Wordpress Developer  

• To support based Wordpress website tasks (Can supporting off the shelf themes and plugins)
• Clients will use Zendesk via email exclusively to communicate their tasks.
• Note this is not a job that requires you to work outside your prescribed hours.
• Clients will wait for tasks to be done in your time. Important to give time estimates of how long a task will take.

Including as an e.g.:

• Broken link Xxing
• Speed/SEO optimisation (no SEO knowledge required, code tasks explained)
• Backups/Security implementation
• Emergency site restores
• Content updates in Wordpress Admin
• Patch Xxing small code issues
• Plugin and core updates (1st with backup to be safe)

• Expert level knowledge in WordPress core and theme development with a strong understanding of:, PHP, HTML, CSS/SASS, Jquery (or preferred library)
• Follows WordPress Coding Standards and best practices. (i.e. you know your ‘hooks’, ‘Xlters’, ‘queries’ and ‘loops’)
• Experienced working with GIT repositories
• Write clean, self-explanatory code; well documented where needed
• Experience using Wordpress v5+ (a.k.a. Gutenberg)
• Experience using the ACF (Active Custom Fields) Plugin to build websites

Nice to have:

• Ability to set up websites and manage them via Plesk (will be taught this if needed)
• Knowledge or willing to learn the New Zealand Guidelines for Web Accessibility Standards 1.1
• Good knowledge of plugins to do a good job (e.g. Client wants forms on their site and you suggest WPForms plugin) note: We
• already have a list of best in class plugins we use as well which you will get to know.
• API integration experience
• Expert in Wordpress plugin development (especially with APIs)
• Strong MySQL experience
• Can make Wordpress Blocks (v5+ feature) OR experience with ACF
• Blocks to make Wordpress Blocks
• Code HTML using semantic meaning (i.e. for headers and for articles)
• Keen to stay up to date with WordPress developments to grow and stay on top of things