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The WordPress staffing squeeze

Why senior WordPress roles sit open for months

Senior WP devs are scarce

Plenty of plugin installers. Few real PHP developers.

Hiring takes months

Sourcing, interviews and notice periods stall your roadmap.

Full-time cost is heavy

Salary, benefits, tools and recruitment fees add up fast.

Inherited sites are a mess

Plugin bloat and hacked-together code nobody wants to touch.

Workload is uneven

Launch months need three devs. Quiet ones need none.

Integrations break the CRM

Updates, security and bug fixes eat senior time every week.
Roles you can hire

Hire the exact WordPress skill set you are missing

01.

WordPress developer

Custom themes from Figma, PHP, and full site builds.

02.

Plugin developer

Custom plugins, hooks, filters and third-party extensions.

03.

WooCommerce developer

Store builds, checkout customisation and payment gateways.

04.

Page builder specialist

Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Beaver Builder and Gutenberg.

05.

Integrations developer

REST API, CRM, ERP and marketing tool integrations.

06.

Full WordPress pod

Designer, developer and PM working as one unit.

What our developers work on daily

Skills your hire brings on day one

Custom themes
Plugin development
WooCommerce
PHP and MySQL
Gutenberg blocks
ACF and custom fields
Page builders
REST API
Multisite
Core Web Vitals
Security hardening
Migrations
Engagement models

Hire the way that fits your workload

Switch models as your needs change. No renegotiation required.

Dedicated

Full-time developer

A developer working only on your projects, in your timezone, inside your tools.

160 hours per month

Your PM tools and standups

Best for continuous workload

Most flexible
Part-time

Shared developer

Fixed monthly hours across your projects without carrying a full-time cost.

40 to 80 hours per month

Scale hours up or down monthly

Best for variable workload

On demand

Hourly or project

Pay for a defined build or a block of hours with no ongoing commitment.

Fixed scope or hourly blocks

No monthly commitment

Best for one-off builds

What hiring through Mavlers delivers

Results teams see after partnering with us

3x

More sites maintained
Support more clients per developer

45%

Faster fixes and releases
Quicker turnaround on tickets

50-70%

Lower dev cost
vs a local full-time hire

Zero

Uptime surprises
Stable, secure, maintainable sites

How hiring works

From brief to working developer in under a week

You interview and approve every hire. We handle everything else.

01.

Share your requirement

Tell us the skills, hours and timezone you need. A 20 minute call is usually enough.

02.

Review matched profiles

We share pre-vetted WordPress developer profiles within 48 hours, with code samples.

03.

Interview and pick

Interview the shortlist yourself. Set a paid code test if you want to see real work.

04.

Onboard into your team

Your developer joins your Slack, PM tool and repo within days of approval.

05.

Scale or swap anytime

Add developers, reduce hours or request a different fit. No penalty either way.

Stop waiting on hires. Start shipping WordPress builds this week.

Why teams hire WordPress developers from Mavlers

Developers who work like your own team

Vetted on real WordPress code
Tested on live builds, not generic PHP screening.
Clean, documented code

WordPress coding standards your next dev can pick up.

Timezone overlap guaranteed
US, UK and AU hours covered with real working overlap.
Backup and continuity
Leave or illness covered. Your projects never stall.
White label ready
Your developer can front as your team on client calls.
No hidden costs
One monthly rate. No recruitment fees, benefits or tooling bills.

Prefer us to run WordPress delivery instead of staffing it?

Frequently Answered Questions

What teams ask before hiring

How quickly can a developer start?

We share matched profiles within 48 hours of your brief. Once you interview and approve someone, they typically start within five working days. There are no notice periods to wait out because our developers are already on our team.

Do I get to interview the developer?

Yes, always. You interview every candidate before committing and can set a paid code test if you want to see how they actually write and structure WordPress code. Nobody joins your team without your approval.

Can they take over an existing WordPress site?

Yes. Inherited sites are common work for us. Our developers audit the theme, plugin stack and custom code, document what they find, then either work within it or propose a cleanup plan depending on how much you want touched.

What if the developer is not the right fit?

Tell us and we replace them at no cost. Most mismatches surface in the first two weeks, so we handle the swap and the handover so your projects keep moving.

What timezone do your developers work in?

We staff for real overlap with US, UK and Australian working hours. Tell us your core hours and we match a developer who works within them rather than sending everything to an offshore night shift.

Can the developer work directly with our clients?

Yes if you want that. Many agencies keep us fully behind the scenes, while others have our developers join client calls under their agency brand. NDAs are available on every engagement either way.

Is there a minimum contract length?

No long-term lock-in. Monthly engagements roll month to month and hourly or project work ends when the scope does. You can scale hours up or down as your workload changes.

Your next WordPress developer is already vetted and available

Hire dedicated WordPress developers full-time, part-time or hourly, onboarded into your team in days.