Hire a Filipino Web Developer. WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, and Custom Sites.
Filipino web developers build, customize, and maintain websites on WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, WooCommerce, and custom HTML/CSS/JS. Hire through RecruitGo with full Philippine labor law compliance.
Your Website Is Not a One-Time Project. It Needs a Full-Time Developer.
A website that drives results requires constant work: new landing pages, blog formatting, speed optimization, plugin updates, security patches, design refreshes, and tool integrations.
WordPress powers 43% of all websites. The Philippines has one of the largest concentrations of WordPress developers offshore. Custom themes, Elementor, ACF, WooCommerce, multisite, and performance optimization.
Webflow (visual dev, CMS collections, Client-First), Shopify (Liquid, theme customization, app integration), WooCommerce (products, payments, shipping), and custom HTML/CSS/JS.
A mid-level Filipino web developer costs $1,000 to $1,800/month. A US freelancer charges $75 to $150/hour — a single 40-hour project costs $3,000 to $6,000. Your full-time dev produces that plus ongoing work for less per month.
Core Web Vitals, image optimization, caching, CDN, SSL, plugin updates, malware scanning, meta tags, schema markup, sitemap generation. Baseline skills we test for in vetting.
Web Developer Cost Comparison by Country
WordPress and PHP are the most abundant web dev skills in the Philippines. Filipino developers have been building WordPress sites, Shopify stores, and custom websites for US and Australian businesses for over a decade.
What Can a Web Developer Build and Maintain?
Web Developer vs Front-End Developer
| Web Developer | Front-End Developer | |
|---|---|---|
| What they build | Websites: marketing sites, blogs, e-commerce, landing pages | Web applications: SaaS dashboards, interactive tools, SPAs |
| Primary platforms | WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, WooCommerce, custom HTML/CSS/JS | React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript, component frameworks |
| Code complexity | PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, Liquid. Template and plugin-based. | Modern JS/TS, state management, API integration, build tools, testing |
| Design implementation | Builds from templates or page builders. Customizes themes. | Builds from Figma with pixel-perfect custom components. |
| Maintenance focus | Plugin updates, security, speed, content updates, hosting | Component refactoring, state optimization, bundle size, accessibility |
| Best for | Businesses needing a website built, launched, and maintained | Product teams where the interface IS the product |
EOR-Employed Web Developer vs Freelance Contractor
| Comparison | EOR-Employed (RecruitGo) | Freelance / Direct Hire |
|---|---|---|
| Employment status | Fully employed with local contract | Independent contractor (often misclassified) |
| Social security | SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG all covered | None. Your liability if reclassified |
| Hosting and domain access | Governed by employment contract. Clear credential handover | Freelancers sometimes register domains under their own accounts |
| Code ownership | All themes, plugins, and custom code owned by you | Custom code may belong to the freelancer unless assigned |
| Security and updates | Full-time dev maintains regular update schedule. Ongoing. | Freelancers disappear after launch. Vulnerabilities accumulate. |
| Speed and availability | Dedicated hours. Broken pages fixed same day | Your emergency competes with their other clients |
| Your legal risk | Zero. EOR bears employer liability | Full. You may be deemed the employer |
Hire Your Web Developer in 3 Steps
Share your platform, what you need (new build, redesign, maintenance), hosting, design files, and specific skills required.
Platform proficiency test, code quality review, speed optimization knowledge, responsive implementation, and portfolio review. You receive 2 to 3 candidates.
Employment contract, SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG, access to CMS admin, hosting, domain, analytics, staging. 1-week onboarding with codebase audit and first task.
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Hiring a Web Developer
Frequently asked questions about hiring Filipino web developers through RecruitGo.
Junior (theme installs, page building, content updates): $600 to $1,000/month. Mid-level (custom themes, WooCommerce/Shopify, speed optimization, SEO): $1,000 to $1,800. Senior (custom plugins, complex WooCommerce, headless CMS, multi-site): $1,800 to $3,000+. US equivalent: $6,500 to $8,000/month.
WordPress for: extensive plugin needs, WooCommerce, custom backend logic, complex blogs, full code ownership. Webflow for: marketing sites prioritizing design flexibility, teams without backend devs, fast landing page iteration.
Many can make design decisions for standard pages from a brand guide. For brand-level design or complex UX, you need a dedicated designer. If you have Figma designs, a web developer implements them faithfully.
This is the core argument for full-time over freelance. WordPress needs weekly updates, monthly security audits, quarterly speed reviews, and continuous content additions. A full-time dev handles this proactively.
Yes. 3 to 5 active sites for maintenance work. 1 to 2 concurrent new builds. Agencies with 10+ client sites: one senior dev handles maintenance plus 1 new build at a time.
