Custom WordPress development: we build what you are missing
A feature no plugin covers, a plugin to fix, two tools that need to talk to each other: we build what is missing on the site you already have, without rebuilding it. Documented code that survives updates and that belongs to you.
The need
When no plugin will do
We work on your current site, touching no more of it than necessary.
If it is the whole site that no longer works, what you need is not development but a redesign. See WordPress website redesign
The constraint
Code that survives updates
Custom development has a poor reputation for a reason: done badly, it breaks at the first update and nobody knows how to repair it. Here is how we avoid that.
A dedicated plugin, never modified files
The code lives in its own plugin. The theme, WordPress and your plugins all update without touching it.
The WordPress core stays untouched
No modification of system files. That is the rule that makes updates safe.
The code is yours
Delivered with the site, with no licence and no subscription. You are not tied to what we wrote.
No dependency that can disappear
The development does not rely on a third-party plugin whose author might stop maintaining it. What is yours depends only on WordPress.
The process
From the need to going live
Five steps, in this order. You approve each one before we move to the next.
What it costs
A fixed quote, not an hourly rate
Development is priced on the result, not on time spent. You know what it costs before we start, and the price does not move along the way.
What makes the price vary
The complexity of the rule to be coded, the number of edge cases to handle, the external tools to connect and the state of the site the development is grafted onto.
Quote within 24 hours. If the scoping shows that an off-the-shelf plugin will do, we tell you and you pay nothing.
Request a quoteFrequently asked questions
What people ask us before we build
Five questions that come up on every project. If yours is not here, call us.
Nothing, if the development is done properly. The code lives in a separate plugin that depends on neither the theme nor the WordPress core. That is precisely why we never modify system files.
Often, yes. We start by reading it and telling you what we find. Sometimes taking it over costs more than rewriting it, in which case we tell you beforehand, not halfway through.
Yes. It is delivered with your site, with no licence, no subscription and no dependency on us. You can hand it to another developer whenever you like.
What we deliver is a plugin, but built for your site and for it alone. We do not build products intended for resale.
Then it is a redesign, not development. The two often go together, but they are not the same work nor the same budget.