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WordPress Developer (Remote)

About the role

We are hiring a remote WordPress Developer to keep our WordPress sites fast, secure, and easy for the team to update.

You will report to the founder.

What you will do

  • Build custom themes, blocks, and page templates
  • Keep WordPress core, themes, and plugins updated
  • Improve page speed and Core Web Vitals
  • Harden security and manage backups
  • Fix layout and functionality bugs

What success looks like in the first 90 days

  • Core, themes, and plugins updated on a regular schedule
  • Key pages faster and passing Core Web Vitals
  • Every change tested on staging before it goes live

Tools you will use

  • WordPress and PHP
  • Gutenberg blocks or ACF
  • WooCommerce
  • Git
  • Google Tag Manager

What we are looking for

  • Three or more years building custom WordPress sites
  • Strong PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Experience with the block editor or ACF
  • Works on staging and uses version control

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours a week, remote. Working hours overlap with U.S. Eastern Time business hours.

How to apply

Send your resume and a short note on the most relevant work you have done. Tell us which of the tasks above you have done before and the tools you used. Applications without a note will not be reviewed.

More tasks you can add

  • Build and maintain custom plugins
  • Set up forms, tracking, and integrations
  • Migrate content and sites between hosts

Interview questions for this role

  1. When do you write a custom plugin instead of installing one?
  2. How do you move changes from staging to production without overwriting new orders?
  3. A client wants a page builder. What do you tell them about speed and maintenance?
  4. How do you debug a white screen after a plugin update?
  5. What is your checklist before you call a WordPress site launch-ready?

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  • Works your hours, in your time zone
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  • 1-week trial: replacement or refund
  • Healthcare insurance provided by us
  • No long-term contract. Pause or cancel with 2 weeks' notice

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