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Starwebdesignsince 2008

WordPress

WordPress builds that stay fast and stay yours

WordPress runs a large share of the web for good reasons: your team can edit it, it does everything a content-led business site needs, and you can take it elsewhere. The trouble is what usually gets built on it — twenty plugins, a page builder that emits a megabyte of CSS, and a site that is slow from the day it launches.

We build with Oxygen for layout, ACF for structured content and plain PHP where something needs writing properly. That keeps the markup clean, the site fast and the editing sensible: your team fills in fields that cannot break the design, rather than dragging boxes around and hoping. Plugins are used where they earn their place and audited where they do not.

from £1,950

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What you get

What’s included

Clean build

Oxygen and ACF rather than a general-purpose page builder, so the markup stays small and the site stays quick.

Structured editing

Custom fields for each content type, so editors fill in what varies and cannot break the layout.

Plugin discipline

Only the plugins that earn their place, each one checked for performance and maintenance cost.

Performance

Caching, image handling and Core Web Vitals sorted as part of the build, with numbers before and after.

Security and updates

Hardened setup, automated backups and a documented update routine, or a care plan if you would rather we ran it.

How it works

Three steps, and you see the work at each one.

  1. Model the content

    Work out what content types you have and what fields each needs, before any design is built.

  2. Build

    Templates in Oxygen, fields in ACF, custom PHP only where it is genuinely needed.

  3. Hand over

    A walkthrough recording, a written guide, and a fortnight of questions answered while your team settles in.

FAQ

Questions before you call

Do you use Elementor or Divi?

Not for new builds. They are quick to start with and expensive to live with — heavy output, slow pages and lock-in. We will maintain a site already built in one, and tell you honestly whether rebuilding is worth it.

Can we move our existing WordPress site to you?

Yes. We audit what is there, tell you what is safe to keep and what is costing you speed, then either improve it in place or rebuild it.

Who owns the site?

You do — the code, the content and the hosting account. We do not hold sites hostage, and we will help you move if you ever want to.

Is WordPress secure enough?

Yes, when it is kept updated and not running a dozen abandoned plugins. Most WordPress hacks are unpatched plugins, which is exactly what a care plan prevents.

Have a project in mind?

Let’s build something
worth visiting.

Tell us what is not working and we will tell you what we would do about it. No pitch deck, no pressure.