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WordPress developer Melbourne: one fixed AUD price, live in 1–2 weeks
Tell us what your WordPress site needs and you get a single fixed price before work starts, somewhere between A$900 and A$4,300.
From A$900excl. GSTSee pricing →
- Fixed A$900–A$4,300 per site
- Live 1–2 weeks after your content
- Payments tied to stages you review
- Logins and licences in your name
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
Founder-led delivery
Overview
Of the Melbourne providers Google showed first on 6 October 2026, only SGD and WP Creative print WordPress prices, and their builds start at $5,000 and $15,000+. We cost less because the work is done remotely from Lucknow, India, with no Melbourne office to fund, and founder Ashish Sharma leads it. We're online Monday to Saturday, 3:30pm–12:30am AEDT, so video calls fit after your workday.
By Ashish Sharma, founder · Updated 6 October 2026
Quick answer
How much does it cost to hire a WordPress developer in Melbourne?
Going by WP Creative's Melbourne page, freelancers charge about $50–$150 an hour and general agencies $200–$300+. Fixed builds start at $5k with SGD and $15k+ with WP Creative, which allows 8–12 weeks from discovery to launch. Monthly care runs from $180 at SGD (one support hour) to $2,500 at WP Creative (20 development hours). A salaried developer costs roughly A$89,600 a year: SEEK's A$80,000 Melbourne median plus 12% super. Codingclave's fixed price: a WordPress build quoted inside A$900–A$4,300, usually live within a fortnight of your content arriving, with optional care from A$80 to A$240 monthly. Founder-led since 2017, with 200+ projects and ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews).
- Published agency build floors: SGD $5k, WP Creative $15k+ (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Published care: SGD $180–$450 monthly, WP Creative from $2,500 monthly
- Salaried hire: A$80,000 SEEK median plus 12% super, about A$89,600
- Codingclave: one quote inside A$900–A$4,300, care A$80–A$240 monthly
Local snapshot
Melbourne at a glance
Areas we work with
- Melbourne CBD
- Docklands
- South Melbourne
- Albert Park
- Richmond
- Cremorne
- Dandenong South
- Box Hill
- Collingwood
- South Yarra
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What Melbourne WordPress developers and agencies charge: every published price, checked 6 Oct 2026
On 6 October 2026 we checked the Melbourne WordPress providers Google shows first, opened any price page each one links to, and recorded every figure as printed. Six of the eight publish none. Only SGD's assessment page says how GST is treated, so ask whether a quote includes GST before comparing it with ours.
Short on time? Send your site on WhatsApp and get a figure for your own job instead.
What WP Creative’s retainer hours work out to
The Care plan's $2,500 buys 20 development hours, close to $125 each, and Scale and Enterprise keep that ratio at 40 and 80 hours. Good value if your site really soaks up 20 hours a month; a sole trader needing plugin updates and a few text edits would pay for far more time than the work takes.
Why our figure is lower, and what you give up
Three reasons. There's no Melbourne office, sales team or account manager to fund. Smaller sites start from a proven theme rather than a blank-page design, and the quote says which you're getting. You pay for a defined scope, not retainer hours you may not use. What you give up: onsite visits, same-morning fixes and an Australian ABN on the invoice. If any of those matters, the next section says when a Melbourne firm is the better hire.
| Provider (suburb as shown) | What the page publishes | Figure | GST wording | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP Creative (map listing at Ultimo NSW) | Custom WordPress build | From $15,000 | Not stated | 8–12 weeks, discovery to launch |
| WP Creative | Care, Scale and Enterprise retainers | From $2,500 / $5,000 / $10,000 a month for 20 / 40 / 80 development hours (about $125 per included hour) | Not stated | n/a |
| WP Creative | Its own estimate of Melbourne market rates | Freelancers $50–$150/h; general agencies $200–$300+/h | Not stated | n/a |
| SGD (Collingwood) | Brochure, authority, eCommerce and complex sites | $5k–$20k / $10k–$30k / $15k–$50k / $15k–$100k+ | Not stated | Not given in weeks |
| SGD | Essential, Advanced and Pro care, hosting included | $180 / $395 / $450 a month for 1 / 2 / 4 support hours | Not stated | Cancel anytime |
| SGD | WordPress Website Assessment | $750 | "+ GST" | Report within 5 business days, up to 2 hours of fixes included |
| Design Point (South Yarra), White Peak (Collins St), Digital Thing | Nothing priced on the ranking page | No figures | n/a | n/a |
| wordpressdevelopermelbourne.com, wordpresswebdesigner.com.au, wordpresswebmaster.com.au | Nothing priced | No figures | n/a | n/a |
| Codingclave (remote, Lucknow, India) | WordPress site / WooCommerce store / care | A$900–A$4,300 / A$2,400–A$19,500 / A$80–A$240 a month | No GST added: overseas supplier, not registered for Australian GST | 1–2 weeks / 2–6 weeks once content arrives / monthly |
Australia-wide agency figures sit on our national WordPress page. Comparing Sydney prices? The Sydney WordPress page lists what that city's studios publish.
Want your own job in that last row? Ask for a fixed AUD price on WhatsApp with the site link or a two-line brief.
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WordPress agency, freelancer or remote team in Melbourne: matching the job
The right provider depends on the job, and sometimes it isn't us. Two questions settle most of it: is this a build, a shop or maintenance, and would an agency or a freelancer suit you better? Find your job in the left column. Every figure comes from the provider's own page on 6 October 2026.
Pay for a Melbourne agency when…
Pay it when a broken checkout at 9am costs more than a retainer, since a plan like WP Creative's answers priority faults within an hour from 8am to 8pm. Pay it when your board or insurer wants that response time in a contract, or if you need people in the room or a supplier holding an ABN. Codingclave has no Melbourne office and no ABN, so in each of those cases a Melbourne firm is the straight recommendation.
Designer, developer or both?
A designer shapes how the site looks: layout, type, colour, imagery and the phone view. A developer makes it run: themes, plugins, WooCommerce, forms that send, page speed. Site works but looks dated? Hire a designer. Looks fine but breaks after updates or loads slowly? Hire a developer. A new build needs both, which on a small site is usually one team, and that's how our WordPress band is priced.
| Job | Best-fit provider type | Published Melbourne figure | Where we fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site down this morning | A freelancer offering phone or onsite repair, or an agency care plan with an SLA (WP Creative: 1-hour P1 response, 8am–8pm) | Freelancers print nothing; WP Creative's SLA comes inside its $2,500-a-month plan | Same afternoon, not same morning: send it now and it's waiting when we log on at 3:30pm AEDT |
| New 5–8 page business site | Boutique studio or a remote fixed-price team | SGD from $5k; WP Creative from $15k | One fixed price inside A$900–A$4,300 |
| WooCommerce shop | A studio that builds WooCommerce often | SGD eCommerce $15k–$50k | A$2,400–A$19,500 |
| Takeover after a developer vanishes | Anyone who assesses before rebuilding | SGD assessment $750 + GST | Free written quote after a site check: message us about a takeover. How it works: takeover steps |
| Monthly updates and backups | Care plan | SGD $180–$450; WP Creative from $2,500 | A$80–A$240 a month |
| Marketing-led retainer with a fixed SLA | Full-service agency | WP Creative Scale from $5,000, Enterprise from $10,000 a month | We run SEO and Google Ads retainers at A$990–A$9,800 a month (ad spend is separate and paid by you to Google), without a 1-hour SLA. Nobody can guarantee rankings or leads. See SEO services |
Not sure which row you're in? Describe the problem on WhatsApp. A screenshot is enough to begin.
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WordPress web design for one-person Melbourne businesses (about 68% employ no one)
ABS business counts for June 2025, summed across Greater Melbourne's SA2 areas, show about 403,700 of roughly 595,600 actively trading businesses had no employees. Add the 134,100 with one to four staff and about 90% of the city's businesses employ fewer than five people. (SA2 sums are approximate because the ABS perturbs small counts.) For most of them, a $5,000 or $15,000 floor is hard to justify.
What to build
Four to six pages: home, services, about, contact, and one or two for your strongest service or recent jobs. A quote or booking form that pings your phone. Fast pages on mobile data, with tap-to-call on each. Your business name, address and number written exactly as they appear on your Google Business Profile, with the profile linked from the site, so people who find you on Maps see matching details.
What you can skip
Custom plugins, when forms, SEO and backup plugins cover most small sites. A heavy page builder, if the block editor will do for your own text edits. Sliders, animated intros and a blog nobody will keep up: each adds build time and upkeep for little return.
How far A$900 to A$4,300 stretches
The lower part of the band covers a ready-made theme set up with your words and photos across a handful of pages. The figure climbs with bespoke design work, extra pages, bookings or payments wired in, and content moved across from an old site. No copy yet? Rough notes or a voice note are a fine start; whether page writing is included, and how many rounds of changes each stage gets, is spelled out in your written quote. Other build types are compared in our full Melbourne website price guide.
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Builders in Dandenong South, consultants in the CBD: WordPress features by Melbourne industry
Construction, professional services and transport together account for over 40% of Greater Melbourne's businesses, and each leans on a different WordPress feature.
| Industry | Businesses (share) | WordPress feature that matters | Related page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 98,687 (16.6%) | Quote form that asks for the job's suburb, a service-area list and a project gallery | Websites for tradies |
| Professional, scientific and technical | 82,161 (13.8%) | Team bios, resource downloads behind a form, consultation booking | UI/UX design in Melbourne or SEO services |
| Transport, postal and warehousing | 71,914 (about 12.1%) | Freight quote and tracking enquiry forms | Custom software when tracking needs a portal |
| Rental, hiring and real estate | 67,719 (11.4%) | Listings feed and an appraisal request form | Real estate agencies |
| Health care and social assistance | 46,837 (7.9%) | Practitioner profiles and online booking | Dental practices and NDIS providers |
| Retail trade | 38,368 (6.4%) | WooCommerce with click-and-collect | E-commerce websites and Shopify developers |
| Accommodation and food services | 24,968 (4.2%) | Menus staff can edit, plus table bookings | Restaurants, cafés and takeaways |
By SA2 area, the biggest business counts in June 2025 were Melbourne CBD–West (16,010), CBD–East (7,659), Albert Park (5,713), Dandenong South (5,179), South Melbourne (4,899), Richmond (South)–Cremorne (4,681), Docklands (3,866) and Box Hill (3,734).
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Is WordPress still a safe bet in 2026, and who in Melbourne is hiring for it?
Is WordPress outdated, and does anyone still hire for it?
WordPress 7.1 and its market share
WordPress 7.1, named Mary Lou, came out on 19 August 2026, followed by 7.1.1 on 17 September, 7.1.2 on 22 September and 7.1.3, a security release, on 6 October 2026. In early October 2026 W3Techs counted WordPress on 40.1% of all websites and 58.6% of sites with a known CMS, with version 7 on nearly two-thirds of WordPress sites. A quick test for any developer: ask which metric replaced FID in March 2024 (it's INP). One Melbourne provider's page still lists FID. For PHP 8.2, security and Core Web Vitals in more depth, see our national WordPress page.
Hiring one in-house in Melbourne
SEEK's salary data puts the Melbourne web developer median at A$80,000, typically A$75,000–A$90,000 (Sydney's median is A$85,000). With the 12% super guarantee that's about A$89,600 a year before recruitment fees, leave cover and equipment. The exact title is scarce: as shown on 6 October 2026, SEEK had just 3 WordPress-titled roles across Melbourne, because the work is folded into web developer and agency jobs. A salaried hire only pays off when there's a week of changes every week.
Looking for a WordPress job instead?
This page is for businesses hiring. Current Melbourne roles are on SEEK's WordPress listings.
Have a project in mind?
Send a few lines on WhatsApp or get a fixed AUD quote.
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WordPress support and maintenance on Melbourne time: evenings, Saturdays and launch dates
We work Monday to Saturday, 3:30pm–12:30am AEDT, until clocks go back on Sunday 4 April 2027. That overlaps a 9–5 day by 1.5 hours (Melbourne time zone details). After the change it's 2:30pm–11:30pm AEST, a 2.5-hour overlap. A usual cycle: brief or fault in the morning, a video call in your evening, and written progress on the WhatsApp thread by breakfast. Go-lives happen after you close, Saturdays keep the same hours, and same-morning fixes aren't offered.
| Date | What changes in Melbourne | What to plan |
|---|---|---|
| From Sun 4 Oct 2026 | Daylight saving (AEDT) is on; our day runs 3:30pm–12:30am | Book video calls between 5pm and 9pm |
| Tue 3 Nov 2026 | Melbourne Cup Day, a statewide public holiday (a regional council may substitute another day) | Launch the week before, or after the holiday |
| Fri 25 Dec 2026 | Christmas Day, a restricted trading day | Freeze site changes from mid-December |
| Sat 26 and Mon 28 Dec 2026 | Boxing Day, then the additional public holiday | No launches; automated uptime monitoring keeps running |
| Sun 4 Apr 2027 | Clocks go back to AEST | Our hours become 2:30pm–11:30pm, with 2.5 hours of overlap |
Book an evening call. Tell us the time you're free after and we'll suggest a slot.
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Keeping control when your developer is overseas: your logins, staged payments and VSBC mediation
The Victorian Small Business Commission mediates most commercial disputes for $300 inc GST per party for a half day, or $600 for a full day, with the Victorian Government subsidising the rest. Signed terms of settlement are legally enforceable, and a cancellation fee of $900 (half day) or $1,350 (full day) may apply. VSBC needs at least one party to be in Victoria, so an overseas supplier, Codingclave included, may not take part, and enforcing a settlement abroad is harder. With us, the protection has to be built into how the job is set up.
Held in your business name from day one
The WordPress admin login, the hosting account and the .com.au domain registration sit in your business name before the build starts, and we work through a separate admin account you can switch off. Premium plugin and theme licences are bought in your name, so updates continue if you switch developers. Google Analytics, Search Console and your Business Profile stay on your Google account, with us added as a user. At handover the code and theme files are yours, as set out in the written scope.
Paying by approved milestones
The work is split into stages, such as design sign-off, staging build and go-live, and payments are tied to stages you review on the staging link. The stages and the payment split are confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
WordPress hosting near Melbourne
AWS runs an Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region, ap-southeast-4, with three Availability Zones. It's opt-in, so an account has to switch it on (AWS region list). Your quote names the region your site will use, rather than assuming one. Our national page has the full hosting checklist and the account-ownership table.
Who you'd be dealing with. Not in Melbourne: remote from Lucknow, India. Ashish Sharma founded Codingclave in 2017 and still leads delivery, so he's on the WhatsApp thread for your job, with video calls when you want a face. The record: 200+ projects since 2017, ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews) (read them), Top Rated on Upwork, and past work you can open. Nobody, us included, can guarantee a speed score or a ranking.
Pricing in AUD
Fixed AUD prices for Melbourne WordPress work
Each Melbourne job gets one figure inside the matching band. The price, stages, support hours, payment gateway and hosting region all go into a written quote you approve before work starts. Page count, a theme or a custom design, product numbers and connected tools decide where you land.
WordPress website
A$900 – A$4,300
Excl. GSTWordPress website · Typical timeline: 1–2 weeks
Theme set-up or a custom design across the agreed pages, contact and quote forms, and basic SEO set-up (titles, sitemap, Search Console). Handover and staff training are as listed in your written quote.
Get a quote for this plan
E-commerce store (Shopify, WooCommerce or custom)
WooCommerce with your products loaded, a payment gateway on your own merchant account named in the quote, and shipping and click-and-collect rules checked with test orders before launch.
Hosting, backups, monitoring and support
Updates, backups and uptime monitoring, with your plan's support time set out in the quote.
SEO, Google Ads and digital marketing (monthly retainer)
SEO or Google Ads work for the site, billed monthly; ad spend is separate and paid by you to Google. Nobody can guarantee rankings or leads.
Business website (custom design, Next.js or WordPress)
Not sure WordPress is the right fit? If you'll rarely edit the site and want the fastest possible load, we also build custom-coded sites, and we'll say which suits you, even if it's the cheaper option.
- Fixed price in AUD
- Free scoping call
- No obligation
Anything that needs a site check first, such as a repair, a takeover or a slow site, gets a free written quote once we've looked at it.
Prices are in Australian dollars and do not include GST: Codingclave is an overseas (India-based) supplier and is not registered for Australian GST. If your business is GST-registered, check with your accountant whether the reverse-charge rules apply to imported services.
Fixed AUD quote
What do you need done to your WordPress site?
Send your site link or two lines about the job, and after a quick site check Ashish replies with a free written AUD quote that spells out the stages and exclusions. No WhatsApp? Use the form for an email reply, or pick an evening and we'll set up a video call.
Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave
Ashish or the team will reply on WhatsApp or email within one business day.
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
Prefer WhatsApp?
WhatsApp AshishSend the URL or brief on WhatsApp
A link, a screenshot or a voice note is enough. Say what's wrong or what you want built, and the date it matters by. No WhatsApp? Use the form and we'll reply by email.
Site check, then a written fixed AUD quote
We go through the site or brief and reply with one figure, the stages, and anything excluded.
Staging build, reviewed on evening video calls
Work happens on a private copy while customers use the live site; review it on an evening call or in your own time.
Go-live after close of trade
We launch in the evening, away from the dates in the calendar above, then test every form and the checkout. Once real visitors arrive, we check the site's speed in Google's own data and fix anything that slips.
Handover, then optional care
You get a walkthrough of editing pages and products, with any staff training as listed in your written quote, and the option of care at A$80–A$240 a month.
FAQ
Questions Australians ask us
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How much does a WordPress website cost to build in Melbourne in 2026?
How much is WordPress maintenance a month in Melbourne?
How long does it take to build a WordPress website in Melbourne?
Can someone fix my broken or hacked WordPress site in Melbourne today?
Do you build WooCommerce stores for Melbourne retailers?
Can you train my staff to update our Melbourne WordPress site?
Is WordPress outdated in 2026, and are WordPress developers still wanted in Melbourne?
Are you in Melbourne, and why do you cost less than Melbourne WordPress agencies?
Ashish Sharma · Founder
Get one fixed price for your Melbourne WordPress job
Send your site link or two lines about the job, and after a quick site check Ashish replies with a free written AUD quote that spells out the stages and exclusions. No WhatsApp? Use the form for an email reply, or pick an evening and we'll set up a video call.
- WhatsApp us or fill in the form
- Free scoping call
- Fixed AUD quote, no obligation
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
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Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave · Updated 6 October 2026
Ashish founded Codingclave in Lucknow, India, in 2017 and still leads delivery on every project.
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