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Skilled Full-Stack WordPress Developer, min 5 yrs (Contract/Freelance)

Skilled Full-Stack WordPress Developer, min 5 yrs (Contract/Freelance)

Posted May 4, 2026

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Skilled Full-Stack WordPress Developer

We are expanding our contract/freelance team. We’re seeking a skilled Full-Stack WordPress Developer with min. 5 years of experience.

This is scalable, product-based work for a proven expert. It is not a salaried position but offers the potential for long-term freelance work. The work is structured in fixed blocks of planned deliverables, such as a set of tasks, sprints, or milestones. Professional expertise and accountability are expected from day one.

As a contract-freelancer, you will contribute to an existing WordPress product that requires continuous feature-rich integrations, code improvements, customizations, performance optimizations, and, critically, thorough regression testing and resolving any identified issues to ensure platform stability.

Professional maturity and well developed personal skills are required. Core competencies include good communication, being organized, critical thinking, proactive problem solving, reliability, honesty, and taking full personal accountability for your work. Pay is based on professional delivery and maintaining scalable, modular, coding standards.

We’re providing freelance work as your “client” and we should be treated as such.

How We Work (Please Read Before Applying)

The work is based on estimations, agreed scope and timelines.
This is a contract role, not employee/employer role
Workload is based on roadmap, priorities, and output/performance.
Accountability is explicit, not implied.
Our contractor agreement includes clear expectations around the following: professionalism, estimations, meeting timelines, quality deliverables, well written testable code, maintaining strict confidentiality, and security.

Compensation

Results driven. Experience in estimating work (tasks, sprints, milestones) is required.

We will use an agreed upon hourly rate as a baseline for each block of tasks or scope of work or set of modules delivered, ensuring alignment with our budget before work begins. Our payment structure is based on fixed-price deliverables. Qualified candidates may be offered a 4 to 8 week trial period, with compensation based on skills assessment, professionalism, and timely, high?quality results.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins, utilizing advanced functionality, hooks, actions, and filters.
Create mobile first, responsive designs that prioritize performance and usability.
Implement speed optimization strategies, such as caching and minification, to improve platform load times.
Ensure design consistency across components by adhering to global CSS standards.
Collaborate on BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, WooCommerce, Dokan type integrations, and customizations.
Build and maintain seamless API integrations with third party tools.
Work closely with the Product Manager, taking direction effectively to ensure development aligns with project goals while maintaining the core framework structure.
Use Git and staging environments to test updates before deployment, ensuring optimized and debugged solutions.
Rigorously test for cross browser compatibility, responsiveness, and performance.
Provide clear video or screenshot demonstrations as proof that deliverables are fully functional, have been tested, and do not introduce regressions.
Track progress and manage deliverables via Trello, Google Sheets, and other project management tools.

Requirements

WordPress-specific Proven Experience (min. 5 Years):

Developing custom WordPress themes and plugins, utilizing hooks, actions, and filters.
Frontend tools: HTML, CSS3, Elementor, and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).
Creating responsive, mobile first interfaces with deep knowledge of speed optimization best practices.
Debugging using tools such as Query Monitor, browser DevTools, responsive testing tools, and the Terminal.
Expertise with performance tools and knowledge of scalable, modular design principles. Experience with SaaS frameworks is highly advantageous.
Integrating APIs for seamless functionality.
Working with BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, WooCommerce, Dokan, and other custom or third-party plugins.
Managing deployments and version control using Git and robust staging environments.
Solid understanding and implementation of WordPress professional coding standards for creating stable, quality output.
Expertise in implementing hooks, actions, and filters is critical for this role.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills using industry standard tools (e.g., BrowserStack, LambdaTest, etc.).
Familiarity with project management tools like Trello and Google Docs/Sheets to manage and align on deliverables.
Experience with manual quality assurance testing and bug fixing to meet GTmetrix/Google speed and performance standards.

Key Details

The role requires building new features from scratch, as well as expertly debugging, refactoring, and improving the existing codebase.
The right candidate will play a critical role in maintaining and scaling a product built for growth.
This is a results?driven position. Compensation is based entirely on performance, defined by the consistent delivery of high quality, tested, and on time work.
You’re honest, have integrity, and take pride in your professional contributions and teamwork.

Qualified Candidates Agree to:

Complete skills testing (theory and practical) to help us assess your qualifications.
Deliver consistent work based on sprint timelines and date driven deliverables.
Sign an NDA (maintain confidentiality) and a formal contractor agreement.
Maintain consistent communication and availability as needed (occasional weekend work may be necessary).
Provide 2 to 3 examples of prior client work demonstrating both frontend and backend WordPress development skills.
Provide 1 to 2 professional references from the past 1 to 2 years, if requested.
Must have a WISE account for payment processing.

Tech Stack

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
APIs (Integrations, minor development)
BuddyBoss Platform (a BuddyPress fork)
Cloudflare, CleanTalk, Caching Plugins
Custom Post Types (CPT)
Custom Theme & Plugins
Elementor
HTML / CSS3
Industry standards for speed optimization and self?managed hosting tools
WooCommerce / Dokan
WordPress (custom themes and plugins, hooks, actions, and filters)
WordPress Shared or Managed Hosting

Application Process

We will contact well qualified candidates for skills testing and scheduled interviews. Please do not attempt to contact us directly first.
We maintain a database of qualified freelancers and may reach out for future opportunities.