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WordPress Development

WordPress websites that stay fast and secure, with a clean editing experience and only the plugins you genuinely need.

Overview

WordPress is a powerful publishing platform, but many WordPress sites become slow and fragile because of heavy themes, overlapping plugins and page builders. I build WordPress sites the disciplined way: a lean theme, a carefully chosen plugin set, sensible caching and a database that stays tidy as the site grows.

Whether you need a new blog, a business site, a content platform or a rescue of an existing installation, the aim is the same: a site that editors enjoy using, visitors experience as fast, and search engines can crawl efficiently.

Problems this solves

  • Page builders and bloated themes that load far more CSS and JavaScript than the page needs.
  • Dozens of plugins with overlapping features, conflicts and security risk.
  • Slow wp-admin and a database full of autoloaded options, revisions and transients.
  • Broken layouts after updates and no clear process for testing changes.
  • Content structures that make it hard to publish and organize at scale.

Features & deliverables

  • New WordPress builds or structured migration of an existing site
  • Lean theme setup with block editor (Gutenberg) support
  • Plugin audit and consolidation
  • Custom post types, taxonomies and fields for structured content
  • Caching (LiteSpeed Cache or server-level), image optimization and CDN setup
  • Security hardening, backups and update guidance
  • Editor documentation for your team

Process

How we'll work together.

  1. 01

    Audit

    Review existing content, theme, plugins, hosting and performance (or define requirements for a new site).

  2. 02

    Architecture

    Plan content types, templates, plugin set and URL structure.

  3. 03

    Build

    Develop the theme and functionality, keeping front-end weight to a minimum.

  4. 04

    Optimize

    Configure caching, images, database and CDN; test Core Web Vitals.

  5. 05

    Handover

    Train editors, document the setup and agree an update routine.

FAQs

Common questions.

Can you speed up my existing WordPress site?

Usually, yes. Most slow WordPress sites suffer from a handful of root causes — heavy theme assets, unoptimized images, poor caching or an overloaded database — and fixing those has the largest impact.

Do you use page builders like Elementor?

I prefer the native block editor and custom blocks because they produce lighter pages. If your team depends on a builder, I can work with it and still reduce its performance cost.

Will I be able to edit the site myself?

Yes. The site is built so that everyday content changes do not need a developer, and you receive documentation for your editors.

Can you migrate my site to a new host?

Yes, including database, media, redirects and DNS, planned to minimise downtime and protect existing search rankings.

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