: How much to charge for Wordpress installation? I know this isn't properly a technical question but I hope this is ok here. The question is simple: how much should I charge a customer for a

@Tiffany637

Defining a new WordPress install also must take into account the endless details. During a recent install for one of my own installations, I made a list of no less than 45 major areas of concentration, which required a similar number of hours of work. (The anti-spam key, analytics key, social media key, meta tags. In WordPress there are Posts, Media, Pages, Quick Edits, Comments, Appearance, and Plug-ins. Each of these areas, and each of the dozen or more plug-ins, has a list of specific preferences. Not doing them in order now, will require re-doing them later, doubling the amount of time needed. There are also configurations for Users, Settings, Reading, Privacy, Permalinks, Mail From, and more.). All of this will still need to be done by someone even after you have "finished" the install. And, this didn't include a new theme. One has to ask the question, what is my time worth? What must I invest to not only spend this amount of time away from my earning activity, but how much extra time is required to learn how to perform the tasks relatively efficiently.

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@Goswami781

What I have done is set a base price for installation, theme and plugin uploads, and about a 30 minute walk through. that was roughly . I found that if a client "just wanted" a WP install, it was a dis-service to not give them some kind of instruction on how to use it.

Here's why:
The back end of WP can be overwhelming to most clients. So a possible solution is to install one of several WP CMS plugins. It dumbs down the back end, and you can specify what they can see and edit in some of the plugins.

Conclusion:
I usually did a wordpress setup with adding site content, plugins and theme tweaking for about 0 - 0.

Just be careful not to get in over your head without charging appropriately.

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@Ogunnowo487

The fairest thing to do would be to charge an hourly rate and bill him for however long it takes. It shouldn't take too long though. An average Wordpress install/setup only takes about an hour in my experience. So charging much more than USD for setting it up and installing a premade theme would probably be unethical.

Also, it's generally a bad idea to modify the core libraries of software packages like Wordpress. Most of these popular apps are designed to be extensible via plugins, templates and such. Make the changes through the proper means, otherwise he'll have serious problems when he needs to upgrade or apply a security patch.

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@Vandalay111

Depends on complexity of the theme, how much code editing is required (the words "maybe" and "some" tend to set alarm bells ringing for me.) and how much experience you have with word press.

Could range from a day (or less) to a week (or more).

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