Wordpress Developer — Montclair, NJ

🚀 WE'RE HIRING | WordPress Developer

📍 Location: Montclair, NJ

🏢 Work Mode: 5 Days Onsite

💼 Employment Type: Contract

We are looking for an experienced WordPress Developer with strong full-stack development skills and expertise in custom WordPress development.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience building custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch, with strong PHP skills and a deep understanding of WordPress architecture.

🔹 Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins.

• Build websites using native WordPress functionality without relying on Elementor, ACF, or third-party page builders.

• Develop custom post types, taxonomies, metadata, hooks, filters, and REST APIs.

• Build responsive and accessible front-end interfaces.

• Troubleshoot complex code issues, debug legacy applications, and perform code refactoring.

• Identify and resolve application security vulnerabilities.

• Optimize website performance, code quality, and maintainability.

• Work with existing codebases, Composer dependencies, and modern development tools.

🔹 Mandatory Technical Skills:

• 5+ years of professional WordPress development experience.

• Advanced PHP and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).

• Custom WordPress Theme Development from scratch.

• Custom WordPress Plugin Development.

• Strong understanding of WordPress Core Architecture, Hooks, Filters, and REST APIs.

• JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, and Bootstrap.

• Node.js, npm, Composer, PHP Namespaces, and Autoloading.

• WordPress security, debugging, and code remediation.

• Git and deployment workflows.

• Hands-on experience with WP Engine.

🔹 Good to Have:

• Technical SEO, Structured Data, and AEO.

• WCAG accessibility standards.

• Experience with legacy application refactoring and security assessments.

🎓 Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical training.

Important: We are specifically looking for developers with strong custom WordPress coding experience who can build themes and plugins independently without depending on ACF, Elementor, or other page builders.