WordPress Festival Platform Finalization

Project Overview

We are completing a WordPress-based festival and travel discovery platform that was previously started and partially built. Visual design and page layouts are complete. Finalized CSV datasets exist. Custom WordPress plugins already exist. The prior engagement was discontinued due to non-delivery of core functional outcomes.

We are seeking an experienced WordPress developer or small team to take ownership of the remaining work and complete the platform to a production-ready, high-quality state.

This is not a redesign or a greenfield build. This is a stabilization, integration, and completion engagement.

Current State of the Project

What already exists:

A live WordPress site
Completed front-end design and templates
Finalized CSV datasets for festivals and related entities
Custom WordPress plugins already provided, including:
REST API plugin
Admin enhancements
Guides and articles
SEO helpers

What is not functional or incomplete:

The CSV importer does not support the finalized CSV column structures
The database schema is not aligned to the CSV datasets
APIs do not return stable or complete payloads
Front-end templates cannot reliably render data
Festival date occurrences logic is missing or incomplete
Sub-event ingestion is missing
Admin UI does not fully control working data
End-to-end validation with supplied datasets has failed

In short, the visual layer exists, but the core data pipeline and API contracts are incomplete.

Scope of Work

The selected developer will be responsible for owning the backend and integration work end to end.

Key responsibilities include:

Environment stabilization
Remove duplicate or conflicting custom plugins
Select and enforce one canonical version of each plugin
Resolve PHP fatal errors and runtime warnings
Place all custom code under Git version control
Data ingestion and schema alignment
Align database schema to finalized CSV column sets
Update or rebuild the CSV importer to map correctly into schema
Ensure imports are repeatable and logged
Ensure CSV updates do not require redevelopment
Validate imported data is stored correctly and queryable

API stabilization

Modify, extend, or refactor existing custom REST API endpoints
Ensure consistent response structures suitable for frontend consumption
Support festivals, occurrences, sub-events, and routes

Front-end integration

Wire homepage to live API data
Wire festival index pages to live API data
Wire festival detail pages to live API data
Correctly resolve multi-date festivals and sub-events
Eliminate runtime warnings and broken loops

Go-live readiness and handoff

Final QA pass
Basic performance and stability checks
Admin documentation for CSV imports and content management
Handoff documentation and walkthrough
Ensure the site can be operated without developer dependency

This engagement establishes the complete functional foundation for all envisioned platform features. Future enhancements must be able to build on this foundation without architectural rework.

Milestone-Based Engagement

This project is milestone-based. No hourly billing.

Milestone 1 – Backend Reality Check

Schema aligned to finalized CSVs
CSV importer fully functional and repeatable
Full dataset imports successfully
Data present and queryable
Git repository created

Milestone 2 – API and Front-End Integration

Stable APIs returning consistent payloads
Homepage renders live data
Festival index pages render live data
Festival detail pages render live data
Occurrences and sub-events resolve correctly

Milestone 3 – Go-Live Readiness and Ownership Transfer

QA complete
Admin documentation delivered
Site operable without developer involvement

Milestones are paid only upon acceptance. Partial completion does not trigger payment.

Out of Scope

UI redesign
Replacing WordPress
Experimental or speculative architecture changes
Shifting backend responsibility to client developers

Eligibility Requirements

Only applicants meeting the following criteria will be considered:

At least 100 completed projects.
Minimum 98 percent project completion rate on the platform
Minimum overall rating of 4.8 stars
Demonstrated experience completing milestone-based WordPress projects

How to Apply

Please include:

Confirmation you meet the eligibility requirements
A brief description of how you would approach Milestone 1
Examples of similar WordPress or data-driven projects you have completed
One brief non-technical personal detail in your response

Proposals requesting hourly billing or requiring upfront access without milestone commitment will not be considered.