Wordpress Developer

Key Responsibilities:
Manage, maintain, and optimize all in-house WordPress websites, including Kody Technolab, Kody Robots, Events & Robots, Falcon Tech Robotics, Kody Media Private Limited, and Kody Middle East.
Improve website speed, performance, and Google Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, and CLS) across desktop and mobile devices.
Conduct regular website audits using Google PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and other performance testing tools, and resolve identified issues.
Optimize images, CSS, JavaScript, caching, databases, server response times, and other performance bottlenecks.
Identify and resolve technical issues reported in Google Search Console, Semrush, and other SEO tools.
Develop, customize, and maintain WordPress pages, landing pages, service pages, product pages, blogs, and campaign pages.
Manage WordPress themes, plugins, Elementor/Gutenberg, custom PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript functionality.
Manage WordPress updates, plugin compatibility, website backups, security monitoring, malware prevention, and staging environments.
Maintain a website performance and maintenance tracker, conduct regular technical audits, and provide periodic reports on website health, performance, and resolved issues.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
4-5 years of hands-on experience in WordPress development and website maintenance.
Strong proficiency in WordPress, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and MySQL.
Hands-on experience with Elementor, Gutenberg, WordPress themes, child themes, and plugin customization.
Strong knowledge of website performance optimization, Google Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, and GTmetrix.
Experience with caching plugins, image optimization, CDN integration, Cloudflare, and website speed optimization.
Good understanding of technical SEO, schema markup, canonical tags, redirects, XML sitemaps, robots.txt, and Google Search Console.
Experience with WordPress security, backups, malware troubleshooting, website migration, and staging-to-production deployment.
Ability to identify and resolve technical issues affecting website functionality, performance, and search engine crawling.
Good problem-solving, debugging, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Skills (Nice to Have):
Experience managing multiple WordPress websites across different business domains.
Knowledge of advanced PHP development, custom WordPress plugins, REST APIs, and third-party integrations.
Experience with Google Tag Manager, GA4, conversion tracking, and marketing pixels.
Familiarity with hosting environments, cPanel, VPS, DNS, SSL, and server-side performance optimization.
Experience with Git, version control, deployment workflows, and website monitoring tools.
Knowledge of accessibility standards, website usability, and conversion rate optimization.
Experience working with digital marketing, SEO, and content teams in an agency or IT services environment.

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