🔐 Job Opportunity: Senior WordPress Plugins Developer (Remote, Contract)

Company: Melapress
Location: Fully Remote (Open Worldwide)
Job Type: Contract – Full-time
Compensation: Competitive – Based on experience

🌟 Make the Web a Safer Place with Melapress

Are you passionate about building powerful WordPress plugins that help website owners secure their websites and protect their users? Do you thrive on writing clean, scalable code that runs on hundreds of thousands of websites around the world? If yes, Melapress is looking for you!

Join our small, high-performing remote team to lead the development of trusted WordPress security plugins like:

WP Activity Log – The most comprehensive activity log plugin for WordPress
WP 2FA – A simple and effective two-factor authentication plugin for WordPress

💼 About Melapress

Melapress is a fully remote software company focused on creating robust WordPress plugins for security, user management, and administration. With over 400,000 active installations across our product portfolio, our solutions are trusted by WordPress professionals globally to safeguard their websites and streamline management.

🛠️ What You’ll Do

As a Senior WordPress Plugins Developer, you’ll:

🧩 Design and develop new features across our plugin suite (with a focus on WP Activity Log & WP 2FA)
🤖 Explore and integrate AI tools into our development workflows and product capabilities
🔍 Review, maintain, and improve our open-source codebases
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🐞 Collaborate with support/product teams to identify, troubleshoot, and fix bugs
📚 Maintain high standards of code quality with thorough documentation, testing, and peer reviews
🛡️ Stay current on the latest WordPress and web security trends and standards

You’ll also have opportunities to take on additional roles and challenges as our company grows — a perfect fit for someone who enjoys a dynamic work environment.

✅ Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of WordPress plugin development experience (free and/or premium)
6+ years of experience with PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL
Deep knowledge of WordPress internals: actions, filters, REST API, plugin architecture, and performance optimization
Strong understanding of web/WordPress security, especially activity logging, MFA/2FA, and user authentication
Hands-on experience using Git (including merge conflict resolution)
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
Fluent in written and spoken English
Comfortable working independently in a fully remote setup

⭐ Nice to Have

Recognized contributor in the WordPress plugin or development community
Practical experience using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) for development or product enhancement
A proactive, detail-oriented mindset — you enjoy building efficient, user-friendly software

🎁 What We Offer

💸 Competitive rates based on experience
🌐 100% remote work – collaborate from anywhere
🛡️ Work on widely used security products that make a real impact
🚀 Startup environment with plenty of room for creativity and growth
🧪 Access to AI tools and experimental development practices
🧑‍💻 Small, close-knit team that values your ideas

🙋‍♀️ FAQs

❓ Is this a full-time role?

Yes. This is a full-time, contract-based remote role.

❓ Is this role open internationally?

Yes, we are a fully remote team and accept applicants from anywhere in the world.

❓ Do I need to be a security expert?

No — but you should have a solid understanding of WordPress and web security best practices. Experience in security plugin development is a big plus.

❓ What are the main technologies I’ll use?

Primarily PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, and tools like Git, with opportunities to explore AI, REST APIs, and modern development workflows.

🏆 Tips for Success

Show off your plugins: If you’ve contributed to WordPress.org or built custom plugins, include links and documentation.
Demonstrate WordPress expertise: Highlight knowledge of hooks, filters, user authentication, REST API, and security patterns.
Highlight remote experience: Let us know if you’ve worked independently or in distributed teams.
Mention AI/modern tooling: If you’ve experimented with AI-assisted coding or DevOps workflows, mention it — we’re interested!

📩 Ready to Apply?

If you’re excited about building products that protect websites and empower users worldwide, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help shape the future of WordPress security with Melapress.

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