CMS & E-commerce
WordPress Development
WordPress built properly: a custom theme rather than a page builder, the smallest set of plugins that does the job, and an editing experience your marketing team can use without breaking the design.
Why most WordPress sites are slow
It is almost never WordPress. It is a page builder rendering nested divs, thirty plugins each loading their own stylesheet on every page, and a theme that ships jQuery for a mobile menu. Strip that out and WordPress is a fast, capable CMS.
We build custom themes with native block editing, register the blocks your content actually needs, and keep the plugin list short enough to audit. The result loads in a fraction of the time and does not degrade every time someone installs something.
An editor your team will not fight
The most expensive WordPress mistake is a site only a developer can update. We set up block patterns matching your design system, lock down what should not be changed, and leave the rest genuinely editable — so a new landing page is a thirty-minute job for a marketer, not a ticket.
What the engagement includes
Custom theme
Built to your design, block-editor native, no builder dependency.
Custom blocks and patterns
The components your content model needs.
Plugin audit
Fewer, better, and each one justified.
Performance
Caching, image handling, critical CSS, Core Web Vitals.
Security hardening
Updates, roles, login protection, backups.
Migration
From a builder, another CMS, or an older WordPress install.
Technologies we use
Frequently asked questions
Do you use Elementor or Divi?
Not for sites we build. Page builders make the first week faster and every subsequent year slower — they bloat the markup, hurt Core Web Vitals and lock you into a plugin. We use the native block editor, which gives editors similar freedom without the weight. If you already have a builder site we can work with it or migrate you off it.
Is WordPress secure enough for a business site?
Yes, with maintenance. Nearly every compromise traces to an outdated plugin, a weak password or abandoned code. A hardened install with a short plugin list, enforced updates and off-site backups is a reasonable platform for a serious business.
Can you make our existing WordPress site faster?
Usually substantially. The common wins are removing or replacing heavy plugins, fixing image delivery, deferring third-party scripts and adding real caching. We start with an audit that tells you the expected gain before you commit.
Should we use WordPress or something headless?
WordPress when the marketing team needs to move without developers, which is most of the time. Headless when the content feeds several products at once — and note it usually costs more to build and more to maintain, so it needs a real reason.