Hire WordPress Developers
A WordPress site is rarely short of features. It is usually short of someone who knows why it has forty plugins, which of them still matter, and what will break on the next update. Our WordPress developers write code for the platform and also clear up what has piled up on it.
The developer works on your staging site, in your repository and from your ticket list, and answers to you. Employment, equipment and cover for absence are our side of the arrangement. You speak to the person doing the work.
Jobs a WordPress developer can take off your list
WordPress work falls into a handful of recurring shapes. These six cover most of it. For anything else, describe it and we will say whether we can help.
Custom themes and block themes
Themes written for the site, not bought and bent into shape: template parts, theme.json for colours and spacing, patterns editors can reuse, and only the CSS and JavaScript each page needs. This website runs on a theme and plugins we wrote ourselves.
Plugins written for one purpose
Custom post types, admin screens, REST routes, scheduled tasks and shortcodes or blocks, packaged as a plugin with its own version number so the feature survives a change of theme.
Custom blocks for the editor
Blocks built with block.json and React so that editors fill in fields instead of pasting HTML. Dynamic blocks render in PHP where the output depends on live data such as stock, dates or listings.
Plugin audits and update failures
Working out which plugins are in use, which duplicate each other and which have been abandoned by their authors. Updates are tried on staging first, with a record of what changed, so a white screen is found there and not on the live site.
Speed and database housekeeping
Measuring before changing anything: autoloaded options that have grown to megabytes, uncached queries on every page load, oversized images, scripts loaded site-wide for the sake of one page. Object caching and page caching are configured to suit the host.
Cleaning up after a compromise
Finding how the attacker got in, removing injected files and rogue administrator accounts, replacing core and plugin files from known-good copies, changing salts and passwords, and closing the hole that was used.
What sits around WordPress
The core software is one part of the job. The developer also needs to be at home with the tools below.
- Core
- Block editortheme.jsonREST APIWP-CLIMultisiteWP-Cron
- Builders & fields
- Advanced Custom FieldsElementorCustom blocksCustom post types
- Commerce & forms
- WooCommerceWPFormsGravity FormsContact Form 7
- Languages
- PHP 8JavaScriptReactSassSQL
- Data & caching
- MySQLMariaDBRedis object cachePage cachingCloudflare
- Delivery
- GitComposerStaging sitesGitHub ActionsNginxLiteSpeed
Which level of WordPress developer the job needs
The difference between levels shows when something goes wrong on a live site. Think about who would notice the problem and who would be expected to fix it.
Junior
Builds pages and templates from a design, changes styles, configures plugins, and fixes bugs that arrive with clear steps to reproduce. Work is reviewed before it reaches the live site.
Choose when: someone senior on your side checks the work and sets the priorities.
Mid-level
Writes plugins and custom blocks, builds a theme from a design file, and handles updates with a staging run and a way to roll back. Knows the hook system well enough never to edit core or third-party files.
Choose when: you have a steady list of features and fixes and want them delivered without daily direction.
Senior
Decides how the site should be structured: what belongs in a plugin, what in the theme, how content is modelled, where caching is safe. Diagnoses faults that span hosting, database and code.
Choose when: the site carries revenue, has a history of breakage, or nobody on your team can judge technical decisions.
How a WordPress engagement begins
Send us the outline
Tell us what the site does, who hosts it, and what needs to change. A list of active plugins and the name of the theme tell us a great deal.
Meet the developer we propose
We put forward one named person and you talk to them directly. If you are not convinced, tell us and we suggest another.
Begin with one contained job
A single fix or a small feature, done on staging and then released. It shows you how the person communicates and how careful they are.
Settle into a weekly pattern
Tasks live in your tracker. Each week you receive a short note of what was released and what is waiting on a decision. Invoices are monthly.
WordPress developer rates
Our rates are published. Pick the role and move the sliders for an indicative budget.
Rate card
| Role | Hourly | Monthly* |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend / WordPress | $30 | $4,800 |
| Backend / API | $32 | $5,120 |
| Full-stack | $35 | $5,600 |
| Mobile (React Native / Flutter) | $35 | $5,600 |
| DevOps / Cloud | $40 | $6,400 |
| AI / Automation engineer | $45 | $7,200 |
| QA / Test engineer | $25 | $4,000 |
| UI / UX design | $28 | $4,480 |
*160 hrs/month full-time. Rates are indicative for planning, in USD (other currencies are converted at an indicative rate), and depend on seniority, contract length and timezone overlap. Longer engagements and multi-role teams are discounted — ask.
Will this suit your site?
We are a good choice when
- Your site needs regular development, not a single afternoon of changes.
- You want custom code that you own, not another paid plugin to work around a gap.
- You run an agency and need WordPress hands working under your brand.
- You would like to speak to the developer without a go-between.
Look elsewhere when
- You need a logo moved or a colour changed once. A local freelancer can do that sooner.
- You want a site assembled from a bought theme in a weekend for the lowest price.
- You require someone on your premises.
- Nobody on your side can answer questions or approve work during the week.
Questions about WordPress work, answered
Do you build with page builders or with code?
Both, depending on who maintains the site afterwards. If your editors rely on Elementor or a similar builder, we work inside it and add custom widgets where needed. For a new build we would normally suggest the block editor with a custom theme, because it loads less and ties you to fewer licences.
Can you take over a site built by someone else?
Yes. The first step is an inventory: theme, plugins, custom code, scheduled tasks and anything edited directly on the server. You get that list in writing before we change anything.
Will plugin updates break our customisations?
They will if the customisations were made by editing plugin or parent theme files. We move such changes into a child theme or a small custom plugin that uses hooks, so updates can be applied without losing them.
Our site is slow. Is a caching plugin enough?
Sometimes, but caching hides slow code and does nothing for logged-in users, carts or admin screens. We measure where the time goes first, then decide whether the fix is caching, a query, the images or the hosting plan.
Who owns the theme and plugins you write?
You do. The code is committed to your repository or delivered to your hosting account, and the agreement sets out ownership and confidentiality before work begins. Third-party plugins stay under their own licences.
What happens if we want to stop?
The arrangement runs a month at a time. Let us know before the next month starts, and the developer hands over open tasks, notes on anything unfinished, and any access they were given.
Describe your WordPress site
A few lines will do: the address of the site, where it is hosted, and what you want built or repaired. We reply within one business day.