AI-Powered Web Development
WordPress sites that stay fast, secure and easy to edit
WordPress is still the easiest way for many teams to manage content. We build custom themes and plugins that keep it fast, secure and simple.
The problem
The problem this solves
WordPress powers a large share of the web because content editors like it. The trouble usually starts later. A site grows by adding plugins for every feature until it has dozens of them. Pages slow down, updates break things, and nobody is sure which plugin does what.
Page builders make it worse. They are easy at first, but they produce heavy pages and lock your content into their format. Changing the design later means rebuilding every page by hand. Security suffers too, because every outdated plugin is a way in.
We build WordPress the lean way. A custom theme with the blocks your team actually uses, a small set of trusted plugins, and custom code for the rest. Editors keep the familiar dashboard, visitors get fast pages, and your developer, whether us or someone else, gets clean code that is easy to maintain. If your site is already struggling, we can clean it up rather than start over.
WordPress is not always the answer, and we will say so. If you need an app-like experience or content published to many channels, a headless CMS may fit better. Our comparison of WordPress and custom websites explains the choice.
What you get
What you get
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A custom block theme
A theme built for your design with editable blocks, not a heavy page builder.
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Custom blocks and fields
Blocks and fields for your content types, so editors fill in content instead of fighting layouts.
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Custom plugins
Features built as small, focused plugins instead of stacking third-party ones.
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Speed work
Caching, image optimization and script cleanup, measured with real performance tests.
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Security hardening
Fewer plugins, updated core, secure hosting settings, backups and login protection.
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SEO setup
Clean markup, structured data, sitemaps and metadata for every page type.
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AI-assisted editing
Optional tools that help editors draft, summarize or translate content inside WordPress.
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Editor training
A short guide and a session so your team knows how to use every block.
How we build it
How we build it
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Review
We audit your current site or content needs, plugins, hosting and performance.
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Design and blocks
We design the templates and decide which blocks your editors need.
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Build
Theme and plugins built in version control, tested on a staging site.
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Content migration
Content moved into the new blocks and checked page by page.
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Launch and train
Go live, set up backups and updates, and train your editors.
AI and people
Where AI helps, where people decide
AI makes the repetitive parts faster. The decisions that shape your product stay with experienced people.
Where AI speeds things up
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Auditing plugins and finding ones that overlap or are outdated.
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Generating block templates and theme code from the design.
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Converting old page-builder content into clean blocks.
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Writing tests and checking pages for speed and accessibility.
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Drafting the editor guide from the finished blocks.
Where people decide
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Which plugins to keep and which to replace with custom code.
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What editors should and should not be able to change.
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The design and how each block looks.
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Hosting, security and update policies.
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Whether the site is ready to launch.
Is this right for you?
When this is the right choice
A good fit when
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Your editors know WordPress and want to keep it.
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Your site is mostly content: pages, posts, landing pages.
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An existing WordPress site has become slow or fragile.
Consider something else when
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You need a complex web application with many user roles.
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Content must go to apps and several sites at once. A headless CMS fits better.
Timeline and cost
What affects the timeline and cost
A new custom theme for a typical business site takes a few weeks. Cleaning up an existing site ranges from days for a speed and security pass to several weeks for a full rebuild of a page-builder site.
We do not publish fixed prices because scope drives cost. How we estimate.
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Number of templates and blocks
More unique layouts and block types mean more design and build time.
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Custom functionality
Booking, memberships or integrations built as plugins add development work.
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Migration from page builders
Moving content out of a page builder is careful, page-by-page work.
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WooCommerce
Adding a store brings product setup, payments and shipping.
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Multilingual content
Translation plugins and content in several languages add setup and testing.
Keep exploring
Related services, solutions and reading
Related services
View all related services- AI-Powered Web Development Business websites, customer portals, dashboards and web applications that load fast, rank well and are easy to change.
- Website redesign Rebuild an outdated site without losing its search rankings, content or the links people already use.
- Business websites Fast, clear websites that explain what you do, rank in search and turn visitors into inquiries.
- Headless CMS Content managed in one place and published to your website, app and other channels through an API.
- Landing pages Single-purpose pages for a campaign, a launch or a product, built to load fast and test quickly.
- Third-party integrations Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, accounting, shipping and marketing tools connected to your own software.
Solutions
View all solutions- AI-assisted content workflows Briefs, first drafts, edits and repurposing in a workflow where people set the angle and approve every word.
- Scheduling and drafting automation Turn one piece of content into posts for each channel, schedule them and track results, with approval before anything goes out.
- AI lead qualification Score, research and route every new inquiry so your team talks to the best leads first.
- Approval workflows Requests, approvals and reminders in one place, with clear owners and deadlines instead of long email threads.
- Scheduling automation Let customers book, change and confirm appointments themselves, by web, chat or phone, with reminders that cut no-shows.
- Meeting notes automation Transcribe meetings and calls, summarize decisions and push action items into your CRM or project tool.
Industries
View all industries- Marketing agencies Landing pages, content workflows, client reporting and white-label development capacity for marketing agencies.
- Professional services Client portals, proposal drafting, knowledge assistants and internal tools for consultancies, agencies and firms.
- Education and elearning Course platforms, student portals, content workflows and AI tutoring assistants for schools and training companies.
- Ecommerce Online stores, product data cleanup, support assistants, price monitoring and order automation for online retailers.
Case studies
View all case studiesGuides and articles
View all guides and articles- WordPress vs a custom website How WordPress and custom-built websites compare on cost, speed, flexibility, security and upkeep.
- SEO basics for new websites The technical and content basics every new website needs to be found in search, in the order to do them.
- Website redesign checklist A step-by-step checklist for redesigning a website without losing search traffic, content or leads.
AI models
View all ai models- Image and video Models that generate or edit images and video from text and reference images.
- Nano Banana (Gemini image) Google's Gemini-native image generation and editing models, known as Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro, which replace Imagen in the Gemini API.
- Veo 3.1 Google's video generation model, creating short video with native audio from text and images. Available as a preview, with fast and lite versions.
- Stable Diffusion 3.5 Stability AI's open-weight image models, in Large, Medium and Flash versions, which can be self-hosted or used through the Stability API.
- FLUX.2 Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 image models: API-only Pro, Flex and Max versions, plus open-weight Dev and Klein versions under different licenses.
- Midjourney V8 Midjourney's image generation service, known for its visual style. V8.1 is the default since June 2026 and V8.2 followed in July. There is no public developer API.
MCP servers
View all mcp servers- Productivity Servers for notes, tasks, projects, calendars, spreadsheets and design tools used across the business.
- WordPress The official WordPress MCP Adapter lets AI discover and run WordPress abilities that plugins and sites expose, with WordPress permissions.
- Canva Canva's official MCP server lets AI search, create, resize, export and comment on designs, upload assets and use brand kits.
- Figma Figma's official MCP server gives AI design context, screenshots, variables and assets, and can now write to the canvas.
- Shopify Dev Shopify's Dev MCP server helps developers build for Shopify: it searches Shopify docs and API schemas and validates GraphQL, components and themes.
Glossary terms
View all glossary terms- Headless CMS A headless CMS is a content management system that stores and edits content but delivers it through an API, leaving the design to a separate frontend.
- SEO SEO, or search engine optimization, is the work of making a website easy for search engines to understand and useful enough to rank for the searches your customers make.
- No-code No-code tools let people build apps, websites and automations with visual editors instead of writing code.
- Frontend The frontend is the part of a website or app that people see and use, including pages, forms, buttons and how they respond.
FAQ
Questions about WordPress development
Have a question that is not here? Ask us directly.
Yes, for many content-driven sites where editors want a familiar dashboard. Built lean, it can be fast and secure. It is less suited to complex web applications. See WordPress vs custom.
Usually too many plugins, a heavy page builder, unoptimized images and cheap hosting. A speed audit shows which of these matter most. See website speed optimization.
Often, yes. We can remove unneeded plugins, update everything safely, fix speed issues and harden security. If the site is built on a page builder that holds it back, we will explain when a rebuild pays off.
We prefer custom blocks in the native WordPress editor, which produce lighter pages and keep your content portable. If your team depends on a page builder, we can work within it and keep it as clean as possible.