John Schatz

Founder & Lead WordPress Developer, WP SuperHelp

Saint Paul, Minnesota · 15+ years on WordPress

The agency veteran who got tired of watching good WordPress projects get turned away, and built a bench to catch them.

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John Schatz

Founder & Lead Developer

15+

years on WordPress

Who is John Schatz?

John Schatz is a senior WordPress developer and the founder of WP SuperHelp, a white-label WordPress team that builds, fixes, and maintains sites for agencies under their own brand. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he has spent 15+ years on WordPress and served more than 1,500 clients, with some agency relationships running past a decade. He is the developer agencies hand work to and then stop thinking about.

15+

Years on WordPress

1.5K+

Clients served

10+

Year partnerships

100%

Under your brand

Why I built a WordPress bench

I've spent my whole career around agencies, and I kept seeing the same problem: good WordPress work showing up at the wrong time. The team is full, the one person who really knows WordPress is buried, or a site breaks in a way nobody can pin down.

The agency's options were never great. Turn the project away and leave money on the table, or take it on and sweat through nights you didn't plan for. I didn't like either one, so I built the thing I wished those teams had: a senior WordPress bench they could hand work to and then stop thinking about.

John Schatz

Founder & Lead Developer, WP SuperHelp

How I work

I treat WordPress like engineering, not a click-together hobby. In practice, that comes down to six things.

Read the code first

I read the code before changing it, so the fix is based on how your site actually works, not a guess.

Fix the cause, not the symptom

I find and fix the actual cause instead of patching over it, so the problem stays fixed.

Real staging-to-live

Work ships through a proper staging-to-live process, so nothing surprises your client when it goes live.

Documented, no lock-in

When I hand something back, it comes with notes, so nobody ends up locked into me.

Invisible by design

Your brand goes on everything. I don't talk to your clients and I don't pitch them. You stay the face; I'm the part they never see.

No going dark

I don't disappear in the middle of a build. You get steady updates from kickoff to ship, and I hit the dates I give you.

What I'm known for

The "no one else could solve it" tickets: plugin conflicts, broken checkouts, the bug three other people gave up on.

Stepping into messy existing sites without breaking what already works.

Full builds and redesigns that ship on time, under an agency's name.

Being the steady partner agencies keep coming back to, some for more than a decade.

What I work in

WordPress is vast, and after 15 years I work across the whole stack: from a clean new build to the ticket no one else could close. A sample of what that covers.

Build & design

Custom themes & plugins Block / FSE themes Full builds & redesigns Elementor Divi Beaver Builder Gutenberg Landing pages PSD / Figma / XD to WordPress Responsive design Multilingual

eCommerce & development

WooCommerce stores Payments & shipping Subscriptions & memberships Bookings PHP ACF & custom post types REST API & integrations CRM & marketing automation Custom web apps

Fix, speed & security

Hard bug fixes Debugging Speed & Core Web Vitals Caching Security & malware removal Site stabilization Migrations Multisite

Run & maintain

Ongoing maintenance White-label hosting Backups & updates Uptime monitoring SEO setup Training & support

WordPress is the specialty, but I also work in Webflow, Shopify, and Squarespace when a project calls for it, and I'm comfortable across Cloudflare, WP Rocket and LiteSpeed, and managed hosts like Kinsta, WP Engine, Cloudways, and SiteGround.

In their words

Real feedback from agencies and clients John has worked with.

Solved a problem no one else could.

Agency partner

Client feedback

"John was incredibly helpful on some critical WordPress issues that our client was running into, issues that were preventing him from running new blog content, to name one. John's efficient delivery of both diagnostics and fixes were appreciated, and his communication was very clear. Highly recommended!"

"John has been great to work with, professional, timely and pays attention to details. We have had a few projects do complete 180's mid project and he has adapted and met the clients expectations every time."

Ongoing client

Client feedback

"I had a contact page issue where one specific piece of information wasn't getting into my inbox. He problem solved it in less than an hour. Very efficient and skilled. Plan on hiring him for another project."

WordPress client

Client feedback

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Schatz?

John Schatz is a senior WordPress developer and the founder of WP SuperHelp, a white-label WordPress team that builds, fixes, and maintains sites for agencies under their own brand. He is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has worked on WordPress for over 15 years.

What is John known for?

Solving the WordPress problems no one else could: plugin conflicts, broken checkouts, and bugs other developers gave up on. He also steps into messy existing sites without breaking what works, and ships full builds and redesigns under an agency's name.

How experienced is John Schatz?

John has 15+ years on WordPress and has served 1,500+ clients. Some agency relationships have run for more than a decade, with one ongoing client relationship past the eight-year mark.

Where is John Schatz based?

John is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and works with agencies remotely across time zones.

How do I work with John?

Tell John about the build you would rather not staff, or the site that is broken and needs a senior developer. He will tell you straight whether he can help. Everything ships white-label under your brand.

Want to put me on your bench?

Tell me about the build you'd rather not staff, or the site that's broken and needs a senior dev. I'll tell you straight whether I can help.

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