You can’t just hire anyone to do handle your WordPress development. Here’s a list of important things to consider when hiring a firm:

WORK EXAMPLES

• Does the agency have some example work they can share?
• Can you speak to any of their previous clients?
• How complex are the previous projects?

CUSTOM VS PLUGIN

• Does a plugin already exist that we could utilise?
• If we do purchase a plugin how much customisation is required?
• If there is a plugin is it from a widely reputed company?

DEVELOPERS

• How many developers will be put on our project?
• What sort of experience do they have in WordPress development?
• How are the developers in terms of hitting timelines for projects?

GATED MILESTONES

• How is the project delivery versus milestones being managed?
• What will be the payment arrangement for the milestones?

COST

• How are we managing the cost? Will it be total project or hourly?
• What are the payment terms for the WordPress project?
  
  

METRICS

• How are we measuring success for the WordPress development?
• Are we aligning this dev. project to business performance?