WordPress Development, without the guesswork.
Custom WordPress builds, not a bought theme with the demo content swapped out.
Web Development · CMS
WordPress Development
WordPress is excellent when it is built properly and painful when it is not. We build custom themes and block patterns around your content, keep the plugin count low, and harden the security that most sites ignore until something happens.
That means a theme designed for your content model rather than a marketplace template bent into shape, editor-friendly blocks so your team can build pages without breaking the design, and a plugin audit that removes the conflicting, abandoned and slow ones. Speed work, backups, staging and update processes are set up so the site stays maintainable after launch.
What is included
amflx · Web Development
Fast, accessible, and built to be extended.
- Discipline
- Web Development
- Focus
- CMS
- Delivered by
- amflx in-house team
- Pairs well with
- Business Website Development
Right fit, or an honest no.
WordPress Development is worth doing when there is something real to gain from it. If your situation would be better served by something else in the studio — or by nothing at all this quarter — we will say so on the first call.
Check if it fitsBusinesses on a slow, plugin-heavy WordPress site
Teams who want to publish without developer help
Companies with content teams already trained on WordPress
Worth knowing
WordPress Development rarely works alone. It sits inside our web development practice, and we will usually suggest pairing it with one or two of the services further down this page rather than running it in isolation.
Deliverables, not decks.
Here is exactly what lands in your hands at the end of a wordpress development engagement. Anything extra is scoped and priced in writing before we start, so there is no debate later about what was included.
Also standard across web development
- Architecture and technical plan
- Design system and component library
- Production build and deployment
- CMS setup and editor training
What holds across our web development work. We set the target for wordpress development with you at the start, then report against it every month — no moving the goalposts at review time.
Sub-second
Performance budget we build every site to
AA
Accessibility standard we design to
Editable
Handed over with docs your team can run
Web Development work this pairs with.
Case studies from the web development practice this wordpress development service is part of.
How we deliver wordpress development.
The same four stages every time, adapted to the scale of the job. You always know which stage we are in and what comes next.
Scope and architect
Requirements, integrations, content model and stack decided up front — with the trade-offs explained in plain language.
Design the system
Components before pages. We build a system that covers every state, then compose the site from it.
Build and integrate
Front end, back end, CMS and third-party services wired together, reviewed on a staging URL you can click through weekly.
Test, launch, support
Performance, accessibility, cross-browser and SEO QA before launch — then monitoring, fixes and iteration after it.
No mystery builds. You get clean code, documentation, an editing experience your team can actually use, and performance numbers we agree on before we start.
WordPress Development across industries.
We have run wordpress development for businesses in each of these categories. The method stays the same; the language, proof and priorities change with the market.
Not listed? We have almost certainly worked in something adjacent, so ask.
WordPress Development, answered.
The questions we get asked before a project like this starts, including the awkward ones about price and timelines.
Ask us anythingStay, if your team knows it and the site is mostly content. We recommend moving when performance or security demands keep exceeding what the stack can reasonably deliver.
Yes. An audit plus targeted speed, security and editor improvements is often better value than a rebuild, and we will say when it is.
A focused marketing site runs four to six weeks. A larger site with custom functionality or e-commerce runs eight to sixteen. We give you a dated plan before anyone signs.
Yes — that is the point. We build a proper content model in the CMS, label everything in human language, and run a training session with recordings your team keeps.
Frequently. We start with an audit, agree what is worth keeping, and work in your repo, your branching model and your review process.
We deploy to Vercel, Netlify or your own infrastructure, and offer maintenance retainers covering updates, monitoring, backups, security patches and small improvements.
Usually bought alongside wordpress development.
The other six web development services. Stack two or three and they compound instead of competing for the same budget.
Marketing siteBusiness Website Development
The site that has to explain what you do and turn strangers into enquiries.
- Information architecture and page planning
- Conversion-focused page design
- Next.js build with component system
CommerceE-commerce Development
Product and category experiences engineered to sell, not just to display stock.
- Catalogue and category architecture
- Product page conversion design
- Checkout flow optimisation
CampaignLanding Page Development
One page, one offer, one action, built for campaign traffic that costs money.
- Offer and message structuring
- Conversion-led page design
- Sub-second performance build
SoftwareCustom Web App Development
The internal tool or customer platform that no off-the-shelf product quite fits.
- Workflow discovery and scoping
- Data model and architecture design
- Interface and interaction design
CommerceShopify Development
Custom themes, apps and checkout work that go well past the template you started with.
- Custom theme development
- Collection and product template design
- App audit, integration and replacement
RebuildWebsite Redesign and Rebuild
A rebuild that keeps what already works and fixes what has been quietly costing you.
- Analytics and search performance audit
- Content inventory and pruning
- New architecture and page planning
Let's make some noise.
Tell us what you're building. We'll figure out where to take it.
We reply to every brief within three working days