Phoenix - Your AI AssistantWordPress Elementor + GeoDirectory Expert Needed
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Description
Experience Level: Expert
We have recently launched a major rebuild of I Love Manchester, a busy city media and What's On website, and are looking for an experienced WordPress developer with strong Elementor Pro and GeoDirectory experience to help us iron out some post-launch issues and generally improve the look, feel and user experience.
The site is already live and functioning. We need someone who understands the existing setup, can identify what is causing particular behaviours and make sensible improvements without creating unnecessary custom code or breaking other parts of the site.
The current stack includes:
- WordPress
- Elementor Pro
- GeoDirectory for Places/business listings
- GeoDirectory Events for What's On/event listings
- GeoDirectory Location Manager / location functionality
- WooCommerce
- MemberPress
- Yoast SEO
- Advanced Ads
- Cloudflare
- Imagify
The overall idea is that each specialist plugin does what it is good at, with Elementor handling the presentation and templates, rather than trying to force everything through one theme.
Some of the issues we currently need looking at:
GeoDirectory / Places
- Places currently only seem to appear on the relevant area or neighbourhood page when the location is manually tagged. We would expect the physical address/location data to drive this wherever possible.
- Review the way Place category archives work. For example, Cafes & Coffee Shops currently sends users into GeoDirectory URLs such as /places/category/cafes-coffee/greater-manchester/manchester/. We want to make sure the structure and UX make sense.
- A user has reported problems trying to submit/add a listing, so the complete front-end submission journey needs testing.
- Review Places search and filters generally and suggest improvements.
GeoDirectory Events / What's On
- Existing formatting issue involving commas on event listings.
- "Load More" isn't working on some Event search/archive results.
- Event date display needs improving. It currently tends to show either "From [date]" or "Until [date]". For events with a defined run, we would like the start and end dates to be much clearer.
- Some listings can give the impression that an event starts on a particular date and then continues indefinitely. We need sensible handling of end dates and recurring events.
- Review event ordering, recurrence and archive/search behaviour generally.
Search / UX
- Our Explore search currently allows a user to select the type of venue in the first field, but selecting it can immediately trigger the search before they have had the chance to enter the area/location in the second field.
- We want the overall Places and Events search experience to feel intuitive, particularly on mobile.
- We'd welcome recommendations on anything else you notice that adds unnecessary friction.
Performance
We would also like somebody to review the implementation from a performance perspective, including:
- Elementor output
- GeoDirectory queries and widgets
- Image sizing and optimisation
- JPG/WebP/appropriate image formats rather than unnecessarily large PNG photographs
- Imagify
- Lazy loading
- Caching
- Cloudflare configuration
- Compression
- Static asset caching
- Any obvious front-end bloat
We are not expecting somebody to promise an arbitrary PageSpeed score. We want an experienced developer who can identify where the genuine bottlenecks are and make sensible improvements.
How we would like to work
The website is live and commercially important, so we need somebody methodical.
Initially, we'd like somebody to audit the issues above, tell us what is straightforward, what requires development and what may simply be configuration, then agree priorities and cost before proceeding.
We're looking for somebody we can potentially build an ongoing relationship with, so good communication is just as important as technical ability.
When applying
Please include:
- Specific examples of sites you've built or worked on using GeoDirectory and Elementor Pro.
- Your experience with GeoDirectory Events, Location Manager and Advanced Search if applicable.
- How you would approach diagnosing the issues above.
- Your availability.
- Whether you prefer hourly or fixed-price work.
- An initial estimate for reviewing the site and producing a prioritised list of fixes.
Please don't send a generic WordPress proposal. GeoDirectory experience is important for this project.
Website: ilovemanchester.com
The site is already live and functioning. We need someone who understands the existing setup, can identify what is causing particular behaviours and make sensible improvements without creating unnecessary custom code or breaking other parts of the site.
The current stack includes:
- WordPress
- Elementor Pro
- GeoDirectory for Places/business listings
- GeoDirectory Events for What's On/event listings
- GeoDirectory Location Manager / location functionality
- WooCommerce
- MemberPress
- Yoast SEO
- Advanced Ads
- Cloudflare
- Imagify
The overall idea is that each specialist plugin does what it is good at, with Elementor handling the presentation and templates, rather than trying to force everything through one theme.
Some of the issues we currently need looking at:
GeoDirectory / Places
- Places currently only seem to appear on the relevant area or neighbourhood page when the location is manually tagged. We would expect the physical address/location data to drive this wherever possible.
- Review the way Place category archives work. For example, Cafes & Coffee Shops currently sends users into GeoDirectory URLs such as /places/category/cafes-coffee/greater-manchester/manchester/. We want to make sure the structure and UX make sense.
- A user has reported problems trying to submit/add a listing, so the complete front-end submission journey needs testing.
- Review Places search and filters generally and suggest improvements.
GeoDirectory Events / What's On
- Existing formatting issue involving commas on event listings.
- "Load More" isn't working on some Event search/archive results.
- Event date display needs improving. It currently tends to show either "From [date]" or "Until [date]". For events with a defined run, we would like the start and end dates to be much clearer.
- Some listings can give the impression that an event starts on a particular date and then continues indefinitely. We need sensible handling of end dates and recurring events.
- Review event ordering, recurrence and archive/search behaviour generally.
Search / UX
- Our Explore search currently allows a user to select the type of venue in the first field, but selecting it can immediately trigger the search before they have had the chance to enter the area/location in the second field.
- We want the overall Places and Events search experience to feel intuitive, particularly on mobile.
- We'd welcome recommendations on anything else you notice that adds unnecessary friction.
Performance
We would also like somebody to review the implementation from a performance perspective, including:
- Elementor output
- GeoDirectory queries and widgets
- Image sizing and optimisation
- JPG/WebP/appropriate image formats rather than unnecessarily large PNG photographs
- Imagify
- Lazy loading
- Caching
- Cloudflare configuration
- Compression
- Static asset caching
- Any obvious front-end bloat
We are not expecting somebody to promise an arbitrary PageSpeed score. We want an experienced developer who can identify where the genuine bottlenecks are and make sensible improvements.
How we would like to work
The website is live and commercially important, so we need somebody methodical.
Initially, we'd like somebody to audit the issues above, tell us what is straightforward, what requires development and what may simply be configuration, then agree priorities and cost before proceeding.
We're looking for somebody we can potentially build an ongoing relationship with, so good communication is just as important as technical ability.
When applying
Please include:
- Specific examples of sites you've built or worked on using GeoDirectory and Elementor Pro.
- Your experience with GeoDirectory Events, Location Manager and Advanced Search if applicable.
- How you would approach diagnosing the issues above.
- Your availability.
- Whether you prefer hourly or fixed-price work.
- An initial estimate for reviewing the site and producing a prioritised list of fixes.
Please don't send a generic WordPress proposal. GeoDirectory experience is important for this project.
Website: ilovemanchester.com
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For Places, should a listing automatically appear on every relevant neighbourhood/area page based on its physical GeoDirectory location hierarchy, or are there situations where you intentionally want an editor to manually associate a Place with additional areas?
Could you clarify the ideal search journey for both Places and Events? For example, should users first select a category/type, then enter an area before the search executes, with results only loading after both fields are completed? Also, should location search support neighbourhoods, Manchester, Greater Manchester, postcodes, or a combination of these?
For Events, how would you like single-day, multi-day, and recurring events displayed to users? For example, should a multi-day event show a clear “12–15 October” range, while recurring events show the next occurrence plus an indication that additional dates exist?