WordPress Development
WordPress built properly — fast, secure, and not held together by plugins.
WordPress runs a large share of the web, and a large share of that is slow, insecure or one plugin update away from breaking. We build WordPress the way it should be built — a custom theme rather than a bloated multipurpose one, only the plugins genuinely needed, and hosting configured for it. We also take on the sites nobody wants to touch: the ones that are hacked, unbearably slow, or dependent on a plugin whose developer disappeared.
Fewer plugins is a performance strategy
Every plugin is code you did not write, loading on pages that do not need it, and a door you now have to keep locked. Most sites we inherit run thirty or more; most need under ten. Removing the rest is usually the single biggest speed and security win available, and it costs less than any optimisation plugin.
Security is configuration, not a badge
Almost every compromised WordPress site we see was running an outdated plugin, an admin account with a weak password, or file permissions that let the web server write to its own code. We fix the configuration, remove the injected content, close the way back in, and set up the updates and backups that keep it from recurring.
Why we rarely use multipurpose themes
A theme sold as suitable for a restaurant, a law firm and a gym carries the code for all three. You load a page builder, a slider library, a portfolio module and an events system to publish six pages of text. A custom theme built for your content is smaller, faster, easier to change, and does not break when the theme author retires.
Updates without holding your breath
Most people avoid updating WordPress because updates have broken the site before. That is a symptom of no staging environment. We set one up: updates land there first, the site is checked, and only then does it go to production — with a backup taken immediately before, so a rollback is a minute rather than an afternoon.
Frequently asked questions
- My WordPress site was hacked. Can you fix it?
- Usually, yes. We remove the injected content, find how the attacker got in — it is almost always an outdated plugin or a weak admin password — close it, and harden the site so it does not recur. Cleaning without finding the entry point just delays the next one.
- Can you make our WordPress site faster?
- Almost always, and rarely with a plugin. Most gains come from removing unnecessary plugins, fixing oversized images, adding proper caching and moving to hosting configured for WordPress rather than shared hosting sold on price.
- Should I use WordPress or a custom build?
- WordPress is a good fit for content-led sites your team updates often. If the site is really an application — logins, complex logic, heavy data — WordPress becomes the constraint, and a custom build costs less over its life.
- Can you move our site to better hosting?
- Yes, and it is often the cheapest performance improvement available. We stage the move, verify it works, then switch DNS — with the old host kept alive until the change has propagated, so there is no window where visitors see nothing.
- Do you offer ongoing WordPress maintenance?
- Yes: updates applied on staging first, off-site backups with restores actually tested, uptime monitoring, and security patching. It is the difference between a site that keeps working and one that quietly rots until it breaks.