yes, I take small WordPress jobs, and I take them seriously. Quick updates, urgent fixes, page edits, plugin problems, that one thing that has been broken for months. Around 70% of my work comes from repeat clients, and almost every one of those relationships started with a small job done well. So small jobs are not a favour I do. They are how I meet my best clients.
Below are the requests that land on my desk every single week, in the exact words clients use. If you see yours, the answer is yes, I do that.
“I just need some pages updated”
Content changes, new sections, homepage edits, swapping images, updating prices, adding a page for a new service. This is the most common WordPress request there is, and it is usually a same-day or next-day job. You send me the changes, I make them carefully, you check them live. No drama, no minimum project size.
“Something on my site is broken”
A contact form that stopped sending. A layout that collapsed after an update. A search that returns nothing. An error where a page used to be. Broken sites do not fix themselves, and every day they stay broken costs you enquiries. I diagnose the actual cause instead of patching symptoms, fix it, and tell you in plain words what went wrong. Most fixes are done same-day. For emergencies, this is my bug fix and emergency support service.
“My site is down” or “I think we got hacked”
The scary ones. A white screen, a hosting error, strange redirects, or a warning from Google. Take a breath and message me. I handle site-down emergencies and malware cleanups regularly, and most sites are back online and secured within a day.
“Can you update WordPress and my plugins safely?”
Yes, and the word “safely” is the whole job. Updating WordPress core, themes and plugins is easy. Doing it without breaking the site is the skill: backups first, staging when needed, testing after. If you would rather never think about updates again, I offer ongoing maintenance where I handle updates, backups, security and small edits every month.
“My old site needs a refresh, not a full rebuild”
Layout modernization, a homepage reorganization, replacing a dated theme, making an old site feel current without starting from scratch. This is some of the highest-value work per dollar spent, because you keep your content and rankings while the site stops looking ten years old.
“Can you move my site?”
Migrations: host to host, Squarespace or Wix to WordPress, or consolidating pages between sites. Done properly with redirects, so you do not lose your Google rankings in the move.
“It’s a small job, but it needs to be done right”
Maybe you noticed the pattern in everything above. Small jobs are rarely small to the business owner. The broken form is lost leads. The outdated homepage is lost trust. The pending updates are a hack waiting to happen. I treat them accordingly: careful work, quick turnaround, and a straight answer before we start about what it will cost, which for genuinely small jobs is genuinely small money.
And if it turns out your “small job” is a symptom of something bigger, like a slow, bloated site that really needs a proper speed cleanup, I will tell you honestly, show you the evidence, and let you decide. No upselling theatre. That honesty is why clients come back.
How it works
- Message me what you need. A sentence and a link to your site is enough to start.
- You get a fixed price and timeline. Usually within the hour, often within minutes.
- I do the work carefully. Backups first, clean execution, and you review everything live.
- You keep me in your contacts. Because the next small thing always comes, and now you know a developer who answers.
Common questions
Do you have a minimum project size?
No. If it takes an hour, you pay for an hour of expert work. Small jobs done well are how most of my long-term clients started.
How fast can you do a small WordPress fix?
Most page updates and fixes are same-day or next-day once I have access. Genuine emergencies, like a site being down, jump the queue.
Can you work on a site another developer built?
Yes, constantly. I work carefully in other people’s code, take a backup before touching anything, and leave things cleaner than I found them.
What if I need ongoing help, not just one fix?
That is what my maintenance retainers are for: updates, backups, security monitoring and small edits handled every month, so your site always has someone watching it.
The honest bottom line
You do not need to apologise for having a small WordPress job, and you do not need an agency quote to get it done properly. You need a developer who answers quickly, fixes it right, and charges fairly. That is the entire pitch.
Send me your small job and I will send you a price and timeline, usually within minutes. And if you are weighing up a bigger project, here is how I handle those too: hire a WordPress developer.
