Why Brussels businesses choose a remote WordPress developer
Brussels WordPress agencies typically bill €85–130/hr. Working with me directly, Brussels businesses get a senior developer handling the full brief — EU institutions public affairs sites, bilingual French/Dutch builds, Bancontact-integrated Belgian WooCommerce stores, or international NGO and think tank content platforms — at a fixed price in EUR, with replies during CET/CEST business hours. Brussels's professional standards — shaped by the EU institutions and major international organisations — are among the most exacting in Europe. I work to them.
Brussels's EU institutions ecosystem creates a category of WordPress client that exists in almost no other city: public affairs consultancies and lobbying firms that must display their EU Transparency Register entry (registration number, interest area, EU funding received) prominently on their website under the EU's lobbying transparency rules; law firms practicing EU competition law, trade law, and state aid law that need content addressing both European Parliament and European Commission audiences; think tanks and policy research organisations publishing position papers and policy briefs for MEPs and Commission officials; and NGOs with accredited EU institutions access that need multilingual (FR, NL, EN, DE) content structures for their advocacy campaigns. These aren't standard professional services WordPress builds — they require understanding the institutional audience and the content formats that matter to it.
Bancontact's dominance in Belgian eCommerce is even more pronounced than iDEAL in Netherlands — virtually every Belgian consumer has a Bancontact debit card (the red/blue card issued by Belgian banks), and the Payconiq by Bancontact mobile app extends this to QR-based in-store and online payments. Belgian WooCommerce stores targeting domestic Belgian consumers must offer Bancontact as the primary payment method, with Visa/Mastercard as secondary and Klarna for BNPL where relevant. For Brussels businesses serving both Belgian (Bancontact) and Dutch (iDEAL) markets — the geographic proximity means many Belgian e-commerce businesses have significant Dutch traffic — Mollie is the optimal gateway as it supports both payment methods natively alongside SEPA Direct Debit, Klarna, and Stripe card processing.
Industries I work with in Brussels
WordPress in Brussels — FAQs
Yes. EU affairs WordPress sites include: EU Transparency Register disclosure (registration number, client list, declared interests, EU funding received — required by the EU's Inter-Institutional Agreement on a Mandatory Transparency Register), policy expertise content structures (practice area pages targeting EU competition, trade, state aid, environmental, and digital policy), team profiles structured for Brussels political and institutional audiences (past roles in EU institutions, areas of EU regulatory expertise), position paper and policy brief publication structures, and multilingual content (French, Dutch, and English are the Brussels EU affairs working languages). I build these sites with the content architecture that works for professional audiences inside the EU bubble, not for general consumer search.
Bancontact is Belgium's dominant payment method — virtually all Belgian consumers pay online by Bancontact debit card or via the Payconiq by Bancontact QR app. In WooCommerce, Bancontact is implemented via Mollie (the recommended gateway for Belgian WooCommerce, natively supporting Bancontact, iDEAL for Dutch visitors, and Stripe card processing from a single integration), Stripe Belgium (which supports Bancontact as a native payment method for Belgian merchant accounts), or Buckaroo (another Benelux-focused gateway). At checkout, Belgian customers select Bancontact, are redirected to their bank's Bancontact page, and confirm with their card reader or Itsme app. For Brussels businesses also serving Dutch customers, Mollie's native iDEAL support makes it the single gateway that covers both markets.
Yes. Brussels French/Dutch bilingual WordPress sites use WPML or Polylang for separate content management per language — French (fr-BE) and Dutch (nl-BE) content trees managed independently by French-speaking and Dutch-speaking editorial staff. Hreflang tags distinguish fr-BE (Belgian French) from fr-FR (France French) and nl-BE (Belgian Dutch/Flemish) from nl-NL (Netherlands Dutch) — important because Belgian French and Belgian Dutch have vocabulary differences from their metropolitan equivalents that affect search behaviour. The APD/GBA (Belgian DPA) cookie consent interface should be bilingual — presented in both French and Dutch in the Brussels market. I configure the consent management platform to serve French or Dutch consent text based on the user's browser language preference.
Belgium's APD/GBA follows EU GDPR requirements on consent: prior, informed, specific, and freely given consent is required before non-essential cookies. The APD has issued guidance specifically requiring that the reject option be as accessible as the accept option on the first layer of the consent banner, and has taken action against cookie walls that block site access until the user accepts cookies. I implement Cookiebot or CookieYes with a bilingual French/Dutch consent interface, technically blocking all non-essential scripts (analytics, advertising pixels, social media embeds) until active consent, with the cookie policy available in both French and Dutch.
Yes. Brussels NGO and think tank WordPress sites include: policy research publication structures (working papers, position papers, policy briefs — with PDF downloads and citation metadata), event and conference management for policy roundtables and stakeholder consultations, multilingual content (EN, FR, NL, DE for pan-European organisations), donor and funder disclosure pages, EU accreditation and funding transparency sections, and newsletter subscription with GDPR-compliant double opt-in for policy audience mailing lists. Think tanks with European Parliament observer status or Commission consultation registration need their institutional affiliations and accreditation clearly displayed — I build these disclosure structures as a first-class content element, not a footer afterthought.