Description
Design, build, customize, and maintain WordPress websites and web applications. Develop themes, plugins, and blocks; configure databases, hosting, and integrations with external services. Ensure code quality, security, accessibility, and cross-browser/device compatibility. Optimize performance and server-side processes, and manage updates, migrations, and site infrastructure.
- • Design, build, and maintain WordPress sites using custom themes, child themes, and plugins.
- • Develop custom Gutenberg blocks and block themes, or configure page builders when appropriate.
- • Perform WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates with regression testing.
- • Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize features, content, and technical solutions.
- • Set up automated and on-demand backups and verify restore procedures.
- • Review PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for standards compliance and browser/device compatibility.
- • Stay current with WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, and web best practices through training and community participation.
- • Gather requirements and translate user needs into WordPress technical specifications.
- • Design and optimize MySQL databases, custom tables, and queries used by WordPress.
- • Manage domain, DNS, SSL, and CDN configurations for WordPress deployments.
- • Implement and customize WooCommerce or other e-commerce integrations.
- • Write secure, reusable code using WordPress APIs, hooks, filters, and the REST API.
- • Coordinate with hosting providers or DevOps to resolve server and deployment issues.
- • Execute functional, performance, and cross-browser testing before and after releases.
- • Select and configure development tools, build pipelines, and approved plugins/themes.
- • Configure and monitor contact forms, transactional email, and email deliverability.
- • Establish and document workflows for content updates, staging, and production releases.
- • Organize WordPress file structures, environment configurations, and media libraries.
- • Profile and optimize performance with caching, asset bundling, and image optimization.
- • Produce clear documentation for features, data models, endpoints, and environments.
- • Monitor logs and security alerts; escalate incidents to security teams as needed.
- • Create prototypes or wireframes and clickable demos to validate UI/UX.
- • Recommend hosting plans, PHP versions, and server software for scale and reliability.
- • Author and maintain test plans, test cases, and results; set up automated tests when possible.
- • Research and evaluate plugins, libraries, and architectural options; build proofs of concept.
- • Track and document metrics such as server load, query performance, and Core Web Vitals.
- • Install and configure web servers and services (Apache/Nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB/MySQL).
- • Map and document system integrations and data flows between WordPress and external systems.
- • Implement security hardening, WAF rules, authentication policies, and encryption.
- • Ensure accessibility, privacy, SEO, and legal requirements are reflected in site plans.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
