*** Welcome to my web presentation! ***   Ivan Djukic :: WordPress Pro since 2014   ::: 10+ Years of WP :::   [[ Y2K-Compliant ]]   >> Lactose intolerant <<   Plugins • Themes • Site Design   !!! HONORARY MARKETER ON STAFF !!!   Konami code??
🪟 Ivan Djukic :: Web Presentation

The WordPress guy you actually want to find.

Product management, plugin dev, theme dev, full site builds. Building on WordPress since 2014, getting paid for it since 2017. Also an honorary marketer (long story, ask me and I'll tell you).

  • 10+ years hands-on with WordPress
  • Plugins & themes built from scratch
  • WooCommerce, LearnDash, WPML & friends
✓ CERTIFIED Y2K READY GUTENBERG-COMPATIBLE
~ Ivan's Homepage ~

Hey, I'm Ivan. Welcome to my corner of the web.

A little Windows 98, a little early-web nostalgia, a whole lot of me. Yeah, I build websites for a living ▸ but this one is just for fun. Poke around, click things, nothing breaks (probably).

  • Belgrade based, happily terminally online
  • Into cars, off-grid living & 90s everything
  • Ask me about Breaking Bad and The Big Lebowski
  • Yes, DOOM works. Try the Konami code.
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★ ★ ★ 10 YEARS OF WORDPRESS & STILL SHIPPING ★ ★ ★   PRODUCT ▸ PLUGINS ▸ THEMES   ★ ★ ★
README.TXT :: About Ivan

I've been building on WordPress since 2014 and doing it as professional, paid work since 2017. In that time I've worn just about every hat WordPress has to offer: product management, plugin development, theme development, and building sites end-to-end.

Throughout my career I've worked very closely with marketing, so closely that I consider myself an honorary marketer. I speak the language of campaigns, conversions and landing pages, which means the sites I build are made to actually perform, not just look nice.

I stay in the loop by going to WordPress events, including WordCamp Europe, where I keep up with where the platform (and the community) is heading. Gutenberg, full-site editing, the latest in the ecosystem: I'm on it. SINCE 2014 PRO SINCE 2017

A little about me
working remotely Ivan Djukic

I'm Ivan, from Belgrade, Serbia. Away from the keyboard I'm into cars and the slow pull toward off-grid living, the idea of building something quiet and self-sufficient of my own.

Give me a free evening and I'll happily spend it with Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, or The Sopranos. The Big Lebowski is my favourite film, no contest. I'm genuinely nostalgic for the '90s and early 2000s, the site probably gives that away.

I love tech, deeply. But I also know when to shut the laptop and go touch some grass. I hate planes, I try to travel by car as much as possible. Small fun fact: I can hang drywall and paint a house, too.

★ CORE SKILLS ★
Everything you'd want on a WordPress project, from one person.

Team Management

Leading and coordinating dev, design and content so projects actually ship, on time and without drama.

Marketing

The "honorary marketer." Years side by side with marketing teams: SEO, funnels, landing pages, conversion thinking baked in.

Plugin Development

Custom plugins from scratch: hooks, REST API, Gutenberg blocks, WP-CLI. Clean, maintainable, upgrade-safe code.

Theme Development

Custom themes & block themes, from Figma to pixel-perfect front end. Classic and full-site-editing both.

Site Building (in general)

The whole thing: architecture, page builders, performance, migrations, launches. If it's WordPress, I can build it.

WORK HISTORY
Where I've been and what I shipped.

Product Manager / Lead WordPress Dev

Company Name2021 to Present

Placeholder role: what you owned here, the impact, and the stack. Edit or delete me as admin, and add more roles with the button below.

WordPress Developer

Earlier Company2017 to 2021

Placeholder role: plugins, themes, client builds, whatever fits. This whole section only appears in Job-hunt mode.

RÉSUMÉ
The one-page version, for the folks in a hurry.
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Grab my résumé as a text file, or get in touch and I'll send a PDF tailored to the role. Ten-plus years of WordPress: product, plugins, themes, and full builds.

THE BIG WORDPRESS STACK
The heavy-hitters I work with day to day, all installed, all green.
★ ★ ★ POWERED BY THESE ★ ★ ★ BEST VIEWED WITH ALL PLUGINS ENABLED ★ ★ ★
WooCommerce LearnPress LearnDash WPML ACF Elementor Gutenberg Yoast SEO Gravity Forms WP Rocket WP-CLI REST API PHP/MySQL
★ Collect all 13! ★
SITES I BUILD
Whatever the brief, I've shipped it.
★ ★ ★ WHAT I BUILD ★ ★ ★

Online Shops

WooCommerce stores, from small catalogs to serious eCommerce.

Course Sites

LMS platforms with LearnDash / LearnPress: sell & run courses.

Brochure Sites

Clean marketing & company sites that convert visitors.

Membership Sites

Gated content, subscriptions and member areas.

Blogs & Publishers

Content-heavy sites built for speed and SEO.

Landing Pages

Campaign pages tuned by an honorary marketer for conversions.

Multilingual Sites

WPML-powered sites that speak every language your audience does.

Custom Builds

Bespoke plugins & themes when off-the-shelf won't cut it.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Real humans. Real projects. Zero headaches.
★★★★★
"Ivan has been only dev I've worked with that wasn't a making work a headache."
LuisProject collaborator
★★★★★
"Ivan sat in on our marketing calls and actually understood the goal, so the pages he built matched the campaign instead of fighting it. Smoothest launch we've had in a while."
Marko S.Marketing Lead, SaaS
★★★★★
"We handed him a messy WooCommerce shop that was half-translated in WPML and breaking at checkout. He worked through it over a couple of weeks, kept us in the loop the whole time, and it's been solid since."
Ana K.Founder, online store
★★★★★
"Our LearnDash site broke every time we added a course. Ivan rebuilt it properly and wrote up how it works so we could manage it ourselves. Haven't had to call him since, in the best way."
Nikola D.Course creator
AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
EDITOR'SCHOICEEST. 2014
★ BEST ★WP DEVNO DRAMA
Y2KREADY✓ CERTIFIED
5-STAR★★★★★RATED
WORDCAMPEUREGULAR
NOT JUST WORDPRESS
This site isn't even WordPress. When the job calls for it, I go off-script.
NEW!

Wait, I'm not a one trick pony

I don't shy away from non-WordPress work. Other major CMSs, or straight-up code when that's the right call. This very website is hand-built, no WordPress in sight. I reach for the right tool, not the familiar one.

  • Laravel
  • Vanilla PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Next.js
  • Other major CMSs
  • Plain-code builds
CURRENTLY
A snapshot of what's going on lately.
status.dat
WatchingBetter Call Saul, for the third time
DrivingSomething with too many miles on it
ListeningA 90s alt-rock playlist
Dreaming ofAn off-grid cabin with suspiciously fast internet
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
The stuff I'll always make time for.

The Sopranos

Comfort show and a masterclass at once.

Breaking Bad / BCS

The whole universe. No notes.

The Big Lebowski

Favourite film. That's just, like, a fact, man.

90s / Y2K web

The reason this site looks the way it does.

DID YOU KNOW?
★ ★ ★ RANDOM FACTS ABOUT IVAN ★ ★ ★   keep scrolling for more   ★ ★ ★
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  • I can hang drywall and paint a house start to finish.
  • I hate planes. I'll drive across a continent to avoid one.
  • I'm nostalgic for an internet I barely got to use in its prime.
  • My ideal weekend has exactly zero notifications.
MY SETUP
The machine this site was probably built on.
System Properties
Operating SystemWindows 98 (spiritually)
ProcessorEnough for an editor and 400 browser tabs
MemoryNever quite enough
BeverageCoffee, black
CARS CORNER
Away from the keyboard, I'm probably thinking about one of these.

Daily driver

Reliable, unglamorous, paid off. The dream, honestly.

Weekend want

An old manual something with a bit of character.

The someday build

A project car for the off-grid years.

IVAN'S MIXTAPE
If this site had a soundtrack. A playable player is on the to-do list.
side A
  1. Add your first trackArtist name
  2. Another oneAnother artist
  3. You get the ideaEdit these as admin
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GET IN TOUCH
Got a project, a question, or just want to say hi? Drop a message and Ivan will get back to you.
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