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SERVICE · WORDPRESS DEVELOPMENT

WordPress Development Services

Flexible WordPress experiences with custom themes, custom plugins, and intuitive content editing. We're a WP Engine Advanced Partner, so what we build is built to last.

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When to hire us for this

When you need WordPress to do real work: custom post types, complex queries, headless setups, or replatforming from a generic theme.
WHAT'S INCLUDED

Everythingthatshipswithevery engagement.

No surprise add-ons. No phase two for the basics. The list below is the floor, not the ceiling.

Custom themes from scratch

No Elementor or Divi clutter. Hand-built themes with clean PHP, semantic markup, and a block editor experience your team actually enjoys.

Custom plugin development

Business-specific functionality packaged as maintainable plugins. Versioned, tested, and documented so it survives the next WP core update.

WooCommerce stores

Custom checkout and inventory flows, subscription billing, custom shipping logic, and integrations with your ERP, CRM, and tax engine.

Headless WordPress

WordPress as a content backend with a React or Next.js frontend. Editorial workflow your team knows, performance and DX your engineers want.

Multisite networks

Franchise, multi-brand, or multi-region operations on a single WordPress install. Shared design system, isolated content, central governance.

Migration with content fidelity

Move from Drupal, Squarespace, Wix, custom CMS, or legacy WordPress. Content, media, URLs, and SEO equity arrive intact.

OUR PROCESS

Sixsteps,oneconversation.

Linear enough to plan around, flexible enough to do good work.

01

Discover

Audit your current site, hosting, plugins, and editorial workflow. Identify what to keep, replace, or retire.

02

Strategize

Content model (post types, taxonomies, ACF), plugin strategy, hosting plan, and integration map.

03

Design

Block-editor-first UI design. Components map cleanly to Gutenberg blocks so editors get the same flexibility we do.

04

Develop

Custom theme, custom blocks, ACF, plugin work, and WP-CLI tooling. Code reviewed, tested, and version controlled.

05

Launch

WP Engine staging, redirects, performance tuning, security hardening, and a calm DNS cutover.

06

Support

Optional retainer for plugin updates, security monitoring, content support, and feature work.

THE STACK

Tools we reach for, picked for fit (not fashion).

WordPressPHPWP EngineWooCommerceACFHeadless WPReactGraphQL
FEATURED WORK

WordPressworkweareproud of.

A few recent engagements where editorial UX, custom development, and performance came together.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Fourwaysin,one quality bar.

Pick the engagement that fits today. We will tell you honestly if a different tier is a better fit.

Execution
from $15k

You have a clear brief. We design and ship the WordPress site.

  • Custom theme up to 8 page templates
  • ACF-driven content model
  • WP Engine setup and deploy pipeline
  • Standard plugin stack and integrations
Expertise
from $40k

Strategy, custom plugins, and complex content models.

  • Custom post types, taxonomies, and ACF blocks
  • Custom plugin development (one or two)
  • WooCommerce or membership integrations
  • Editorial training and documentation
Access
$5k / month

Ongoing WordPress partner, on retainer.

  • Plugin and core updates with QA
  • Security monitoring and backups oversight
  • Pipeline of feature and content tickets
  • Priority response within one business day
Transformation
from $90k

Replatform, headless rebuild, or multisite rollout.

  • Migration from legacy CMS to WordPress
  • Headless architecture (React or Next.js)
  • Multisite network with shared design system
  • Launch plan, training, and 90-day support
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

Thethingswegetasked most.

let's get to it

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FEATURED WORK

Real results from real engagements.

A snapshot of the wordpress development engagements where DoodleWeb owned strategy, design, and engineering end-to-end.

Ursa Major
01 · Aerospace & Defense

Ursa Major

Ursa Major delivers mission-ready aerospace and defense systems across hypersonics, solid rocket motors, and space-based defense, leveraging additive manufacturing and modular architectures to produce scalable all-up rounds, engines, and SRMs faster than legacy providers. From throttleable, storable hypersonics to tactically responsive satellite propulsion and extended-range solid rocket motors, Ursa Major is powering the joint force with flexible, American-made systems for any mission, in any domain. DoodleWeb replatformed them onto Drupal 10 — shipping a procurement-grade marketing site with significantly faster page loads, restructured navigation for defense and government stakeholders, and an editor-friendly CMS that lets internal comms publish at the pace of an engineering organization. Shipped in 16 weeks.

Drupal · 2024Read
Amplify AI
02 · Technology & SaaS

Amplify AI

Amplify AI, a B2B SaaS startup, replaced a slow custom WordPress site with a Webflow rebuild from DoodleWeb. Outcome: 4× demo bookings in the first 60 days post-launch, demo-to-customer rate up 60%, and a marketing team that ships pages independently without engineering involvement. Shipped in 10 weeks.

Webflow · 2024Read
Young Americans Center
03 · Education

Young Americans Center

Young Americans Center, a nonprofit operating both a financial-education program and a youth-focused bank, unified two previously disconnected sites onto one WordPress platform on WP Engine. Outcome: a single high-impact brand story, editorial controls that respect the boundary between mission and product, and a platform an in-house team can extend. Shipped in 18 weeks. WCAG 2.2 AA conformant.

WordPress on WP Engine · 2024Read
SiteSonar
04 · Technology & SaaS

SiteSonar

SiteSonar is a DoodleWeb-built product: a no-code website performance adapter that lifts AI-search (GEO/AEO) visibility, identifies high-intent traffic, and converts more pipeline — without rebuilding the underlying site. Starts at $99/month, installs in 14 days, requires zero CMS migration. Used by marketing teams that need AI-search citation share without a replatform.

Custom React + Edge · 2025Read
LET'S TALK

Got a wordpress development project in motion?

Tell us where you are and where you'd like to be. A senior strategist replies — not a sales BDR — usually within a business day.

  • Reply within one business day
  • Senior team only — no juniors, no offshoring
  • Fixed-fee proposals, no change-order surprises
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Q&A

Frequently asked questions

Is DoodleWeb a WordPress partner?
Yes. DoodleWeb is a WP Engine Advanced Agency Partner with senior in-house WordPress engineers.
Do you build custom WordPress themes or use templates?
We build fully custom themes and Gutenberg block libraries. We do not start from a marketplace template.
How long does a WordPress site take to build?
6–10 weeks for marketing sites, 10–16 weeks for complex multi-site or membership platforms.
Do you support headless WordPress?
Yes. We pair WordPress with Next.js or Astro frontends when you need the editor experience and modern frontend performance together.