Hire Developers

Hire WordPress Developers

Custom themes, Gutenberg blocks, plugin development and headless WordPress - no page-builder bloat.

$28-$48
Typical hourly rate
48 hrs
To vetted profiles
1 weeks
Risk-free trial
5+ yrs
Minimum experience

Overview

What our WordPress engineers bring

There is a wide gap between someone who can install a theme and someone who can write one. Our WordPress engineers build custom themes, custom blocks and custom plugins in clean PHP, to WordPress coding standards, with version control and a staging workflow.

Engagement at a glance

  • Rate: $28-$48 / hour
  • Minimum: 3 months for dedicated, 40 hrs/month part-time
  • Overlap: 5+ hours with your US business day
  • Trial: 1 weeks risk-free, no fee if it is not a fit
  • Notice: 30 days to scale up or down
  • Fees: no recruitment, conversion or overtime markup

Capabilities

Skills we vet for

Every candidate is interviewed by one of our own senior engineers on these areas before a profile reaches you.

  • Custom theme development from design files
  • Gutenberg block development in React and block.json
  • Advanced Custom Fields Pro and custom post type architecture
  • Plugin development to WordPress coding standards
  • WooCommerce customization, hooks and checkout work
  • Headless WordPress with WPGraphQL and REST API
  • Multisite, multilingual (WPML, Polylang) and migrations
  • Performance: object caching, query optimization, asset pipelines

Typical projects

What they build

The work our WordPress engineers are most often placed on.

  • Custom marketing and corporate sites
  • Membership and course platforms
  • WooCommerce stores
  • Multisite franchise networks
  • Publisher and magazine sites
  • Headless front ends on Next.js

Engagement models

Four ways to bring a developer on

Dedicated developer

One full-time engineer embedded in your team, reporting into your stand-ups and your sprint board. Minimum three months.
Best for ongoing product work with a clear roadmap.

Dedicated team

A squad of three to eight - engineers, QA and a tech lead - with a delivery manager accountable for the outcome.
Best for building a product or a major platform initiative.

Hourly / part-time

Book 40 to 80 hours a month for maintenance, overflow work or specialist input on a specific problem.
Best for support work and unpredictable demand.

Fixed-scope project

A defined deliverable at a fixed price, with milestones and acceptance criteria agreed before we start.
Best when requirements are stable and budget is locked.

Hiring process

From call to first commit

01

Share your requirement

A 30-minute call covering your stack, timeline, team structure and the kind of engineer who would actually fit.

02

Get matched profiles

Within 48 hours you receive two to four vetted CVs with real project history and honest seniority assessments.

03

Interview directly

Technical interviews, pair-programming exercises, culture fit - run them however you normally would. Veto anyone.

04

Start in days

Contracts, NDAs and access provisioning handled inside a week. One-week no-fee trial on every dedicated engagement.

Our commitments

Guarantees in the contract

The risks that make companies nervous about augmentation, closed off in writing.

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  • One-week risk-free trial - if the fit is wrong, you pay nothing and we replace the engineer
  • US business-hours overlap of at least five hours, every working day
  • Direct access to your engineer on Slack or Teams, no account-manager bottleneck
  • Signed NDA and IP assignment before any code is written
  • Free replacement within five business days if someone rolls off
  • No recruitment fee, no conversion fee, no long lock-in contract

FAQ

Hiring WordPress developers

How quickly can we get WordPress developers started?

We send two to four vetted wordpress developers profiles within 48 hours of your requirements call. You interview them directly. Once you choose, contracts and access provisioning typically take under a week - most engagements start within ten business days.

What does it cost to hire WordPress developers?

$28-$48 / hour depending on seniority and engagement length. Dedicated monthly engagements start around $6,400 per engineer. There is no recruitment fee, no conversion fee and no markup on overtime.

What if the developer is not a good fit?

Every dedicated engagement includes a one-week risk-free trial. If the fit is wrong in that window you pay nothing and we replace the engineer. After the trial, we guarantee a replacement within five business days at no cost.

Will they work in our time zone?

Yes. Every engineer we place overlaps a minimum of five hours with your US business day, every working day. That is contractual, not aspirational, and it covers your stand-up, your reviews and same-day turnarounds.

Do we manage them directly?

Yes. Your engineer joins your Slack or Teams, your sprint board and your ceremonies, and reports to your technical lead. There is no account manager in between. We handle employment, payroll, equipment and HR in the background.

Who owns the code they write?

You do. IP assignment and an NDA are signed before any work starts. Code is committed directly to your repositories and deployed to infrastructure in your accounts.

Other roles

Also available on our bench

Need WordPress engineers on your team?

Tell us your stack, your timeline and your team structure. Vetted profiles within 48 hours, and you interview every one of them yourself.