WordPress Consultant & Trainer · Indianapolis, IN

WordPress.
Taught by someone
who actually uses it.

15 years. WebDevStudios. Maintainn. Plaza Hotel & Casino. Real WP work. Not theory. I’ll teach you to run your own site, or I’ll run it for you while I teach you to take over.

By the numbers
15+
Years in WordPress
550+
Sites Managed Weekly
1:1
Training Sessions
0 code
Required to Start
“After your first session you’ll have full confidence navigating the WordPress dashboard. This isn’t rocket science. It’s WordPress.”
Worked & Appeared With
Two Ways to Work Together

Learn it. Or let me handle it
while you learn.

Whether you want to become independent or need a pro to stabilize things first, I’ve got a path for you.

01

Become a WordPress Power User

No code required. I’ll teach you to manage your site like a pro: updates, plugins, backups, troubleshooting. Until you’re the one your team calls for WP questions.

  • 1-on-1 personalized training sessions
  • Navigate the dashboard with confidence
  • Plugins, themes & updates: demystified
  • Backups, staging & going live safely
  • Troubleshoot common WP errors yourself
  • Work toward a career in WP support
Start Learning →
02

Hire Russell for Consulting & Support

Need things fixed now? I’ll get in and handle it, then show you exactly what I did and why, so you’re not dependent on anyone next time.

  • WordPress audits & health checks
  • Speed optimization & Core Web Vitals
  • Plugin conflicts & white screen fixes
  • Site migrations & staging environments
  • WooCommerce & e-commerce setup
  • Ongoing maintenance (without the retainer trap)
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About Russell Aaron

I learned WordPress the hard way so you don’t have to.

It started at a journalism orientation. The professor said: “If no one can find your writing online, no one will publish it.” That sent me down a WordPress rabbit hole at 3am that never really ended.

Over 15 years I went from “how do you build a blog” to backend developer at WebDevStudios, support tech managing 550+ sites weekly at Maintainn, and Full Stack Developer at the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas.

I’m a regular on the WPWatercooler Podcast Network, a WordCamp speaker, and the former lead organizer of the Las Vegas WordPress Meetup. I’ve sat in on the builds, done the support tickets, and I’m also on a WordPress.org plugin. I know this stuff cold. I teach it the same way I’d want it taught to me: straight, practical, no fluff.

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WebDevStudios & Maintainn
Back End Developer + Support Tech. 550+ client sites managed weekly. Listed on a WordPress.org plugin.
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Plaza Hotel & Casino
Full Stack Developer. Email marketing, web properties, departmental reporting & Las Vegas’s first casino podcast.
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WPWatercooler Network
Regular contributor across WPWatercooler, WPBlab & Dev Branch. Appearing since Episode 81.
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WordCamp Speaker & Organizer
Spoke at WordCamp San Diego, Ann Arbor, Las Vegas & more. Led the Vegas WP Meetup for years.
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Valley West Mortgage
Creative Director. Rebuilt entire WP stack in-house using Gravity Forms, custom plugins & full marketing automation.

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Ready to Get Started?

Stop Googling at 3am.
Let’s fix this together.

One session with me will save you more time than six months of forum posts. No fluff, no retainer required, no disappearing act.