Matthew Haines-Young

Matthew is an Engineering Manager. He joined Human Made as the first full-time employee back in 2011, so he's seen the company grow into the large global & remote team that it is today. Matthew has worked with some of the largest media organisations in the world and he's passionate about building better publishing tools and using WordPress to enable authors to write great content. With a background as a WordPress engineer, he's got deep knowledge across the whole stack whether that's front-end architecture and optimisation, working with complex JavaScript applications or dealing with the challenges of developing sites with a huge amounts of content. Prior to joining Human Made, worked as a freelance developer and studied European Politics, Society and Economics at the University of Birmingham.

Articles

  • Opportunities to improve performance in Lighthouse 10

    Opportunities to improve performance in Lighthouse 10

    Version 10 of Lighthouse is here! Lighthouse is the automated, open-source tool used to improve webpage quality. Check out what’s in store with v10. Lighthouse 10 was recently released, and is already running on Pagespeed Insights. The most notable changes are that Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) now accounts for a bigger factor (25% up from…

  • How to evaluate your website before a rebuild

    How to evaluate your website before a rebuild

    Knowing when you are ready to completely rebuild an enterprise website can be challenging. A full website rebuild requires significant time, investment and resources. But it also presents opportunities to completely rethink things, consider new platforms, throw out technical debt and position your business for long-term success. We’ve outlined the questions you need answers to…

Case Studies

  • Skyscanner: data driven storytelling with WordPress

    Skyscanner: data driven storytelling with WordPress

    Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Case study Skyscanner: data driven storytelling with WordPress Developing high-priority storytelling content for Skyscanner’s global PR and SEO strategy to drive traffic and convert. Industry Technology Services Development, Consultancy Humans Sarah Jones Matthew Haines-Young Gareth Welton Sam Miller Industry Technology Services Development, Consultancy…

  • AGBI: Embedding AI into publishing workflows

    AGBI: Embedding AI into publishing workflows

    Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Case study AGBI: Embedding AI into publishing workflows AGBI partnered with Human Made to incorporate AI-generated content summaries into their editorial workflows. Industry Technology Services Development, Consultancy Humans Sarah Jones Matthew Haines-Young Gareth Welton Sam Miller Joe Hoyle Rob O'Rourke Industry Technology Services…

  • Skyscanner: Unlocking the full power of WordPress

    Skyscanner: Unlocking the full power of WordPress

    Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Case study Skyscanner: unlocking the full power of WordPress Helping Skyscanner better engage audiences with a cutting-edge redesign and improved functionality for content teams Industry Technology Services Development, Consultancy Humans Sarah Jones Matthew Haines-Young Gareth Welton Rob O'Rourke Mauricio Gelves Anastasiia Klymenko Industry…

  • SEON: unifying and empowering a growing digital presence

    SEON: unifying and empowering a growing digital presence

    Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Case study SEON: unifying and empowering a growing digital presence SEON partnered with Human Made to overhaul its website into a unified, fully-editable WordPress platform. Industry Technology Services Development, Consultancy Humans Sarah Jones Matthew Haines-Young Gareth Welton Sam Miller Industry Technology Services Development,…

  • Migrating Siemens from AEM to WordPress

    Migrating Siemens from AEM to WordPress

    Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Home » Archives for Matthew Haines-Young Case study Migrating Siemens from AEM to WordPress Delivering improved editorial workflows, multilingual support and an events platform. Industry Technology, Publishing Services Bespoke Development, Consultancy & Strategy Humans John Blackbourn Gemma Plank Nathaniel Taintor Tom Nowell Matthew Haines-Young Shadi Sharaf Industry Technology, Publishing…