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WordPress<strong>WordPress done properly for New Zealand.</strong> We build fast, secure WordPress sites and WooCommerce stores for NZ businesses from our Manchester studio — bespoke themes, custom plugins, migrations and ongoing care, quoted upfront in NZD.
Most WordPress sites are slow because of how they were built, not because of WordPress. Bloated multipurpose themes, twenty plugins doing the job of three, and page builders generating markup nobody asked for. We build the opposite: lean bespoke themes, only the plugins you need, and code your team can actually maintain.
Every project runs from our studio at 174 Wilmslow Road in Manchester, serving NZ businesses on an overnight rhythm: designs land in your morning, development happens while you sleep, and reviews happen in NZST/NZDT-friendly calls. Senior WordPress developers throughout — no handover chain.
And because the same team runs SEO, PPC and content, your site launches with the technical foundations search needs: clean markup, fast templates, proper schema and an editing experience your marketers will actually use.
Bespoke WordPress themes built for your brand and your content — fast, accessible and easy to edit without touching code.
Full online stores with NZ-ready checkout: Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Afterpay, plus NZ Post and CourierPost shipping integrations.
Plugins built for your exact workflow — integrations, calculators, booking flows and admin tools that off-the-shelf plugins can't do cleanly.
Image optimisation, modern formats, caching and lean themes — we make WordPress pass Core Web Vitals instead of blaming the platform.
Locked-down logins, update policies, malware scanning and hardened hosting configuration. WordPress is only insecure when it is neglected.
From older WordPress builds, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal or bespoke systems — URL structures preserved, 301s mapped, metadata kept.
WebAR product viewers and interactive experiences embedded in WordPress and WooCommerce — built in-house by our AR team.
Core, theme and plugin updates, daily backups, uptime monitoring, security scanning and a monthly allowance of changes.
We map your content, integrations and what the current site costs you in speed, leads or sales — then agree the scope in NZD.
Page templates designed around your content and buyers, prototyped mobile-first. You approve everything before a line of theme code.
Clean bespoke theme development, plugin work and WooCommerce configuration — no page-builder sludge, no theme-framework lock-in.
Content loaded, forms and checkout tested end to end, speed and accessibility checked on real devices.
DNS, caching, backups and security verified, then go-live with monitoring and a rollback plan.
Updates, backups, monitoring and improvements on a monthly plan — the site stays fast and secure instead of decaying.
For NZ businesses that want to own their platform, WordPress still wins. No monthly platform rent scaling with your revenue, full control of your data and SEO, and an ecosystem that does almost anything. Hosted builders are fine for brochure sites with no growth ambitions; they become expensive walls the moment you need something custom.
WooCommerce versus Shopify is a real decision. WooCommerce gives you ownership and flexibility — ideal for complex catalogues, custom checkout flows and content-led stores. Shopify gives you simplicity and managed infrastructure. We build both, so the recommendation follows your business, not our preference.
Security is a maintenance habit, not a feature. Nearly every hacked WordPress site we have rescued was running outdated plugins with no update policy. Our care plans make updates, backups and monitoring boring and automatic — which is exactly what you want.
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Most NZ WordPress projects fall between NZ$2,500 and NZ$6,000 for a marketing site on a custom theme, and NZ$6,000 to NZ$15,000+ for WooCommerce stores or membership platforms. We quote against your actual scope, never a fixed package.
For a small brochure site with no growth ambitions, a hosted builder can be fine. For NZ businesses that want to own their data, scale content and sell online with WooCommerce, WordPress gives you control a rented builder never will.
Yes — speed is built in, not bolted on. We use lean custom themes instead of bloated multipurpose templates, optimise images to modern formats and implement caching properly.
Absolutely. We build WooCommerce stores with NZ-ready checkout — Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Afterpay — plus integrations for NZ Post and CourierPost, accounting tools and your warehouse or fulfilment setup.
Yes. Our care plans cover core, theme and plugin updates, daily backups, uptime monitoring, security scanning, and a set allowance of content or development changes each month.
Yes. We migrate from older WordPress builds, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal and bespoke systems. We preserve URL structures or map 301 redirects, keep metadata intact and monitor Search Console after launch.
We treat the website as the hub. The same team that builds your WordPress site also runs your SEO, PPC, paid social and AI automation — and can embed WebAR experiences directly into your pages.
Our studio is at 174 Wilmslow Road in Manchester, and we serve NZ businesses remotely — no NZ office, just an overnight delivery rhythm that puts finished work in front of you each morning.
Tell us about your site — we will scope a fixed-NZD quote and a launch plan.
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