Fullstack WordPress Developer

Silicon Savannah Solutions

Fullstack WordPress Developer maintaining a large WordPress platform. Also responsible for improvements, custom functionality, and integrations with external systems.

Posted 7/3/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $13 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DNSJavaScriptLinuxMySQLPHPSQLWordPress

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain, design, and develop custom WordPress functionality
Build and maintain custom plugins using PHP
Build custom WordPress Admin dashboards and reporting tools to track user behavior, training completion, and key platform metrics
Extend WordPress using hooks, filters, actions, custom post types, taxonomies, and metadata
Develop custom WooCommerce functionality and extensions
Develop secure REST API endpoints and integrations
Debug complex production issues across plugins, themes, and WordPress core
Write clean, documented, and testable PHP code
Understand, maintain and troubleshoot the existing WordPress codebase developed by the previous team, resolving issues and implementing enhancements as required.
Maintain, design, and build integrations with: ActiveCampaign, Payment gateways including but not limited to Stripe, Paypal, Venmo, and Braintree, Third-party REST APIs, Plugins like WooCommerce, CartFlows, Gravity Forms, WP Fusion, Webhooks, Internal business systems
Improve Core Web Vitals
Optimise backend performance and database queries
Reduce unnecessary plugin dependencies
Optimise MySQL performance
Configure caching layers
Optimise asset loading and application performance
Improve scalability under increased traffic
Implement and maintain technical SEO best practices
Manage SiteGround hosting environments
Configure staging and production deployments
Troubleshoot server and application issues
Configure DNS, SSL, redirects, cron jobs, and caching
Manage backups and disaster recovery processes
Work with Linux-based hosting environments
Improve application architecture and maintainability
Refactor legacy functionality
Develop reusable internal libraries and services
Review technical implementations and identify improvements
Document systems, integrations, and deployment processes
Participate in technical planning and solution design
Manage when plugins and license expire to ensure timely renewal
Support and extend Elementor where required
Build reusable custom Elementor widgets
Maintain design consistency through reusable templates and the entire site
Collaborate with designers on responsive implementations
Ensure frontend changes follow performance best practices
Diagnose and resolve production bugs and critical issues
Monitor website health and application performance
Maintain plugin and dependency updates
Implement WordPress security best practices
Continuously improve platform reliability, loading speed, SEO and AIO
Audit and document the existing site architecture: theme structure, custom plugins, database schema/custom tables, CartFlows funnels, WooCommerce configuration, and the custom LMS codebase

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of professional WordPress and PHP development experience
Advanced WordPress plugin development
Extensive experience with WordPress hooks, filters, and core APIs
REST API development and integration
WooCommerce development experience
Strong MySQL and SQL optimisation skills
JavaScript (ES6+) knowledge
HTML5 and CSS3
Git version control
Linux server management experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Maintain, design, and develop custom WordPress functionality
Build and maintain custom plugins using PHP
Build custom WordPress Admin dashboards and reporting tools to track user behavior, training completion, and key platform metrics
Extend WordPress using hooks, filters, actions, custom post types, taxonomies, and metadata
Develop custom WooCommerce functionality and extensions
Develop secure REST API endpoints and integrations
Debug complex production issues across plugins, themes, and WordPress core
Write clean, documented, and testable PHP code
Understand, maintain and troubleshoot the existing WordPress codebase developed by the previous team, resolving issues and implementing enhancements as required.
Maintain, design, and build integrations with: ActiveCampaign, Payment gateways including but not limited to Stripe, Paypal, Venmo, and Braintree, Third-party REST APIs, Plugins like WooCommerce, CartFlows, Gravity Forms, WP Fusion, Webhooks, Internal business systems
Improve Core Web Vitals
Optimise backend performance and database queries
Reduce unnecessary plugin dependencies
Optimise MySQL performance
Configure caching layers
Optimise asset loading and application performance
Improve scalability under increased traffic
Implement and maintain technical SEO best practices
Manage SiteGround hosting environments
Configure staging and production deployments
Troubleshoot server and application issues
Configure DNS, SSL, redirects, cron jobs, and caching
Manage backups and disaster recovery processes
Work with Linux-based hosting environments
Improve application architecture and maintainability
Refactor legacy functionality
Develop reusable internal libraries and services
Review technical implementations and identify improvements
Document systems, integrations, and deployment processes
Participate in technical planning and solution design
Manage when plugins and license expire to ensure timely renewal
Support and extend Elementor where required
Build reusable custom Elementor widgets
Maintain design consistency through reusable templates and the entire site
Collaborate with designers on responsive implementations
Ensure frontend changes follow performance best practices
Diagnose and resolve production bugs and critical issues
Monitor website health and application performance
Maintain plugin and dependency updates
Implement WordPress security best practices
Continuously improve platform reliability, loading speed, SEO and AIO
Audit and document the existing site architecture: theme structure, custom plugins, database schema/custom tables, CartFlows funnels, WooCommerce configuration, and the custom LMS codebase 🎯 Requirements
4+ years of professional WordPress and PHP development experience
Advanced WordPress plugin development
Extensive experience with WordPress hooks, filters, and core APIs
REST API development and integration
WooCommerce development experience
Strong MySQL and SQL optimisation skills
JavaScript (ES6+) knowledge
HTML5 and CSS3
Git version control
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Hard Skills & Tools

PHP DevelopmentJavaScript (ES6+)HTML5CSS3WordPress HooksWordPress FiltersGit Version ControlCustom Post TypesDatabase SchemaTechnical SEO