WordPress Developer for Local Business Website (SEO, AEO, GEO, AIO)

We are looking for an experienced WordPress developer/designer with strong technical SEO knowledge to audit and improve an existing local business website. This is not simply an SEO plugin setup. We need someone who can identify and fix technical, design, content-structure, local SEO, and conversion issues directly within WordPress. Scope of Work WordPress Development & Design Fix layout, styling, responsiveness, and usability issues Improve the website’s mobile experience Improve page speed and Core Web Vitals Fix broken links, redirects, indexing problems, and technical errors Optimize forms, calls-to-action, and conversion paths Ensure updates do not break existing functionality Keep the website secure, lightweight, and easy to manage Expereience with Elementor & Gutenberg SEO & Local SEO Perform a complete technical and on-page SEO audit Fix titles, meta descriptions, headings, internal links, and image alt text Improve service-page and location-page structure Optimize the website for local search intent Review sitemap, robots.txt, canonicals, redirects, and indexability Set up or improve appropriate local business and service schema Identify duplicate, thin, or poorly structured content Connect or review Google Search Console and Google Analytics where required AEO & AI Search Optimization Improve content so it clearly answers customers’ common questions Optimize page structure for featured snippets and answer engines Add or improve relevant FAQ content and schema Strengthen business, service, location, and entity information Make important information easy for Google and AI-powered search platforms to understand Recommend practical improvements for visibility in AI-generated search results Expected Deliverables Initial audit with a prioritized action plan Implementation of all approved fixes Clear before-and-after summary List of plugins, code, schema, and content changes made Performance and technical test results Recommendations for ongoing SEO and content improvements Ideal Candidate Strong experience with WordPress development and responsive design Proven technical and local SEO experience Comfortable editing themes, templates, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript when needed Experience with page builders and custom WordPress themes Knowledge of schema markup and structured data Understanding of AEO, AI search, and entity-based optimization Able to explain technical issues in straightforward language Careful when working on a live website and able to use backups or staging Available for potential ongoing work across additional local business websites Please do not apply if your service is limited to installing an SEO plugin or sending an automated audit. We need someone who can diagnose issues, implement the fixes, test the results, and clearly document the completed work. This project may lead to ongoing work for the right person.