Grande Cheese is a national foodservice brand specializing in premium Italian cheeses for restaurants and culinary professionals. The company’s website includes an e-commerce component for ordering branded materials and resources. I was brought in to support another development team that needed additional front-end and WordPress/WooCommerce expertise during a high-volume phase of their project.

Tech Stack

My Role

Front-End WordPress Developer (Support for WooCommerce + API Integration)

Key Contributions

• Styled and customized WooCommerce cart and checkout flows, ensuring consistency with Grande’s brand guidelines and improving layout, readability, and usability across devices.
• Implemented front-end refinements to improve user experience, including button states, form styles, spacing, validation visuals, and mobile responsiveness.
• Built a custom WordPress plugin that integrated Grande’s site with Design Huddle via their API, enabling communication between the site’s user data and the external customization platform.
• Developed secure API request handling and admin-side configuration fields so non-technical staff could manage the integration without editing code.

Impact

• Improved the appearance and usability of the cart and checkout experience, reducing friction during the ordering process.
• Delivered a reliable custom API integration that enabled Grande to offer Design Huddle functionality without relying on third-party plugins.
• Helped the team meet project deadlines by quickly contributing specialized WordPress/WooCommerce expertise.
• Enhanced maintainability through clean, documented, plugin-based architecture instead of ad-hoc theme edits.