from$500
Best for: New sites, redesigns and WooCommerce stores
- ✓Scope, price and timeline agreed in writing
- ✓Custom theme, mobile-first, SEO-ready
- ✓Paid 50% upfront, 50% on completion
- ✓30 days of support after launch
For hire · Founder-led · from $500
Hire a WordPress developer who actually writes your code.
4.9/5· 817+ reviews
Skip the choice between a cheap freelancer who might vanish and an agency that hands your site to a junior. Hire a senior WordPress developer with a fixed price, a written scope, and design and SEO built in.
In short
Webicode is a WordPress developer for hire: custom sites from $500, full design and build from $1,470, WooCommerce from $1,050, and maintenance at $65/month. You work directly with the founder, and the price is fixed before work starts.
- 1,500+ projects
- 10 yrs experience
- 8,000+ theme sales
- 500+ WordPress builds
- Free 30-min consultation
- Fixed-price quotes
- Reply within 24 hrs
Fixed-price proposal
Within 48 hours of your call
Reply within 24 hrs
Why clients hire Webicode
What you get when you hire us instead of another freelancer.
6 things that stay true on every project, from a 5-page site to a full WooCommerce build.
Start your project →The person you hire writes the code
Adnan leads every project from the first call to launch. No account manager in the middle, no hand-off to a junior after the contract is signed.
A fixed price, not an hourly meter
You get a written scope and a fixed quote within 48 hours of the call. The number you agree is the number you pay.
Ten years of WordPress, in public
Building websites since 2016, with ThemeForest templates that have sold over 8,000 copies as an Envato Elite Author.
Fast by default
Hand-written themes tuned for Core Web Vitals before launch, so the site you hire us for does not lose rankings to a slow page.
No page-builder lock-in
Clean custom themes any developer can maintain. Elementor only when your team needs to keep editing that way.
You own everything at the end
The theme, the code and the deliverables are yours once the final invoice is paid. Third-party licences are listed in the proposal.
Ways to hire
Three ways to work with us.
Pick the one that fits the job. Every tier and what it includes is broken down in our WordPress cost guide.
$65/month
Best for: Live sites that need a developer on call
- ✓Core and plugin updates
- ✓Daily backups and uptime monitoring
- ✓One hour of small edits every month
- ✓Cancel or change the plan as needs change
Audit first
Best for: Sites another developer left unfinished
- ✓Code and performance audit before any quote
- ✓Fix, extend or rebuild — whichever is cheaper
- ✓Redirects mapped so rankings survive
- ✓Fixed price once the audit is done
Freelancer, agency or studio?
Who should you hire to build your WordPress site?
How the three usual options compare on the things that decide whether a project goes well.
Who does the work
- Freelancer
- One person, skill varies widely
- Agency
- Often juniors behind an account manager
- Webicode
- The founder, hands-on
How you pay
- Freelancer
- Usually hourly
- Agency
- Retainers and change orders
- Webicode
- Fixed quote, from $500
Design included
- Freelancer
- Rarely
- Agency
- Yes
- Webicode
- Yes — Figma first
SEO and Core Web Vitals
- Freelancer
- Depends on the person
- Agency
- Usually an add-on
- Webicode
- Built into every project
Risk of going quiet mid-project
- Freelancer
- Higher
- Agency
- Lower
- Webicode
- Lower — written scope
After launch
- Freelancer
- Ad hoc
- Agency
- Paid retainer
- Webicode
- 30 days included, then $65/month
| Compared on | Typical freelancer | Typical agency | Webicode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | One person, skill varies widely | Often juniors behind an account manager | ✓The founder, hands-on |
| How you pay | Usually hourly | Retainers and change orders | ✓Fixed quote, from $500 |
| Design included | Rarely | Yes | ✓Yes — Figma first |
| SEO and Core Web Vitals | Depends on the person | Usually an add-on | ✓Built into every project |
| Risk of going quiet mid-project | Higher | Lower | ✓Lower — written scope |
| After launch | Ad hoc | Paid retainer | ✓30 days included, then $65/month |
How hiring works
From first call to a live site.
Scoped like a studio, delivered by the same senior developer at every step.
Free 30-minute call
Goals, buyers, and where the current site loses leads. No sales script.
Proposal in 48 hours
Scope, pages, timeline and a fixed price in writing. Nothing starts until you agree.
Design sign-off
Layouts in Figma that you approve before a line of WordPress is written.
Build and QA
A hand-written custom theme, tested across browsers and devices.
Launch and support
Staged launch with a rollback plan and 30 days of support. Typical build: 4–5 weeks.
Selected work
Sites clients hired us to build.
WooCommerce · USA
Water Filters of America
↑ PrestaShop → WooCommerce · 800+ products · order-manager sync
WooCommerce · Migration · WordPress
View case study →
Healthcare · USA
Cohen Eye Institute
↑ 98 Lighthouse score — 40% faster than the previous site
WordPress · Frontend · Responsive
Discuss similar work →Before you hire anyone
Six questions to ask any WordPress developer.
Ask us, and ask everyone else on your shortlist. The full vetting guide, with the red flags we see most often, is in how to choose a WordPress developer.
- 01
Can they show live sites, not just screenshots, and say what each cost?
- 02
Will the person you speak to be the person who writes the code?
- 03
Do they quote a fixed price for a defined scope, or only an hourly estimate?
- 04
Who owns the theme, the code and the hosting accounts at the end?
- 05
Are SEO and Core Web Vitals in scope, or an extra?
- 06
What support is included after launch, and what does it cost after that?
What you can hire us for
WordPress work we take on.
WordPress Development
Hand-written themes, fast and SEO-ready.
from $500WordPress Customization
Changes to an existing theme or Elementor site without breaking updates.
from $250eCommerce Development
Catalogues, checkout, payments, shipping and store migrations.
from $1,050UI/UX Design
Figma designs you sign off before development starts.
from $500WordPress Maintenance
Updates, backups, monitoring and small edits every month.
from $65/monthStrategic SEO Services
Technical SEO, schema and Core Web Vitals on new or existing sites.
from $335/moLooking for someone in your area? See our pages for US businesses, London and every city we serve.
Hiring FAQ
Questions people ask before hiring.
How much does it cost to hire a WordPress developer?+
At Webicode, a custom 5-page WordPress site starts from $500. Full design and build projects run $1,470–$2,940+, WooCommerce stores start from $1,050, and ongoing maintenance is $65/month. Every project is quoted as a fixed price before work starts.
Should I hire a freelance WordPress developer or an agency?+
A strong freelancer suits a small, tightly scoped job. An agency suits large teams that need many specialists. Webicode sits between the two: senior, founder-led delivery like a good freelancer, with the design, SEO and fixed-price process of an agency.
Who will actually work on my website?+
Adnan, Webicode's founder, leads every project from the first call to launch, and has built websites since 2016 as an Envato Elite Author whose ThemeForest templates have sold over 8,000 copies.
Can I hire a WordPress developer for a small fix or one-off task?+
Yes. Small fixes are quoted per task after we look at the site. If you expect regular changes, the $65/month maintenance plan includes an hour of edits every month along with updates and backups.
Do you work with Elementor or an existing theme?+
Yes. We build custom themes by default because they are faster and easier to maintain, but we also work inside Elementor and existing themes when your team needs to keep editing that way.
Do I own the website when the project is finished?+
Yes. You own the final deliverables created for your project once all invoices are paid. Third-party plugins, fonts and licences stay under their own terms, and we list each one in the proposal.
How quickly can you start?+
We reply within 24 hours and send a fixed-price proposal within 48 hours of the call when the scope is clear. Start dates depend on the current schedule and are confirmed in the proposal.
Do you work with clients outside the US and UK?+
Yes. We work remotely with clients across the US, UK and Australia, with working-day overlap from our Eastern Time base in Amherst, New York.
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