A WordPress site you can edit with confidence, kept quick, patched and backed up.
WordPress development for owners who dread touching their own site. We build a custom theme your team can edit safely, keep the plugin list short, tune speed and stay on for updates, so you always know whom to call.
One in-house team since 2015 · Free audit, no obligation
COMMON PROBLEMS WE FIX
Common WordPress headaches and how we fix each one
WordPress can be a pleasure to run or a constant worry. Here is what tends to go wrong, what we change, and how running the site feels afterwards.
01
“I'm scared one click in the editor will break the whole layout.”
WHAT WE DOWe build a custom theme with locked layouts and a set of approved blocks or templates, so staff change text, images and buttons without moving the structure underneath, whatever editor they use.WHAT CHANGESUpdating a page becomes a routine task anyone on the team can handle.
02
“Our site is slow, and nobody can tell us why.”
WHAT WE DOWe profile the site, remove plugins that duplicate each other, resize and lazy-load images, add page and object caching, and clean up database bloat such as old revisions and expired transients.WHAT CHANGESYou finally know what was holding the site back, and every fix is written down.
03
“We keep putting off updates because the last one broke something.”
WHAT WE DOUpdates run on a staging copy first and go live only after visual and form checks, with a fresh backup taken beforehand so a problem can be rolled back rather than patched in a panic.WHAT CHANGESCore, theme and plugin updates stop being a gamble you avoid.
04
“A freelancer built it, disappeared, and now nobody understands the code.”
WHAT WE DOWe audit the theme and every plugin, document how the site fits together, replace abandoned or risky code, and move custom features into a maintained plugin your next developer can follow.WHAT CHANGESYou are no longer dependent on a single person who might not answer.
WHY IT MATTERS
WordPress runs well when someone looks after it
WordPress is popular because it is flexible, open source and familiar to many editors. That same flexibility is where trouble starts. A theme bought for its demo, a stack of plugins added one problem at a time and updates left for later can turn a simple site into something fragile, slow and hard to change without help.
We treat WordPress as software, not a template. The theme is written for your content, with blocks that match your brand and layouts that hold their shape. Custom features live in a plugin of their own, so they survive a redesign. After launch, a care plan covers updates, backups, uptime checks and small changes, with one account lead who knows the site.
SIGNS YOU NEED THIS
Staff avoid editing pages in case they break
Plugin and core updates are months behind
Nobody on hand understands how the theme works
BENEFITS
What careful WordPress development does for your business
What changes for your business once it’s done properly.
✓01
Editing without the worry
Locked layouts and ready-made blocks let your team publish pages and posts on their own schedule, without waiting for a developer or risking the design.
✓02
A lean, quicker site
Fewer plugins, sized images and proper caching mean less for visitors to download and less for the server to work through on each visit.
✓03
Security that is maintained
Hardened logins, timely updates and off-site backups lower the risk of a hacked site, and give you a way back if something does go wrong.
✓04
No lock-in
WordPress is open source and widely known, so the site, its content and its code stay yours, and any capable developer can pick it up later.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Included in our WordPress development and care
01Custom WordPress theme development
02Bespoke plugins and integrations
03Block editor layouts and patterns
04Speed and caching set-up
05Security hardening and backups
06Core, theme and plugin updates
07Ongoing care plan and support
08Editor training and handover notes
TECHNOLOGY
Tools we build with.
WordPress
PHP
Elementor
WooCommerce
Advanced Custom Fields
Cloudflare
WAYS TO WORK WITH US
01Fixed-scope projectA defined scope, timeline and price. Best for MVPs, websites and well-defined builds.
02Dedicated teamEngineers, designers and QA working as part of your team on a monthly basis.
03Support retainerOngoing maintenance, upgrades and improvements with agreed response times.
With All In OneWithout✓One connected team✕Several vendors✓Free audit and clear plan✕Starting without a baseline✓One account lead✕Rotating contacts✓Monthly reporting on results✕Activity reports
It depends on scope, so we price each site after looking at what it needs. The main factors are how many page templates you need, custom features, integrations and how much content has to be written or moved. A lightly customized theme costs less than a theme and plugins written from scratch. You get a free audit first and a written scope with the price before anything begins.
Both, and the choice depends on who will edit the site and how much freedom they need. Elementor gives marketers visual control over layouts. The block editor with custom blocks keeps pages lighter and the design tightly consistent. We explain the trade-off for your team, then set up whichever fits, with global styles and templates so edits stay on brand.
A care plan covers the routine work a WordPress site needs to stay secure and current. That means core, theme and plugin updates tested on staging, off-site backups, uptime and security monitoring, and a set amount of time for small edits. You get a short summary of what was done, and one account lead to contact when something looks wrong.
Yes, and we start with an audit before changing anything. We check the theme, plugins, hosting, backups and any custom code, then list what is sound, what is risky and what is abandoned. You see that list with our recommendations, so you can decide whether to keep, repair or gradually replace parts of the site.