WordPress Website Finishing Gig — Complete an Unfinished Business Website

$8–$12/hr depending on experience
HOURS PER WEEK
Flexible — based on what is needed to complete the project within 3 weeks
PROJECT TIMELINE
The goal is to complete the website within 3 weeks.
Applicants should only apply if they have enough availability to make steady progress and help finish the project within that timeline.

JOB OVERVIEW
We are looking for a skilled WordPress website specialist to help review, clean up, and finish an unfinished business website.
This is a gig/project-based role, not a full-time position.
We currently have:

• A live website in HubSpot
• An unfinished WordPress website
• A goal of moving away from HubSpot
• A need to complete the WordPress website carefully, professionally, and in an SEO-safe way

The live website must not be disrupted.
This is not just a design job. We need someone who is good at finishing websites, not just starting them.
The right person should be able to review an unfinished WordPress site and clearly explain:

• What is complete
• What is missing
• What is broken
• What needs improvement
• What could hurt SEO
• What could hurt mobile usability
• What could hurt lead generation
• What should be fixed first

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
The person hired may help with:
1. WordPress website review and cleanup
o Review the unfinished WordPress website
o Compare it to the current live website
o Identify incomplete, broken, weak, or risky areas
o Finish unfinished pages and sections
o Clean up layouts, spacing, images, buttons, menus, and calls to action
o Improve page flow and usability
2. Mobile and user experience
o Improve mobile responsiveness
o Check page layouts on desktop, tablet, and mobile
o Make sure buttons, menus, images, and forms work properly
o Improve readability, spacing, and visual consistency
3. SEO and AEO basics
o Review page titles
o Review meta descriptions
o Review headings
o Review URLs
o Review image alt text
o Review internal links
o Identify broken links, missing redirects, or launch risks
o Help make pages easier for search engines and AI search tools to understand
4. WordPress forms
o Review existing HubSpot forms only as a reference
o Recommend the best WordPress form plugin for the new site and explain why
o Recreate needed forms directly in WordPress
o Set up contact forms, quote request forms, demo request forms, or inquiry forms as needed
o Set up required fields, notifications, confirmation messages, and routing
o Add spam protection such as reCAPTCHA, honeypot, or similar
o Test forms on desktop and mobile
o Confirm that form submissions are received correctly
5. Product images
o Compress and resize product images for website use
o Rename image files using clear, SEO-friendly file names
o Upload product images to the correct pages
o Add image alt text where appropriate
o Make sure product images are clear, professional, and not slowing down the website
6. Launch preparation
o Prepare pages for launch
o Create a simple website launch checklist
o Document what was changed
o Document what still needs review
o Explain any risks before launch

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Strong WordPress experience
• Experience finishing or cleaning up existing websites
• Experience with WordPress page builders such as Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg, SeedProd, WPBakery, or similar
• Experience with WordPress form plugins such as Gravity Forms, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Formidable Forms, Ninja Forms, or similar
• Good judgment about which form plugin is best for a business website
• Experience compressing, resizing, renaming, and uploading website images
• Good eye for layout, spacing, readability, and mobile design
• Basic SEO knowledge
• Ability to test forms, buttons, links, menus, and pages
• Ability to explain website problems clearly
• Strong attention to detail
• Good written English
• Ability to follow instructions
• Ability to ask questions before making changes
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to document work completed

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HELPFUL EXPERIENCE
Helpful but not required:

• Gravity Forms
• WPForms
• Fluent Forms
• Formidable Forms
• Ninja Forms
• Experience recreating forms from another platform into WordPress
• Experience reviewing HubSpot forms and copying form fields into WordPress
• Image compression tools such as TinyPNG, ShortPixel, Imagify, Smush, Photoshop, Canva, or similar
• Google Analytics
• Google Search Console
• SEO migration or website rebuild experience
• Website launch checklists
• Technical or B2B websites
• Landing page designs
• Website speed optimization
• Schema or structured data
• Zapier or Make integrations
• Basic HTML/CSS

WORK SCHEDULE

• Project-based gig
• Goal is to complete the project within 4 weeks
• Hours are flexible based on what is needed to meet the deadline
• Applicants must have enough availability to make steady progress
• At least 2 hours of overlap with U.S. Eastern Time preferred
• Short check-ins every 3–4 days as needed
• Progress update required after each work session or project milestone

TO APPLY: Please answer all questions directly in your OnlineJobs message. You may include portfolio links, but do not only send links.
Please put this phrase at the top of your application: “I understand this is a WordPress website finishing gig, not just a design job.” Applications without this phrase may not be reviewed.

Please answer each question clearly and number your responses.
1. Describe one unfinished or existing WordPress website you helped clean up, finish, or improve. What was wrong with it when you started, and what did you fix?
2. What WordPress builders, themes, or plugins have you used?
3. What is your process when taking over a WordPress site someone else started?
4. What would you check before making changes to an unfinished website?
5. How do you test whether a website is ready to launch?
6. How do you check mobile responsiveness?
7. What basic SEO items do you review before launching or changing a website?
8. What WordPress form plugins have you used?
9. Which WordPress form plugin do you recommend for a business website and why?
10. Have you ever reviewed a form in another platform, such as HubSpot, and recreated it in WordPress? If yes, explain how you made sure the fields, required fields, notifications, confirmation message, and routing were copied correctly.
11. Have you ever helped move a website away from HubSpot, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, or another platform into WordPress? If yes, explain.
12. Have you compressed, resized, renamed, and uploaded product images to a website before? What tools did you use?
13. How do you make sure product images are clear but do not slow down the website?
14. What are the biggest mistakes people make when launching a rebuilt website?
15. Please share 2–3 technical or business websites you personally worked on. For each one, explain exactly what you did.
16. What access would you need for the first review? What access would you not need yet?
17. What is your hourly rate?
18. How many hours would you estimate for an initial website review?
19. Are you available to complete this project within 3 weeks? Please explain your availability and how quickly you can work.
20. Based on the information in this post, what would your first 3-week project plan look like?
21. Why are you interested in this gig?

IMPORTANT
Final candidates may be asked to complete a short paid test before being selected for the full project.

SKILL REQUIREMENT
WordPress
Web Design
AEO / SEO
ABOUT THE EMPLOYER : Business or Contact Name: C-AT