WordPress PHP Developer

6B; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital agency is seeking a WordPress PHP Developer to enhance public sector digital services. The role focuses on building secure, efficient PHP and WordPress systems and involves collaboration across the development lifecycle. Ideal candidates will have robust PHP and WordPress expertise, agency experience, and a problem-solving ethos.

Qualifications

• Several years of commercial development experience.
• Agency or multi-project environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain PHP and WordPress-based systems.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers.
• Troubleshoot and maintain back-end systems.

Skills

PHP (OOP)

WordPress development

Experience with PHP frameworks

Git / source control

Strong communication skills

Job description

6B is on the lookout for a WordPress PHP Developer who takes pride in writing clean, secure, and efficient code — and is ready to make a real impact through digital services that serve the public good.

We’re a team of thinkers, makers and doers delivering high-performance WordPress websites and platforms for public sector organisations. Our work helps councils, government bodies, and public service providers serve citizens more effectively — and we want you to help us take that mission even further.

Role Summary

At 6B, we believe in digital with purpose. We partner with ambitious public sector organisations — from local authorities to national programmes — to build powerful, user-focused WordPress websites and digital platforms that deliver meaningful change.

As a WordPress PHP Developer, you’ll be part of an agile, full-stack team working across the full development lifecycle — from initial specs to testing, deployment and beyond. You’ll bring your skills to projects that improve access to information, services, and support across the UK.

While we’re headquartered in Wakefield, we offer flexible remote working and the tools you need to succeed wherever you are.

Responsibilities

Your core focus will be building and maintaining modern PHP and WordPress-based systems that are fast, secure, and accessible. You’ll work collaboratively with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver solutions that demonstrate measurable value to our clients and users.

You’ll be confident working with legacy codebases when needed, but also thrive in greenfield environments. You’ll contribute proactively to internal tooling, infrastructure improvements, and team-wide engineering practices.

• Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you’ll be responsible for:
• Writing efficient, stable, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Building and customising WordPress themes and plugins
• Working with modern frameworks (Laravel/Symfony) when required
• Following best practices: source control, code reviews, CI/CD, agile workflows
• Troubleshooting and maintaining back-end systems
• Solving architectural and performance challenges
• Contributing to every stage of the development lifecycle

Required Skills

• PHP (OOP) expertise
• WordPress development: themes, plugins, ACF, WP REST API
• Experience with PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, Zend, etc.)
• Familiarity with architecture patterns like MVC, MVVM
• Git / source control proficiency
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Several years of commercial development experience
• Agency or multi-project environment experience

Nice To Haves

• Unit testing / TDD mindset
• Experience with Docker or containerisation
• Laravel experience (for non-WordPress work)
• RESTful API development and integration
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows