WordPress Development

Custom WordPress themes, plugins, and sites that pull their weight.

We are a WordPress development agency for UK and US businesses that have outgrown templates. Custom themes built to your design, custom plugins built to your workflow, and fast, secure sites your marketing team can run without calling a developer every week.

Rated [4.9/5] by founders and marketing teams across the UK & US
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Why teams call us

Most WordPress problems start with the build

If any of these sound familiar, you do not need another template. You need a build that fits how your business actually works.

The site is slow and you are losing rankings

Bloated page builders, twenty plugins doing the work of three, and no caching strategy. Speed is a ranking factor and a conversion factor, and it is fixable.

Every small change needs a developer

Your marketing team should be able to launch a landing page without a ticket. We build editor controls around how your team publishes.

No off-the-shelf plugin does what you need

You have been bending your process to fit a plugin, or paying for five subscriptions to fake one workflow. A custom plugin ends that.

What we build

Three ways we work with WordPress

Take one piece or the whole build. Every engagement ends with documented code and a team that knows how to use it.

01

WordPress Theme Development

Custom themes built from your design, not bought and bent into shape.

Built to your design, down to the pixel

We take your Figma files, or design them for you, and build a theme that matches exactly. No fighting a template's opinions, no CSS overrides stacked five deep.

  • Custom Gutenberg blocks your team can reuse
  • Advanced Custom Fields for structured content
  • Reusable patterns for landing pages
  • Passes Core Web Vitals on mobile

Editor experience first

Clear block names, sensible defaults, and locked layouts where it matters. Your team ships pages without breaking the design system.

Fast by construction

Minimal dependencies, optimized assets, and lazy loading built in from the start rather than bolted on after launch.

Headless WordPress when it earns its place

When you need app-like speed or several front ends from one content source, we pair WordPress with Next.js. When you do not, we say so and save you the budget.

02

WordPress Plugin Development

Custom plugins that do exactly one job well, built to WordPress coding standards.

Your workflow, not a workaround

Booking and scheduling logic, quote calculators, membership rules, custom post types, gated content, internal dashboards. If your process is unusual, that is usually a competitive advantage worth keeping.

Integrations

CRMs, payment providers, ERPs, and third-party APIs wired directly into WordPress.

Maintainable by anyone

Documented, tested, and standards-compliant, so you are never dependent on one person to keep it running.

Replace plugin sprawl

We often replace five overlapping plugins with one purpose-built plugin. Fewer updates, fewer conflicts, fewer security holes.

03

WordPress Website Development

Full site builds, replatforms, and migrations, handled end to end.

New builds

Strategy, design, build, content migration, and launch. One team accountable from first call to go-live.

Migrations and replatforms

Moving from Wix, Squarespace, Drupal, or a legacy WordPress install, with redirects mapped so you keep your rankings.

Multisite, multilingual, and enterprise WordPress

Multiple brands or regions from one install, with shared components, role-based permissions, and governance that satisfies IT.

Rescue work

Inherited a mess? We audit, stabilize, and give you a prioritized plan.

Our WordPress stack

Proven tools, no experiments on your budget

We keep the stack deliberately boring where it counts and modern where it pays off. Everything here is widely supported, so any competent developer can pick up the project after us.

  • WordPress
  • PHP 8
  • Gutenberg
  • ACF Pro
  • WooCommerce
  • Next.js
  • WPGraphQL
  • REST API
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Cloudflare
  • WP-CLI
  • Composer
  • PHPUnit

What every build includes

  • Security hardening and automated backups
  • Staging environment and version control
  • Core Web Vitals tuning before launch
  • Analytics and conversion tracking wired up
  • SEO fundamentals: schema, sitemaps, redirects
  • Accessibility to WCAG AA
  • Documentation and a team training session
How we work

From first call to launch

A fixed plan and a weekly demo. You always know what is happening and why.

01

Discovery

Goals, content, and technical audit of what you have.

02

Plan

Scope, fixed quote, and a week-by-week timeline.

03

Design

Prototypes and a component library you sign off.

04

Build

Theme and plugin development with weekly demos.

05

Migrate

Content moved, redirects mapped, nothing lost.

06

Test

Performance, security, accessibility, and browsers.

07

Launch

Go-live, training, then 30 days of support included.

Selected WordPress work

Recent builds

Replace these with real projects and verified numbers before launch.

[Northwind Group]

Investor site and content hub for a financial services group. Custom theme, multilingual, WCAG AA.

[+88%]
Organic sessions
[98]
Lighthouse

[Client name]

Custom booking plugin replacing four subscriptions, wired into their CRM and payment provider.

[-63%]
Admin time
[4wk]
Delivery

[Client name]

Headless WordPress on Next.js for a media brand publishing 40 articles a week.

[0.9s]
LCP mobile
[3x]
Publish speed
Engagements

Clear scope, fixed price

We quote a fixed price after discovery, so you are never signing a blank check. Replace the figures below with your real pricing.

Custom Plugin

One well-defined tool, built and documented.

from [$8,000]
  • 3 to 5 weeks
  • Documented and tested
  • 30 days support included

Custom Theme or Site

Design, build, migration, and launch.

from [$12,000]
  • 6 to 10 weeks
  • Custom blocks and editor controls
  • Training and handover

Ongoing Care

Updates, monitoring, and a developer on call.

from [$600]per month
  • Security and core updates
  • Uptime and performance monitoring
  • Monthly improvement hours
Questions

WordPress development FAQs

The questions we get asked on almost every first call.

How much does custom WordPress development cost?

Most custom theme builds start around [$12,000] and a custom plugin around [$8,000]. Full site programs run higher depending on scope, integrations, and content volume. You get a fixed quote after discovery, so there are no open-ended hourly bills.

Do you build custom themes or use page builders?

We build custom themes. Page builders are convenient early on but tend to slow sites down and lock you into one vendor. A custom theme gives you the exact design, faster load times, and editor controls your team actually needs.

Can you build a custom plugin for our workflow?

Yes. Booking systems, custom post types, API connections, membership logic, and internal tools. Each one is documented, tested, and written to WordPress coding standards so any developer can maintain it.

What is headless WordPress, and do we need it?

Headless keeps WordPress as the editing interface while the front end runs on something like Next.js. It is worth it for maximum speed, multiple front ends, or app-like interactivity. For most marketing sites, a well-built traditional theme performs just as well for less money.

How long does a project take?

A custom plugin typically takes 3 to 5 weeks. A theme or marketing site takes 6 to 10 weeks. Larger platforms with integrations and migrations run 12 weeks or more. You get a week-by-week plan before we start.

Will we be locked into working with you?

No. You own the code, the hosting, and the accounts. We hand over clean, documented code and train your team. Clients stay for maintenance because they want to, not because they are stuck.

Can you fix or take over an existing WordPress site?

Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. We audit the existing build, flag security and performance issues, and give you a prioritized plan. Sometimes the right answer is a targeted fix rather than a rebuild, and we will tell you when that is the case.

Ready to fix WordPress properly?

Book a free strategy call. We will look at your current site, tell you honestly whether you need a rebuild or a repair, and give you a clear plan, usually within 24 hours.