Your team updates it. Your visitors convert on it. You own it completely.
The Outcome
WordPress powers a third of the web because it gets one thing right: it gives non-technical teams editorial independence. When it is built correctly — with a clean, custom theme rather than a bloated page-builder stack, proper performance optimisation, security hardening, and a CMS structure that maps to how your team actually works — it is one of the best platforms for a marketing site. When it is built incorrectly, it is a slow, vulnerable nightmare your team cannot maintain without a developer on speed dial. We build it correctly.
What We Do
We design and develop custom WordPress sites — no page-builder bloat, no premium themes hacked to fit — with a custom block editor setup that your team can actually use to publish content and manage pages without touching code. We build for performance: no plugins that load scripts site-wide when they are only needed on one page, image optimisation baked into the media pipeline, and hosting configuration aligned with how WordPress actually performs best. We handle security hardening, staging and production environment setup, CMS training, and ongoing maintenance if you want it. For WooCommerce, we extend into e-commerce with the same performance-first approach.
AI Layer
AI assists in the content strategy and copywriting phases — helping develop the information architecture, page copy briefs, and initial content drafts that your team then owns and edits. We also use AI tools to analyse how the site performs against competitors and where the content gaps are. On the development side, AI assists with code review and accessibility checking at scale. The architecture, theme development, and performance engineering are done by our developers — AI does not make the technical decisions. It accelerates the content and strategy work that surrounds the build.
Method
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Discovery: understand your editorial workflow, content types, and team capacity — the CMS should fit how your team works, not force them to change.
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Architecture: design the block patterns, page templates, and content model before any development begins.
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Design: develop the visual system in Figma, with mobile-first and Core Web Vitals as constraints, not afterthoughts.
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Development: build a custom theme in the WordPress block editor paradigm — clean code, no unnecessary plugins, performant by default.
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Security and hosting: harden the installation, configure caching, set up the CDN, and establish staging and production environments.
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Training and handover: train your team on the CMS, document the content model, and hand over a site your team can genuinely own.
Proof First
We will audit your existing WordPress site — performance, security posture, plugin health, and CMS usability — before we recommend anything. If a targeted rebuild or cleanup will solve the problem without a full rebuild, we will say so.
FAQ
Why not use a page builder like Elementor or Divi?
Page builders produce visually editable sites at the cost of performance, code quality, and long-term maintainability. The JavaScript and CSS they add to every page typically destroys Core Web Vitals scores. We build in the native WordPress block editor with custom blocks — you get the editorial flexibility without the performance penalty.
Can you migrate an existing site to WordPress?
Yes. We handle migrations from other WordPress installations, from Squarespace and Wix, from Webflow, and from custom CMS platforms. Migrations include content transfer, URL structure preservation for SEO, redirect mapping, and thorough QA before anything goes live.
Do you offer ongoing maintenance?
Yes. WordPress security and core/plugin updates require ongoing attention — neglected sites become vulnerable quickly. We offer maintenance retainers that cover updates, security monitoring, uptime monitoring, and a defined response time for issues. We also offer ad-hoc support for teams that prefer to call us when something comes up.
Can you build WooCommerce into the site?
Yes. We build WooCommerce into custom WordPress sites with the same performance-first approach. For complex e-commerce requirements — large product catalogues, custom checkout flows, third-party integrations — we assess whether WooCommerce is the right tool or whether a dedicated e-commerce platform (Shopify, for instance) would serve better.
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