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WordPress sites that don't load like WordPress sites.

WordPress has been the standard CMS for years. In the modern day, it's more important than ever to make sure they run lean.

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When WordPress is the right answer.

WordPress isn't the right tool for every build. It earns its place when these are true.

01

Your team owns the content

Marketing teams who want to publish and update pages themselves, without waiting on a developer for every change.

02

Content is the engine

Content-heavy sites with a real editorial rhythm — blogs, resources and landing pages shipped at volume.

03

A CMS everyone knows

Brands who want a familiar admin the whole team can pick up from day one, with no retraining.

How a WordPress build runs.

01 · Week 1

Discovery

Goals, stakeholders, content inventory.

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02 · Week 2

Strategy

IA, sitemap, page-type matrix.

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03 · Week 3-4

Design

Design system + key templates.

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04 · Week 5-8

Build

Block library, content port, AEO baked in.

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05 · Week 8

Launch

QA, redirects, handover, training.

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Case study

Brand refreshed, rebuilt in Astro, first lead in 24 hours.

Hoc Paid Media — new site hero
Hoc Paid Media · Websites

From slow Elementor site to a faster brand on Astro — with an inbound enquiry before launch day was out.

A UK PPC agency needed a site that matched the team's ambition. We rebranded, redesigned and rebuilt on a faster stack. A white-label partner enquiry came through the new site within the first day.

< 24h
To first lead
34 → 86
Mobile PageSpeed
55 → 99
Desktop PageSpeed
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WordPress projects typically start at £6,000.

Every build is scoped to what you actually need — no off-the-shelf packages. The calculator gives you a tighter range in a couple of minutes.

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Also in websites

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Best for fast, app-like sites with dynamic, interactive features and custom functionality at scale.
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Astro
Best for content-first marketing sites that load near-instantly and stay lightweight, with minimal JavaScript by default.
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Questions we get about WordPress.

Do you use a page builder or custom theme?

It depends on who's editing. Marketing teams who publish weekly get a block library; technical teams get a custom block theme with full-site editing. Either way, every block is hand-built — no off-the-shelf templates.

Will it be fast?

Yes — that's the point. We build lean themes, defer non-critical JS, route images through a CDN and cache aggressively. Most builds land at 90+ on Core Web Vitals on launch day.

Can we keep our existing plug-ins?

Usually a handful. We audit your plug-in stack early — anything bloated or insecure gets replaced or dropped. Form tools, SEO plug-ins and analytics typically stay.

Who hosts it?

Cloudflare or your existing provider, whichever fits. We tune the host config so the site is fast everywhere, with image optimisation and edge caching switched on by default.

What does ongoing maintenance look like?

Optional. Pick a monthly retainer covering security patches, plug-in updates, monitoring and small content changes — or self-manage with the documentation we hand over at launch.