Wordpress Site Manager – Publishing & Monetization We're looking for a WordPress-savvy professional to step in, tune performance, repair what's broken, and bring everything fully up to date in preparation for a hard launch. We have identified approximately 45 routine WordPress tasks to update, fix, or confirm as working properly. A significant portion of this project includes on-page SEO: Yoast SEO Premium will need to be fully configured and applied to every article — titles, meta descriptions, XML sitemaps, and schema — so the plugin is actually working for the site, not just installed on it. This job does not include off-site SEO. How This Project Works Step 1 — You will receive our detailed checklist, then conduct your own site audit and recommend next steps in order based on findings from both documents. Step 2 — We agree on a complete, finalized task list before work begins. Step 3 — You start the job, work through this list at your hourly rate through completion, checking off each item and providing a brief daily progress update. Tasks You Can Expect • Run all pending WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates safely, with a full backup completed first • Update the Soledad premium theme via provided .zip file or Envato Market plugin API token • Configure and activate Yoast SEO Premium (license is already paid) • Complete Yoast SEO optimization for every published article — this is a non-negotiable quality standard. Each post must have an optimized title tag, meta description, focus keyphrase, and passing readability and SEO scores. This applies to all existing content and any content published during the project. • Audit and resolve broken images, broken links, and non-functioning calls to action • Repair the subscriber freebie download and add a video to the freebie landing page • Populate the Recipe Index with existing recipes and resolve any page issues • Install and configure an email signup popup opt-in • Add approximately 100 affiliate links across the Resources page and existing content • Set up branded author and byline profiles for house voice and individual contributors • Connect and correct social media header links • Install and configure caching, a security plugin, and CDN • Confirm GA4, Google Search Console, and Ads.txt are correctly in place • Confirm all Google AdSense compliance pages are published and properly linked • General performance, Core Web Vitals, and Brevo newsletter support improvements What We're Looking For • Proven experience managing WordPress publishing sites • Thorough working knowledge of Yoast SEO, including per-post optimization • Familiarity with Pretty Links, affiliate link management, and Google AdSense setup • Experience updating premium themes via file upload or Envato Market API token • Comfortable working from a written checklist and reporting progress daily • Strong attention to detail — this is a remediation and launch-prep project, and accuracy matters • Bonus: experience preparing sites for Google AdSense approval Access & Credentials WordPress Administrator-level access will be provided. Please do not request owner-level login credentials, email passwords, hosting panel access, etc. Candidates who understand role-based access management and can work independently within granted permissions are required. Long-Term Opportunity We would like to finish this project within 2-4 weeks. Successful completion opens the door to an ongoing part-time relationship. To Apply Please include: • Your hourly rate • A brief introduction and summary of relevant experience • Links to one or more WordPress publishing sites you have managed