01 // News Publisher
MyNewsGH.com
High-traffic Ghanaian news site, now one of the country's leading news blogs.
- WordPress
- Design
- Hosting
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From code to cloud,
I build the whole stack.
I build, manage and fix websites, and WordPress is my specialty. I've been designing and building WordPress sites for over 11 years, and doing it for clients for the past 6. My work covers the full stack, from HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP to Cloudflare, DNS and the server.
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✓ VERIFIEDGustav T. Kumah
Web Developer
WordPress Specialist
CLEARANCE: FULL STACK
LOCATION: Tema, Ghana (UTC+0)
- > WHAT_I_DO
- Build, manage & fix websitesWordPress · PHP · Cloudflare
- > KNOWN_FOR
- Fixing problems at the rootMalware, outages, slow sites
- > CERTIFIED
- Full-Stack EngineerCodecademy · May 2025
- > EXPERIENCE
- 11+ yrs WordPress · 6 yrs client work
- > AVAILABILITY
- Open for new projects
Selected Work
SEE_FIXES[ ]A selection of what I've built: client sites, a WordPress plugin and a few sites of my own.
> CLIENT_SITES
02 // News Publisher
ThePublisherOnline.com
Ghanaian news site covering politics, business, sport, health and more.
- WordPress
- Design
- Hosting
03 // News Publisher
NewsNyte.com
General news: politics, tech, business, sport and travel.
- WordPress
- Design
- Hosting
04 // Radio Station
TolonRadio.com
Tolon Radio's website: news, presenter profiles, a gallery and video.
- WordPress
- Design
- Hosting
05 // Hospitality
CerenoHomesGhana.com
Booking site for Cereno Homes, with room listings and an availability search.
- WordPress
- Design
- Hosting
06 // Explainer Site
LeadParagraph.com
Explainers on money, housing, moving and careers, with cost calculators.
- WordPress
- Design
- Hosting
> PLUGINS_I_BUILT
SmartLinker
WordPress plugin
Adds internal links to articles automatically, following rules I set, so I don't have to place them by hand on the ten sites it runs on.
- Runs on
- 10 sites
- Built in
- PHP
- Status
- Live
View on GitHub
- PHP
- WordPress
- Git & GitHub
- Claude Code
> SITES_I_OWN
Searchis
searchis.comchecking
Real answers to South African searches.
Everyday answers · South Africa
The Next Pages
thenextpages.comchecking
Guides to colleges, TVET courses and bursaries, and how to apply.
Colleges & bursaries · South Africa
Idea Spots
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Practical guides to money, side hustles and small business, with real costs and clear steps.
Money & side hustles · South Africa
> SYSTEM_LOG
[--:--:--] Portfolio runtime initialized.
[--:--:--] Loading projects & assets... done.
[--:--:--] Ready. Have a look around.
> CORE_TECH_STACK
- HTML & CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- WordPress
- Cloudflare
- Nginx
- Git & GitHub
Fixes & Root Causes
VIEW_FULL_CV[ ]- 01
MyNewsGH.com: malware cleanup and server move
Malware and spam had pushed this busy Ghanaian news site's server past 100% CPU. I cleaned out the infection and moved the site to a Hetzner cloud server. I've looked after it as needed for six years, while it grew into one of the leading news blogs in Ghana.
- WordPress
- Hetzner
- Nginx
- Cloudflare
- 02
ThePublisherOnline.com: a weekly outage, traced and fixed
For a month, a database error took the site down every week. I traced it to a server disk that was almost full, then resized the server over SSH. It hasn't come back since.
- WordPress
- SSH
- Server administration
- Root-cause diagnosis
- 03
TechCabin.co.za: white screens, gateway and SSL errors
This South African guides site (grants, telecoms, DSTV) was throwing white screens, gateway errors and SSL failures. I fixed them, and they still call on me when something needs fixing.
- WordPress
- SSL
- Troubleshooting
↗StatusDoneSupport as needed - 04
e-Ananse: malware cleanup
The e-Ananse website had a malware infection. I tracked it down, removed it and got the site working normally again.
- WordPress
- Malware removal
↗StatusDoneOne-off job - 05
EnergyNewAfrica.com: move to a Hetzner cloud server
I moved the site off its old host and onto a Hetzner cloud server.
- Migration
- Hetzner
StatusDoneOne-off job
Stack, services and tools
Core Competencies
- Web DevelopmentResponsive builds in HTML, CSS, JS & PHP
- WordPressDesign, custom themes & plugins, WP-CLI
- Security & ReliabilityHardening, malware removal, backups
- PerformanceCaching, CDN, database tuning
- Hosting & InfrastructureCloudflare, GridPane, Hetzner, Nginx
- Technical SEOSearch Console, GA4, site audits
Services
Tools I Use
- WordPress & WP-CLI
- Cloudflare
- GridPane
- Hetzner
- Nginx & LiteSpeed
- Git & GitHub
- Claude Code
- Google Search Console
CertifiedCodecademy · Professional Certification
Full-Stack Engineer
Awarded May 15, 2025 for passing all 5 exams: Web Development Foundations, Building Interactive Websites, Front-End Development, Back-End Development, Full-Stack Development.
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Git & GitHub
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- Express.js
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- Web Security
- Data Structures
- Algorithms
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Most of my work is WordPress: new builds, updates and backups, migrations, malware clean-ups and speed fixes. So far, every client has come to me through a referral.