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WordPress Design and Development

We build and rebuild WordPress sites that load quickly, read clearly on a phone and can be edited by your team without a developer. Every build includes the technical SEO setup and conversion tracking that most sites only add later, once the data has already been lost.

The problem

A site that looks finished but does not perform

The most common WordPress problem is not design, it is accumulation: plugins added over years, images uploaded at full resolution, a theme carrying features nobody uses. The result is slow on mobile, awkward to edit, and unclear about what a visitor should do next. Rebuilding for appearance alone repeats the cycle. We start from what the site needs to achieve and what your team needs to maintain.

What you should expect

  • Faster pages on mid-range mobile connections
  • A clear primary action on every important page
  • Content your team can edit without breaking the layout
  • Tracking that records enquiries and purchases correctly from day one
  • A site structure that can grow without a rebuild

Who this suits

  • Small and medium-sized businesses replacing an ageing site
  • Professional services firms needing credibility and clarity
  • Local service businesses that depend on enquiry forms and calls
  • Agencies needing white-label build capacity

What's included

Everything covered under wordpress design and development

Fast, accessible websites built to convert visitors, not just to look good in a mockup.

  • Custom WordPress websites

    Built from your content and conversion requirements, with a template structure your team can extend.

  • Elementor and Divi development

    Disciplined builder work using global styles and reusable sections, so the site stays consistent as it grows.

  • Landing page development

    Focused pages for individual campaigns, with tracking and a single clear action.

  • Website redesign

    Restructuring an existing site while preserving the URLs, content and rankings worth keeping.

  • Speed optimization

    Image handling, script loading, caching and hosting review, measured against Core Web Vitals field data.

  • Mobile responsiveness

    Layouts designed at small widths first and tested on real device sizes, not only in a browser preview.

  • WooCommerce

    Product, cart and checkout setup, including shipping and tax configuration and purchase tracking.

  • Technical SEO setup

    Clean URLs, heading structure, metadata control, sitemaps, robots rules and structured data from launch.

  • Conversion tracking

    Google Tag Manager, GA4 and platform conversions configured and verified against real submissions.

  • Maintenance support

    Core, theme and plugin updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security patching and small content changes.

Selected examples

Desktop and mobile previews of selected builds. Previews are added once the client has approved publication.

  • Desktop preview of a professional services website
    Mobile preview of a professional services website

    Professional services website

    Multi-service site with location pages and enquiry tracking.

  • Desktop preview of a local service business website
    Mobile preview of a local service business website

    Local service business site

    Enquiry-led build with call tracking and service area pages.

  • Desktop preview of a WooCommerce storefront
    Mobile preview of a WooCommerce storefront

    WooCommerce storefront

    Catalogue, checkout and purchase tracking on WordPress.

Related work

Client names are withheld where an agreement requires it.

Shopify analytics panel showing $120,671 gross sales, 447 orders placed, 443 fulfilled and an 11.99% returning customer rate, with a gross sales over time chart
ShopifyHealth and Wellness

E-commerce Website Project

Health and wellness e-commerce brand · name withheld under NDA

Challenge

The store was live but barely selling. In the month before the engagement, sales were close to zero. The existing marketing approach was not producing orders and the website itself had issues standing between visitors and checkout.

Result

$120,671 in gross sales over 30 days

Pending verification
View Case Study
Search performance panel showing 43.5K organic clicks up from 330, 7.19M impressions, 0.6% CTR and 6.7 average position, with a rising clicks-over-time chart
SEOHome Services (Pest Control)

SEO Growth Project

Pest control services company · name withheld under NDA

Challenge

The company had an established website that search engines had known about for years, yet it produced almost no business. Across a full six month window the site earned 330 organic clicks. Service pages were thin, the questions homeowners actually search before hiring pest control were not covered anywhere on the site, and average positions kept the site out of meaningful visibility.

Result

330 to 43,500 organic clicks in six months

Pending verification
View Case Study

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about wordpress design and development. If yours is not here, ask us directly.

Do you build custom themes or use a page builder?
Both, depending on who maintains the site afterwards. If your team edits pages regularly, Elementor or Divi with a disciplined template structure is usually the practical choice. If performance and long-term control matter more, a custom theme avoids the weight a builder adds. We recommend based on how you will actually use the site.
Can you improve the speed of our existing WordPress site?
Usually. Most slow WordPress sites share the same causes: unoptimized images, too many plugins doing overlapping work, render-blocking scripts and inadequate hosting. We audit against Core Web Vitals, fix in order of impact and report the before and after from field data rather than a single lab score.
Will the site work on mobile?
Every build is responsive across mobile, tablet and desktop, and we test on real device widths rather than only in a browser preview. Mobile is normally the majority of traffic, so layouts are designed at small widths first.
Do you offer ongoing maintenance?
Yes. Maintenance covers WordPress core, theme and plugin updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security patching and a set amount of content or layout changes each month. It can be arranged as a retainer or handled by your own team if you prefer.
Can you work with our existing hosting?
In most cases yes. If your current hosting is the reason the site is slow we will say so and explain the trade-offs of moving, but the decision stays with you and we do not take commission on hosting.

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