Thomas Maier
Freelance Consultant IT at webgilde GmbH
Samtens, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Maier is a freelance IT consultant and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building and monetizing WordPress-based publishing platforms. As founder of webgilde GmbH and the Advanced Ads plugin (used on over 150,000 sites), he blends product-led plugin development with publisher-focused ad optimization and traffic growth strategies. He started as a freelance WordPress developer and has a track record of turning publisher needs into reliable, scalable tools and revenue streams. Based in Samtens, Germany, his background in communication and Central European studies informs a user-centered approach to content platforms and international partnership-building. An operator at heart, he still actively codes, consults, and ships solutions that bridge editorial workflows and adtech.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Polish, Communication Science, General Studies, BA, Polish, Communication Science, General Studies at Universität GreifswaldMA, Central European Studies, MA, Central European Studies at Andrassy University Budapest / Hungarystudent exchange, Polish, Communication Science, Cultural Studies, student exchange, Polish, Communication Science, Cultural Studies at Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
English, slowakisch, Polish, English, slowakisch, Polish
Github Skills (108)
drag10
metadata10
gutenberg10
opengraph10
seo10
perfect10
wordpress10
wordpress-api10
meta-tags10
easy-digital-downloads10
reservation-system10
yoast10
version-control10
xml-sitemap10
stripe10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
webgilde/plugin-conflicts
Jun 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 10 months
wordpresspluginconflictsdebugwordpress-plugin
webzunft/image-source-control
Jan 2023 - Apr 2025
WordPress plugin to manage and display image sources
Contributions:94 pushes, 211 branches in 2 years 3 months
wordpresswordpress-pluginimage-displaysources
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