Services / WordPress & WooCommerce
Your WordPress or WooCommerce site, fixed, extended and looked after.
I worked inside WooCommerce itself and supported 850+ of its customers. Now I look after yours.
Does this sound like you?
This is usually where the conversation starts.
- “Our site got hacked, and we’re not sure it’s actually clean now.”
- “Pages take forever to load, and people leave before checkout finishes.”
- “Every time a plugin updates, something else on the site breaks.”
- “We’ve tried every plugin we can find, and none of them do exactly what we need.”
- “Our store doesn’t talk to our other systems, so someone retypes everything by hand.”
- “We don’t just need a website. We need a proper tool inside it.”
What I’d do.
Tell me what’s broken or missing.
A short description is enough, no formal brief. I review it personally and tell you honestly if I’m the right fit.
Fix the one thing that’s actually broken.
You get the specific defect fixed, or the one feature built and tested, before we talk about anything bigger.
Keep it running, not just working today.
Once it’s fixed or built, I can keep watching updates, plugins and performance, so the same problem doesn’t come back.
Proof.
More than 500 WordPress and WooCommerce projects and tasks, and 300+ WordPress websites built. Here are two of them.
A store so customised that nobody could safely update it, rebuilt so updates finally worked again.
The old site had years of custom code hardcoded into the pages. I rebuilt it on standard WooCommerce underneath, kept every feature, and moved everything across by hand.
See the rebuild project →Turning one store into a marketplace of many.
Another WooCommerce store needed other sellers to list and sell their own products on the same site, each one taking a cut, each managing their own stock.
- Vendor dashboardsEach seller got their own screen to upload products and manage stock.
- Their own shop frontEvery vendor got a shop page that only showed their own products.
“He came up with solutions to our difficult multisite website issues. He was also patient and kind in answering all of our many questions.”
Rick DahlgrenCEO
Already a client? Start with a systems check.
If I’ve built or looked after your site, I can look further than the site. You get a short written review of the site and the systems around it: what’s at risk, what’s costing you time, and what I’d do first.
It’s yours to keep. If one of the opportunities is worth doing, it becomes a written plan or a fixed quote. Ask for one when you call +27 87 150 9305, or tell me below.
- HealthUpdates, security, speed, backups, and who owns which account.
- Around the siteWhere your team retypes orders, where payments are slow, and which spreadsheet really runs the business.
- Three opportunities, rankedBy money or hours saved, each with what I’d do first. They won’t all be about WordPress.
How it starts, and what it costs.
You’re never committed to more than one piece.
- A free conversation.Send a short description of what’s broken or what you need built. No formal brief needed, and I read every message myself.
- The written plan.What’s really wrong or missing, what the site should be doing for the business, and a fixed quote for the first piece. Fixed fee, agreed in writing before it starts, and credited against the first piece. The plan is yours to keep.
- One working piece, at a fixed price.What I quote is what you pay for the agreed scope. Every piece after it is quoted before it starts, and you can stop after any piece and keep what’s built.
Quick fixes get a fixed quote straight away.
Bigger builds start with the written plan, because a quote on a site nobody has looked at is a guess. If I’m not the right person, I’ll tell you up front.
Not sure where to start? Answer seven short questions →For your technical person
What this covers
Support and rescue, custom development, integrations and automation, and app-like tools built on or alongside WordPress and WooCommerce. More than 500 WordPress and WooCommerce projects and tasks, with direct access to the person doing them and no account managers. Everything is in the client’s name, and every project ships with a handover pack.
Background
Worked at WooThemes (the creators of WooCommerce) in 2014 as a support engineer, then as an affiliated WooWorker, supporting their clients with custom development and troubleshooting. That’s where the deep WooCommerce expertise was built. Codeable Certified Expert from November 2014, working as a WordPress and WooCommerce expert on the Codeable platform from October 2014 to June 2018. Over 850 WooCommerce customers supported at WooThemes.
What I build
- Support & Rescue. Fix what is broken, stabilise what is fragile, recover hacked sites, make updates safe again. Covers bug fixes, performance issues, hacked site recovery, plugin conflicts, update failures, white screen errors and migration problems.
- Custom Development. When off-the-shelf plugins fall short, build the exact functionality the business needs: custom plugins, theme customisation, WooCommerce checkout modifications, product page logic, custom post types, admin panel tools.
- Integrations & Automation. Connect WordPress and WooCommerce to a CRM, ERP, payment gateway, email tool or any API the business relies on: CRM sync, payment gateway integration, ERP connections, email automation, REST API integrations, data sync between platforms.
- Apps & Internal Tools. Custom dashboards, admin panels, booking systems, calculators and app-like experiences built on or alongside WordPress: single page applications that extend what WordPress can do.
Websites built and supported
300+ WordPress websites built for clients worldwide since 2011, some with WooCommerce. Most of the work was customisation and custom development, not templates.
Client testimonials
- “Anton was able to help solve a problem which had confounded other WordPress experts. His communication was excellent and he sorted it out quickly and professionally.” Rachel Case
- “We had some advanced work in WooCommerce and review integrations in our WP site. Anton did a superb job. He was very responsive and took the time to explain things.” Gary Klingsheim
- “In an industry fraught with fly-by-night developers, it has been refreshing to have found someone who is kind, accessible and has his clients’ best interests at heart.” Simon Bloomhill, COO, Camelthorn Travel
How the engagement runs
Projects range from quick fixes and urgent support calls to multi-week custom development builds, scoped individually to what the business actually needs.
- Quick fixes and bug resolution: a specific defect, conflict or recovery boundary.
- Custom plugin or functionality builds: one defined capability with written acceptance.
- Larger builds and integrations: the written plan (paid discovery) first when access or dependencies prevent a responsible quote.
Technical FAQs
- What types of WordPress and WooCommerce work do you handle? Support, rescue, custom plugin development, theme customisation, WooCommerce checkout and product logic, integrations with external systems, performance optimisation, security hardening, migrations, and custom app-like tools built on WordPress.
- How quickly can you start? Availability is confirmed after reviewing the problem, access, urgency and scope. The delivery window is stated in the private quote rather than promised before those details are known.
- Do you work with existing WordPress sites or only build new ones? Both. Most of the work involves improving, fixing or extending existing sites. New WordPress and WooCommerce sites get built when the project calls for it.
- What if my project needs more than WordPress? If a project needs a custom web application, API or mobile app alongside WordPress, that gets built too. See the other services for details.
- How do your rates work? A private quote follows a discussion of fit, scope, access, dependencies and acceptance. The quote states the delivery and commercial model before work begins.
Specialist terms and job titles
Also described as: WordPress developer, WooCommerce developer, WordPress and WooCommerce development, custom PHP plugins, WordPress REST API integrations, WooCommerce checkout customisation, single page apps for WordPress, WordPress site rescue and recovery.
More background
- About Anton, the full story.
- Full project portfolio.
- Client reviews.
- US services overview.
Questions owners ask.
What kind of WordPress or WooCommerce problems do you handle?
Pretty much anything: a broken site, a slow site, a feature no plugin quite does, or connecting your store to another system you use.
How quickly can you start?
It depends on the problem and how urgent it is. I’ll tell you honestly once I’ve seen what’s going on with your site.
Do you only build new sites, or fix existing ones too?
Mostly existing sites. Most of the work is fixing, improving or adding to a site that’s already live. New sites get built too, when that’s what’s needed.
Will you back up my site before you touch it?
Yes. Nothing changes without a backup and a clear plan first, especially on a hacked or fragile site.
What if I need more than just my WordPress site fixed?
If the job needs a separate tool, or a way for your systems to talk to each other, that gets built too.
How much will it cost?
I give you a private quote once I understand the problem, your site and what access I’ll need. No guessing before that. You’ll know the price of each piece before it starts. See how a project with me works →
Can you keep looking after my site once it’s fixed?
Yes. Ongoing plugin updates, security checks and small fixes can continue after the first job, so the same problem doesn’t come back.
Related help.
Tell me what your site or store can’t do yet. I’ll tell you the simplest way to fix it.
+27 87 150 9305Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 20:00 SAST. Or email info@antondevilliers.com.