July 29, 2025 • 7 mins
Wordpress side hustles are awesome because they're beginner friendly, they're scalable, they have high demand, and they have low startup costs.
So, if you're looking to make money with WordPress, then check out these 10 WordPress side hustle ideas!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Legit Side Hustles podcast, where I help
you make the best side hustle decisions. I'm your host
Miles and today I'm going to be talking to you
about the ten best word press side hustles. And before
we dive into today's episode, remember to subscribe to the
show for more weekly episodes like this one, and also
(00:21):
check out our Facebook group. It is free and open
to the public. Now let's dive into the list. So
word press side hustles are awesome because they're beginner friendly,
they're scalable, they're in high demand, and they have low
startup costs. And you only need two things to start
earning money with WordPress. One is foundational experience with WordPress
(00:43):
and two is a high quality hosting platform like hostinger.
It's super simple and aside from that, you'll need a
desire to learn and the ability to serve customers. Well,
now let's look at the ten side hustles. The first
one is local bus this website design where you'll create simple, branded,
(01:04):
user friendly websites for local businesses using WordPress. Remember, most
small business owners don't have the time or the tech
skills to build a WordPress website, but most of them
realize they need a professional website. You can start by
offering simple one page websites for five hundred dollars to
fifteen hundred dollars sell them to local service based businesses
(01:27):
in niches like landscaping, plumbing, and wellness. Two is WordPress
maintenance plans, and with a maintenance plan, you'll provide ongoing
monthly support such as updates, backups, security, and domain or
hosting management. This is a fantastic side hustle because it
provides recurring revenue through a service that WordPress website owners
(01:50):
need but most likely don't want to deal with themselves.
And you can use a tool like managed WP to
automate maintenance tasks. Then create a maintenance bundle called a
care plan and sell it to your clients. Number three
is blogging, and you can build a blog with WordPress,
(02:10):
drive traffic to the blog, and earn money with affiliate links, adds,
digital products, and online services like consulting. Blogging has low
startup costs and a small learning curve, along with many
opportunities to scale your income and many potential niches. You
can start by signing up for a hosting or account
(02:31):
and selling WordPress, then setting up the Astra theme with
starter templates and follow blogging tutorials on YouTube. You'll also
want to learn some traffic strategies like organic SEO and
pin trust. Four is e commerce store setups. You can
use word Press and you can use platforms like suircart
(02:52):
and wu commerce to easily build online stores for product
based businesses. WordPress is an exceptional e commerce platform because
you don't have to deal with the fees and complexities
associated with typical e commerce website builders or marketplaces. Plus,
it gives you much more control over your online store
(03:13):
and the best way to get started is by charging
per product page. Don't forget that this includes photo uploads,
SEO settings, and category slash collection. Setup five is offering
SEO as a service, which means you'll help WordPress users
rank higher in search results with keyword research on page SEO,
backlink building and local SEO. SEO will always be in
(03:37):
demand as long as search engines exist, especially for local
business owners, coaches, and bloggers. You can learn SEO basics
from YouTube or you to met courses. Then you can
offer website audits or foundational SEO packages on LinkedIn, Facebook
groups or at local networking events, and this brings us
(03:58):
to site hus Number six speed optimization services. You can
help WordPress users improve their website load times and user
experience by optimizing their websites for better speed and performance.
Everyone needs a faster website, especially businesses that want to
improve their search engine rankings and reduce bounce rates, and
(04:19):
you can offer customers GT metrics reports, image compression, caching setup,
and CDN implementation using plugins like light speed Cache, nitro pack,
or wp rocket. Number seven is WordPress troubleshooting and fixes
because lots of WordPress website owners need help with one
(04:41):
off fixes for broken plugins, mobile issues, or security problems,
and understandably, users panic when something on their website breaks
and they'll gladly pay someone who can fix it fast.
You can productize your services and list them on fiver
your website or find clients on upwork. In the long run,
(05:03):
SEO and referrals will also work well for this side hustle.
Number eight is to create and sell WordPress templates, and
it's pretty easy to design templates for elementor or other
WordPress resources, then offer them as template kits for people
to install. Website owners love pre built templates because they
(05:26):
want to buy back their time, and templates give them
a plug and play system. So figure out your WordPress
template niche, then list them on Creative Market, Etsy, gum Road,
or your website. Check out Darryl Wilson's templates for inspiration.
Nine is white label WordPress services. When you white label,
(05:49):
you fulfill a service for marketing agencies or freelancers under
their brand name. A lot of agencies want to sell
websites and other word press services but don't know how
how to offer them. White labeling means that you'll provide
the services and they'll provide the clients. You can start
by figuring out the best services you can offer the
(06:10):
network with other agencies on LinkedIn, Facebook, locally, or with
cold outreach. Alternatively, if you're good at finding customers, you
can hire white label partners yourself to fulfill client services.
And ten, last, but not least, is to create WordPress
(06:31):
tutorial content because if you're a WordPress fanatic, you can
teach people how to use WordPress with videos, blog posts, courses,
or membership and WordPress powers over forty percent of the
web and new users are always looking for help, So
just pick a WordPress niche or category you want to
(06:52):
talk about. Then you can record YouTube tutorials, create a
skill share class, or publish blog posts with a fil
links and WordPress training services. Now that you know about
ten different WordPress side hustles, pick one and commit to
it for just thirty days. Think of it like a
small experiment and pick one that aligns with your income
(07:14):
goals and existing skills. And remember you can always learn
things for free using platforms like YouTube, Google and podcasts
like this one, the Legit Side Hustles Podcast. Thank you
so much for listening, and remember check out my Facebook group.
You can find out on my website legitside hustles dot
(07:38):
com and I look forward to catching you in the
next episode. Have a fantastic day.
Welcome to the Legit Side Hustles podcast, where I help
you make the best side hustle decisions. I'm your host
Miles and today I'm going to be talking to you
about the ten best word press side hustles. And before
we dive into today's episode, remember to subscribe to the
show for more weekly episodes like this one, and also
(00:21):
check out our Facebook group. It is free and open
to the public. Now let's dive into the list. So
word press side hustles are awesome because they're beginner friendly,
they're scalable, they're in high demand, and they have low
startup costs. And you only need two things to start
earning money with WordPress. One is foundational experience with WordPress
(00:43):
and two is a high quality hosting platform like hostinger.
It's super simple and aside from that, you'll need a
desire to learn and the ability to serve customers. Well,
now let's look at the ten side hustles. The first
one is local bus this website design where you'll create simple, branded,
(01:04):
user friendly websites for local businesses using WordPress. Remember, most
small business owners don't have the time or the tech
skills to build a WordPress website, but most of them
realize they need a professional website. You can start by
offering simple one page websites for five hundred dollars to
fifteen hundred dollars sell them to local service based businesses
(01:27):
in niches like landscaping, plumbing, and wellness. Two is WordPress
maintenance plans, and with a maintenance plan, you'll provide ongoing
monthly support such as updates, backups, security, and domain or
hosting management. This is a fantastic side hustle because it
provides recurring revenue through a service that WordPress website owners
(01:50):
need but most likely don't want to deal with themselves.
And you can use a tool like managed WP to
automate maintenance tasks. Then create a maintenance bundle called a
care plan and sell it to your clients. Number three
is blogging, and you can build a blog with WordPress,
(02:10):
drive traffic to the blog, and earn money with affiliate links, adds,
digital products, and online services like consulting. Blogging has low
startup costs and a small learning curve, along with many
opportunities to scale your income and many potential niches. You
can start by signing up for a hosting or account
(02:31):
and selling WordPress, then setting up the Astra theme with
starter templates and follow blogging tutorials on YouTube. You'll also
want to learn some traffic strategies like organic SEO and
pin trust. Four is e commerce store setups. You can
use word Press and you can use platforms like suircart
(02:52):
and wu commerce to easily build online stores for product
based businesses. WordPress is an exceptional e commerce platform because
you don't have to deal with the fees and complexities
associated with typical e commerce website builders or marketplaces. Plus,
it gives you much more control over your online store
(03:13):
and the best way to get started is by charging
per product page. Don't forget that this includes photo uploads,
SEO settings, and category slash collection. Setup five is offering
SEO as a service, which means you'll help WordPress users
rank higher in search results with keyword research on page SEO,
backlink building and local SEO. SEO will always be in
(03:37):
demand as long as search engines exist, especially for local
business owners, coaches, and bloggers. You can learn SEO basics
from YouTube or you to met courses. Then you can
offer website audits or foundational SEO packages on LinkedIn, Facebook
groups or at local networking events, and this brings us
(03:58):
to site hus Number six speed optimization services. You can
help WordPress users improve their website load times and user
experience by optimizing their websites for better speed and performance.
Everyone needs a faster website, especially businesses that want to
improve their search engine rankings and reduce bounce rates, and
(04:19):
you can offer customers GT metrics reports, image compression, caching setup,
and CDN implementation using plugins like light speed Cache, nitro pack,
or wp rocket. Number seven is WordPress troubleshooting and fixes
because lots of WordPress website owners need help with one
(04:41):
off fixes for broken plugins, mobile issues, or security problems,
and understandably, users panic when something on their website breaks
and they'll gladly pay someone who can fix it fast.
You can productize your services and list them on fiver
your website or find clients on upwork. In the long run,
(05:03):
SEO and referrals will also work well for this side hustle.
Number eight is to create and sell WordPress templates, and
it's pretty easy to design templates for elementor or other
WordPress resources, then offer them as template kits for people
to install. Website owners love pre built templates because they
(05:26):
want to buy back their time, and templates give them
a plug and play system. So figure out your WordPress
template niche, then list them on Creative Market, Etsy, gum Road,
or your website. Check out Darryl Wilson's templates for inspiration.
Nine is white label WordPress services. When you white label,
(05:49):
you fulfill a service for marketing agencies or freelancers under
their brand name. A lot of agencies want to sell
websites and other word press services but don't know how
how to offer them. White labeling means that you'll provide
the services and they'll provide the clients. You can start
by figuring out the best services you can offer the
(06:10):
network with other agencies on LinkedIn, Facebook, locally, or with
cold outreach. Alternatively, if you're good at finding customers, you
can hire white label partners yourself to fulfill client services.
And ten, last, but not least, is to create WordPress
(06:31):
tutorial content because if you're a WordPress fanatic, you can
teach people how to use WordPress with videos, blog posts, courses,
or membership and WordPress powers over forty percent of the
web and new users are always looking for help, So
just pick a WordPress niche or category you want to
(06:52):
talk about. Then you can record YouTube tutorials, create a
skill share class, or publish blog posts with a fil
links and WordPress training services. Now that you know about
ten different WordPress side hustles, pick one and commit to
it for just thirty days. Think of it like a
small experiment and pick one that aligns with your income
(07:14):
goals and existing skills. And remember you can always learn
things for free using platforms like YouTube, Google and podcasts
like this one, the Legit Side Hustles Podcast. Thank you
so much for listening, and remember check out my Facebook group.
You can find out on my website legitside hustles dot
(07:38):
com and I look forward to catching you in the
next episode. Have a fantastic day.
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