WordPress Website Development Services
WordPress powers a huge share of the web because it's flexible and easy to edit — when it's built well. Pixiilab develops custom WordPress websites that are fast, secure and simple for your team to update, with WooCommerce when you sell online.
We avoid bloated page builders and plugin overload, the two most common reasons WordPress sites become slow, fragile and vulnerable.
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Problems we fix on WordPress sites
If you have typed any of these into Google, you are in the right place.
Slow, bloated WordPress
Lighter themes, fewer plugins, caching and optimised media, measured against Core Web Vitals.
Hacked or insecure site
Clean-up, hardening, updates and backups, or a rebuild without the page-builder bloat that gets attacked.
Plugins breaking each other
A plugin audit and custom code where it belongs, so updates stop breaking the site.
A design stuck in 2018
A new design built on a clean theme your team can edit, with content migrated and URLs redirected.
Nobody maintaining it
Ongoing care: updates, monitoring, backups and small changes handled for you.
What's included
Every engagement is scoped to your goals — here's where we typically start.
Custom WordPress websites
Lightweight custom themes or block-based builds — no bloated page builders slowing you down.
WooCommerce stores
Product catalogs, checkout, subscriptions and integrations for selling on WordPress.
Speed & security hardening
Caching, image optimization, updates, backups and hardening against the hacks that hit outdated sites.
Care plans
Ongoing updates, monitoring, backups and small changes so your site stays fast and safe.
WordPress Development samples
WordPress done properly: fast, secure, maintainable
Outdated plugins and themes are how most WordPress sites get hacked, often without the owner noticing until spam shows up in Google. We keep the plugin list short, harden the install, and set up updates, backups and monitoring from day one.
On the front end we build lightweight custom themes or block-based layouts, so pages load fast, score well on Core Web Vitals and give search engines clean, structured content.
What you get
- Custom WordPress theme or block-based build
- WooCommerce store setup and customisation
- Speed optimization and Core Web Vitals
- Security hardening, backups and monitoring
- On-page SEO, schema and redirects
- Care plans: updates, fixes and small changes
Our wordpress development process
Plan
Sitemap, content, features and plugins agreed up front.
Design
Page designs and a block library your team will build pages with.
Develop
Custom theme, WooCommerce and integrations, with SEO and security built in.
Launch & care
Migration, redirects, training and an optional care plan for updates and backups.
WordPress development tech stack
How we build WordPress sites that stay fast and secure: custom themes on current core, no page-builder bloat, and hosting that fits.
WordPress & PHP
Custom themes built on current core
Gutenberg blocks & ACF
Editable layouts without a page builder
WooCommerce
Stores, subscriptions and payment gateways
Headless WordPress
REST or GraphQL with a Next.js front end
Speed
Caching, CDN, image optimisation and Core Web Vitals
Security & backups
Hardening, updates, monitoring and restores
Hosting
Managed WordPress, AWS, Google Cloud or your VPS
SEO tooling
Schema, sitemaps, redirects and analytics
WordPress Development questions, answered
Is WordPress still a good choice for a business website?
Yes, for content-led sites and stores that need flexibility and easy editing. For simple stores Shopify can be easier; for complex apps a custom build may suit better. We'll recommend the right fit.
Can you fix a slow or hacked WordPress site?
Yes. We clean malware and spam, remove the vulnerability that let it in, harden the site, speed it up, and help you get spam pages removed from Google.
Do you use page builders like Elementor?
We prefer lightweight custom themes or the native block editor for speed and stability, but we can work with an existing page-builder site if needed.
Can I edit the site myself after launch?
Yes. We set up reusable blocks so your team can add and edit pages easily, and we provide training.
What's included in a WordPress care plan?
Core, theme and plugin updates, backups, uptime and security monitoring, and a set amount of time each month for small changes.
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Guides to read before you brief us
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