I'm a Full Stack Web Developer specialising in WordPress engineering and API-driven applications — building systems designed to be maintainable, scalable, and long-lived.
I came to the industry via gym management during the lockdown years, and have since worked deeply across PHP, JavaScript (React), SQL, and modern WordPress architecture — from custom themes and Gutenberg blocks to backend systems, integrations, and performance optimisation.
My focus is on backend-heavy work that improves and evolves existing systems: refactoring, standards compliance, edge cases, and the architectural decisions that make future development faster and safer.
I’m particularly interested in:
- Backend-heavy WordPress development
- Custom plugins and Gutenberg blocks
- API design and system architecture
- Tooling, automation, and developer experience
- Building products alongside client work
A lightweight WordPress plugin for correctly handling permanently removed URLs using HTTP 410 responses — with thousands of active installs and actively maintained to WordPress standards.
- Actively maintained
- Thousands of active installs
- Focused on correctness, simplicity, and WordPress standards
👉 https://github.com/XanderCalvert/410-for-WordPress
I'm currently developing Course Atlas into a production-ready platform, while building out the technical foundation for a small product-focused web agency — with a reusable WordPress toolkit, improved testing and deployment workflows, and a long-term goal of building products alongside client work.
