Web dev
WordPress / CMS development
Overview
Custom theme, plugin development, performance optimization, and migration services.
Delivery
WordPress / CMS development Delivery Process
Discover
We map your business, your users, and what winning looks like before a single pixel.
Design
Direction, identity, and interfaces: shared early and reviewed with you at every step.
Build
Engineering in weekly slices you can see, click, and comment on as they land.
Launch
QA, performance, SEO, and deployment handled end to end. Nothing left to chance.
Grow
Support, iteration, and new capabilities as your business scales beyond launch day.
Details
Typical timeline
Includes training
Best for
Deliverables & Scope
- → A custom WordPress theme written from scratch with clean template files, custom post types and fields, not a purchased theme with a page builder bolted on
- → Editable content blocks your team can rearrange without breaking the layout, with sensible guardrails so a heading style cannot be set to 60px by accident
- → Staging site and a standard plugin stack limited to what the site actually needs, each one chosen for active maintenance and a documented reason for being there
- → Migration of existing content, images and URLs with 301 redirects mapped, so a platform move does not lose the rankings you already have
- → A training session for your editors plus a written guide covering adding pages, publishing posts, managing media and updating plugins safely
Post-Delivery
- → 30-Day Bug Warranty
- → Source Files & Ownership
- → Handover Training Session
Investment
WordPress / CMS development Investment & Pricing
Indicative starting ranges - every project is quoted to its real scope.
FAQ
WordPress / CMS development FAQs
How much does WordPress development cost?
Custom builds run from $500 to $2,500 USD, or A$700 to A$3,500. A well-structured marketing site of 8 to 12 pages with a custom theme sits at the lower end. Membership areas, WooCommerce stores, complex custom post type relationships or multisite setups sit at the top. On top of the build you will pay roughly $100 to $300 a year for premium plugins and hosting, which we list before you commit.
How long does a WordPress site take to build?
Three to six weeks for a typical business site, including content migration and training. A WooCommerce store with 200 products adds two weeks. Content readiness is the usual bottleneck, so we build with placeholder content and swap it as yours arrives rather than stalling the whole project. Custom plugin development for a specific business rule can add one to three weeks on its own.
Who owns the theme, plugins and the site?
Your site, your database, your theme code. The WordPress installation lives on hosting in your name, and any custom theme or plugin we write is licensed to you outright under GPL with no restriction on modification. Premium plugins keep their own vendor licences, which are purchased in your account so renewals and support come to you directly. Nothing expires if you stop working with us.
What happens after launch, and is maintenance included?
The build includes 30 days of bug fixing and the training session noted on this page. WordPress needs ongoing updates, and skipping them is how sites get compromised, so we recommend a maintenance plan covering core, theme and plugin updates with staging tests and backups. New templates, new functionality and integrations are quoted separately. Expect to spend something on upkeep every year, on any CMS.
When is WordPress the wrong choice?
When you need heavy real-time interaction, complex permissions, financial transactions with strict audit trails, or a data model that does not map to posts and pages. WordPress can be bent into those shapes, but you end up fighting the CMS and paying for plugins that half-solve the problem. For a content-led site, a store, or a straightforward membership offering, it remains a sensible, well-supported choice and we will say so.
Should we use a page builder or custom blocks?
Page builders get you a site fast and let non-technical staff build complex layouts, which is genuine value for small teams. They also add page weight, lock layout decisions into one plugin's markup and make a future rebuild harder. Custom blocks cost more upfront and constrain what editors can do, which is usually the right trade for a business site that will live for five years. We will recommend the builder route if your priority is speed to launch.
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