Senior Backend Engineer · WordPress Core Contributor
Ali Ali
PHP, Laravel, WordPress
I keep production systems fast, secure, and stable — and fix the problems others get stuck on.
WordPress Core Contributor · Featured at State of the Word 2024 · 250,000+ developers taught
(WooCommerce + LearnDash)
Case studies
Production fixes
WordPress
Core Contributor, WordPress 6.7
Performance
22.5 to 94 mobile score
Debugging
Logs, reproduction, root cause fixes
Laravel
APIs, login systems, database work
Teaching
Courses and videos
How I work
01.
Performance Engineering
I diagnose slow WordPress and PHP systems and fix the real bottlenecks in caching, queries, and hosting.
02.
Backend Systems
I build PHP backends, REST APIs, and practical Laravel and WordPress solutions for real production work.
03.
Production Debugging
I trace failures, inspect logs, isolate root causes, and ship practical fixes without unnecessary risk.
Featured Case Studies
Open Source & Community
Real, checkable contribution to the WordPress project itself — not side demos, the actual ecosystem:
- Core Contributor to the WordPress 6.7 release.
- Three published plugins on WordPress.org — Alpha Google Map, Single Product, and Price Table for Elementor — maintained across major WordPress and Elementor versions.
- Translation Editor for Smush, Forminator, CMB2, and SmartCrawl.
- Featured at State of the Word Tokyo 2024.
- Graduate of the official WordPress mentorship program.
Featured Writing
InnoDB vs MyISAM: How It Impacts WordPress Performance & Stability
Why the storage engine under your tables decides your site’s speed and stability.
The Power of OPcache in WordPress
How PHP’s opcode cache quietly makes WordPress faster — and how to use it well.
Make Your Code Non-Blocking for Snappier Applications
Writing non-blocking PHP so slow work doesn’t stall the whole request.
Senior backend engineering, WordPress, Laravel, and production debugging
Core contributor, backend engineer, and practical problem-solver for production WordPress and PHP systems.
