Case studies

The investigation, the work, and the result.

Evidence-aware records of WordPress performance, security, technical SEO, maintenance, and infrastructure work.

01

Confidential UK professional services project

Recovering Eight WordPress Sites After a Coordinated Malware Incident

A coordinated investigation, cleanup, and monitoring programme across eight compromised WordPress websites.

Measured Result
Sites restored
8
Cleanup period
4 days
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02

Confidential US ecommerce project

Reducing a 120K+ Malicious URL Footprint After a WordPress Compromise

Technical SEO recovery addressing unwanted indexed URLs left behind after a WordPress security incident.

Measured Result
Initial indexed footprint
120K+
During recovery
~30K
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03

Confidential multi-brand portfolio

Supporting a Portfolio of Approximately 150 WordPress Websites

Ongoing maintenance, security, hosting, DNS, SSL, Cloudflare, and troubleshooting work across a multi-host WordPress estate.

Scope & Outcome
Portfolio size
~150 sites
Hosting
Multiple environments
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04

Confidential SaaS project

Stabilising WordPress Server Load During Automated Probing

Request analysis and Cloudflare mitigation for repeated automated scans affecting server resources.

Scope & Outcome
Observation window
24 hours
Observed CPU state
Stable
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05

Confidential UK DTC apparel project

Improving Mobile Lighthouse Performance from 61 to 92

A WordPress performance sprint focused on LCP, render-blocking resources, and the mobile critical rendering path.

Measured Result
Lighthouse Performance
61 → 92
LCP
8.5s → 3.3s
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06

Confidential WooCommerce project

Auditing WooCommerce and Elementor Performance Bottlenecks

An initial Lighthouse and front-end audit that produced a prioritised optimization roadmap, not a claimed after-state.

Audit Finding
Initial Performance
73
Initial LCP
7.1s
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07

Confidential WordPress content project

Diagnosing a 6.8-Second Mobile LCP on WordPress

A mobile Lighthouse investigation that identified render-blocking resources and produced a focused roadmap.

Audit Finding
Initial LCP
6.8s
Initial FCP
2.6s
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08

Confidential WordPress performance project

Tracing Performance Bottlenecks in a Heavy WordPress Front End

A front-end performance audit covering render blocking, image delivery, fonts, caching, and dependency weight.

Audit Finding
Initial Performance
62
Initial LCP
7.8s
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09

Confidential WordPress maintenance project

Improving Maintainability Across WordPress Environments

Ongoing troubleshooting across plugins, themes, servers, caches, databases, and Cloudflare configuration.

Scope & Outcome
Outcome
Improved stability
Scope
Application + hosting
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10

Confidential WordPress infrastructure project

Restoring WordPress Form and Email Delivery

Troubleshooting forms, SMTP, authentication records, and the complete lead-delivery path.

Scope & Outcome
Form flow
Verified
Authentication
SPF / DKIM configured
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11

Confidential WordPress infrastructure project

Resolving WordPress Hosting, DNS, SSL, and Cloudflare Faults

Infrastructure troubleshooting across DNS records, SSL, CDN caching, redirects, and hosting configuration.

Scope & Outcome
Layers reviewed
DNS / SSL / CDN
Outcome
Recorded faults resolved
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12

Confidential technical SEO project

Cleaning Up Unwanted WordPress Indexation After a Security Incident

Search Console, sitemap, status-code, and monitoring work following malicious URL generation.

Scope & Outcome
Workstream
Index cleanup
Measurement
Search Console
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13

Confidential SaaS security project

Investigating Active Threat Signals in WordPress

A hands-on security review covering suspicious files, account attempts, vulnerable plugins, resource anomalies, and injected scripts.

Scope & Outcome
Scope
Investigation + hardening
Follow-up
Monitoring planned
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Why this work matters

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