WordPress Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used WordPress
Daniel S.
Last position:
AI Automation in E-Commerce at Looops
- AI automation roadmap for a D2C/B2B e-commerce company.
- Customer service bot with RAG over support tickets and product data, OCR pipeline for incoming invoices with writeback to Business Central, lead gen and posting automation.
- Deterministic n8n workflows with EU-hosted models.
- n8n, RAG / Mistral, Qwen/BGE embeddings / Business Central API, HubSpot, Shopify / Scaleway, S3 / Claude Code, OpenCode.
Patrick J.
Last position:
Business Consultant at Patrick JOBST - Business Consulting & Internet Services
- Procrastination for beginners. The companion for your digital business model.
- Ultimate support for digital strategy, content marketing, search engine optimization, web development, social selling, online courses and consulting from one source.
- Sparring & mentoring for self-employed people, freelancers, entrepreneurs and coaches.
- Website & social media analysis.
Shahram F.
Last position:
Senior Product Owner at Elderly Neighbour Watch
Delivered a digital, non-profit neighborhood platform to connect older adults with volunteers for practical support and social companionship. Responsible for business analysis, requirement definition, platform evaluation and delivery of a locally scalable service solution focusing on AI-driven enhancements, data-based optimization and clear market positioning. Evaluated several low-code/business platforms including Odoo and Glide Apps and assessed monday.com as a CRM-like option before selecting Glide Apps for implementation. Implemented a non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and the web presence with WordPress. Tasks
- Gathering, analyzing and structuring business requirements for the product and service model
- Conducting market, target group and competitor analyses to position the offering
- Evaluating and selecting suitable low-code/business platforms for implementation
- Defining core user journeys, business processes and operational workflows for older adults, volunteers and administration
- Translating business requirements into functional requirements for profiles, task management, coordination, communication and notifications
- Guiding the implementation of the non-native mobile and desktop application in Glide Apps as well as the web presence in WordPress
- Preparing the business side for future AI-powered features such as intelligent matching and data-based optimization
- Ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements Results
- Successfully delivered digital support platform connecting older adults with volunteers
- Solid foundation for market positioning through market, target group and competitor analyses
- Delivered a functional non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and a supporting web presence with WordPress
- Established foundation for scaling and AI-based further development
Christian W.
Last position:
EHF.at
- Further development and ongoing maintenance of the existing WordPress site for EHF.at to revamp the responsive design and improve usability on mobile devices.
- Integration of WooCommerce into the existing site for full e-commerce functionality and digitization of the team sports apparel sales process.
- Implementation and configuration of an automated newsletter system to strengthen customer loyalty through regular updates and personalized offers.
- Ongoing maintenance including regular updates, performance optimizations, and security checks to keep the site up-to-date and functional.
- Project-related technical activities: PHP, CSS, and JavaScript.
Alexander K.
Last position:
Senior Manager, Project Management, Scrum, Recruiting, Business Development, Sales at Accilium GmbH
- Focus on digital transformation in the energy and mobility sector, including SAP R3 transition to S/4HANA
- Project management and requirements engineering in the energy sector (workshops, requirement specification creation, process development)
- Advice on the mobility strategy for public transport/transport of Stadtwerke Wien
- Development of digital strategies for after-sales program at Daimler-Benz
Markus K.
Last position:
Document Development at Insurance Company
- Replacement of original Dopix documents and modules into the Quadient document environment
- Extension of document logic
René Z.
Last position:
DevSecOps & Kubernetes Engineer (Freelance) at mgm technology partners GmbH
Development of a Custom Jenkins Shared Library (Groovy)
Integration of security checks in CI/CD pipeline (Shift-Left Approach)
Automated vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows
GitOps-based deployments with ArgoCD
Semantic versioning automation with Git integration
Container lifecycle management (Build/Scan/Tag/Push)
ArgoCD webhook integration for event-driven deployments
Complete cluster automation with Ansible
Bare-metal Kubernetes installation from scratch
High-availability control plane setup
Unified deployment system for multi-application orchestration
Configuration management according to NIST SP 800-128
Host security: Linux hardening, SELinux/AppArmor
Network security: NetworkPolicies, micro-segmentation
Application security: RBAC, Pod Security Standards
Data security: Encryption at rest and in transit
Defense-in-depth principles
Certificate management with cert-manager
Secrets management with External Secrets Operator connected to Vault
Infrastructure monitoring with Checkmk
Prometheus/Grafana monitoring stack
Security event detection and logging
Automated health checks and incident response procedures
MetalLB load balancing for bare-metal
Nginx ingress controller with SSL passthrough
NetworkPolicies for security zones
Rook-Ceph distributed storage, CNI configuration (Weave Net)
Container & orchestration: Kubernetes (bare-metal), Docker, Helm
CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins (Custom Shared Library), ArgoCD, Groovy
Automation: Ansible, Bash, Python
Security: nftables, RBAC, NetworkPolicies, cert-manager, Vault, Sealed Secrets
Monitoring: Checkmk, Prometheus, Grafana
Storage & networking: Rook-Ceph, MetalLB, Nginx Ingress, Calico
Collaboration: Jira, Confluence
OS: Debian, Ubuntu
Christoph V.
Last position:
Head of Digital Transformation and Requirements Definition for Sales, Marketing, and Category Management
- Project Manager / Business Requirements Engineer
- Digital Business Developer
- Concept development and requirements management
- Process optimization
- Advertising effectiveness measurement
- Status reporting and stakeholder management to owners
- Systems: WordPress, sevDesk
Lukas S.
Last position:
Interim Product Manager + Managing Director at Produktfreunde GmbH
Markus F.
Last position:
Managing Director & Senior Consultant at IT-Trail GmbH
- Custom development
- Web hosting
- Support
- DevOps
- Technologies: C#, Node.js, Web, Windows, Linux, SQL, MS365, Azure, AWS
Jennifer E.
Last position:
Social Media Marketing & Content Specialist at Social else - Social Media Agency e.U.
- Social media consulting
- Social media strategy
- Content strategy
- Social media management
- Social media community management
- Influencer marketing
- Performance marketing
Mirjam J.
Last position:
Project Assistant Real Estate Valuation at Faudon Immobilien GmbH
- Creation, layout, and quality assurance of market value appraisals
- Research and analysis of land registry and GIS data
- Customer and authority correspondence
- Structuring and optimization of back office processes
Christian M.
Last position:
Senior Feature Engineer - Banking at start.me app e.U.
- Requirements engineering & business analysis
- Architecture responsibility for core banking extensions
- Interface modeling for third-party systems (TiGital, ESA, ÖNB)
- AML, KYC & payment reporting
Christian F.
Last position:
Project Manager at EVVA Sicherheitstechnologie GmbH
- Lead the SPG team
- Coordinate teams and activities across company boundaries
- Intensive time and cost controlling
- Monthly reporting to the CIO/CDO
- Contributing to the technical solution concept and sprint planning
- Responsibility for rollout planning
- Involvement in testing
Daniela H.
Last position:
Freelance Language Quality Specialist at Various Clients
- Conduct quality control for multilingual AI training data (German and English)
- Validate outputs against complex project guidelines and linguistic standards
- Deliver feedback to annotation teams to ensure accuracy and consistency
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using WordPress
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3.2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Marketing, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
68%
Master's degree or higher
42%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using WordPress
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
WordPress experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (75%)
- Retail (58%)
- Professional Services (54%)
- Manufacturing (46%)
- Advertising (38%)
- Education (38%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
- Media and Entertainment (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What WordPress does
WordPress is an open-source content management system for publishing websites, editorial platforms and online shops. Companies use it for corporate sites, campaign pages, magazines, directories and multilingual web presences. Its visual editing experience lets non-technical teams manage content while specialists handle structure, integrations and performance.
Core ecosystem
The WordPress ecosystem combines a large plugin and theme library with a flexible PHP-based application layer. Strong specialists work with the block editor, custom post types, taxonomies, REST API and WooCommerce. They may also use Gutenberg tooling, WP-CLI, Composer, Git, JavaScript, MySQL and hosting services suited to the site’s traffic and operational needs.
Typical projects
- Launching a new company website with a tailored theme and content model
- Rebuilding an outdated site without losing search visibility
- Extending WooCommerce with payment, catalogue or fulfilment integrations
- Creating editorial workflows for multilingual or multi-brand publishing
- Connecting WordPress to CRM, marketing, analytics or external data systems
WordPress can support both a focused marketing site and a complex publishing operation when its structure is planned carefully.
When specialists help
Companies often bring in freelance expertise during a redesign, migration, replatforming or sudden performance issue. Specialist support is also valuable when a site has accumulated incompatible plugins, inconsistent templates or difficult editorial processes. In Austria, remote collaboration can suit many projects, while local or on-site work may help when teams need workshops in German or English.
Quality signals
A strong professional starts with content goals, user journeys and operational constraints rather than adding plugins by default. They separate custom functionality from third-party extensions, document changes and test updates before release. Look for experience with accessibility, technical SEO, caching, backups, security hardening and reliable deployment practices.
Ongoing delivery
WordPress work continues after launch. Specialists can establish update routines, staging environments, monitoring and recovery plans, then train internal content teams on the block editor and publishing workflow. They can also refine templates, improve Core Web Vitals, manage WooCommerce changes and keep integrations stable as the business grows.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about WordPress.
WordPress is used for company websites, editorial publications, landing pages, directories and online shops. With WooCommerce and suitable extensions, it can support product catalogues, payments and fulfilment workflows.
WordPress offers broad ecosystem support and a familiar editing experience, while systems such as Drupal may suit more complex permissions or structured content requirements. A headless setup can provide greater front-end freedom, but usually adds integration and maintenance work.
A capable WordPress professional may also work with PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MySQL, REST APIs and Git. SEO, accessibility, analytics, hosting, security and WooCommerce knowledge are valuable when the project reaches beyond basic page editing.
The right level depends on the scope. A brochure site may need focused theme and content-model expertise, while a migration, multilingual platform or WooCommerce operation calls for proven experience with integrations, testing, deployment and recovery planning.
Yes, WordPress projects are often handled remotely through shared tickets, staging environments and regular review calls. For Austrian teams, German or English communication can be agreed at the start, with on-site workshops added when discovery or training benefits from direct collaboration.
A WordPress specialist should first check whether existing functionality, a small custom component or a configuration change solves the need. Too many plugins can create security, performance and compatibility risks, especially when several extensions modify the same content or checkout process.
Review live examples with similar content structures or business requirements, not just visual designs. Ask how the professional handles accessibility, updates, backups, staging, technical SEO, performance testing and documentation, and request a clear explanation of trade-offs.
A WordPress freelancer should confirm the hosting setup, existing theme and plugins, content ownership, environments, integrations and release process. They should also clarify who approves content, how success is measured and whether the work includes maintenance after launch.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used WordPress in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 764 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used WordPress in their recent projects, 68% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 42% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used WordPress in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used WordPress in their recent projects are English (100%), German (96%), and French (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used WordPress in their recent projects are Information Technology (75%), Retail (58%), and Professional Services (54%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used WordPress in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Marketing (71%), and Product Development (63%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used WordPress
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Vienna Graz 
Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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