The 20-minute discovery call — what I ask, why I ask it, and what a good answer sounds like
The questions Christopher asks on a 20-minute WordPress discovery call, why he asks them, and what a procurement-quality answer sounds like for each one.
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A $61,847 Sunday afternoon
Fourteen hours on my own site, $30,800–$61,847 of senior WordPress delivery on the work log, and a 64% measurement gap the file itself surfaced before I did. The case study for AIOS, the internal system that produced both numbers.
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The 30-Minute Audit
Anyone sitting on a procurement decision about enterprise WordPress hosting. Thirty minutes, on a staging environment, before signing anything.
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The One-Day WordPress Audit
Anyone evaluating whether their WordPress site needs a real audit, or evaluating the audit proposal currently on their desk. One day on staging, one afternoon to read.
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The Plugin-Author Check-In Checklist
Anyone whose name is in the header of a WordPress plugin they haven’t looked at in a while. Thirty minutes per plugin, on a staging environment.
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What a $275/hr WordPress consultant costs you over three years — and when the $75k in-house junior is the better buy
A defensible three-year total cost comparison between hiring a senior WordPress consultant and adding a junior developer in-house. Real numbers, both directions, no agency math.
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Your WordPress site is maintained. Or it was. Nobody checked.
Monthly WordPress care for Fort Erie and Niagara businesses — your site stays fast, secure, and online without you thinking about it. Portfolio: Postmedia, Sherwin-Williams, Sheridan College.
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Accessibility isn’t a phase. It’s a precondition.
Accessibility isn’t a phase 2 line item — it’s a precondition on every site I build. WCAG compliance ships from the start, not after.
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I take rescue work. Always.
Half-finished projects, abandoned builds, sites that worked once and don’t anymore — I take rescue work. Always.