From a first site to rescuing one that has become slow, insecure or impossible to edit.
Custom Theme Builds
Sites built on a clean, lightweight foundation rather than a bloated multipurpose theme carrying features you will never use.
WooCommerce Stores
Product pages, checkout, shipping and tax set up properly, with a dashboard you can run without calling us every week.
Speed Optimisation
Image compression, caching, database cleanup and script control. Most sites we inherit can be made two to three times faster without a redesign.
Security and Recovery
Hardening, malware removal, and clean-up after an injection. We do this work regularly and know where attackers actually hide things.
Site Migrations
Moving hosts, changing domains, or consolidating sites, handled with redirects mapped properly so you keep your search rankings.
Care Plans
Core, theme and plugin updates tested before they go live, plus offsite backups and monitoring so problems get caught early.
The Platform
Why WordPress
WordPress runs a large share of the web for a reason: you own the site, you can move it between hosts, and you are not locked into a monthly platform fee that rises whenever the vendor decides. The trade-off is that WordPress rewards maintenance and punishes neglect. An unpatched plugin is how most small business sites get compromised, and an abandoned site can quietly start serving content its owner never wrote. We build with a small, deliberate plugin set, document what each one does and why it is there, and hand over a site that a non-technical owner can genuinely operate. If you would rather not think about it at all, a care plan covers the updating, monitoring and backups for you.
FAQ
Common Questions
What Clearwater business owners ask about WordPress projects.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. We audit what is there first, theme, plugins, speed, security and code quality, then tell you honestly whether it is more sensible to repair the existing site or rebuild it. Sometimes repair is the right answer and we will say so.
Yes. We clean the infection, find and close the entry point, remove any injected content or spam links, and then harden the install so it does not recur. We also help with the Google Search Console side if a manual action was applied.
No. You own the site, the hosting account and the domain. We hand over full admin access and documentation. Care plans are month to month and you can stop them whenever you like.
Where it suits the client, yes, a visual builder makes it far easier for a non-technical owner to make their own edits. Where speed matters more than editability, we build leaner. We will explain the trade-off rather than defaulting to one answer.
A small business site should render its main content in under two and a half seconds on a mobile connection. Most sites we take over are well outside that, usually because of uncompressed images and unused scripts. Both are fixable.
Free Consultation
Talk to a WordPress Developer
Whether it is a new build, a rescue job or ongoing maintenance, tell us what you are dealing with and we will tell you what it needs.