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I am Gaurav Tiwari. I build digital products for people making things on the web: WordPress plugins and themes, books, templates and practical guides. I also design and develop websites on WordPress, Astro and Next.js, and help brands and businesses grow their online presence without spending a fortune.

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  • Since 2008 on the web
  • 10,000+ businesses use my products
  • 2,000+ articles
  • 850+ clients
Gaurav Tiwari

Everything I Make

Plugins for the parts of a website that need to do more than look good, themes for the work you do, libraries of Notion templates, AI skills and design systems, and books you can finish.

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Latest From the Blog

New guides, tutorials and reviews, plus the ones I updated most recently.

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What Are We Building?

Pick the closest match. You’ll see how I’d run the project, what you’d walk away with, and work I’ve already shipped that does the same job.

Project brief

Draft

A new website

  1. ResearchUnderstand the people, the problem and the constraints before anything gets drawn.
  2. DesignShape the site around what your visitors came to do, on WordPress core blocks.
  3. Build and hand overPerformance and accessibility from the start, then a walkthrough so your team can run it.

You leave witha finished site your team can edit without calling a developer.

Work I’ve shipped like this

Project brief

Draft

A custom plugin or feature

  1. ScopeAgree on what done means, what it costs and who owns what.
  2. BuildClean, tested code that respects performance, accessibility and the WordPress way of doing things.
  3. ExplainDocumentation and the reasoning behind each tradeoff, so the next developer isn’t guessing.

You leave withworking code you own, documented and handed over.

Work I’ve shipped like this

Project brief

Draft

A slow or hard-to-find site

  1. TraceFind where the time goes, from the server response to page assets and third-party code.
  2. RankWork out what keeps pages out of search, then order every problem by how much it costs you.
  3. FixStart with the largest problem, measure the result, then move to the next one.

You leave witha ranked list of problems and the fixes applied.

Work I’ve shipped like this

Project brief

Draft

A setup that got messy

  1. MapList what’s installed, what each piece does and what breaks if it goes.
  2. SimplifyReplace overlapping plugins and fragile custom code with fewer, cleaner parts.
  3. Write it downExplain the new setup, so your team can run it without me in the room.

You leave witha lighter setup your team understands, with notes to prove it.

Work I’ve shipped like this

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In Their Words

Clients, readers and plugin users, quoted as they wrote it.

Built a robust content platform for us. Understood both technical architecture and UX aspects exceptionally well. The CMS is simple enough for our non-technical team.
Abhishek GuptaCEO, Rau's IAS
[Gaurav is] the best of both worlds: a marketer and designer with a sharp eye on conversion. [That was] exactly what we needed for our campaigns.
Eugene M. KeenFormer Product Marketing Manager, Konica Minolta
Understood our luxury positioning perfectly. The website feels premium and matches our brand. Customers tell us the site sold them before they walked in.
Shuchi KulshreshthaFounder, Rushu
[Gaurav] built [our] website from scratch. The CMS is simple enough that our non-technical team can manage everything without calling a developer.
Rahul PuriLead Faculty, Anantam IAS
[Gaurav is the] best [professional I've worked with] in my entire career, across planning, writing, designing, and marketing. He does it all and does it well.
Siddharth SharmaSEO & Content Marketer
The website looks beautiful, and guests found us through it. [Gaurav was] patient and always responsive to feedback.
SirjonOwner, Hotel Shri Karni Niwas
Understanding of content and design is impeccable. Problem-solving on the spot. A reliable partner for any web project.
Rajesh ChauhanFounder & CEO, YouStable
[Dynamic Month & Year into Posts] definitely deserves five stars. Thanks for all your contributions. I requested a new feature, and Gaurav added it in the next release. I'm happy to use this lightweight and secure plugin.
mmediaWordPress Plugin User

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The tools behind my work, free resources to take into yours, and the docs, changelogs and roadmap for what I ship.

My Toolbox The Macs, apps, AI tools, WordPress plugins and hosting I use every day, plus the plugins I built myself. See the full stack → Resources WordPress plugins, web tools, blogging guides, code snippets, courses, books and study resources in one place. Browse all resources → Apps & Tools → Calculators → Code Snippets → Free Courses → Free Downloads → Product Support → Documentation → Changelogs → Roadmap →

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From the Workbench

Notes on WordPress, publishing, search, and independent products, sent when something real comes off my bench.

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