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wordpress developer sydney
A WordPress developer
who also runs the server.
Custom builds, migrations that keep your rankings, speed work, and rescuing sites that have been left alone too long. We don't just install a theme and hand you the login. We host, monitor and maintain what we build, on our own infrastructure, so when something breaks at 9pm there's one number to call.
Sydney based · Designed, built, hosted and monitored by one team · 18 years behind us as part of Alien IT Solutions.
the honest version
Most WordPress problems
are hosting problems.
A slow WordPress site is usually not a WordPress fault. It's an oversold shared server, a caching layer nobody configured, a database that's never been cleaned, or twenty plugins doing the work of three. A developer who only touches the dashboard can't see any of that, so the advice comes back as "buy a faster host" and the problem moves rather than leaves.
We see the whole stack
Server, PHP version, database, cache, CDN, DNS and the site itself. When a page takes four seconds we can tell you which layer is spending the time, because we can read the logs on all of them.
Fixed scope, fixed number
A migration, a speed pass or a round of overdue updates is quoted as a piece of work with a written number before it starts. No open-ended hourly meter on a job neither of us can size.
We say when to walk away
Sometimes a site is so tangled that repairing it costs more than rebuilding it. We'll tell you that before you've spent money on the repair, not after.
four jobs, done properly
Build, move, speed up,
or bring back from the dead.
Custom WordPress builds
Native blocks, not a page builder you have to keep paying for. A theme built around how your business works, structured so search engines and AI engines can read it, and light enough to stay fast once you've added your own content.
Migrations that keep rankings
Moving hosts, moving domains, or coming off a website builder. Every URL mapped to its replacement with single-hop 301s before the switch, so Google follows you across instead of starting again. The full method is written up here.
Speed and Core Web Vitals
Real measurement first, then the fixes that move the number: image formats and sizing, render-blocking assets, database bloat, cache rules and the plugins that quietly cost the most. Our PageSpeed guide shows the order.
WooCommerce
Stores that take payment reliably, calculate shipping properly and don't fall over on the busiest day. Product feeds, tax settings and checkout behaviour, tested with real orders rather than assumed.
neglected site rescue
Two years of missed updates
is not an emergency yet.
It becomes one the day a plugin is exploited, or the host forces a PHP upgrade and the site goes white. If your WordPress site hasn't been touched in a while, this is the order we work in, and we'll tell you where yours sits before you commit to anything.
- 01
Back up before touching anything
A full copy of files and database, off the server, restorable. Nothing else happens until there's a way back. Most "the update broke my site" disasters are really "there was no backup" disasters.
- 02
Audit what's actually there
PHP version, WordPress core, every plugin and theme with its update and abandonment status, licences you're paying for and licences that lapsed, plus a check for code that shouldn't be there. You get the list whether or not you hire us.
- 03
Update on a copy, not the live site
Staging first, one layer at a time, so when something conflicts we know exactly what caused it. Your live site keeps serving customers the entire time.
- 04
Close the door behind us
Updates applied, abandoned plugins replaced, logins tightened, backups running on a schedule and monitoring pointed at it, so the next two years don't repeat the last two.
why us and not a theme shop
We run a live estate
of our own.
Most local web shops install a theme, hand over a login and disappear. We build and run websites for ourselves as well as for clients: WordPress and WooCommerce, hand-built Next.js sites, self-hosted servers, uptime and performance monitoring, automation and IoT devices reporting into dashboards we wrote. WordPress is one tool we use, which is exactly why you get a straight answer about when it isn't the right one.
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Next.js
- Self-hosted servers
- Monitoring
- Automation
- Security
- SEO
good to know
WordPress questions.
What does a WordPress developer in Sydney cost?
Rebuilding an existing WordPress site starts at $690 +GST for a one-pager, $1,490 for a business site and $2,490 for a larger build, with a fixed written quote before any work starts. Smaller jobs, a migration, a speed pass, a round of overdue updates, are quoted as a fixed piece of work rather than by the hour, so you know the number before we begin. Full rebuild prices are published here.
Can you fix a WordPress site somebody else built?
Yes, and it's a large part of what we do. Sites arrive with years of missed updates, a page builder nobody has a licence for any more, plugins that conflict, or a previous developer who's gone quiet. We audit what's there first and tell you honestly whether it's worth repairing or rebuilding, because sometimes the repair costs more than starting again.
Will moving my site to a new host hurt my Google rankings?
Not if the URLs are preserved. Rankings are attached to addresses, so a migration that keeps every URL identical is invisible to Google. The damage comes from a redesign that quietly changes URLs at the same time, and the fix is to map every old address to its new one with a single-hop 301 before the switch, not after.
Do you use page builders like Elementor or Divi?
We'll work on a site that already uses one, and we can keep it if your team is comfortable editing in it. For a new build we prefer native WordPress blocks, because a page builder adds a licence you keep paying for, a lot of code to every page, and a dependency that becomes a rebuild the day the plugin is abandoned.
Do I own the site and can I take it elsewhere?
Yes. The domain, the code, the database and the content are yours. We host and support what we build because it's better when one team runs the whole stack, but there's no lock-in and you can take a full export whenever you want it.
Is WordPress even right for my business?
It's right when you want to edit content yourself, publish regularly, run a store, or you already have a WordPress site worth keeping. It's wrong when the site is small and never changes, because then you're maintaining a database and a plugin stack for no benefit. We'll tell you which case you're in before you spend anything.
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