Oktra

Oktra is the UK’s leading office design and build company, dedicated to creating inspiring, motivating, and productivity-enhancing workspaces through innovative design solutions. With 25 years of expertise, Oktra emphasizes company culture, quality materials, and client partnership to deliver balanced, durable, and dynamic office environments across the UK.

Work Summary

🛠️ WordPress Customisation

Advanced theme customisation using ACF Pro, Twig templating and bespoke JS/CSS assets.
Extended WordPress functionality: custom post types, category-based filtering, archive pagination enhancements, and integrated SEO optimisations.
Removed/deferred unused scripts, unbundled third-party libraries to minimise payload and optimise load times.
Implemented asset versioning and cache busting strategies for both JS and CSS.
Retooled media and font handling for faster rendering and reduced Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).
Initiated the transition from ACF style page builder to the Gutenberg editor.
Custom Gutenberg block creation.

⚡ Frontend Development & UI Enhancements

Refactored and modernised JavaScript: converted legacy scripts to ES6 modules, implemented code splitting for optimized performance, and migrated legacy Gulp workflow to Webpack.
Enhanced accessibility by adding aria labels, explicit image heights, and improving template markup for assistive technologies.
Developed responsive, cross-browser CSS/SCSS with focus on reducing layout shift and flickering, including critical CSS inlining and improved style preloading.
Implemented dynamic UI features: video archive filters, category menus with hierarchical display, custom image comparison slider, infinite scroll improvements, and content carousels without reliance on bulky libraries.
Designed and configured reusable layout sections with flexible color/background controls for rapid page building.
Improved Author and FAQ schema for enhanced rich results in search engines.
Enhanced forms with reCAPTCHA and robust validation/anti-spam measures.
Driven accessibility and inclusiveness via continuous refinement of alt tags, aria labels, and semantic HTML.

📦 Plugin & Third-Party Integrations

Created a report which visualises Core Web Vitals statistics.
Integrated analytics and marketing tools.
Timber migration from v1 to v2.
Plugin maintenance.

🐞 Bug Fixes, Maintenance & Support

Provided ongoing monthly support for site queries and bug fixes
Provided quotes for new feature requests
Managed regular WordPress and plugin/theme updates to maintain site security.
PHP Migration.

🚀 Deployment & Version Control

Integrated deployment automation using CI/CD pipelines.
Coordinated multiple hotfix and feature branches.