WordPress Website Design
A WordPress website designed for your business, built on a lean theme with fast hosting, easy editing and SEO configured properly from the start.
What's included
- Custom WordPress design based on a lightweight, well-supported theme
- A short, vetted plugin list, with a note on what each plugin does
- Hosting recommendation and setup, including SSL, caching and staging
- Editor-friendly page layouts you can update without breaking the design
- SEO plugin configured: titles, meta descriptions, sitemaps, indexing rules and schema
- Contact forms with spam protection and email notifications
- Image compression and caching tuned for speed
- User accounts set up with the right permission levels for your team
- A recorded training session on editing pages, posts and media
Who it's for
WordPress runs a large share of the web, and there is a reason: it is flexible, open source and you own everything you put on it. But a WordPress site is only as good as its setup. Many small business WordPress sites run slow, bloated themes, a long list of overlapping plugins and hosting that was chosen because it was cheapest.
This service is for you if:
- You want WordPress specifically, because you want to own your site, use a blog or keep options open for future features.
- Your current WordPress site is slow and fragile, and updates regularly break layouts or plugins.
- You bought a theme that promised everything and now can't edit a page without the design falling apart.
- Your team needs to publish content such as news, blog posts, projects or job listings without calling a developer each time.
- You are moving from a website builder and want more control.
We build WordPress sites for service businesses, professional firms, nonprofits and local shops. When choosing a WordPress web design company, look at how they handle the unglamorous parts: plugins, hosting, updates and editing. Those decide whether the site is still pleasant to use a year after launch.
If you are happy with your WordPress design and only need help with rankings, our WordPress SEO services focus on that instead.
How we do it
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Review your setup
For existing sites, we start with technology detection, which shows the theme, plugins, page builder, analytics and scripts a site is running. It often turns up forgotten plugins, duplicate tracking codes and outdated libraries. For new sites, we run the same check on a few competitor sites to see what they run and where they are likely to be slow. Either way, we know what we are dealing with before we design.
Technology detection - 2
Choose a lean foundation
We build on a lightweight, actively maintained theme that works with the WordPress block editor. We then design custom layouts for your key page types, such as the home page, service pages, about, contact and blog posts, and save them as reusable patterns. This gives you a distinctive design without the weight of an all-in-one theme.
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Keep the plugin list short
We install only what the site needs, usually an SEO plugin, a forms plugin, a caching or performance plugin, a security plugin and a backup tool. Each is chosen for its update record and support. You receive a list of every plugin and what it does, so nothing on your site is a mystery.
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Set up hosting properly
We recommend hosting that fits your needs and set it up in your name with SSL, server-side caching, automatic backups and a staging copy of the site for testing changes. We make sure PHP and the database run on supported versions.
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Configure SEO from the start
We configure the SEO plugin so titles, meta descriptions and XML sitemaps are set correctly, thin archive pages that create duplicate content are kept out of search results, permalinks are clean and schema describes your business. We also set image alt text, heading structure and internal links on each page.
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Tune for speed
We check page templates with page speed testing and act on what it finds: compressing and resizing images, loading them lazily, reducing unused CSS and JavaScript, and tuning caching. WordPress can be quick when it isn't overloaded, and we test before launch rather than hoping.
Page speed testing - 7
Train your team
Before launch, we set up user accounts with the right roles, so an editor can publish posts without being able to delete plugins. We then run a training session on editing pages, adding posts, uploading images and using the patterns we built, and record it for later.
What you receive
- Your WordPress website, designed, built and launched on hosting in your name.
- Admin and hosting logins, with separate user accounts for each person on your team.
- Plugin register: each plugin installed, what it does and why we chose it.
- SEO configuration summary: how titles, sitemaps, indexing rules and schema are set, and Search Console connected.
- Page speed results for your main page templates at launch.
- A recorded training session and a short written guide to editing the site.
- Backup and staging setup notes, so you know how to restore the site or test changes safely.
If you want ongoing care after launch, our website maintenance services handle updates and monitoring every month.
Pricing: custom quote after a free review
WordPress website design is quoted after a free review. The quote reflects the number of page templates, any custom functionality, and whether we are building fresh or rebuilding an existing WordPress site.
Frequently asked questions
Something else? Call (866) 571-4320.
Why WordPress rather than a website builder?
WordPress gives you full ownership of your site and content, a huge range of hosting options and the flexibility to add features as you grow. You are not tied to one company's pricing or rules. The trade-off is that WordPress needs sensible setup and regular updates, which is exactly what a good WordPress web designer should handle.
Do you use page builders like Elementor or Divi?
We prefer the native WordPress block editor with a lightweight theme, because it is faster and easier to maintain. If you already rely on a page builder and your team knows it, we can work with it, but we will explain the speed and maintenance trade-offs first.
How many plugins will my site have?
As few as the job needs. Every plugin is code that must be updated and can slow the site or open a security hole. We choose well-maintained plugins for things like forms, SEO, caching and backups, and avoid installing one for every small feature.
Can you redesign my existing WordPress site?
Yes. We review your current theme, plugins and hosting, keep what is worth keeping and replace what causes problems. If the site ranks for anything, we protect those URLs and redirect any that change.
Will I be able to edit the site myself?
Yes. We build page layouts as reusable blocks and patterns, so you can add a new service page or update text without breaking the design. We record a training session so your team can refer back to it.
Which hosting do you recommend?
It depends on your traffic and how much you want managed for you, but we always recommend managed WordPress hosting or a well-configured server with good caching, automatic backups and PHP kept current. We set up the account in your name so you control it.
Who keeps WordPress updated after launch?
You can, and we will show you how. Many owners prefer to hand it off, and our website maintenance service covers core, theme and plugin updates, backups and security monitoring each month.
Is WordPress secure enough for a business website?
WordPress itself is actively maintained and patched. Most hacked WordPress sites are running outdated plugins, abandoned themes, weak passwords or poor hosting. We address each of those at build time with a short plugin list, strong login protection, sensible user roles and hosting with backups, and ongoing updates keep it that way.
Get a WordPress site that is fast and easy to run
Tell us about your business in a short chat. We review your website and contact you within one business day, with no obligation.