WordPress Expert | Malware Removal, SEO, AI Search & Multi-Site Maintenance

WordPress Expert | Malware Removal, SEO, AI Search & Multi-Site Maintenance

Job Type: Part-Time / Project-Based

Compensation: Negotiable fixed-price projects, with an opportunity for affordable ongoing monthly maintenance.

Location: Remote, Philippines

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are a U.S.-based organization managing multiple business and nonprofit websites. We are seeking a skilled, reliable, affordable WordPress specialist who can repair, secure, optimize, audit, and maintain our websites.

We want someone who can independently identify problems, implement solutions, and improve our websites' performance in Google Search and AI-powered search platforms.

We are not looking for someone who only generates automated audit reports. We need someone who can actually perform the technical work, document completed fixes, and provide measurable results.

We have an existing detailed website audit that will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

This position will begin with one priority website and expand to additional websites as projects are completed and our budget allows.

1. WORDPRESS SECURITY & MALWARE REMOVAL

Responsibilities include:

• Perform comprehensive WordPress security and malware investigations.
• Identify and remove malicious files, injected content, spam pages, suspicious administrator accounts, and backdoors.
• Investigate potential causes of security compromises.
• Inspect WordPress files, databases, plugins, themes, and administrator access.
• Implement security improvements to prevent reinfection.
• Review Cloudflare, DNS, hosting, and website security configurations.
• Set up reliable backups and verify restoration procedures.
• Implement website security and uptime monitoring.
• Review and help correct SPF, DKIM, and DMARC email authentication issues.
• Document vulnerabilities discovered and fixes completed.

Security changes must be backed up, tested, and approved before implementation.

2. COMPLETE WORDPRESS WEBSITE REPAIRS

• Diagnose and fix WordPress errors.
• Troubleshoot Elementor layouts and functionality.
• Repair broken links, forms, buttons, and navigation.
• Improve mobile responsiveness.
• Improve website loading speed and Core Web Vitals.
• Optimize images and website performance.
• Update WordPress, themes, and plugins safely.
• Review outdated or unnecessary plugins.
• Correct website content, layout, and technical errors.
• Verify that contact forms, calls to action, and lead capture systems work correctly.
• Create or improve website pages when assigned.

3. COMPLETE WEBSITE PAGE & INDEXING AUDIT

Our initial priority website currently has approximately 584 page URLs listed in its sitemap, including 544 service and location pages.

We want these pages professionally reviewed, organized, and optimized where appropriate.

Responsibilities include:

• Inventory and audit every existing page URL.
• Identify pages that are live, broken, redirected, blocked, or returning errors.
• Check Google indexing status using Google Search Console.
• Identify valuable pages already receiving impressions, clicks, and traffic.
• Identify duplicate, outdated, thin, or low-quality content.
• Review location pages for legitimate geographic relevance and unique value.
• Check canonical URLs, meta tags, internal links, and sitemap entries.
• Review robots.txt and noindex directives.
• Identify pages that should be retained, improved, consolidated, redirected, or removed.
• Recommend improvements to important service and location pages.
• Preserve valuable SEO rankings and traffic during website improvements.
• Create a master spreadsheet showing every URL, current status, indexing status, SEO issues, recommended action, and completed work.

Important: Do not delete, redirect, merge, or deindex existing pages without written approval.

We want to preserve valuable pages and improve their ability to rank, not automatically delete pages because of their quantity.

4. TECHNICAL SEO & LOCAL GOOGLE RANKINGS

• Perform full technical SEO audits.
• Fix crawlability, indexing, sitemap, and canonical issues.
• Optimize titles, headings, meta descriptions, images, and internal linking.
• Improve website architecture and service page structure.
• Work with Rank Math, Google Search Console, and Google Analytics.
• Implement valid, relevant structured data and schema markup.
• Improve local SEO for businesses operating in multiple service areas.
• Identify opportunities for legitimate backlinks and business citations.
• Improve service-area content with accurate, useful information.
• Review competitor websites and keyword opportunities.
• Improve organic search visibility, relevant traffic, and lead generation.
• Provide monthly SEO performance reporting.

5. AI SEARCH OPTIMIZATION (AEO / GEO)

We want our websites technically and strategically optimized for discovery and visibility in:

• ChatGPT Search
• Google AI Overviews and AI Mode
• Google Gemini
• Perplexity
• Microsoft Copilot
• Bing
• Other relevant AI-powered search platforms

Responsibilities include:

• Audit current AI search visibility.
• Check whether important pages are accessible to relevant search crawlers.
• Improve content organization, clear answers, business details, and service information.
• Implement appropriate structured data.
• Improve consistency of business information across websites and relevant online profiles.
• Identify legitimate opportunities to earn trusted mentions and citations.
• Review competitor visibility in AI search.
• Track appearances in relevant AI search results over time.
• Recommend and implement practical AEO/GEO improvements.
• Provide reports showing completed improvements and observable visibility changes.

We understand that AI platforms and search engines control their own rankings and recommendations. We do not expect guaranteed placement.

6. MULTIPLE WEBSITE MANAGEMENT

We have multiple business and nonprofit website projects, including:

• A water, mold, and fire damage restoration company
• A nonprofit organization supporting children and families
• A business development and consulting-related project
• A developing educational and marketing brand
• Additional websites in the future

Our long-term goal is to have one dependable specialist overseeing technical maintenance, security, SEO, and website improvements across these projects.

We will begin with one website and gradually expand responsibilities based on successful performance and available budget.

7. ONGOING WEEKLY & MONTHLY MAINTENANCE

• Monitor website uptime.
• Review malware and security alerts.
• Perform safe WordPress and plugin updates.
• Verify backups.
• Check website forms and essential functionality.
• Review Google Search Console issues.
• Monitor technical SEO health.
• Perform agreed minor website repairs.
• Maintain a record of changes.
• Provide brief weekly maintenance reports.
• Provide monthly SEO and AI search visibility reports.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Strong WordPress troubleshooting and development skills
• Elementor
• WordPress malware investigation and removal
• Website security
• Technical SEO and local SEO
• Rank Math or Yoast
• Google Search Console
• Google Analytics
• Cloudflare and DNS
• Hosting, backups, and restoration
• HTML/CSS and basic PHP troubleshooting
• Website speed optimization
• Structured data/schema
• AI search optimization
• Experience managing multiple websites
• Good written English
• Strong attention to detail

Experience working with U.S. local service businesses and nonprofits is a plus.

COMPENSATION

We are budget-conscious and prefer *fixed-price project agreements rather than hourly billing*

We want candidates to propose affordable flat fees for clearly defined work, with the opportunity to establish a long-term monthly maintenance agreement.

The initial project will focus on one WordPress website. Additional websites will be added gradually.

Please provide competitive pricing and clearly explain what is included.

HOW TO APPLY

Please answer every question:

1. How many years of WordPress experience do you have?
2. Have you successfully cleaned a hacked WordPress website? Describe your process and tools.
3. Can you inspect WordPress files, databases, plugins, and hosting for malicious code?
4. Have you worked with Elementor, Rank Math, Cloudflare, and Google Search Console?
5. Have you managed websites with hundreds of pages?
6. How would you audit 584 URLs and determine which should be improved or retained?
7. Have you improved SEO for local service businesses?
8. What experience do you have with ChatGPT Search, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, and AEO/GEO?
9. Can you manage multiple WordPress websites?
10. What is your fixed price for an initial website security and technical SEO assessment?
11. How would you price the subsequent repairs as fixed-price milestones?
12. What is your proposed monthly flat fee for basic maintenance of multiple websites?
13. Please share examples of websites you have repaired, secured, or optimized.
14. Are you available for a short video interview within the next seven days?

IMPORTANT: Start your application with the phrase "WORDPRESS SEO EXPERT" so we know you read the full description.

IMPORTANT SALARY CLARIFICATION:

The advertised $100/month is our starting budget for limited part-time website maintenance (approximately 5 hours per week).

Larger projects, including malware removal, website repairs, technical SEO, optimization of existing website pages, and additional websites, will be negotiated separately at affordable fixed project prices.

We are looking for someone interested in a long-term working relationship, with opportunities for additional projects as our business grows.

We are looking for a reliable, skilled, affordable specialist interested in a long-term working relationship.

Thank you. We look forward to reviewing your application.