WordPress Developer Intern

Industry: Digital Services / Web & WordPress Development. Sector: Remote web design, development and content-driven solutions for clients across e-commerce, small business and marketing agencies. This internship is ideal for developers who want hands-on WordPress experience building themes, plugins and client-ready sites while learning professional dev workflows.

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop, customise and maintain WordPress themes and plugins using PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript following best practices.
• Build responsive, accessible front-ends and troubleshoot cross-browser issues to ensure consistent user experience across devices.
• Integrate third-party tools and services (WooCommerce, payment gateways, REST APIs) and create AJAX-driven interactions where required.
• Work with page-builders (Elementor/Gutenberg) to implement designs and convert mockups into production-ready pages.
• Participate in code reviews, maintain Git branches, create pull requests and follow CI/staging release workflows for safe deployments.
• Support site performance optimisation, basic SEO improvements, backups and security hardening tasks under mentor guidance.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

• Hands-on experience building or customising WordPress sites (themes/plugins) — personal projects, coursework or freelance work accepted.
• Solid knowledge of PHP, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (ES6 basics) with a good grasp of responsive design principles.
• Familiarity with MySQL, WP database structure and basic WordPress functions/hooks/actions/filters.
• Comfortable using Git for version control and working with staging/production environments.
• Strong problem-solving attitude, attention to detail and eagerness to learn modern WordPress tooling (Gutenberg blocks, build tools).

Preferred

• Experience with WooCommerce setup/customisation, REST API integrations or building custom Gutenberg blocks.
• Familiarity with page builders (Elementor) and performance/SEO optimisation techniques.
• Exposure to WP-CLI, Docker/local development environments and automated deployment pipelines.

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• Fully remote internship with mentorship from experienced WordPress engineers and real client-facing projects.
• Grow a professional portfolio: contribute code, learn deployment workflows and receive feedback through code reviews.
• Opportunity to transition to paid/long-term roles based on performance and learning progress.

How to apply: Share a CV and link to your portfolio, GitHub or live WordPress sites demonstrating your work. Candidates across India welcome; remote-first collaboration with regular mentor check-ins and sprint-based tasks.