Need website help?
Don't hire anyone yet.
Something on your site is broken, or you want something built, and hiring a developer feels like the fix. Often it isn't the best one. There's a cheaper, faster way, and a simple way to tell when hiring is actually right.
What "hire a WordPress developer" really means.
Most people who set out to hire are fixing the wrong thing. They think they need a person. What they really need is the work done: a broken checkout fixed, a page live before a launch, or a site that doesn't crash on a Friday night.
When people look for a WordPress developer, they almost always want one of three things.
One thing is broken
A button you can't click. An error page. A site that got hacked. You just need it fixed.
Small jobs keep piling up
A steady stream of little tasks, and no one to hand them to.
You want something built
A new site, a fresh design, or moving your site to a new home.
Each one has a different best answer. If you're not sure which is you, our companion guide on what to do when you think "I need a web developer" walks you through it.
4 ways to hire a WordPress developer.
Three of them are slow, pricey, or risky. One is built for how small businesses actually work.
1. Hire a full-time employee
A developer earns about $60k to $80k a year. Add taxes and benefits and it's closer to $78k to $104k. It also takes months to hire and train them, and you're stuck when they quit.
This works only if you have enough hard work to fill every day. Most small businesses don't.
2. Hire a freelancer
One person by the hour. This is what most people do, and where most of the regret starts. They might be busy when your site goes down, and if they stop replying, everything they know goes with them.
The price isn't the problem. Losing one person is.
3. Hire an agency
A team that builds big projects for a set price. Great for big work. Small jobs are the problem: most won't take a quick $150 fix, and if they do, you wait weeks behind their bigger clients.
And between projects, you're on your own again.
4. Join a subscription team
You pay one price each month, and a whole team does your website jobs. Fixes, builds, design, and upkeep, usually done within a day. This is how WP Relieve works.
No hiring. No managing. No hourly clock.
A whole team, for less than one hire.
Say you have a steady stream of small and medium jobs. Here's what each choice costs.
A whole team, none of the hassle.
Everything you'd want from hiring, without the interviews, the payroll, or the risk.
Hiring us takes about a minute.
No hiring and no hourly clock. You pick a plan, send your jobs, and a developer gets to work.
Pick a plan
Choose a plan and log in. No interviews. No training.
Send your jobs
Type what you need into your dashboard. WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, Squarespace, and custom sites.
We do it
A developer picks it up. Usually a reply in about 6 hours on weekdays, and done within a day.
See real task examples for what you can send in.
One flat fee. Cancel anytime.
No hourly billing, no surprise invoices. One price for a whole team.
However you hire, check them first.
The scary stories are real.
The full story is worth a read: the dangers of hiring unvetted developers.
Before you let anyone touch your site, check:
The best choice depends on you.
If you own a small business
Your website is a tool, not a project to babysit. You want things fixed and updated without hiring anyone or getting a surprise bill.
A monthly team wins on both cost and stress. You send the job, it gets done, you get back to work.
That's close to what people mean by WordPress assistance: help when you need it, with no employee to pay.
If you run an agency
A client needs WordPress work your team can't get to. You can hire someone, or send it away and lose the money.
There's a third choice. A partner does the work under your name.
Your client only ever sees your brand. That's exactly what our white-label web design and development service for agencies is for.
Don’t take our word for it.
“I have had an awesome experience using WP Relieve for almost a year now. They help me redesign things, fix pesky bugs, and are prompt and kind technicians! I highly recommend their services!”
“They do a great job, very fast and accurate.”
“WP Relieve is able to handle even the more complex tasks, and many of the simpler ones were completed the same day. Their agents are easy to work with and communicate well. A very solid experience.”
“Very efficient and affordable services. I like that you guys can pick up even the most complex WordPress requests and deliver in no time.”
“I love your service and the way it’s packaged. It helped me feel super confident that I wasn’t going to suddenly have a huge invoice that I didn’t anticipate, and it keeps me on top of responding and moving forward so I can make the most of my monthly payment!!”
“Would recommend WP Relieve anytime. The team are skilled with a great can-do attitude which helps me run my business. I can delegate administrative, prescriptive or repetitive coding and website updates, freeing me up for other strategic and design work, and expanding my capacity as they have skills where I’m not a specialist. They’ve been a great help in working across WordPress and Shopify sites, saving me time and energy. Thanks all!”
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