Specialist WordPress engineering for Scotland and beyond.

Most WordPress problems that reach me have already been through a generalist developer or web agency. They have tried disabling plugins one by one. They have reinstalled WordPress. They have contacted hosting support, who blamed the plugins. Nothing has worked.

The reason these approaches fail is that complex WordPress problems require specific tools and knowledge that generalist developers do not have: reading PHP error logs and server logs directly, profiling database query execution, understanding the hook and filter architecture well enough to trace where in the request lifecycle something is going wrong, and accessing WordPress via WP-CLI and direct database connection when the admin panel is inaccessible.

I have those tools and that knowledge. My background includes an MSc in Cybersecurity, a 1st Class Honours in Computer Science from the University of St Andrews, and a former role as a W3C Invited Expert in web accessibility. I have delivered WordPress projects for NHS Scotland, Fujitsu, GE Capital, and Openreach. These are not credentials I list for marketing purposes — they are the context for why I can find what others cannot.

I am based in Whitburn, West Lothian — geographically central between Edinburgh and Glasgow. All work is carried out remotely, so location does not affect the engagement in any practical sense. I have active clients in both cities, across the Central Belt, and in other parts of Scotland including Aberdeen and Dundee.

Edinburgh clients tend to be in professional services, financial technology, public sector, and legal. Glasgow clients are more often in creative industries, retail, and hospitality. In both cases, the technical problems are the same: sites that need to be fast, secure, and reliable — and to stay that way without requiring constant manual management.

Scottish businesses working with me benefit from a developer who is in the same time zone, understands the Scottish business and regulatory context (including the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations and the specific compliance requirements of NHS Scotland contracts), and is available during UK business hours.

Every engagement begins with a written brief. You describe your problem, I ask any clarifying questions, and I perform a thorough diagnostic audit before committing to any price. You receive a written diagnosis and a fixed-price proposal — a single number covering the complete scope of work, with every deliverable itemised.

I do not work on a time-and-materials basis. I do not send invoices for hours spent going around in circles. If the diagnosis reveals the problem is more complex than the brief suggested, I tell you before the price changes. Nothing expands without your explicit agreement.

This model protects you from the open-ended billing that makes complex technical work financially unpredictable. You know what it will cost before I start. If I cannot solve the problem, you do not pay for the remediation.