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WordPress · Specialist development

WordPress development, performance-engineered, AU-hosted, security-hardened.

WordPress specialist development across the 121 Group book. Performance-engineered builds, ACF-driven content architecture for non-technical operator updates, security-hardened, AU-hosted, monthly maintenance retainer as standard. Healthcare networks, multi-clinic CMS, industrial B2B, plus the WooCommerce book underneath the consumer programme.

What proper WordPress development looks like

Four disciplines, run as one build stack.

Performance-engineered

Lighthouse 85+ as the floor, not the ceiling

Custom themes (not theme-store reskins), block-editor architecture, ACF-driven content, image-pipeline optimisation, lazy-loading, conditional script-loading, performance-budget enforcement at build-time. Lighthouse 85+ on real client traffic, not just synthetic test runs.

ACF-driven content

Operator-maintainable content architecture

ACF + custom post types + block-pattern library so non-technical operators can update content without breaking layout. Architecture decisions made for the people who'll maintain the site for 5 years, not the developer who'll launch it.

Security + hosting

AU-hosted, hardened, monitored

Australian-hosted on Cloudways AU / WP Engine AU / managed-Synergy, daily backups, 24/7 uptime monitoring, security-hardening (WordFence + custom hardening), staging-to-production CI, automated WP + plugin update pipeline. Hosting + maintenance →

Maintenance retainer

WordPress on retainer, not project-and-walk-away

Monthly maintenance retainer is non-negotiable for any WordPress site running real revenue, WP + plugin + theme updates, security monitoring, performance audit, daily-backup verification, uptime monitoring, fixed response-window for production issues.

ENGAGEMENT SHAPE
  • Commercials: Build projects plus Foundation-tier care retainers. Management fees are named lines, agreed up front. Pricing →
  • First 30 days: access, audit and strategy lock-in with the senior strategist who runs the account.
  • Days 30 to 90: full delivery cadence live, first performance review, scope confirmed against the cap.
  • Who delivers: a senior strategist plus the specialist pod for this service. Month to month, no lock-ins.

Need a proper WordPress build (or rebuild)?

Thirty-minute call. We'll look at your current WordPress state, your hosting + security posture, your ACF / theme architecture, and your maintenance discipline. We'll tell you what the top 3 fixes are.

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