WordPress development and support
Whatever your WordPress need is
Whether you're launching a new WordPress website, improving an existing one, integrating third-party systems, redesigning your website, or looking for long-term WordPress support, we can help through a Fixed Price Project or Continuous Monthly Development.
What we do
Complete WordPress development
Full-service WordPress development services: planning through launch, theme selection or custom design, plugin configuration, hosting setup, and optimization. Sites are built for performance, conversions, and SEO from the start.
Custom plugin development
If existing plugins don't fit your needs, we build custom solutions for specialized functionality, unique workflows, or proprietary integrations.
WordPress support and Continuous Monthly Development
Send tasks whenever they arise. With Care, everything runs in writing at one fixed monthly price: no estimates to approve, no cost overruns.
Care Plus gives you everything in Care at its own fixed monthly price, plus up to two hours of meetings per month with a Project Manager or any 1902 Software expert (for planning, advice, and technical discussion), up to two ongoing tasks at a time, and up to two developers working on your tasks at the same time.
Care Ultimate is for ongoing engagements, often across multiple systems, that need close collaboration: a fixed price for every task or group of tasks, approved by you before work begins, people with the right expertise added to your project as your needs grow, and meetings with any 1902 Software expert whenever you need them (billed at the going project management rate for the actual time spent).
Typical work includes:
- Bug fixes
- New functionality
- Theme improvements
- Plugin development
- Plugin configuration
- WordPress updates
- Security improvements
- Performance optimization
- SEO improvements
- UX improvements
- Design improvements
- API integrations
- AI implementation
- WriteText.ai installation and configuration where applicable
- General WordPress support
Project takeover
We take over existing WordPress sites or stalled projects. Quick assessment of what you have, identify problems, implement fixes, and establish reliable ongoing support.
WordPress optimization
Performance tuning, database optimization, code cleanup, caching implementation. We fix slow sites that need better load times.
Technical SEO
Schema markup, structured data, meta optimization, and Core Web Vitals improvements.
System integrations
Connect WordPress to CRM systems (for business sites) or ERP, PIM, inventory management (for WooCommerce stores).
Fixed Price Projects
For a single, well-defined WordPress project (a new build, a major upgrade) you get one agreed price for the whole thing, fixed before work begins.
Typical projects include:
- New corporate websites
- Website redesigns
- WordPress migrations
- Custom WordPress development
- Client portals
- Large integrations
Large projects typically start with a Project Scoping phase at an agreed, prepaid fixed price. The purpose is to precisely define what will be built and to establish the final price. This ensures full clarity for both you and us before development begins.
Taking over existing WordPress websites
Many of our WordPress clients originally worked with another WordPress development company.
We regularly take over existing WordPress websites, review the existing implementation and continue development with minimal disruption to your business.
How we use AI in our work
Our developers, designers, testers, and project managers use modern AI-assisted tools for planning, design, development, and testing. This results in higher quality and faster delivery. Every solution is still thoroughly reviewed, tested, and verified by experienced software developers and testers before delivery.
Design: theme-based, customized for your brand
Like nearly every business today, you'll almost certainly start from a professionally designed WordPress theme, which we then customize to your brand and requirements. It's faster and significantly less expensive, and with thousands of quality themes available, there's a strong starting point for virtually any business. Our designers adapt the layout, colors, and components so the finished site looks like yours, not like a template.
If you genuinely need a design built from scratch, and some brands do, we do that too. But for most businesses, theme-plus-customization is simply the smarter choice, and we'll tell you honestly if your situation is the exception.
Custom plugins vs existing solutions
Use existing plugins when:
- A quality plugin does what you need.
- It's well maintained with regular updates.
- Cost is reasonable.
- The functionality is standard across many sites.
WordPress has plugins for almost everything. We help you find and configure the right ones.
Build custom plugins when:
- Your business logic is unique and doesn't fit existing plugins.
- You need proprietary functionality.
- Multiple plugins would be needed when one custom solution works better.
- Subscription costs for existing plugins exceed custom development value.
We build custom plugins that integrate properly with WordPress and are maintainable long-term.
WordPress for different needs
Content-heavy sites
WordPress started as a blogging platform. It handles articles, news, documentation, and content management naturally. Good for publishers, media sites, corporate sites, and blogs.
Business websites
WordPress works well for business sites, services pages, about pages, contact forms, case studies. Easy for non-technical staff to update content.
WooCommerce stores
Add ecommerce via the WooCommerce plugin. Good for small to mid-size stores.
Custom web applications
WordPress can be extended beyond standard CMS use for membership sites, directories, booking systems, custom dashboards, and specialized applications.
Our development approach
Performance-first
Sites load fast from the start, clean code, proper caching, optimized images, efficient database queries.
SEO-ready
Technical SEO built in, clean site structure, schema markup, and fast Core Web Vitals.
Security-conscious
We harden every install: minimal, well-maintained plugins, correct user permissions, prompt security updates, and locked-down admin access.
Maintainable code
Clean code following WordPress coding standards. Other developers can understand and work with it.
Testing before launch
Functionality testing, browser compatibility, mobile testing, and performance testing happen before going live.
Two clear ways to work with us
Fixed Price Projects for larger initiatives, with scope and price agreed before development starts, and Continuous Monthly Development for ongoing improvements.
WordPress maintenance matters
WordPress, themes, and plugins update regularly. Sites need ongoing maintenance to:
- Stay secure: Security patches are released when vulnerabilities are discovered. Apply them quickly.
- Maintain compatibility: Plugin updates sometimes break functionality. Test before applying.
- Keep performance optimized: Sites accumulate bloat over time. Regular cleanup maintains speed.
- Update content and features: Business needs change. Sites need adjustments.
Maintenance is done by the same developers who built your site, handling ongoing updates and support.
AI capabilities for WordPress sites
Content generation
We install and configure WriteText.ai for AI-powered content generation. This is particularly valuable for WordPress websites that contain product catalogs, service pages, or other content requiring ongoing updates.
AI agents that take action
Modern AI support goes far beyond a chat window answering questions. We build AI agents that act: checking an order's status, updating a record, initiating a return, escalating to the right person with full context when human judgment is needed.
A live example: WriteText.ai, our own product, handles all of its client support through an AI voice agent. Visitors talk to the website, ask anything, and get real answers, spoken back. We build the same kind of agents for our clients' systems.
Personalization
Display different content to different visitors based on behavior and preferences.
Search improvements
Better understanding of search intent, handling of misspellings, smarter results.
Conversion optimization
Automatically test variations to improve conversion rates.
If you have a specific problem you think AI might solve, we can evaluate feasibility and implementation.
Our WordPress team
Our developers have at least 5 years of experience and computer science or IT degrees. They receive structured training on performance, SEO, and user experience.
Post-project support is handled by the same developers who built your site. They know the codebase and can respond quickly to issues.
All developers are in-house, full-time employees. We don't subcontract to freelancers.
Ready to discuss your WordPress project?
Whether you’re planning a new WordPress website, improving an existing one, redesigning your site, integrating third-party systems, or looking for ongoing WordPress development and support, we’d be happy to help.
Book a meeting and we’ll help you determine whether a Fixed Price Project, Continuous Monthly Development, or a combination of both is the right approach for your WordPress project.
Free, no-commitment
Commonly asked questions
Do you provide ongoing WordPress support?
Yes. Continuous Monthly Development is our primary WordPress support service. It allows you to continuously improve your website without requesting a quotation for every individual task.
Can you take over an existing WordPress website?
Yes. We regularly take over WordPress websites developed by other software development companies and continue development with minimal disruption to your business.
Can you take over a WordPress site built by another developer?
Yes. We take over existing WordPress sites or stalled projects. We quickly assess what you have, identify problems, implement fixes, and establish reliable ongoing support handled by the same team.
Should I use a pre-designed WordPress theme or custom design?
Use a pre-designed theme when you want faster launch and lower cost, the theme’s design works for your brand with minor customization, you’re comfortable with some design constraints, or you need proven functionality out of the box. Use custom design when you need a unique look that differentiates your brand, your requirements don’t fit standard theme structures, you have specific functionality needs that themes can’t accommodate, or you want complete design control.
When does a custom WordPress plugin beat an existing one?
Build custom when your business logic is unique and doesn’t fit existing plugins, you need proprietary functionality, multiple plugins would be needed when one custom solution works better, or subscription costs for existing plugins exceed custom development value. Use existing plugins when quality options exist that do what you need, they’re well maintained with regular updates, and cost is reasonable.
How do you use AI in your WordPress development work?
AI-assisted, human-verified: every solution is thoroughly reviewed, tested, and verified by experienced software developers and testers before delivery.
What types of sites work well on WordPress?
WordPress handles content-heavy sites naturally (articles, news, documentation), works well for business websites with services pages and contact forms, supports ecommerce through WooCommerce for small to mid-size stores, and can be extended for custom web applications like membership sites, directories, booking systems, and specialized dashboards.
Why does WordPress need ongoing maintenance?
WordPress, themes, and plugins update regularly. Sites need ongoing maintenance to stay secure with quick security patches, maintain compatibility as plugin updates can break functionality, keep performance optimized as sites accumulate bloat over time, and update content and features as business needs change.