommerce Subscriptions · WP Rocket · LiteSpeed · Rank Math · WPML · UpdraftPlus
Git · GitHub · LocalWP · cPanel · Webmin · CDN · Staging & Deployment · Automated Backups
Custom Plugin Dev · Child Theme Architecture · WooCommerce Checkout · API Integration · Performance Optimisation · Site Migrations
ChatGPT · Claude · OpenAI Codex · Cursor IDE · n8n · Ollama · MCP Servers · Prompt Engineering
🎓 Education
Computer Science
Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology, Durg
2011 – 2015
🚀 Freelance
Desizn.in
Jul 2015 – Jun 2017
Scoped, designed, and launched WordPress and WooCommerce solutions for startups and SMBs — full ownership from requirements to deployment and ongoing support.
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9+
Years Experience
120+
Projects Delivered
5+
Companies Served
100%
Remote Ready
⚙️ Specialisations
- Custom Plugin Development
- Child Theme Architecture
- WooCommerce Checkout Customisation
- REST API Integration
- Performance Optimisation
- SEO-Friendly Development
- Site Migrations & Deployment
- Troubleshooting & Debugging
🤖 AI & Automation
Actively integrating AI into every stage of WordPress development — from code generation and QA to client content workflows and automated deployments.
🎯 Open To
- Senior WordPress / WooCommerce Developer
- Remote-first full-time roles
- Lead / Integration Manager positions
- Freelance & Agency contracts
- AI-augmented WordPress dev projects
Let's Build Something Great Together
Senior WordPress Developer · 9+ Years · 120+ Projects · Available for Remote Roles & Freelance