Sometimes you don’t need a whole new website. Sometimes you just need a lift from an expert. You may be a solopreneur. You may be a corporation with an in-house team or a smaller firm using your IT guru.
One thing you have in common is that you don’t have the expertise or maybe you don’t have the bandwidth to complete that online software project you’ve been talking about.

That’s where Karen Callahan can help you.
Karen writes custom PHP programs and WordPress plugins and blocks, and, customizes PHP-based open source software products like WordPress and osCommerce. She has interfaced WooCommerce, osCommerce, and custom-developed order forms with payment gateways like AuthorizeNet, PayTrace, Plug’n Play, and Mijireh Checkout (now CloudSwipe). (Some of the cool stuff she has programmed is listed below.)
Cost estimates for special projects are provided upon request. Estimates are free.
Need a special module that is unique to your business? Have a project and are calling upon programming contractors to complete discrete portions? Got questions? Call Karen now at 508-480-8833!
Typical Software Tools
PHP, MySQL, Ajax, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Apache, nginx
Karen Callahan as Your Contract Developer
Although building her own WordPress-centric business keeps her busy, Karen Callahan blocks time for contract work for agencies and private companies.
She contracts out as a WordPress developer and a PHP developer.

This might seem odd, however, Karen believes it keeps her on her toes! As a sole-proprietor, there is no one else giving input to these aspects of work (WordPress and PHP).
Doing contract work allows her to have a view into how U.S. businesses of all sizes are approaching challenges and creating solutions to their WordPress and custom PHP systems.
Contract work helps Karen maintain and stretch her WordPress and PHP skills. Oftentimes, it provides the opportunity to flex her advanced skills muscles. Plus, seeing what other businesses are doing confirms that Karen is aligned with industry trends in her own business dealings, and informs new ways to approach complex tasks for her direct clients.
Sampling of Special Projects
Latest WordPress Contract Project
Well Water Testing Regulations Module
Contest Tracking and Reporting Module
Auto-Add Customers’ Stories to the WordPress Database
Custom Mailing Labels via PHP Programming
Dynamic Site Plan for new Real Estate Development
PHP Programming Helps the Chamber Streamline Processing
Other custom PHP programming projects…
- National Custom Job Board for Northborough, MA Design and Build Recruiting firm: Programs that prompted for standard info from job candidates, and included filters like full-time, part-time, or contract work; selection of the U.S. region(s) and states() in which they wanted to work, and the prioritization of job titles they were seeking. Info would be emailed to all the recruiters who specialized in the selected geography:job title combinations. Recruiters had a back-end admin area to monitor progress with candidate contacts and progress.
- Mortgage Pre-Qualification Program for Braintree, MA headquartered mortgage firm: Primarily for lenders to pre-qualify home buyers. Captured standard pre-qualification info and searched through multiple tables for the mortgage programs that were available to each applicant, and printed a “Certificate of Qualification” for a certain dollar amount. If client was not eligible for amount requested, the program would suggest the amount for which the applicant might be eligible.