About me

Your WordPress developer in Gettysburg, PA

I’m Matt Hummel, a WordPress developer in Gettysburg, PA. I’ve been building websites since 2011, and today I help small businesses, inns, tour companies, and agencies get sites that look good, load fast, and are easy to update on your own.

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About

How I became a WordPress developer in Gettysburg

My first web job, back in 2011, was in a community college marketing office. I built landing pages, posted news, kept events up to date, and spent a lot of time figuring out why a page that looked fine still wasn’t getting clicks. That job taught me more about what people need from a website than any class did.

It also taught me that most businesses need to change things on their own. Update your hours, add a product, fix a typo. You shouldn’t have to email a developer and wait a week for that. WordPress makes it easy, and that’s why I keep coming back to it.

From 2021 to 2026 I also did contract work building internal tools and automations for larger organizations. That work is under NDA, so I keep the details general. I learned a lot, but WordPress is the work I love most.

Today I work full-time as a WordPress developer in Gettysburg, building websites for shops, tour companies, inns, real estate agents, and the agencies that serve them. Most of my earlier work belonged to my employers, so the full history is in the resume below.

When I’m not coding, I’m a dad to twin boys. I love fishing, camping, and taking photos while I explore Gettysburg, which is a great place to live if you’re into Civil War history like I am. Every so often I sneak in a video game too.

Matt with his wife and twin sons in front of a red covered bridge in Gettysburg
Matt’s wife and twin sons walking hand in hand down a grassy hill toward a red barn in Gettysburg
Black and white photo of Civil War cannons in the snow at Gettysburg
Low-angle photo of a Civil War cannon on the Gettysburg battlefield under a blue sky
Campfire burning outside a small wooden cabin at a wooded campsite at dusk
Stone arch marking Spangler’s Spring on the Gettysburg battlefield
Matt Hummel, WordPress developer in Gettysburg, PA
Matt Hummel
WordPress developer in Gettysburg, PA

How I work

You own your website

Your domain, hosting, and website live in accounts under your name. If you ever want to work with someone else, they can pick up right where I left off.

If you can’t edit it, it isn’t done

You update pages in the regular WordPress editor, with no clunky page builder to learn. If changing your hours or adding a product takes more than a couple of minutes, I’m not finished yet.

I use AI tools, and I check everything

AI helps me get to a first draft faster. I still read, test, and stand behind everything that goes live on your site.

Built to work for everyone

Your site loads fast on phones, works with a keyboard, and is easy to read for people with low vision. That’s good for your visitors, and Google notices too.

Services

What I build

Most of my work is WordPress. When your business needs something more, like online booking, a customer login, or a tool that connects to the apps you already use, I can build that too.

WordPress websites

New sites, cleanups of sites that got messy, and designs you can update yourself. I only add the plugins your site needs, so it stays fast and easy to look after.

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Custom features

When WordPress can’t do something out of the box, I build it for you: a better contact form, a booking tool, a custom listing. Simple, tested, and documented.

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Web apps and tools

Customer portals, logins, dashboards, and tools that connect to the services you already use, built to grow with your business.

Want the full list? See all my services, including how I help agencies.

Selected work

Selected work

A few recent websites, themes, and plugins. Each one is built so the owner can update it without calling me.

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Ways we can work together

Whether you run a business, an agency, or a hiring team, there’s a way to work together. I’m a WordPress developer in Gettysburg working remotely on Eastern Time and reply within one business day.

Full-time

A WordPress or full-stack role on a product or agency team.

Contract

A set stretch of work, from one project to a longer engagement.

Freelance

A new website, theme, or custom feature for your business, with a written plan before any work starts.

See how a project runs

What I work with

WordPress

Websites you can edit yourself, built on a fast, modern setup (Sage, Tailwind, and Vite).

Full-stack

Custom apps with JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and Laravel when a project needs more than WordPress.

Automation

Automated workflows in n8n that take repeat tasks off your plate.

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How I work

Experience

Experience

Newest first: freelance WordPress work, contract work under NDA, and nine years running a college website.

Role
WordPress / full-stack PHP
Stack
WordPress, PHP, custom themes & plugins
Timezone
America/New_York (ET)
Location
Gettysburg, PA · remote OK
Experience
Web work since 2011 · public WordPress work since 2025
Availability
Full-time, contract, freelance, agency overflow
LinkedIn

  1. Current

    WordPress Developer

    Matt Hummel

    Freelance · Remote

    • WordPress sites shops can edit, built with Sage 11, Blade, Tailwind, and Vite.
    • Public themes and plugins on GitHub so other developers can read the work.
    • Open to agencies, overflow dev work, and full-time roles. Remote anywhere.

  2. Senior Consultant

    Saliense

    Government Contract · Remote

    • Scoped and delivered Power Platform solutions for federal agency clients — from requirements intake to production deployment.
    • Built canvas PowerApps replacing legacy paper and email processes for government operations teams.
    • Designed Power Automate approval flows that reduced manual hand-off time on multi-step government workflows.
    • Served as technical point of contact between agency stakeholders and the development team.

  3. Applications and SharePoint Administrator

    All Native Group · Federal Services Division

    Government Contract · Remote

    • Administered SharePoint Online environments across multiple government site collections — permissions, views, content types, and governance.
    • Migrated legacy InfoPath forms and Designer workflows to PowerApps and Power Automate.
    • Provided Tier 1 and Tier 2 support to SharePoint and PowerApps users across federal teams.
    • Documented system configurations and standard operating procedures for handoff.

  4. SharePoint Web Developer

    Knowledge Capital Associates — USMC Contractor

    Government Contract

    • Built and maintained SharePoint sites for Marine Corps operational teams.
    • Led migration of SharePoint 2013 on-premises sites to SharePoint Online.
    • Replaced InfoPath forms with PowerApps and legacy Designer workflows with Power Automate.
    • Configured site collection architecture, navigation, and permissions to agency standards.

  5. Web Developer

    Germanna Community College

    Full-time · Public Information and Marketing

    • Led a full rebuild of the college's public-facing WordPress site — designed, developed, and handed off to non-technical staff who edited it daily.
    • Brought all public-facing pages into WCAG 2.0 / Section 508 compliance during a major site audit.
    • Implemented Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to support institutional marketing reporting.
    • Managed day-to-day content for Public Information and Marketing — news, events, department pages.

Skills and tools

The tools I use on real projects, grouped by where they show up.

Front-end

9
  • HTMLSemantic markup
  • CSSLayout and tokens
  • JavaScriptUI behavior
  • TypeScriptTyped front ends
  • ReactComponent UIs
  • Next.jsReact apps
  • TailwindUtility CSS
  • SassStylesheets
  • ViteAsset pipeline

WordPress

3
  • PHPThemes and plugins
  • WordPressCMS builds
  • SageBlade + Vite themes

Ship

5
  • Node.jsTooling and APIs
  • LaravelPHP framework
  • GitVersion control
  • GitHubRepos and Actions
  • VS CodeDaily editor

Platforms and automation

2
  • Power AppsCanvas apps
  • n8nWorkflow automation

My contract work is under NDA, so client names and details stay private. If you’re hiring, ask and I’ll walk you through what I can share.

Open source

Open-source code on GitHub

Themes, plugins, and small web apps I share publicly. The numbers below update from GitHub automatically.

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Public repos
29
Contributions, last 12 months
1,960
Active days
88 about 22 a day
Current streak
4 days best 15
Stars earned
10
Followers
68

Last push to Matt Hummel Theme,

Last 90 days

1,857 contributions in the last 90 days. Busiest day in 12 months: 91 contributions on Sep 9.

What the contributions are

Last 12 months

  • Commits 1,230 64%
  • Pull requests 705 36%
  • Reviews 2 <1%
  • Issues 0 0%

Active on 75 of the last 90 days.

Busiest day in 12 months: 91 contributions on Sep 9.

Recent activity

On GitHub →
  1. Merged pull request #497 in matthummel-theme
  2. Merged pull request #496 in matthummel-theme
  3. Opened pull request #497 in matthummel-theme
  4. Opened pull request #496 in matthummel-theme
  5. Pushed to main in matthummel-theme
  6. Pushed to main in matthummel-theme

Pinned on GitHub

The projects I’m most proud of right now. This list updates on its own when I change them on GitHub.

Questions

Common questions

Don’t see your question? Just ask.

What does “you own it” mean?

Your domain, hosting, and website are all yours. After launch, I don’t have access unless you invite me back, and any developer can pick up where I left off.

Do you do design, or just development?

I focus on building. I can work from your design or from a site you like. If you need a brand-new design, I’ll refer you to a designer instead of guessing at it.

How long does a WordPress site usually take?

A simple site usually takes two to three weeks. Online booking or custom features can stretch that to four to eight. You’ll get a realistic timeline before we start.

Can I update the site myself after launch?

Yes. You edit pages in the regular WordPress editor, and before launch I’ll walk you through anything that works differently, in plain English.

Do you work with agencies?

Yes. I work behind the scenes under your agency’s name. Send me a note about what you need and I’ll reply within one business day.

Why does your GitHub only go back to 2025?

I’ve been doing web work since 2011, but most of it belonged to my employers and can’t be shared. My public GitHub starts in 2025.

Do you only do WordPress?

No. WordPress is my specialty, but I also build custom web apps, connect sites to other services, and set up automations in n8n.

What projects aren’t a good fit?

Design-only projects (I can refer you to a designer), sites needed in under a week, ongoing social media or ad management, and large online stores built from scratch.

Get in touch

Tell me what you’re working on

A new project, an open role, or a site that needs some help. If you’re looking for a WordPress developer in Gettysburg or a remote one, here’s how it starts:

  1. You send a few lines about the project or the role.
  2. I reply within one business day (Eastern Time).
  3. We set up a quick call, or I send a written plan for project work.
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