WordPress Developer
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Remote · South Africa only
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
About Huzzle
At Huzzle, we connect high-performing B2B sales professionals with global companies across the UK, US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Our clients include startups, digital agencies, and tech platforms in industries like SaaS, MarTech, FinTech, and EdTech. We match top sales talent to full-time remote roles where they’re hired directly into client teams and provided ongoing support by Huzzle.
Role Type: Full-time
Engagement: Independent Contractor
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced WordPress Developer with at least 3 years of professional experience to join a growing team remotely.
You will be responsible for building, customizing, optimizing, and maintaining high-quality WordPress websites. This role requires strong hands-on experience with WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, theme development, plugin development, website performance, SEO, and security.
The ideal candidate is comfortable working across both front-end and back-end development and can independently troubleshoot technical issues while delivering fast, responsive, secure, and user-friendly websites.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and customize WordPress themes, website layouts, templates, and styles using HTML, CSS, PHP, and WordPress best practices.
- Develop custom WordPress plugins, extensions, and functionality when existing solutions do not meet project requirements.
- Manage both user-facing website functionality and back-end components, including server-side logic and database interactions.
- Improve page loading speeds, Core Web Vitals, website performance, and overall user experience across desktop and mobile devices.
- Implement technical and on-page SEO best practices to improve website structure, crawlability, performance, and search engine visibility.
- Ensure websites are fully responsive and provide a consistent experience across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
- Conduct security checks and audits, manage WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates, and follow 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 required.
- Test websites and new functionality before deployment to ensure reliability, compatibility, and performance.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional WordPress development experience.
- Strong proficiency in WordPress, PHP, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Proven experience developing and customizing WordPress themes.
- Experience building or modifying 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.
- Practical experience with website speed and performance optimization.
- Understanding of technical SEO and SEO-friendly web development.
- Knowledge of WordPress security best practices, updates, backups, and ongoing maintenance.
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment and manage development tasks effectively.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing clean, reliable, high-quality work.
Benefits
💰 Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
🌎 Fully remote opportunity with an international company.
💻 Work on meaningful WordPress development projects with real ownership and impact.
🚀 Join a collaborative, high-performing team with opportunities to grow your technical expertise.
📈 Long-term career growth and professional development opportunities.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
PHP · WordPress
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The team: Software HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 63 open in Software. 3 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
JavaScript (40 of 63), Python (23 of 63), CSS (17 of 63), HTML (17 of 63), TypeScript (17 of 63), CI/CD (16 of 63), REST (15 of 63)
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- Remote QA Engineer posted Aug 6
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- Shopify Developer posted Jul 28
- Zoho Developer posted Jul 3
- Zoho Automation Engineer posted Jul 3
- Zoho Automation Specialist posted Jul 3
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- Technical Support Engineer posted Jun 26
- Support Engineer posted Jun 26
- AI Implementation Specialist - Marketing Industry posted Jun 17
- Senior DevOps Engineer posted Jun 15
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- Senior DevOps Engineer posted Jun 15
- Fullstack Engineer posted Jun 11
- Full Stack Developer (Angular & Nest.js) posted Jun 9
- GoHighLevel Automation Specialist posted Jun 2
- Full-Stack Shopify Developer posted Jun 1
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- Automation Engineer - Remote posted May 14
- Remote Automation Engineer posted May 14
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- Automation Engineer - GoHighLevel Specialist posted Apr 16
- Low-Code / No-Code Automation Engineer posted Apr 16
- Full-stack Developer posted Apr 14
- AI Solutions & Automation Architect - GoHighLevel posted Apr 9
- VP of Automation Engineering posted Apr 7
- Head of GTM Engineering (AI Systems) posted Apr 7
- Head of GTM Engineering (AI Systems) posted Apr 6
- Senior AI Automation & Systems Architect - GoHighLevel Expert posted Mar 27
- Director of Automation Engineering posted Mar 26
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- AI Automation Engineer posted Mar 16
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