01 / Engineering
Custom WordPress Development
Hand-written themes, plugins, and integrations — no page-builders, no template kits.
We build WordPress sites the way real software teams build software: version-controlled in GitHub, deployed through automated pipelines, monitored in production, and documented well enough that your team could pick up the codebase tomorrow.
No page-builders. No template kits. No “theme + 17 plugins” tax. Every line is hand-written or audited, and every dependency is justified.
What you get
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Custom theme + ACF
Bespoke theme tuned to your brand and content model. ACF Pro fields wired through PHP for portability.
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GitHub Actions CI/CD
Automated tests, staged deploys, one-click rollbacks. Every change traceable to a commit.
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Server security hardening
TLS, firewalls, fail2ban, automated backups, audit-ready logs. WordPress core + plugin updates on a schedule.
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Performance budgets
Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) measured in production with budgets enforced in CI.
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Editor experience
Custom Gutenberg blocks where they make sense, ACF flexible content where they don't. Editors get a clean admin.
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Translation-ready
Polylang or WPML integration. Multilingual menus, options, and dynamic content out of the box.
How we work
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Discovery — week 1
60-minute call, written notes, one-page brief. We confirm scope, agree on success metrics, lock the timeline.
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Engineering — weeks 2–5
Daily commits, staging URL from day one, weekly demos. You see progress while it is being made.
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Ship — week 6
Deployed through automated pipelines with rollback ready. Performance budgets, monitoring, and analytics live before traffic hits.
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Measure — week 7+
Weekly written report on what moved and what did not. We adjust based on real numbers, not opinions.
Common questions
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Can you migrate an existing site?
Yes. We do clean migrations from any WordPress install (or other CMS) — content, media, redirects, SEO. We profile the current site first, fix what is broken, and only then move it.
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Do you handle hosting?
We can deploy to your existing host or set up a hardened Linux VPS for you. We do not run a managed hosting product.
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How long does a typical project take?
Most engagements are 4–8 weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on scope. We give a firm timeline at the end of the discovery call.