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WordPress

WordPress, quick and simple to edit

A lean, custom WordPress site built around your content, or WordPress behind a modern front end.

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From $8,000 · 4 weeks

  • Happy Travels
  • Son Of Earth Northern Rivers NSW
  • Konpak Tiny Homes Australia
  • Brookfarm Byron Bay
  • Moonshine Coffee Byron Bay
  • Find Creatives
  • Jase Sullivan Interior Design
  • Klammer
  • Flim video productions
  • Caffesso Gourmet Coffee
  • AUNA
  • NEST Apartments

Why WordPress

Your editors already know wp-admin, so keep it. What goes is the bloated theme and the pile of plugins, replaced by a site built around your content.

Upscale Business Coaching website home page
Little Black Label, Headless Shopify Website
Brookfarm Shopify Website
The Bangalow Herald
HAVEN Byron Bay
Kovena
Konpak | Tiny Homes Australia
Fluxis - F*ck Finance, Love Clarity
LT Design
Urtzi Grau
Moonlab Productions
Moonshine Coffee Byron Bay, Shopify design
Sourcify, custom wordpress with Bricks
WickedLabs
Bito Feris Portfolio on Next.js
GrupoArquitectos Custom Wordpress
JDF Custom Wordpress website
CSB

Is WordPress right for you?

WordPress is the right tool for some teams, and a habit for others.

This is how I tell which one you are.

Compare
Best for
Marketing sites, blogs and docs where every visitor sees the same pages
Who edits pages
Your team, in Sanity or Payload with a live preview
Starting price
From $12,000
Time to launch
4 to 6 weeks
Upkeep
Static pages, so there's almost nothing to patch
Logic and data
Forms and APIs; logged-in areas move to Next.js
Hosting
Vercel or Cloudflare, in your account
Best for
Sites with logged-in areas, dashboards or code shared with a React product
Who edits pages
Your team, in Sanity or Payload; app screens change with the code
Starting price
From $12,000
Time to launch
4 to 8 weeks
Upkeep
Package updates, plus any server code it runs
Logic and data
Sign-in, payments, APIs and server routes, with Supabase or Convex
Hosting
Vercel or Cloudflare, in your account
Best for
Brands selling products online, with checkout and payments handled by Shopify
Who edits pages
Your team, in the Shopify admin, with sections set up for the pages you change most
Starting price
From $12,000
Time to launch
5 to 8 weeks
Upkeep
Shopify looks after the platform; the app list stays short so the store stays quick
Logic and data
Products, checkout and payments run on Shopify; apps and integrations cover the rest
Hosting
Hosted by Shopify, on a monthly Shopify plan billed by Shopify
Best for
Teams who already know wp-admin, or rely on its plugins
Who edits pages
Your team, in wp-admin with Gutenberg or Bricks
Starting price
From $8,000
Time to launch
4 weeks
Upkeep
Core, theme and plugin updates to keep on top of
Logic and data
Forms and plugins
Hosting
Managed WordPress hosting

Not sure which fits? Tell me about your project and I'll recommend one.

The process

A new WordPress site in 4 weeks.

I plan the content and who edits it, design it, build a lean theme, then launch with your content and search rankings intact.

WordPress development4 weeks
  1. PlanWeek 1

    Plan the content

    I go through your current site, plugins, integrations and editors, and you and I agree what stays, what goes and what the new site has to do.

    • List of pages and links
    • Plugin review
    • Integration list
    • Fixed scope and plan
  2. DesignWeeks 1 to 2

    Design

    The homepage and inner pages in Figma, built around your brand and content. You approve them before the build.

    • Homepage and templates
    • Mobile layouts
    • Reusable sections
    • Your sign-off
  3. BuildWeeks 2 to 3

    A lean build

    A child theme you own, made of editable sections, so your team changes content without breaking the layout. No heavy page builder.

    • Custom theme
    • Editable sections
    • Forms and integrations
    • Staging site
  4. ContentWeek 3

    Content and search

    I move your content across, keep your links or redirect them, and carry over page titles, descriptions and structured data.

    • Content moved
    • Redirect map
    • SEO check
    • Speed pass
  5. LaunchWeek 4

    Launch and training

    Secured, backed up and speed-tested before launch, with a walkthrough for your editors and 30 days of fixes after.

    • Security hardening
    • Backups
    • Editor training
    • 30 days of fixes

Case study

From a template builder to a site made for them.

Moonlab Productions had outgrown the template its old site was built on.

  • Template builder → custom WordPress

    Moonlab Productions

    I rebuilt the site from scratch on WordPress from a custom design in Figma, so every page is built around their content.

  • Custom

    Designed in Figma, around their content

  • Theirs

    A WordPress site Moonlab owns outright

  • The problem

    Moonlab's old site was made with a template builder, so the site could only be as good as the template.

  • What I built

    A custom WordPress site, designed in Figma and built from scratch, with none of the template's limits.

Moonlab Productions home page
Visit moonlabproductions.com

What you get

The WordPress your editors know, without the mess.

A custom WordPress site, or headless WordPress, on hosting and accounts in your name.

  • Custom design

    Pages designed around your content, not squeezed into a theme.

  • Editable sections

    Your team builds pages from approved sections without breaking the layout.

  • Headless WordPress

    Editors stay in wp-admin, and visitors get a fast Astro or Next.js front end.

  • Forms and integrations

    Your CRM, bookings, members area and the other tools your team runs on, connected properly.

  • Speed and security

    Secured, backed up and tested on mobile before launch.

  • Training for your team

    A walkthrough for your editors, written notes, and 30 days of fixes after launch.

Testimonials

What clients say about working with me

Tools

The tools around a WordPress build.

WordPress at the core, kept lean, with the integrations your team already uses.

Build

  • WordPress
  • Bricks Builder
  • Custom child theme
  • PHP

Content and SEO

  • Gutenberg
  • Advanced Custom Fields
  • Yoast or Rank Math
  • WP REST API

Headless front end

  • Astro
  • Next.js
  • Vercel
  • Cloudflare

Design and support

  • Figma
  • Claude Code
  • GitHub
  • Managed WordPress hosting

Related services

Need more than WordPress?

Some teams pair WordPress with a product, or move off it later. I can help with both.

Tell me what you're building

FAQs

WordPress questions, answered

Can you rebuild my existing WordPress site?

Yes, and often that's the better option. Your content and links stay, the bloated theme and spare plugins go, and the site gets faster.

Do you use a page builder?

Sometimes. If your team wants to change layouts themselves, I use Bricks Builder, which keeps the code clean and the pages fast. If they only need to edit content, I build a lean custom theme with editable sections instead.

What is headless WordPress?

Your editors keep using wp-admin, and the public site is a separate Astro or Next.js front end that reads the content from WordPress. You keep WordPress editing and get a much faster site.

Should I stay on WordPress or move to Astro?

Stay if your team relies on wp-admin, its plugins or its roles and workflows. Move if you mainly want speed and no upkeep. I build both and will recommend one when I reply to your brief.

Who looks after updates and security?

I secure the site and set up backups before launch, and fix anything that comes up in the first 30 days. After that, ongoing care is quoted separately.

What does it cost?

WordPress sites start from $8,000 and usually take 4 weeks. You get a fixed scope and price within two business days of your brief.

Who owns the site?

You do. The hosting, domain, theme code and content are in your name from day one.

Available for projects

Let's work together

Have a project in mind? I'd love to hear about it. Let's get it built together.

Get in touch
hello@talkk.com.au