Ongoing WordPress development and fixes
New pages, sections and features, built on staging and released when you've checked them.
Long-term WordPress partner / Ali Nawaz
Hire a remote WordPress developer for the long term.
If your business has WordPress work every month, not just once, you can hire a remote WordPress developer who learns your site and stays. I'm Ali Nawaz, a senior WordPress and WooCommerce developer in Lahore, Pakistan, building WordPress sites, themes and plugins since 2017. Clients in the US, UK and Canada work with me per project, per task or on a block of monthly hours, and talk to me directly.
The approach
What long-term WordPress work with me looks like.
Most WordPress sites don't need a big project. They need someone reliable who knows the site, answers within a day, ships small changes safely and spots problems before they cost sales. That's the work this page is about.
You work directly with me from requirements through launch. That keeps product context close to technical decisions and avoids the gaps that appear when strategy, interface, backend, and deployment are treated as separate problems.
What I can build
What a remote WordPress developer handles for you each month.
The scope is shaped around your users, operating reality, and the smallest responsible path to value.
WooCommerce store changes and checkout work
Checkout fields, payment and shipping rules, deposits, product options and order flows on WooCommerce.
Custom plugins and theme changes
Plugins written for your business when no existing plugin fits, plus changes to your theme.
Speed, security and update maintenance
Core, theme and plugin updates tested on staging, speed checks, backups and security fixes.
Elementor and block editor builds
Page builds and template changes in Elementor or the block editor, kept editable for your team.
Migrations and integrations
Moves between hosts or between WooCommerce and Shopify, and connections to your CRM, ERP or email tools.
Ways to work
Three ways to work with a remote WordPress developer.
Choose the model that fits how your work arrives. You can switch between them as your needs change.
| Model | Best for |
|---|---|
| Per project | A defined build or change with a clear finish: a new site, a plugin, a migration. Fixed quote, from $500, 50% in advance and 50% on delivery. |
| Per task | Occasional fixes and small changes. Each task is quoted before I start; fixes start at $100. |
| Monthly hours | A steady stream of work on one site or store. A block of hours is agreed each month, the backlog is prioritised together, and you get a short written update every week. |
Who it's for
Who hires a remote WordPress developer long term.
The clients who get the most from this are businesses whose website is part of daily operations: an online store that changes its products, offers and checkout every few weeks, a service business whose site brings in leads and needs regular new pages, or a company with a custom plugin that has to keep pace with WordPress and WooCommerce updates.
What they have in common is a backlog. Small changes wait weeks because the last developer moved on, every fix starts with someone relearning the site, and nobody owns updates. A remote WordPress developer who stays fixes that: the knowledge of your site lives with one person, and the backlog moves every week. If you're an agency looking for a developer to work under your brand, my white-label WordPress page explains how that works instead.
Time zones
Working across time zones from Lahore.
Lahore runs on Pakistan Standard Time, UTC+5, all year. During US winter time, 9 a.m. in New York is 7 p.m. in Lahore, so the US Eastern morning overlaps with my evening, which is when calls happen. The UK working afternoon overlaps with my afternoon and evening, and Canada's Eastern provinces match New York. For California and Australia, overlap is short, so work is handed over in writing and is ready at the start of your day.
In practice most long-term work doesn't need many calls. A short call to agree priorities, then written updates, screenshots and staging links, works better than daily meetings, and it gives you a record of every decision. When something is urgent, such as a checkout that stopped taking orders, it moves to the front of the queue.
| Your location | Overlap with Lahore (UTC+5) |
|---|---|
| US Eastern (New York, Toronto) | Your morning is my evening: calls between 9 and 11 a.m. Eastern |
| US Central and Mountain | Your early morning: short calls or written updates |
| US Pacific | Little live overlap: work is handed over overnight and ready when you start |
| UK and Ireland | Your afternoon is my evening: the easiest overlap for calls |
| Australia | Your evening is my afternoon on the same day |
Communication
How we stay in touch.
I reply to every message within 24 hours, usually much sooner during my working day. We use whatever you already use, whether that's email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Trello, Asana, Jira or GitHub, so you don't learn a new tool. On monthly work you get a short written update each week: what was done, what's next, anything waiting for your answer, and the hours used.
Every change is described in plain words before and after it ships. If a request is a bad idea for your site, for example a plugin that would slow every page, I tell you why and suggest another way, and the decision stays yours.
The first week
Onboarding: the first week of working together.
Long-term work starts with a free audit. I look at your WordPress and plugin versions, the theme, speed, error logs, backups and the state of your staging setup, and send a short written report with the problems I'd fix first. That report, plus your own wish list, becomes the first backlog.
Next comes access and a staging copy of the site, so nothing is tested on the live store. Then we agree the model, per task or monthly hours, and the first priorities. The aim is to ship the first fix within the first week.
Security
Site access and security with a remote developer.
Giving someone outside your company access to your website should be safe and reversible. I ask for my own account with the lowest role the work needs, never your login, and for hosting or SFTP access through your host's collaborator or sub-user tools where they exist. Passwords are never sent by email; use your password manager's sharing feature or the host's invitation.
Changes are made on staging, checked by you, and only then deployed. Code goes into your repository when you have one. When we stop working together, you remove my accounts and nothing breaks, because nothing depends on me personally.
Proof
Check my work before you hire me.
You don't have to take a remote developer's word for anything. My free plugins are published on WordPress.org, and each one passed the WordPress.org plugin review, and more are open source on GitHub, including WooCommerce plugins for deposits, checkout fields and delivery options. The case studies on this site are projects I built directly for my own clients.
Read the code, try a plugin on a test site, and then send one real task from your backlog as a paid trial. That tells you more than any portfolio.
What the work should create
What you get from one developer who stays.
- One developer who knows your site
- Replies within 24 hours
- Changes tested on staging first
- Predictable monthly budget
Proof of work
Plugins I've built and published.
All 14 are free and open source, so you can read the code before you hire me. See every plugin.
Client feedback
What clients say.
Reviews from clients I have worked with remotely, quoted as they wrote them.
“Working with Ali was a breeze from begining to end. He was super responsive, extremely knowellegable and was a pleasure to work with. … Hire him now, we already did all the research for you.”
“Ali is one of the best I have worked with. Great English, very smart, and knowledgeable alongside producing great results. Highly recommended.”
“Did an amazing job with my website. Very professional and patient with all my requests”
“Great experience with the Ali! He was very prompt and efficiently handled my request, like an expert! I would definitely recommend him and plan to reach out again for other services!”
“Ali is great to work with. Fully understood what I wanted and got the job completed in super-fast time.”
“Ali is very professional, as my first time working with him I as very happy with the way he handled the project. i would recommend him.”
04 / The process
Clear from first conversation to launch.
You get a senior engineering partner—not a black box. The process stays direct, collaborative, and focused on outcomes.
Understand
Clarify the problem, users, constraints, and measure of success.
Architect
Shape the right product, technical plan, and delivery path.
Build
Create in focused iterations with quality visible at every step.
Launch
Test, deploy, measure, and improve with confidence.
Common questions
Hire a Remote WordPress Developer FAQs
How much does it cost to hire a remote WordPress developer?+
It depends on how much work there is and how it's organised. Projects start at $500, single fixes start at $100, and a block of monthly hours is quoted after a free audit of your site and backlog. I don't publish a price table because two sites with the same hours can need very different work, but every quote is fixed and in US dollars before anything starts.
Do you work in US hours?+
Partly, and honestly. Lahore is UTC+5 with no daylight saving, so my evening overlaps with the US Eastern morning and my afternoon with the UK working day. For the US West Coast, most work happens while you sleep and is ready when you start. I reply within 24 hours, and urgent problems, such as a broken checkout, go first.
Should I hire a freelancer, an agency or a dedicated developer?+
An agency suits large projects that need designers, project managers and several developers at once. A single senior developer suits ongoing work on a site that already exists: you skip the account manager and pay for the work. If your monthly WordPress work fills a full-time role, hire an employee; if it doesn't, a block of monthly hours with one developer is usually the better deal.
Can we start with a small trial task?+
Yes, and I recommend it. Pick one real task from your backlog, such as a bug, a small feature or a speed fix. It's quoted and paid like any other job, and it shows you my code, my communication and my turnaround before you commit to anything longer.
How do payments work?+
All invoices are in US dollars. Projects are paid 50% in advance and 50% on delivery. Monthly hours are agreed in advance for each month.
What happens after a project is delivered?+
Every project includes 15 days of free support for anything that doesn't work as agreed. After that, you can call on me for single tasks or keep a monthly block of hours for updates, fixes and new work.
How do you handle access to our site and security?+
I never ask for your own password. You create a separate account for me with only the access the work needs, or add me through your host's collaborator tools. Changes go to a staging copy first, and when the engagement ends you remove my access in one click.
What if our workload drops one month?+
Monthly hours are agreed month by month, so a quiet month can simply use fewer hours or none. There's no long contract to break, and the work done so far is documented so nothing is lost.
Start a conversation
Have ongoing WordPress work? Start with a free audit.
Tell me what you’re building, where you are in the process, and what success looks like. I’ll get back to you with a clear next step within 24 hours.
Projects start at $500. The final quote follows the project details.
bealinawaz@gmail.com