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Hire a WordPress Developer Who Has Maintained Public Plugins Since 2014

You can hire a WordPress developer from MagniGeeks for one fixed-scope job or on a retained basis. Every developer here is senior. The person who scopes your project writes the code, and a second senior developer reviews it before handover. We have worked this way since the company was founded in Bhubaneswar in 2014, and the founder, Nirmal Kumar Ram, has been building on WordPress since 2007 and still writes code every day.

The proof is public. WP Responsive Menu has been on wordpress.org since March 2014 and runs on more than 30,000 live sites. RestroPress, our online ordering system, has passed 160,000 downloads. Keeping both working through every WordPress and PHP release for that long is a different skill from building something once, and it is the skill you are paying for.

What kind of WordPress work we take on

Most requests fall into one of these. If yours does not, send it anyway. We will say within a working day whether it is a fit.

Custom themes and full builds

A new site built from a design, a theme written from scratch, or a block theme that your marketing team can edit without breaking the layout. No theme-forest templates with forty unused options. The WordPress development service page describes how a full build runs.

Plugin work

A plugin that does one thing your business needs and nothing on wordpress.org does: a booking rule, a member directory, a custom post workflow, a pricing engine. Built with documented hooks so core and plugin updates leave it alone. Details on our plugin development page.

Integrations

CRMs, payment providers, email platforms, membership systems and internal tools connected over REST APIs and webhooks. We have shipped Stripe including Connect, PayPal, Google APIs, Zapier, the WhatsApp API, Firebase, OneSignal, and the OpenAI and Claude APIs. The work is in the failure cases: a timeout, a duplicate webhook, a changed field. We build for those first.

Performance

Slow admin screens, a time to first byte measured in seconds, a page builder loading everything on every page. We measure before we change anything and put the diagnosis in writing. See WordPress speed optimization.

Rescue, takeover and migrations

A developer who disappeared, a site that broke after an update, a hacked install, or a codebase nobody dares to touch. We take over sites in that state for a $300 diagnosis followed by a fixed repair price. Moves from Wix, Squarespace or another host, with redirects, are handled the same way: scope first, then a price.

Headless WordPress

WordPress as the editing backend with a React or Next.js front end in front of it, served over the REST API or GraphQL. Right for sites that need app-like speed or a front end shared with a mobile app. Wrong for most brochure sites, and we will tell you which yours is.

How to hire a WordPress developer here, in five steps

  1. You send the brief. Whatever you have: a list of requirements, a design file, a link to the current site, or a paragraph describing the problem. Use the project form or book a call.
  2. A developer replies, not a salesperson. Usually within a working day, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00 IST. We ask the three to five questions that decide the scope and stop there.
  3. You get a written scope and a fixed price. It lists what is included, what is not, and what we need from you. If your budget does not cover the scope, we say so and suggest what to cut. We do not quote low and renegotiate later.
  4. We build on staging, in your repository. You can read the code and check progress at any point. Nothing touches your live site until you have seen it working. A second senior developer reviews the work before handover.
  5. Handover, documentation, and a support window. You own the code outright. When a WordPress core release or a PHP end-of-life forces a compatibility change, which happens several times a year, we handle it.

Project or retained

A fixed-price project suits work with a clear end: a new site, a plugin, an integration, a migration. A retained arrangement suits businesses with a steady flow of small changes who want the same developer every time, with hours that roll over one month if unused. Our maintenance plans start at $59 per month, and most tiers include a set amount of change time; the Scale plan at $599 includes 4 hours of development, a staging environment and same-day response. Agencies that want us invisible to their clients get white-label partner rates, available on request. There is no minimum term on any of it.

Why the public record matters when you hire

Every agency page says its developers are senior. Three places we do not control say something you can check.

  • Codeable: 4.95 out of 5 across 795 projects for 365 clients, expert since April 2019. The ratings are left by clients on Codeable's site, not ours. Codeable profile.
  • Toptal: Verified Expert in Engineering, member since September 2019, which means the screening was done by Toptal, not by us. Toptal profile.
  • wordpress.org: WP Responsive Menu, 30,000+ active installs and 1,000,000+ downloads since March 2014, rated 4.3 out of 5 from 100 reviews. RestroPress, 160,000+ downloads since September 2018, rated 4.4 out of 5 from 102 reviews. Both tested up to WordPress 7.1. Support threads, update history and ratings are all public. WP Responsive Menu listing, RestroPress listing.

A public plugin gets used in ways its author never planned, on hosting its author never chose, alongside plugins its author has never seen. Supporting that for twelve years teaches you what code costs after launch. That experience goes into every client project, whether it is a $500 fix or a $4,000 site.

What it costs

Our prices are published. These are the starting points; the fixed price for your project depends on the written scope.

Work Starting price
WordPress customization or fix from $500
Custom WordPress plugin from $1,500
Custom WordPress website from $4,000
Site rescue $300 diagnosis, then a fixed repair price
Open-ended work, senior developer $90 per hour
White-label agency rate Partner rates on request

Most projects land between $1,500 and $6,000. Prices are in USD. The full list, including WooCommerce, web application and mobile app starting prices, is on the pricing page.

Common questions

Who will actually do the work?

A senior developer, and the same one from scope to handover. Nirmal still writes code every day and is involved in every project. We do not scope with a senior and hand the build to a junior, because that is how most bad WordPress code gets written.

Do you work with clients outside India?

Most of our clients are in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. Calls are booked in your working hours where the overlap allows, and every decision is written down so you can read it at the start of your day. Invoices are in USD.

Can I hire you by the hour instead of per project?

Yes, at $90 per hour for a senior developer, or a white-label partner rate for agencies (on request). We recommend it for open-ended work such as ongoing changes or investigation. For anything with a definable end we would rather give you a fixed price, because it puts the risk of underestimating on us rather than on you.

Will you edit core, theme or plugin files directly?

No. We use documented hooks and child themes or separate plugins, so updates do not overwrite the work. If a previous developer has already edited core or a plugin, we will say so in the diagnosis and give you a price to bring it back to a maintainable state.

My site is a WooCommerce store. Is that the same service?

The way of working is identical, but stores have their own problems: checkout, payment gateways, order data and cart caching. Those are covered on the hire a WooCommerce developer page, and WooCommerce customization starts at $1,000.

Proof you can check yourself

Every number below is on a page we do not control. Open the links and judge for yourself.

4.95 / 5795 projects for 365 clients on Codeable since 2019Codeable profile
ToptalVerified Expert in Engineering, member since 2019Toptal profile
30,000+active installs of WP Responsive Menu, on wordpress.org since 2014Plugin listing
160,000+downloads of RestroPress, rated 4.4 out of 5 by 102 usersPlugin listing

★★★★★

Nirmal is one of the best developers I've ever worked with! Dependable, honest, competent and fast!

Don K., via Codeable, September 2026

★★★★★

Nirmal has gone WAY ABOVE & BEYOND! I asked him to change many things while he was working on this project. He never once complained or gave me a hard time. He was always courteous and respectful.

Richard N., via Codeable, March 2020

★★★★★

Very professional person to deal with. Gets the job done properly and communicates extremely well. It is always a great pleasure to collaborate with Nirmal. He has accelerated our progress dramatically.

Peter R., via Codeable, September 2026

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