Daniel Shaw · WordPress & WooCommerce Developer Wellington, New Zealand EMAIL daniel@chthonic.nz

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Hi, I’m Daniel, a friendly WordPress developer

I can help you create a premium website that is fast, affordable, and simple to use.

Work with me

I’ve been writing code and troubleshooting custom WordPress & WooCommerce websites for over a decade. Why not leverage my WordPress development experience?

Let me help solve your unique problems. The hardest part is often working out what it is you actually need to do. No doubt I’ve already spent long hours creating something like your upcoming project.

WordPress help

I work with you to create a website, web app, or WooCommerce shop tailored to your needs.

Web design
Affordable & accessible websites, finished to a high standard, structured for ease-of-use and speed. Your visitors will always have a great user experience.
WordPress developer
Bespoke WordPress themes, blocks and plugins to ensure and enhance your online presence. All tailored to fit your requirements, remain low maintenance and be SEO-friendly.
Technical SEO
Technical search engine optimisation (SEO) can dramatically improve where and how often your website appears in Google’s search results.
Web performance
Your website is your virtual pet: it requires ongoing love and attention to maintain good hygiene and continue to perform at its best.
“Fix my website”
Something broken, or worse: your WordPress or WooCommerce website has been hacked? I provide an immediate service to get you safely back online.
I never outsource
This means you’re always dealing with someone with a holistic view of your project.
Concessions
I offer a generous discount for choosing to create a more accessible website: see my rates.
NO to WordPress?
That’s OK! I also work with Eleventy, Craft CMS and Silverstripe — let’s have a chat about your requirements.

Some previous projects

I’ve worked with some super people, businesses and organisations over the years.

E-commerce
Retail
Consultancy
NGO
Small business
Social marketing

Soup Fashion Recovery

Since 2010 I’ve worked with Soup on solutions to selling one-off sized products online.

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Capitol Restaurant

Kate at Capitol got in touch to help escape Shopify’s costly monthly fees. I worked on a new design for a custom WordPress theme, while ensuring the admin side was also super-easy for Kate to regularly refresh Capitol’s set menus and lush imagery.

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Margules Groome

I wasn’t sure initially if I was a good choice for this but it turned out to be the most efficient and straight-forward little project I’ve ever worked on, thanks to the impressively organised Bonnie—thank you!

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Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index

The main focus of this project was wrangling a mass of information comparing country-specific harm into a bespoke interactive data visualisation tool. Despite the often distressing content, this was a really rewarding project to work on.

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People Dynamics

This was a referral from a client for whom I’d just finished launching a refreshed website. Paula’s brief for a “professional yet personable” website was realised within a tight time frame on a modest budget.

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Flox

Something slightly different, drawing on a skill base from a different life: 3D modelling, scripting and animation for a promotional “Festival Flowers” Instagram filter. Concept by Tanker Creative, illustration by Flox.

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