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Bikas Kumar, freelance full-stack WordPress, Laravel and Shopify developer in Kolkata, India
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Hello Everyone! I’m Bikas Kumar.

Full-Stack Developer crafting WordPress, Next.js, Laravel and Shopify experiences

I’m Bikas Kumar, a full-stack developer and WordPress engineer in Kolkata, India, working with clients worldwide. I build custom WordPress themes and plugins, WooCommerce and Shopify stores, Laravel applications and React / Next.js frontends.

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10+

Years of experience building for the web

55

Portfolio projects across India, the UK, Europe and Australia

WordPressWooCommerceShopifyPHPLaravelReactNext.js
Work with me

Two ways to hire me

A project to build, or a seat on your team. Both reach me directly, with no agency or marketplace in between.

I build high-performing websites and stores for businesses and entrepreneurs

I deliver end-to-end development: custom WordPress sites, Shopify stores, Laravel applications and React-based frontends. Fast delivery, clean code, and long-term support.

WordPress & WooCommerce

Custom themes without page builders, plugins, WooCommerce stores, speed fixes and long-term maintenance.

Laravel & PHP Applications

CRMs, booking and payment flows, REST and GraphQL APIs, and careful work on legacy PHP code.

React & Next.js Front Ends

Fast, search-friendly front ends, dashboards and headless WordPress or WooCommerce storefronts.

Bikas Kumar, WordPress developer, at his workspace
WordPress development

Custom WordPress that stays fast

Most WordPress problems come from how a site was built, not from WordPress itself: a page builder stacked on a heavy theme, a pile of overlapping plugins, or nobody owning updates.

What you get

  • Hand-coded themes and Gutenberg blocks built from your design
  • Custom plugins and integrations instead of plugin stacks
  • Updates, backups and security on WP Engine, Hostinger or AWS
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Technical SEO

Search-ready sites, real-time results

  • One SEO setup done properly: a single title, description and canonical per page, clean sitemaps and schema.
  • Speed work that shows up in Core Web Vitals, plus audits that find what is hiding a site from Google.
See an SEO case study

Core Web Vitals

Caching, image formats and script clean-up for faster pages.

Structured data

Person, Service, FAQ and breadcrumb schema that matches the page.

Technical audits

robots.txt, noindex, canonicals and duplicate tags, found and fixed.

Headless SEO

Metadata and rendering that keep Next.js sites visible in search.

Bikas Kumar, Laravel and PHP developer, at his workspace

Business systems that grow with you

Laravel applications for the hard parts of a business: CRMs, booking and payments, role-based access, reporting and integrations, built with tested logic and clear structure.

Connect your data sources

  • Payment, website-form and WhatsApp webhooks that create leads automatically
  • REST and GraphQL APIs for React, Next.js and mobile front ends
  • Core PHP and SQLite builds that run on ordinary shared hosting
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How hiring me works

From first message to a live site

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Your businessNew project enquiry
Hi Bikas, we need a WooCommerce store for our brand.
brand-guide.pdfDesigns + Figma link
We would like to launch before the holiday sale.
Thanks! I will review everything and send you a written quote.
Bikas Kumar, React and Next.js developer, at his workspace
React & Next.js

Achieve more with a modern front end

React.js front ends for dashboards, CRMs, quizzes and learning platforms, and Next.js websites built for speed and search, including headless WordPress and WooCommerce.

  • TypeScript by default, with readable components and few dependencies
  • Metadata, canonicals, sitemaps and structured data on every page
React developerHeadless WordPress
Tools & stack

Plug into the stack you already use

  • WordPress, WooCommerce and Shopify for content and commerce, with Laravel or Core PHP when the business logic needs its own app.
  • HubSpot, Razorpay, Stripe and WhatsApp integrations, hosted on WP Engine, Hostinger, AWS or Vercel.
  • AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Codex to move faster, with every line reviewed and tested by me before it ships.

Pick a platform to see the tools around it

  • Custom plugins
  • Themes
  • Elementor
  • ACF
  • WooCommerce
  • Gutenberg
  • SEO
  • Razorpay
  • Stripe
  • WP Engine
WordPress10 tools around it

Custom themes, plugins and headless builds

Live projects

Real projects, live sites and measurable work

Scroll through five live builds. Pause on one to watch the whole site play.

Next jsReact js

The Healing Wiz — Website Rebuild in Next.js

A full rebuild of The Healing Wiz website in Next.js.

Next.js, React, TypeScript

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The Healing Wiz Website – full page of the live site built by Bikas Kumar
55

Portfolio projects with case studies

10+

Years of web development experience

30

WordPress sites maintained on WP Engine

4

Regions served: India, UK, Europe, Australia

Featured projects

Business systems and stores that run real companies every day.

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The complete solution

From the first commit to long-term support, one developer you can talk to directly.

Custom plugins

Your feature as a proper, secure plugin with settings, roles and clean uninstall.

WooCommerce & Shopify stores

B2B and D2C stores, wholesale rules, quote flows and fast checkouts.

CRM & HubSpot integrations

Forms, webhooks and API sync so every enquiry reaches your CRM with clean data.

Maintenance & security

Updates tested on staging, backups, malware clean-up and hardening.

Bikas Kumar, Shopify developer, at his workspace

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Core PHP and Laravel development by Bikas Kumar: lightweight APIs that run anywhere, full Laravel applications, and…

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Laravel applications for the hard parts of a business.

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Next.js websites and apps built for speed and search: static exports that run even on shared hosting, headless WordPress…

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Questions & answers

What clients usually ask before hiring me.

1.How much does it cost to hire a developer?

It depends on scope. A small fix can be done in a few hours, while a custom theme or plugin is a fixed-price project. Send your brief and I’ll reply with a written quote and a timeline before any work starts.

2.Why hire a freelancer directly instead of through Upwork or Fiverr?

Marketplaces are useful for discovery, but hiring directly removes platform fees and lets you agree terms that fit your project. You can check every project here on its live site before you decide.

3.Can you work on a site another developer built?

Yes. Taking over existing sites is a large part of my work. I start with a short audit of the theme, plugins and hosting, then tell you what is safe to keep and what needs fixing.

4.Which time zone do you work in?

I’m in India (IST), and my working hours overlap with the UK and European working day. Calls can be arranged for US clients too.

5.Will my site be SEO-friendly?

Yes. Every build ships with clean markup, one heading structure per page, correct titles and canonicals, an XML sitemap, schema where it fits, and fast loading. Rankings also depend on content and competition, so I won’t promise a position.

6.How do payments work?

Fixed-price projects are usually split into milestones. Retainers are billed monthly. Everything is agreed in writing before work starts.

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Let’s work together

Book a call or send your brief

Tell me what you need built or fixed, pick a call time in your own time zone or ask for an email reply.

Prefer to talk now? +91 63501 08464 · WhatsApp · bikas6350@gmail.com

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