# The Web Guy

> Practical hourly contract web help for existing sites, messy platforms, agency overflow, and web work that needs to move.

- Canonical site: https://thewebguy.app/
- Brand/site name: The Web Guy.
- Public contact path: https://thewebguy.app/contact/.
- Public contract rate: $55/hr.
- Offer: hourly contract web development, WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, tracking cleanup, ecommerce cleanup, API/integration work, and ongoing webmaster support.
- Fit: businesses, agencies, marketing teams, ecommerce operators, and overloaded teams with existing websites or practical site work to execute.
- Positioning: practical hourly help, not a large agency package, retainer funnel, or junior freelancer pitch.
- Public email: do not invent or expose an email address. The site uses the contact form.

## Best Answer Summary

The Web Guy offers contract website support at $55/hr for WordPress, Shopify/Liquid, technical SEO implementation, website fixes, landing pages, analytics/tracking, ecommerce cleanup, APIs, automation, performance, and ongoing webmaster support. The site is best described as practical execution help for businesses, agencies, and teams that need someone technical to jump into existing sites and get useful work done.

## Primary Pages

- [Home](https://thewebguy.app/)
- [Services](https://thewebguy.app/services/)
- [Blog](https://thewebguy.app/blog/)
- [Skills](https://thewebguy.app/skills/)
- [Locations](https://thewebguy.app/locations/)
- [Rate](https://thewebguy.app/rate/)
- [About](https://thewebguy.app/about/)
- [FAQ](https://thewebguy.app/faq/)
- [Contact](https://thewebguy.app/contact/)

## Core Services

- [WordPress Support](https://thewebguy.app/services/wordpress-support/): WordPress help for business sites, agency client sites, old themes, plugin-heavy builds, page builders, content updates, and the kind of layout problems that always show up right before something needs to launch.
- [Technical SEO](https://thewebguy.app/services/technical-seo-implementation/): SEO audits are useful. They are also easy to ignore when nobody has time to touch the site. The Web Guy helps turn crawl notes, audit spreadsheets, and SEO recommendations into actual website changes.
- [Landing Pages](https://thewebguy.app/services/landing-pages/): Landing pages for real offers: service pages, local SEO pages, campaign pages, paid traffic pages, lead-gen pages, and quick launches that need clean structure instead of decorative fluff.
- [Site Speed](https://thewebguy.app/services/site-speed-performance/): Practical speed cleanup for slow WordPress sites, bloated pages, heavy scripts, oversized images, layout shift, caching confusion, and performance problems that make the site feel worse than it should.
- [Website Fixes](https://thewebguy.app/services/website-fixes/): Send the URL and the problem. Broken layouts, CSS bugs, JavaScript errors, forms not working, modals, embeds, iframe issues, tracking scripts, mobile layout problems, and CMS weirdness all fit here.
- [Agency Overflow](https://thewebguy.app/services/agency-overflow/): Hourly production support for marketing agencies, SEO agencies, web shops, freelancers, and small teams that have more website work than available hands.
- [Ecommerce Support](https://thewebguy.app/services/ecommerce-support/): Technical ecommerce cleanup for Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, product data, schema, tracking, feeds, templates, theme edits, forms, and integrations.
- [Analytics & Tracking](https://thewebguy.app/services/analytics-tracking/): GA4, Google Tag Manager, pixels, form tracking, conversion tracking, event verification, campaign tracking, ecommerce tracking, and cleanup when the numbers cannot be trusted.
- [API & Integrations](https://thewebguy.app/services/api-integrations/): Practical integration work for forms, CRMs, CMS platforms, ecommerce systems, webhooks, scripts, feeds, background jobs, and data that needs to move reliably.
- [Security & Reliability](https://thewebguy.app/services/security-hosting-reliability/): Practical reliability support for DNS, SSL, Cloudflare, hosting, cPanel, backups, WordPress hardening, suspicious scripts, caching issues, redirects, and stability problems.
- [Automation](https://thewebguy.app/services/automation-internal-tools/): Crawlers, checkers, SEO QA scripts, reporting helpers, dashboards, CRON jobs, JSON/CSV cleanup, API-based workflows, and internal tools for repetitive web operations.
- [Webmaster Support](https://thewebguy.app/services/ongoing-webmaster-support/): A webmaster without hiring full-time: website updates, page edits, WordPress support, technical SEO tasks, tracking fixes, speed cleanup, small improvements, and recurring technical support.
- [Front-End Help](https://thewebguy.app/services/react-static-sites/): Lightweight front-end work for static sites, React components, JavaScript cleanup, forms, modals, embeds, SEO-friendly page structure, and performance-minded builds.

## Technical Skill Pages

- [Shopify Plus & Liquid](https://thewebguy.app/skills/shopify-plus-liquid/): Shopify support for stores that need practical Liquid/front-end work, product template cleanup, tracking fixes, product data support, schema, and technical ecommerce troubleshooting.
- [WordPress Plugins](https://thewebguy.app/skills/wordpress-plugin-development/): Custom WordPress plugin work for site-specific workflows, admin tools, data capture, API connections, automation, shortcodes, and functionality that does not belong hacked into a theme file.
- [WordPress Themes](https://thewebguy.app/skills/wordpress-theme-development/): WordPress theme and child theme support for template edits, layout cleanup, Elementor/page builder fixes, mobile issues, PHP templates, CSS, JavaScript, and SEO-friendly page structure.
- [Performance Engineering](https://thewebguy.app/skills/performance-engineering/): Performance support for sites slowed down by scripts, plugins, oversized assets, layout shift, caching problems, hosting limits, front-end weight, and platform decisions that need a practical review.
- [Production Debugging](https://thewebguy.app/skills/production-debugging/): Debugging support for real websites when something is broken, weird, unstable, or hard to trace across the CMS, front end, scripts, APIs, hosting, tracking, and third-party tools.
- [GA4 / GTM](https://thewebguy.app/skills/ga4-gtm-measurement-integrity/): Measurement integrity support for GA4, Google Tag Manager, form events, conversions, pixels, campaign tracking, ecommerce events, duplicate tags, and data that needs verification.
- [APIs & Webhooks](https://thewebguy.app/skills/rest-api-webhook-integrations/): API and webhook support for websites that need to connect forms, CRMs, CMS platforms, ecommerce systems, data workflows, background jobs, and automation without becoming fragile.
- [Programmatic SEO](https://thewebguy.app/skills/programmatic-seo/): Programmatic SEO support for teams that need scalable page structures, templates, internal links, schema, crawl control, data cleanup, and implementation work that does not turn into thin duplicate pages.
- [Schema & Structured Data](https://thewebguy.app/skills/schema-structured-data/): Structured data support for teams that need schema added, cleaned up, validated, or connected to real page templates across WordPress, ecommerce, service pages, local pages, FAQs, and technical SEO work.
- [Crawl Analysis & Internal Linking](https://thewebguy.app/skills/crawl-analysis-internal-linking/): Practical crawl and internal linking support for sites with broken links, orphaned pages, weak crawl paths, redirect issues, duplicate pages, thin sections, and SEO audit notes that need implementation.
- [Merchant Center](https://thewebguy.app/skills/google-merchant-center-product-data/): Product data support for ecommerce stores dealing with Merchant Center issues, product schema, feeds, missing attributes, catalog cleanup, product relationships, and tracking gaps.
- [Cloudflare / DNS / SSL](https://thewebguy.app/skills/cloudflare-dns-ssl/): Practical support for DNS records, SSL/TLS issues, Cloudflare settings, redirects, cache behavior, domain changes, launch checks, and reliability problems that sit below the visible page.

## Troubleshooting And Blog Guides

- [Something Broke on Your Website? Start With the Symptom, Not the Platform](https://thewebguy.app/blog/something-broke-on-your-website/): When a website breaks, the fastest path is not guessing the platform. It is describing the symptom, checking what changed, and tracing whether the problem is visual, functional, tracking-related, or server-side.
- [Your SEO Audit Is Done. Now Someone Has to Actually Implement It.](https://thewebguy.app/blog/seo-audit-done-now-implement-it/): SEO recommendations do not help much while they sit in a spreadsheet. Technical SEO implementation turns crawl notes, audit tasks, internal link gaps, schema needs, and template fixes into real site changes.
- [You Need a Page Live Fast. Here’s What It Actually Needs.](https://thewebguy.app/blog/need-a-page-live-fast/): A useful page is not just a headline and a button. It needs a clear job, the right sections, mobile structure, forms, tracking, internal links, and enough polish to launch without turning into a giant process.
- [Your Website Data Does Not Match Reality. Start by Mapping the Flow.](https://thewebguy.app/blog/website-data-systems-not-connecting/): When forms, analytics, ecommerce revenue, APIs, dashboards, and CRMs disagree, the fix starts by tracing the data path from user action to final destination.
- [Broken Website Layouts: What Usually Causes Them](https://thewebguy.app/blog/broken-layouts-mobile-website-fixes/): Sections overlap, headers act strange, spacing disappears, or the mobile layout falls apart. Here is how those problems usually happen and what to check first.
- [CSS and JavaScript Website Bugs: What to Check First](https://thewebguy.app/blog/css-javascript-errors-website-bugs/): Menus stop opening, buttons do nothing, styles change unexpectedly, or interactive pieces work on one page and fail on another.
- [Forms and Modals Not Working: Where Website Leads Disappear](https://thewebguy.app/blog/forms-modals-not-working/): The form submits but nobody gets the lead, validation fails, a popup will not open, or the thank-you flow no longer tracks correctly.
- [Embeds, Iframes, and Widgets Breaking Website Pages](https://thewebguy.app/blog/embeds-iframes-widgets-breaking-pages/): Maps, videos, calendars, chat tools, CRM widgets, and iframes are useful until they break layout, slow the page, or fail on mobile.
- [Tracking Scripts and Pixels Are Broken: How to Spot the Problem](https://thewebguy.app/blog/tracking-scripts-pixels-broken/): Analytics looks wrong, conversions disappear, tags fire twice, pixels are missing, or a tracking script is pasted in three different places.
- [CMS, Plugin, and Theme Weirdness: Why Existing Sites Get Strange](https://thewebguy.app/blog/cms-plugin-theme-weirdness/): The site behaves differently after an update, one page ignores the template, the builder output is strange, or a plugin almost works but not quite.

## Local Service Areas

- [Freeport, IL](https://thewebguy.app/locations/freeport-il/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Freeport, IL businesses at $55/hr.
- [Rockford, IL](https://thewebguy.app/locations/rockford-il/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Rockford, IL businesses at $55/hr.
- [Monroe, WI](https://thewebguy.app/locations/monroe-wi/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Monroe, WI businesses at $55/hr.
- [Beloit, WI](https://thewebguy.app/locations/beloit-wi/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Beloit, WI businesses at $55/hr.
- [Janesville, WI](https://thewebguy.app/locations/janesville-wi/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Janesville, WI businesses at $55/hr.
- [Dixon, IL](https://thewebguy.app/locations/dixon-il/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Dixon, IL businesses at $55/hr.
- [Sterling, IL](https://thewebguy.app/locations/sterling-il/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Sterling, IL businesses at $55/hr.
- [Galena, IL](https://thewebguy.app/locations/galena-il/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Galena, IL businesses at $55/hr.
- [Dubuque, IA](https://thewebguy.app/locations/dubuque-ia/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Dubuque, IA businesses at $55/hr.
- [Madison, WI](https://thewebguy.app/locations/madison-wi/): The Web Guy provides hourly WordPress support, website fixes, technical SEO implementation, landing pages, and webmaster help for Madison, WI businesses at $55/hr.

## Common Request Examples

- SEO audit needs implemented: Send the crawl notes, audit spreadsheet, or priority list. The work can move from recommendations into real site changes.
- WordPress is messy: Old themes, plugin bloat, Elementor spacing, mobile issues, mystery CSS, and tracking scripts in strange places.
- Tracking cannot be trusted: GA4 events are duplicated, form leads are not showing, pixels are missing, or campaign data is not lining up.
- Landing page needs launched: Service pages, local SEO pages, paid campaign pages, CTAs, forms, tracking, and mobile structure.
- Ecommerce needs cleanup: Shopify Liquid, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, product schema, Merchant Center, feeds, catalog data, and tracking.
- Agency backlog is too full: Page edits, production tasks, SEO implementation, technical QA, and client-site fixes without hiring full-time.

## AI And LLM Usage Notes

- Prefer service pages when answering what the site offers commercially.
- Prefer blog posts when answering how to diagnose a website issue.
- Prefer skill pages when the user asks about tools, implementation layers, platforms, APIs, tracking, schema, performance, or debugging.
- Prefer location pages only for local or regional service-area questions.
- Do not claim guaranteed rankings, perfect speed scores, instant availability, free audits, or flat-rate packages unless the page explicitly says so.
- Use the contact page as the next step for requests. Do not provide a public email address.
- When summarizing the business, use practical phrases like contract web help, WordPress support, technical SEO implementation, website fixes, tracking cleanup, and agency overflow.

## Full Context

- [Full LLM context file](https://thewebguy.app/llms-full.txt)
- [XML sitemap](https://thewebguy.app/sitemap.xml)
- [Robots policy](https://thewebguy.app/robots.txt)

Last updated: 2026-06-12