WordPress Development
What is WordPress?
WordPress is an open source content management system which allows to create and manage websites with ease. Initially released in 2003 as a blogging platform, today it powers nearly 30 percent of entire web and is capable of creating any type of website, from niche blog to full-featured business website of the world biggest brand.
WordPress embodies elegance and ease of use. Maintained by numerous open source contributors from all around the world it gets better everyday. People with a limited tech experience can use it “out of the box”, but the real magic comes with ability to customize the platform in remarkable ways.
Core benefits of using WordPress
- Free
It's hard to imagine, but WordPress, the most popular CMS in the world is open-source software. It means that you can use It free of charge, no more monthly or annual license fees. That makes WordPress the most cost-effective web development solution available on the market.
- Reliable
WordPress has a stable code base, rich infrastructure and continuous development which make it one of the most solid and safe-to-use pieces of software out there. At the same time WordPress is a continually evolving piece of software. Security improvements and new functionalities are added on regular basis.
- SEO
Google loves WordPress. Thanks to simple and clean code, that creates pages optimized for indexing out of the box, websites builtwith WordPress are really SEO friendly. With additional care provided by our developers your website can get to the top ranks of search engines in no time.
- Easy to Use
WordPress is considered to be the most user-friendly CMS out there. It is quick and simple to manage, and doesn’t require extensive knowledge of coding for managing the content. Adding new pages, blog posts, images and editing existing content will be a breeze for you and your employees. Before you know it, you’ll be feeling like a pro.
- Versatile
WordPress is all about flexibility. We can easily add all manner of powerful functionality to your website, such as ecommerce, multilingual management, CRM integration, web tracking system, social media integration and much, much more. There are limitless ways to customize all of these tools to produce unique solution that perfectly reflects your business needs.
- Scalability
With WordPress, the site can grow as the business grows because of the outstanding scalability of this platform. It can serve tens of thousands of logged-in users at a time and deliver hundreds of millions of monthly page views, without compromising its performance. For this reason, WordPress serves as an ideal platform for businesses that foresee extensive growth in the future.
Our WordPress Tech Stack
- ACF Pro
Advanced Custom Fields Pro is a WordPress plugin which allows us to take full control of website’s content. We can add extra content fields to your WordPress edit screens. These include repeatable blocks, intuitive galleries, custom settings pages and reusable fields. Such features allow us to build highly customized websites at lighting speed.
- WPML
With this tool we will make your business go global. WPML provides advanced features for translation management. Building and maintaining website accessible in multiple languages was never that easy. It’s powerful enough for corporate platforms, yet simple blogs.
- WooCommerce
Do you wonder what is the best way to turn your website into fully functional online store? WooCommerce is the best bet. The most popular eCommerce solution let you sell digital and physical products, manage inventory, shipping, take secure payments and sort taxes automatically.
WordPress Related Services
- WordPress Websites
Do you want to outsource building your business website from scratch? We are here to help. Pagepro’s experienced WordPress development team is ready to create platform that will meet your expectations. With professional, well-polished platform you will build online presence at the drop of a hat.
- WordPress Support Retainers
Here at Pagepro, we know that it takes a lot of work to properly maintain website. Not to mention further development. We can take care of everything necessary and free your mind to focus on things that really matter for your business. Don’t let your online hub catch dust.
- WordPress code review
Keeping your codebase clean and simple is the best investment for long time prosperity in the software world. Our experts can closely inspect your WordPress code, point out problem areas and room for improvement. With professional guidance, you will be able to keep your website in top notch shape.
Here are some examples of our WordPress projects:
Frequently asked questions
- Can you show me an example of a WordPress theme both front and back end?
Yes. Please contact us and we will send a link to a demo WordPress administration panel.
- Can you create WordPress plugins?
Yes. Please send detailed instructions and designs and we will provide a quote for building a WordPress plugin.
- Will I be able to upgrade my WordPress site if I use your theme?
We follow the best practices for WordPress theme development:
- We never touch core WordPress files
- We use WordPress plugin API for modifying the administration panel behavior
- We don't use deprecated WordPress functions and features
However, we cannot guarantee full compatibility of our code with future WordPress and plugin versions. That’s why we prefer to make the WordPress core and/or plugin upgrades for you. Just contact us and we will review the needed upgrades and we will advise you how to proceed.
- Can I populate the content of my site on your staging server? Will you help me in migrating the content to my live site when I am ready?
Yes. Feel free to populate the content on our staging server. Once you are ready we will be glad to help you with moving the whole site to your server.
- Can you create e-commerce WordPress sites?
Yes. We have experience with several WordPress eCommerce plugins and we will be glad to create a fully functional WordPress store.
- Do you provide support for the WordPress theme after its creation?
Yes. We provide support. Please contact us and we will send you a contract.
- Can you customize premium WordPress themes?
No, we prefer to create the WordPress themes from scratch because only then can we guarantee the best quality and pixel perfect results.
- Can you make updates to existing WordPress themes?
Yes. Making updates to existing WordPress sites requires detailed investigation of the code’s quality and features of the theme. Please send us a message and we will review your requirements and get back to you with more information.
- Can you create a WordPress theme from existing markup?
We’ll review the base code and let you know whether we can use it. We may provide a quote for improving it, or refuse to work with it if it’s not built according to the best front-end coding practices.
- Can you install the project on my server upon completion?
Yes. Usually, we install the WordPress theme on our staging server but if you provide us with credentials to your server we can install the project there too. We need the following in order to setup the site:
- FTP/SFTP credentials (host, username, password, FTP directory)
- MySQL database login credentials (host, username, password, database name)
- HTTP URL for the FTP directory If you provide us with hosting control panel credentials we will not need additional FTP and MySQL details.
- What can I expect upon delivery?
After the completion of the project, we provide you with an archive containing the WordPress theme files and a MySQL dump file. The archive also includes: - All plugins which are requested and used for the project - Readme file that explains how to use the theme Additionally, if you need the static HTML files we can provide them as well. Please note that further changes requested to the WordPress site will not be applied to the static version of the files.
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