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WordPress administration test for hiring

See how candidates handle everyday tasks on a self-hosted WordPress site.

10 minuten
15 vragen
Intermediate
Multiple choice
Questions in Engels
Phone and desktop

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Het korte antwoord

The WordPress administration test is an intermediate hiring assessment about running a self-hosted WordPress site day to day. Candidates answer practical dashboard questions about publishing and organizing posts and pages, configuring themes and plugins, and managing users, settings and updates. It is for site administrators, webmasters, content managers, marketing coordinators, virtual assistants and similar roles.

Wat het meet

Hands-on knowledge of running a self-hosted WordPress site: content, appearance, plugins, users and settings.

Posts, pages and media

Candidates decide how to publish and organize posts and pages and work with media on a WordPress site.

Themes, plugins, widgets and menus

Candidates choose steps for setting up a site's look and features with themes, plugins, widgets and menus.

Users, settings and site upkeep

Candidates handle user, setting and upkeep tasks, including looking after site updates.

Question formats

Multiple choice

The candidate: Reads a short situation, table or statement and picks the right answer, or every right answer.

You see: Whether the candidate knows the material well enough to apply it, not just recognize it.

15 questions in 10 minutes, served one at a time.

Roles this test fits

WordPress site administrators and webmasters, content managers, marketing coordinators, virtual assistants and other roles that keep a WordPress site up to date.

What this test can show

Practical publishing decisions
Dashboard scenarios show how candidates would publish and organize posts and pages, rather than relying on a resume's description of content work.
Theme-aware choices
Each question states whether the site uses a block theme or a classic theme, so answers show how candidates respond to the stated setup instead of guessing.
No named vendor knowledge needed
Scenarios do not require familiarity with a third-party plugin or hosting company by name. You can review candidates' choices about site features and upkeep without that extra dependency.

What you get for each candidate

Example report (fictional data)WordPress Administration

77%Percentile 59. Benchmark: HireValid candidates, n = 943

Posts, pages and media87%

Themes, plugins, widgets and menus74%

Users, settings and site upkeep69%

Integrity ScoreHoge betrouwbaarheid

Stayed on the test tab throughout
No pasted answers
Answered at a steady pace

Scores, profiles and integrity signals are evidence for you to review alongside an interview, never an automatic decision.

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How the test supports review

Candidates receive different questions from large pools, in a different order, with answer options shuffled. The browser shows one question at a time, and answer keys stay on HireValid's servers. The 10-minute timer runs on the server; if a candidate reloads, the same question returns with only the time left. Candidates cannot copy or select question text, and a blocked copy attempt is recorded. HireValid records signals such as time away from the test tab, pastes into answers and answers faster than a question can be read. An Integrity Score and evidence timeline are provided for employer review; the system does not decide on its own. See how we build our tests.

Hoe we fraude met AI tegengaan · Integrity signals

Use the score as evidence

Treat the score as one signal for a person to review, not a decision. Pair it with a separate work sample, such as a task your team designs around publishing or organizing WordPress content, and a structured interview. Compare the candidate's approach with the role's day-to-day needs. This may be relevant when hiring a Marketing Coordinator or Virtual Assistant, and you can compare its scope with the WordPress Developer test.

Vragen voor gestructureerde sollicitatiegesprekken

Tell me how you would organize and publish a set of posts and pages for a site.
Listen for a clear account of the steps the candidate would take and how they would keep the content organized.
Describe how you would choose and set up a theme and site features for a stated WordPress setup.
Listen for decisions tied to the setup and the site's needed look and features.
Walk me through how you would handle a user, settings or update task on a site you maintain.
Listen for a practical sequence of actions and an explanation of how the candidate would look after the site.

Understand scoring and benchmarks

Fairness and accommodations

Questions describe common site tasks in plain US English, with dashboard menu paths written out in full and no slang, idioms, sports, holidays or local knowledge. Sites and people in the scenarios come from many backgrounds and fields, no third-party plugin or hosting company has to be known by name, and each question says whether the site uses a block theme or a classic theme so the answer does not depend on guessing the setup.

You can give any candidate extra time as an accommodation. Results are evidence for a person to review, never an automatic decision.

Provisional: reliability is reported once 200 candidates have completed it.

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Test details

A short, timed set of practical questions about running a self-hosted WordPress site day to day. Candidates decide how to publish and organize posts and pages, set up the site's look and features with themes, plugins, widgets and menus, and look after users, settings and updates. Each question describes a realistic task on the dashboard and asks for the right step or setting.

Questions are in English.
No aids are needed.
Each question is answered once, in order, with no going back.
4 practice questions, 3 minutes, before the timed test.

WordPress is a trademark of its owner. HireValid is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.

Veelgestelde vragen

How does the WordPress administration test handle different site setups?+

Questions use plain US English and write dashboard menu paths in full. Each says whether the site uses a block theme or a classic theme, so candidates do not have to guess the setup. Scenarios also avoid requiring knowledge of a named plugin or hosting company.

Can candidates use aids or go back in the WordPress administration test?+

No aids are allowed, and candidates cannot go back to a question after moving on. The test does not require a desktop computer, so candidates can take it on the device they have.

Which roles suit the intermediate WordPress administration test?+

It is intended for WordPress site administrators and webmasters, content managers, marketing coordinators, virtual assistants and other roles that keep a WordPress site up to date. Its intermediate level fits hiring for work involving day-to-day site tasks.

What format and practice does the WordPress administration test have?+

The scored test has 15 multiple-choice questions, some with more than one correct answer, and a 10-minute limit. Each question describes a dashboard task with menu paths written out in full. Candidates can first try a practice set of 4 questions with a 3-minute limit.