# Eric Mutema: WordPress Developer and Technical Project Manager

> Eric Mutema is a WordPress developer and technical project manager with 9+ years of WordPress experience and 5 years in web-focused customer support. Eric builds custom WordPress themes and plugins, WooCommerce stores and API integrations, works with PHP, Laravel, Drupal, Next.js, React, React Native and TypeScript, and manages projects with Agile methods, from scoping through launch and support.

Available for freelance and contract work: WordPress and WooCommerce builds, custom plugins, site migrations, performance optimization, maintenance, and web or mobile apps.

## Highlights

- 40% average performance gain on client sites
- 45% faster load times across 50+ client sites, at 99.9% uptime
- 30% better team code quality after introducing code review
- 60% organic traffic growth from SEO for a major African news platform
- 98% client satisfaction rate

## Selected work

- [Global Atlanta](https://www.globalatlanta.com): Migrated a 30-year-old international business publication from Newspack to a custom GeneratePress build. Stack: WordPress, GeneratePress, The Events Calendar, Paid Memberships Pro, Kinsta, Cloudflare.
- [Safari AI](https://www.safariai.app): AI safari itinerary builder and travel CRM for tour operators, agents and travellers. Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Firebase, Google Gemini, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, AI-assisted development.
- [Drinkmates](https://www.drinkmates.co.ke): Social app for going out: find drinking buddies, join nearby events, share locations and split the bill. Stack: React Native, Expo, Next.js, Supabase, PostgreSQL, AI-assisted development.
- [JFCS Adoption Connection](https://adoptionconnection.jfcs.org): Custom templates and structured content for the open-adoption agency of Jewish Family and Children's Services. Stack: WordPress, PHP, Elementor Pro, Meta Box, Kinsta.
- [Heritage Hills](https://heritagehills.org): Membership, email and store work, plus an MCP server, for a historic district preservation nonprofit in Oklahoma City. Stack: WordPress, WooCommerce Memberships, WooCommerce Subscriptions, MCP, GoDaddy.
- [WooCommerce Subscription Date Manager Pro](https://github.com/Erykko/WooCommerce-Subscription-Date-Manager-Pro): Plugin to bulk update WooCommerce subscription payment dates with filters and logging. Stack: WordPress, WooCommerce Subscriptions, PHP, JavaScript.
- [Adriana Cowdin](https://adrianacowdin.com): Fixed subscription renewals and built cart recovery for an author and coach's WooCommerce store. Stack: WordPress, WooCommerce, WP Swings Subscriptions, PHP, SiteGround.
- [Media Ace Advisors](https://mediaaceadvisors.com): Business website for a media advisory firm. Stack: WordPress, WooCommerce.
- [Palacina](https://www.palacina.com): Website for a luxury hotel and serviced apartments in Nairobi. Stack: Laravel, PHP, Bootstrap, jQuery.
- [Safari Game Portfolio](https://github.com/Erykko/Safari-Game-Portfolio): Game-style WordPress portfolio theme with custom blocks, post types and a JS game engine. Stack: WordPress, PHP, Gutenberg Blocks, JavaScript, WP-CLI.

## Case studies

- [Global Atlanta](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/global-atlanta.html): Moved a 30-year-old international business publication off Newspack to a custom GeneratePress build, then stabilized its performance, data and security.
- [Safari AI](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/safari-ai.html): My own product: an AI safari itinerary builder with a full travel CRM for the operators, DMCs and agents who sell those trips.
- [Drinkmates](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/drinkmates.html): A social app for going out: find drinking buddies, join nearby events, share locations with your group and split the bill.
- [JFCS Adoption Connection](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/jfcs-adoption-connection.html): Custom templates and structured content for Adoption Connection, the open-adoption agency of Jewish Family and Children's Services in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- [Heritage Hills](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/heritage-hills.html): Membership, email and store work for the nonprofit that protects Oklahoma City's Heritage Hills historic district, plus an MCP server so AI tools can manage the site.
- [WooCommerce Subscription Date Manager Pro](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/woocommerce-subscription-date-manager-pro.html): An open-source plugin that moves the next payment date on many WooCommerce subscriptions at once, with filters to skip the ones that should not change.
- [Adriana Cowdin](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/adriana-cowdin.html): Fixed failing subscription renewals and blocked cancellations for an author and coach's WooCommerce store, and built a custom abandoned cart recovery plugin.
- [Safari Game Portfolio](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/safari-game-portfolio.html): A game-style WordPress portfolio theme where visitors explore projects as wildlife sightings, earn XP and unlock achievements.

## Contact

- Website: https://www.designnairobi.agency/
- Email: emutema.mutema@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/Erykko