Wordpress Expert

Posted 2 weeks ago

Worldwide

Summary

WordPress & Backend Systems Specialist What You'll Be Doing Work directly with ownership and our AI agents to identify and resolve website issues. Create, refine, and manage AI prompts that help diagnose and fix WordPress backend problems. Audit and optimize a large-scale WordPress website with over 67,000 published articles. Improve site speed, performance, indexing, and technical SEO. Troubleshoot plugin conflicts, database issues, redirects, schema, and legacy content challenges. Work with developers and AI tools to implement backend improvements. Help automate content, publishing, GEO/SEO, and editorial workflows. Review AI-generated solutions before deployment. Create documentation and standard operating procedures for ongoing maintenance. Requirements 5+ years of advanced WordPress experience. Strong understanding of WordPress architecture, plugins, themes, hosting, and databases. Experience working with large content websites (10,000+ pages preferred). Understanding of technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, indexing, schema, and site architecture. Comfortable working with legacy websites and large content databases. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. Experience with Google Search Console, GA4, Cloudflare, and hosting environments is a plus. Ideal Candidate We're not looking for a basic WordPress administrator. We're looking for someone who can: Think like a systems architect. Work alongside AI agents. Build and refine prompts that solve complex backend issues. Help modernize a 19-year-old media platform while maintaining search rankings and content integrity. Take ownership of finding solutions rather than waiting for instructions.

  • More than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 6+ months
    Duration
  • Expert
    Experience Level
  • $20.00

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    $40.00

    Hourly
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
Website
CMS Development
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:50+
  • Last viewed by client:2 weeks ago
  • Interviewing:
    9
  • Invites sent:
    11
  • Unanswered invites:
    2
About the client
Member since Oct 6, 2013
  • United States
    Miami1:59 PM
  • $551K total spent
    168 hires, 20 active
  • 34,029 hours
  • Travel & Hospitality
    Small company (2-9 people)

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