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09 — WordPress development

WordPress, without the bloat

Custom WordPress development: fast themes, purposeful plugins, editorial workflows your team enjoys.

We build custom WordPress sites that are fast, secure and genuinely pleasant to edit. No bloated page builders, no mystery plugins — just clean blocks your team can trust.

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Engagement
Fixed-scope project
Team
Designer, 2 WordPress engineers
Built with
Gutenberg · ACF · WooCommerce
What you get

Everything it takes.

Six things included when we take this on — scoped to your business, never padded out.

01

Custom themes & blocks

A bespoke block theme with custom Gutenberg blocks that match your design system and can't be accidentally broken.

02

Plugin development

Custom plugins for bookings, directories, calculators or integrations — built to WordPress coding standards and documented.

03

Migrations & speed

Moves from Wix, Squarespace, Drupal or an ageing WordPress install, with image optimisation, caching and a lean plugin list.

04

Multisite & multilingual

One install serving several brands, regions or languages, with WPML or Polylang and hreflang set up correctly.

05

Security & updates

Hardened logins, limited roles, managed updates and daily backups keep the site safe after launch.

06

WooCommerce when you need it

Add a shop without replatforming — products, subscriptions and bookings on the site your team already knows.

How we approach it

Step by step.

Specific to WordPress development — and at every step you'll see something real, not a status update.

  1. 01

    Content model

    We decide which content types, fields and blocks you need, based on how your team publishes.

    What you seeA content model and a list of custom blocks with examples.
  2. 02

    Design

    Templates are designed as combinations of blocks, so every page your team builds later still looks designed.

    What you seeFigma templates and a block-library preview.
  3. 03

    Build

    Theme, blocks and plugins built in version control and deployed to staging automatically.

    What you seeA staging site where you can start entering real content early.
  4. 04

    Migrate & launch

    Content moved, URLs redirected, speed and security checked, then launched.

    What you seeA live site, a Lighthouse report and editor training.
Honest fit

Is this right for you?

Good fit if…

  • Your team publishes often — news, case studies, landing pages — and wants control without developers.
  • Your current WordPress site is slow, fragile or built on a page builder nobody understands.
  • You want to own your platform and avoid monthly SaaS lock-in.

Not the right fit if…

  • You need app-like features for lots of logged-in users; a Laravel or headless build fits better.
  • You want to keep every one of your sixty plugins. We'll insist on a clean-up.
Stack & platforms

Tools we trust.

What we typically use for WordPress development. We'll always work with the tools you already own where they're the right fit.

Ways of working

How we work together.

Every project is scoped on its own terms — we'll agree the shape, the pace and the team with you before anything starts.

Most common here

Fixed-scope project

A defined deliverable, a timeline and a single agreed fee before we start. Changes go through a simple change note, never a surprise invoice.

Best forNew builds and migrations.

Monthly retainer

A standing team and a set number of hours or outcomes each month, reviewed together and adjusted as priorities shift.

Best forCare, updates and new blocks.

Sprint

One or two focused weeks on a single problem, with a clear goal on day one and a working result on the last day.

Best forA speed rescue for an existing site.
FAQ

Questions, answered.

Something else on your mind? Email hello@evolvemaax.com — a strategist replies within one working day.

We build with native Gutenberg blocks instead. They're faster, cleaner to maintain and give editors flexibility within guard-rails. If you're attached to a builder, we'll talk through the trade-offs honestly.

Usually, yes. A speed sprint covers hosting, caching, images, fonts and plugin clean-up, and often halves load times without a rebuild.

WordPress itself is secure; problems come from outdated plugins and weak passwords. With managed updates, hardened settings and good hosting it's a safe choice for most organisations.

Yes, with WordPress Multisite. It suits groups with several brands or regions that share one design system.

We run a live training session and leave a short video for each block, so new team members can learn without a call.

Next step

Let's talk.

Tell us about the project and where you want to be in six months. We reply within one working day with a plan, a timeline and the team who'll build it.

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