WordPress Developer
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JobgetherSecurity & IT
South AfricaContractMiddle
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Job Details
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Required Skills
- PHPHTMLCSSSEOWordPress
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in WordPress development.
- Strong proficiency in WordPress, PHP, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Proven experience developing and customizing WordPress themes.
- Hands-on experience building, modifying, and maintaining custom WordPress plugins.
- Strong understanding of both front-end and back-end web development.
- Experience working with WordPress databases and server-side functionality.
- Knowledge of responsive and mobile-first development principles.
- Practical experience optimizing website speed, Core Web Vitals, and overall performance.
- Understanding of technical SEO and SEO-friendly website development.
- Knowledge of WordPress security practices, including core updates, plugin management, backups, and ongoing maintenance.
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a remote environment.
Responsibilities
- Build and customize WordPress themes, layouts, templates, and styles using HTML, CSS, PHP, and WordPress development best practices.
- Develop custom WordPress plugins, extensions, and functionality when existing solutions do not meet project requirements.
- Manage both front-end functionality and back-end components, including server-side logic and database interactions.
- Optimize website performance, page-load speeds, Core Web Vitals, and overall user experience across devices.
- Implement technical and on-page SEO best practices to improve website structure, crawlability, performance, and search visibility.
- Conduct security checks and audits while managing WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates according to security best practices.
- Diagnose and resolve website errors, plugin conflicts, broken functionality, performance issues, and other technical bugs.
- Perform regular website and database backups and support restoration or recovery when necessary.
- Test websites, updates, and new functionality before deployment to ensure reliability, compatibility, security, and performance.
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