About Sheeba Abraham

I am a Freelance WordPress & Craft CMS Developer with over a decade of experience building, optimizing, and maintaining high-performance websites. Since 2013, I’ve specialized in WordPress theme development, custom plugins, API integrations, scalable architecture, and long-term maintenance for global brands, nonprofits, and fast-growing startups.

Before becoming a full-time developer, I spent 15+ years in IT across UNIX, network programming, Pro*C, and project management. This engineering foundation helps me solve complex problems efficiently and deliver stable, secure, future-ready solutions.

What I Do

  • Custom WordPress theme development (scratch & enhancements)
  • Feature development — sliders, dynamic UI components, APIs, email/CRM integrations
  • Landing pages using modular components
  • Performance tuning & PageSpeed optimization
  • Long-term maintenance & support
  • Troubleshooting, debugging & refactoring legacy code
  • Core, theme & plugin updates
  • Security hardening, backups & monitoring
  • Analytics setup — GA4, GTM, Split.io, Rudderstack
  • Enterprise workflows — WPVIP, CI/CD, multisite

WordPress Community Work

I am actively involved in the WordPress community.

My past organizer roles include:

Other contributions:

  • Theme Review Team (2015–2017)
  • Documentation contributor (2016–2017)
  • Translation contributor (2017)
  • Instructor – Beginners’ Workshop at WordCamp Mumbai 2018



How I Started

My WordPress journey began in 2013 after a long career in IT. Taking the leap into freelancing was one of the biggest decisions of my life. I learned HTML, CSS, PHP, and SEO from the ground up — supported by meetups, the global WP community, and constant learning.

Featured On

My story was featured on HeroPress:

“Find a Way, Not Excuses”

I’ve been highlighted in interviews, community tweets, and features including Women in WordPress and Open Source Journeys.

Find a Way, Not Excuses

 

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