WORDPRESS WEBSITE DESIGN

Most businesses that come to us for a new website are in one of two places, either they have a site that was built years ago and it was perfect at the time but now things break regularly when plugins are updated, or they are starting fresh and they have been told WordPress is the right choice but every agency they have spoken to describes it differently.

The work we do best sits in the in-between, whether is a founder whose business has outgrown what their site can do or a marketing leader who is tired of raising developer tickets to create a new campaign or a product team who needs a platform they can run themselves.

We are based in London and Surrey and we work with startups, growing businesses and established brands all over the UK and internationally, they all have an ambition that is bigger than the current website is capable of. We believe that behind every WordPress project we take on is someone’s reputation and a bet they have made that this time the build will actually deliver what the platform is capable of.

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WORDPRESS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

What Success Looks Like

A WordPress site that generates leads consistently, ranks for the terms that actually matter to your business and keeps visitors long enough to convert. Your marketing team can publish pages and run campaigns without raising a developer ticket and the site still looks and feels like your brand a couple yours after launch.

Problems We Solve

Your site gets traffic but not enquiries or your pages rank for the wrong terms or not at all. Your team wants to move at the pace you want but every change needs a developer and every update risks breaking something and the site looks like the company you were two years ago not the one you have become.

We Optimise

Launch is when we get to see how real users use the new site,w look at where they drop off, what content is attracting attention and what gets ignored. Then we refresh any user journeys that are frustrating those users, update the content and adapt the SEO strategy as the SERPs evolve.

Custom WordPress Sites in Action

NATIONAL EXTENSION COLLEGE

From hidden to human

NEC’s old WordPress site was stuck, their plugins could not be updated without breaking things the site because it was heavily customised to a point where nothing could update anymore. Their search traffic was poor, the buying journey was too long and the whole site was structured around how the college thought not how students actually searched. We restructured it, rebuilt it and designed the interface from their user’s perspective and their search traffic doubled.
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wordpress website development for national extension college

MORGAN CONTRACTORS

A component-driven WordPress build as strong as their work

Morgan Contractors run demolition, striping and facility maintenance across the US and their old site made them look like a local business. It did not show the scale of the work, their ambition or the people who drive it. We created a new visual identity and rebuilt the site on WordPress with a component design system that lets them add services and locations without coming back to us so that they can control their growth.
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CLEARSTONE ENERGY

Putting people at the heart of the UK’s low carbon energy network

Clearstone’s old site was fine when the business started but as they began chasing larger developments they needed to look like they belonged alongside the biggest players in the sector. We redesigned the visual identity and rebuilt the site on WordPress around the different audiences that actually matter to them, communities, businesses, potential clients and investors. The site went from something they were embarrassed to share to something they are genuinely proud of.
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Clearstone Energy WordPress website developed by Ronins web design team

FAQs

Frequent questions our WordPress agency gets asked before we are hired

Do you only build on WordPress?

Mostly yes, we have been doing wordpress development for over a decade and it is the right answer for the majority of briefs we see. The design and development process we have built around it, particularly our component design systems, means we can move quickly without cutting corners. If another platform genuinely made more sense for your business needs we would say so but WordPress covers almost everything and we know it inside out. We are a wordpress development services team first and that technical expertise is what you are paying for.

How do projects usually start?

The process begins with understanding what is actually going on with your current site or your business if you are starting from scratch. We look at where you are losing users, what the digital strategy needs to achieve and what is realistic for the budget. From there we map out the information architecture and the wireframes.

Can you work with our current site?

Yes and that is a big part of what we do. and a lot of our work is taking existing wordpress websites and making them work more effectively, whether that means rebuilding the templates into a component system, sorting out performance optimisation, fixing the seo friendly structure or just cleaning up years of plugin bloat. You do not always need to start from scratch and sometimes the smartest move is improving what you already have rather than throwing it away.

Will our team be able to manage it?

Yes absolutely or we have not done our job, every website we build comes with a component system and editorial workflows so your team can publish pages, update content and build landing pages without calling us. We design the editing experience around the people who will actually use it as when your editors are confident the site stays fresh and your business grows without being dependent on a development agency for every change.

What about SEO?

We believe no marketing website should have Search engine visibility straight out of the gate. We ensure all URL structures, schema markups, a clean taxonomy, fast page loads time and internal linking shows google whats important on your site. We also offer seo services beyond the build if you need help with organic traffic and ongoing keyword strategy and content.

Do you offer support after launch?

Yes we offer ongoing support packages that cover security monitoring, plugin updates, performance monitoring and making sure the site is running smoothly month to month. Some clients need dedicated support on a retainer and others just want us on the end of the phone when something comes up. Either way we do not disappear after launch because that is when the site actually starts doing its job and you need to know someone is watching it.

How do you keep WordPress secure?

We keep wordpress secure through regular updates, security monitoring and making sure the plugins are on the latest versions. We also handle backups so if something does go wrong you are not scrambling and nothing is list. The aim is to keep the ship steady in the background so you do not have to think about it.

Can you handle complex builds?

Yes and we have done plenty of complex builds over the years and it all comes down to planning them properly and not leaning on too many wordpress plugins. We will design a block library, set up the architecture cleanly and handle any api integrations or payment gateways as the project needs. We have built custom themes with multi-language support, membership systems, client portals and WooCommerce setups with large product catalogues. The more complicated it looks from the outside the more important it is that the system underneath is simple.

Do you also design or just develop?

We do both, we are a web design agency as much as we are a development team. The people who design your site understand how it will be built and that matters because it means no gap between what gets presented in a mockup and what actually goes live. We use interactive prototyping so you can see and feel how the site works before we write a line of code. Custom design is where most of the value sits because that is what makes your site feel like yours.

What is your take on plugins?

We have love hate relationship with plugins, but in general less is more. The WordPress ecosystem is massive but not every plugin deserves a place in your new site. Each one you add is a potential conflict, a security surface and something that needs maintaining so we only install what is genuinely needed. That discipline is what keeps high performance wordpress websites responsive and stable long after launch and it is where a leading wordpress development agency earns its money.

How do you measure success?

We get asked this a lot and it’s always by whether the site deliver results for your business such as did your enquiries go up, did your organic traffic improve or did your team actually start using the CMS without calling us every week. We agree business goals at the start of every project and we measure against them. Some of our best work has been ongoing improvements to existing wordpress sites where the KPIs just keep climbing because we kept refining what is there.

What makes you different?

Whilst wehave delivered some beautiful web designs for well known brands, we are still founders and business owners ourselves. That means we treat your money like it is ours and if a job needs more time we do not clock out we finish it properly. We are a dedicated team with a proven process and what we build is fully optimised and tailored solutionsfor your business. That balance of experience and founder mentality means you get a trusted partner who cares about your business growth.

We are so pleased with the design and vibe of our new site, it’s been a great experience to work with you all and helping us capture our TwoChics vibe into a beautiful site! I wanted to particularly thank you for organising everything, dealing with all of our requests and ensuring this was a smooth experience.

Martini Siu TWO CHICS MEDIA

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