WordPress Development Services

Ask whether they write a custom theme or stack a page builder and thirty plugins on a bought one. Ask how they choose plugins, whether updates run on staging first, how they harden security, and whether a backup has ever been restored rather than only taken. Ask who will own the hosting account. And ask to see WordPress sites they built, not only designs. We hold no WordPress certification or partner badge.

A build plan; a custom theme built from the approved design, with reusable blocks and patterns; custom post types, fields and editor roles; the plugins the site needs, set up and documented; forms and integrations with your tools; moving existing content; metadata, redirects, caching and security hardening; checks across browsers and devices; launch on your hosting with backups scheduled; and an editor guide with a walkthrough.

Build on WordPress when your editors already know it, the content is large and varied, and you need what its ecosystem offers: many authors, languages, memberships or a shop. Choose Webflow if marketing wants to design pages visually without a developer, Framer for a design-led site the design team maintains, or Astro if speed matters most and you want less upkeep. WordPress can also stay as the editing back end while the public site is built elsewhere. We say which fits before the build.

A custom theme on the native block editor, by default. Editors still build pages visually from blocks and patterns, but the design stays consistent and the site does not depend on a heavy builder. If your team relies on a page builder and does not want to change, we discuss the trade-offs and agree the approach in the plan. Custom blocks also keep editors inside the brand: they choose the content and its order, while spacing, type and colour stay as designed.

Yes. We start with a short review of the theme, plugins, versions, hosting and security, then agree what to keep, repair or rebuild. A rebuild keeps every URL that matters working through redirects, and content moves by script, not by hand. If you want to leave WordPress altogether, Migrate from WordPress covers that move as its own scope. Where a plugin is abandoned or insecure, we replace it with a maintained one or a few lines of theme code.

Approved layouts for each page type, or a view of where the design stands — if there is no design yet, start with Website Design. Then launch copy and images or a plan for them, hosting access or a hosting choice, a WordPress export with the current plugin list, test logins for each connected tool, and a named approver for each stage. If the design or content is not quite ready, the build plan and theme foundation can start while they are finished.

Against criteria fixed in writing before the build: page caching and image sizes that keep key templates inside a speed budget, keyboard use and contrast on every page type, alt text fields for editors, limited admin roles, strong sign-in rules, no unused plugins, scheduled backups with one test restore, and redirects for every old URL. We check the site against them before launch. WordPress sites slow down mostly through plugins and oversized images, so both are part of the checks.

The theme code in your repository, the site on your hosting, admin accounts for your team, an editor guide, a note of every plugin and why it is there, and an update routine: staging first, then live, with a backup before each change. After launch your team can run that routine, or updates, backups, fixes and new templates continue with us on an upkeep scope.

The number of page types and blocks, content types and fields, how much content moves and how clean it is, the plugins and integrations, shop or membership features, the URLs to preserve, and how ready the design is. We set a custom scope and estimate in the proposal, fixed or phased, and agree the timeline once scope, access, dependencies and acceptance criteria are clear. A phased scope often suits: the theme and key templates first, then the archive move and further templates.

Designing the site from scratch, copywriting, brand work, custom apps beyond WordPress, and hosting, domains, plugin licences and third-party fees, which stay in your accounts. Plugin vendors ship their own updates and fixes. Traffic and rankings are not promised, and speed, security and uptime go only as far as the written acceptance criteria.