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Hello, I’m Virgil. This is my corner of the web.
I write about freelance work, WordPress, technical problem-solving, SEO, AI-assisted building, and the independent projects I am working on now.
I have spent more than two decades turning loose ideas and stubborn website problems into work that ships. The blog is where I share what that experience keeps teaching me.
Latest writing
Notes from the workbench.
Past client work
A long career of fixing, building, and explaining.
My freelance work has covered small fixes, full website builds, technical SEO, performance, migrations, consulting, and the messy recovery jobs that do not fit neatly into a proposal.
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WordPress development
Site builds, theme fixes, CSS, memberships, forums, ecommerce, and ongoing updates.
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Performance and technical SEO
Core Web Vitals, speed work, rich snippets, crawl issues, migrations, and practical cleanup.
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Troubleshooting and recovery
Malware, hosting, domains, email, broken plugins, site errors, and problems that resisted the first fix.
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Consulting and knowledge transfer
Focused calls, technical direction, platform choices, training, and clear next steps.
What clients said
The work is best explained by the people who hired me.
“Virgil is my go-to website developer for everything.”
“The best part of working with Virgil is his communication.”
“He is thorough, knowledgeable, creative, and just damn good.”
The long view
I have been a freelancer since 2004. The tools changed. The responsibility did not.
Clients still need someone who can listen carefully, find the real problem, communicate clearly, and finish the work. That is the thread running through my past client projects and everything I build for myself today.
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