WordPress Development Agency
WordPress runs a huge share of the web, which means there is a huge share of WordPress done badly: bloated page builders, fifty plugins doing the work of five, and themes nobody dares update. Done properly, it is a fast, secure platform your team can actually use. The difference is entirely in how it is built.
We are a wordpress development agency that builds custom themes from scratch: lean templates, clean code and an editing experience shaped around your content rather than a generic builder. Where a plugin does not exist for what you need, our wordpress developers write one, properly documented and safe to update.
We also take on the unglamorous work other agencies avoid. Sites that have been hacked, sites that crawl, sites abandoned mid build by a previous developer. We diagnose honestly, fix what is broken, and put care plans in place so it stays fixed.
WordPress problems we fix
If any of these sound like your site, you are not alone. They are the most common reasons people come to us.
Drag and drop builders are quick to launch and slow forever after. They generate heavy markup, lock your content into their format and make every page a chore to load. The site looks fine and performs terribly, and it gets worse with each plugin added.
Cheap hosting, an oversized theme, unoptimised images and plugins that load their scripts on every page all stack up. By the time a WordPress site feels slow to you, it has felt slow to your visitors and to Google for months.
Out of date plugins and weak admin practices make WordPress the most attacked platform on the web. A hacked site can spread malware, send spam from your domain and get you blacklisted by Google before you even notice something is wrong.
The site half works, nobody has the documentation, and you are not sure who controls the hosting or the domain. Taking over an unknown build is delicate work, but it is work we do regularly and there is a safe way through it.
What our WordPress work includes
Whether it is a new build, a rescue or a rebuild, these are the standards every project is held to.
Themes built from scratch for your content and brand, not bought and bent into shape. Lean templates, no builder lock in, and markup that loads fast and reads cleanly to search engines.
Custom plugins where your requirements are genuinely custom, and a ruthless audit of the ones you already run. Most sites we inherit lose a third of their plugins without losing any functionality.
Caching, image optimisation, database cleanup and script control measured against Core Web Vitals, on hosting that suits your traffic. The target is a site that stays quick on a phone, not just in a desktop test.
Locked down admin access, two factor authentication, a web application firewall, automated off site backups and an update routine, so the common attack routes into WordPress are closed before anyone tries them.
Cleanup of hacked sites, recovery of broken ones and structured takeovers of builds another developer left behind. We document what we find and what we change, so you are never in the dark again.
Monthly updates, security monitoring, backups, uptime checks and a sensible allowance for small changes, with a plain English report so you can see exactly what was done and why.
How a WordPress project runs
We review your current site or requirements: theme, plugins, hosting, speed and security. You get findings in plain English, a written scope and a fixed quote before anything starts.
Page templates, custom post types and editor fields are planned around your real content, so your team edits structured fields rather than wrestling a page builder.
The theme is designed and developed in short cycles on a staging site you can log into and try, with the editing experience reviewed as carefully as the front end.
Security measures, caching and image optimisation go in before launch, then the site is tested on real devices and measured against Core Web Vitals targets.
Straight answers.
On price, we explain what drives it and put a fixed figure in writing after your free audit.
Not always, and we will tell you when it is not. WordPress is a strong choice when your team needs a familiar editor, your site is content led, or you rely on its ecosystem. For some performance critical or highly bespoke projects, a modern framework build is the better answer, and we offer that too. The recommendation in your scope document comes with reasons, so you can judge it for yourself.
Yes, this is a regular part of our work. We start with a structured handover: securing admin, hosting and domain access, taking full backups, then auditing the theme, plugins and any custom code before changing a single line. You get a written report on the state of the site and a prioritised fix list. From that point it is documented, backed up and properly maintained.
It depends on whether it is a new build, a rebuild or a rescue, plus the design work, custom functionality and migrations involved. We never quote blind: after a short scoping call you get a written, fixed quote in pounds covering everything discussed. The price you sign is the price you pay, with no hourly surprises mid project.
Almost always, yes. The usual culprits are a heavy theme or page builder, too many plugins, unoptimised images and underpowered hosting, and most sites suffer from several at once. We measure first, fix in order of impact, and show you before and after numbers. If the theme itself is the bottleneck, we will say so and price a rebuild honestly rather than sell you tweaks that cannot work.
Yes. We isolate the site, remove malicious code, patch the route the attacker used and reset every credential. We then request a review of any Google blacklist warnings and put hardening in place: firewall, two factor authentication, automated backups and an update routine. Cleanup without hardening is a temporary fix, so we treat the two as one job.
By default, no. Builders trade long term speed and flexibility for short term convenience, and as a wordpress development agency we think that trade usually goes against you. We build custom themes using the native block editor with structured fields, which keeps editing simple and pages fast. If you already run a builder, we will maintain it honestly while explaining what moving away would gain you.
Yes, through monthly care plans covering core, theme and plugin updates, security monitoring, off site backups, uptime checks and an allowance for small changes. WordPress is not a platform you can safely leave alone, and most problems we rescue people from began with a year of skipped updates. There is no lock in: the site is yours and you can leave a plan whenever you like.
Serving businesses across the UK, and the GCC through our sister company at drivix.io.
No lock in. Just results.
Ask for a free audit of your existing site, or a fixed quote for a new build or rescue. We reply within one working day.