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Switching platforms

Leaving WordPress, or making it work.

“Our WordPress site has so many plugins I’m scared to update anything. It’s slow, and something breaks every few months.”

What I hear from business owners

Why it happens

Why WordPress sites get slow and fragile

WordPress itself is solid. The trouble is what gets piled on top: a heavy theme, a page builder, and a plugin for every small feature. Each one adds weight, and each needs updating. Skip updates and you risk security holes; run them and you risk something breaking.

For a brochure site that mostly needs to load fast and bring in enquiries, a hand-coded site removes all of that. There are no plugins to update and nothing to patch.

What I do

How I fix it.

See a working preview before you pay.

  1. 01

    Honest advice first

    If your site is a catalogue or shop that genuinely suits WordPress, I’ll say so. If it’s a brochure site, a custom build is usually faster and simpler.

  2. 02

    Rebuild what you need

    Your pages rebuilt by hand, with only the features you actually use.

  3. 03

    Keep content editable

    If you post regularly, a lightweight dashboard replaces the WordPress editor.

  4. 04

    Redirect and switch

    Old URLs redirected, domain moved, WordPress hosting cancelled.

Real example

Structerre Online

Not every site should leave WordPress. Structerre Online sells engineering details online, so I built it on WordPress and WooCommerce, with custom work for delivering address-stamped plans, because a store with a product catalogue suited it.

Read the Structerre Online case study →

Price & timeline

What it costs, and how long.

Price
from $1,000 (up to 3 pages), extra pages $150 each
Timeline
Working preview in ~7 business days; launch within 7 business days of your content.
Payment
Nothing until you approve the working preview

Keeping WordPress? A $150 Health Check shows what’s slowing it down.

See it working before you pay.

See a working preview before you pay. Tell me about your business and I’ll build a real, clickable preview of your homepage. No payment until you approve it.

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