# Senior WordPress Developer

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-wordpress-developer

A Senior WordPress Developer builds and maintains custom WordPress sites, writing PHP, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS to develop bespoke plugins and themes and managing underlying MySQL databases. They typically work within an agency, in-house web team, or as a freelance lead, mentoring junior developers and making architectural decisions about performance, security, and scalability. This role suits experienced web developers with deep, specialized knowledge of the WordPress ecosystem and years of hands-on client or product work.

Top skills: [JavaScript](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/javascript), [MySQL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/mysql)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [WordPress Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/wordpress-developer)
- Often leads to: [Software Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-development-manager)

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