WordPress Web Design
If your site is slow, invisible on Google, or not bringing in enquiries — there are three paths forward. The right one depends on where you are now.
The real cost of a slow site
WordPress site slow to load? Visitors leave before they see what you do.
Not ranking on Google? The people who need you can't find you.
Both cost money. Every single day it stays like that.
3 seconds
That's the window. After that, most customers leave. Most WordPress sites don't even finish loading in that time. And after 8 seconds, they're gone forever.
70%
of small business websites have performance issues that directly hurt their Google rankings. Yours might be one of them.
£0
is what a beautiful website earns when nobody can find it — or when they leave before it finishes loading.
Three clear options
01
Same content. Same editor. But the frontend gets rebuilt with modern tools that load in under a second.
We strip out everything that makes WordPress slow and rebuild the visitor-facing side with the same technology behind the fastest sites in the world. You still edit in a familiar dashboard. Your customers get a site that actually performs.
Ideal for
Businesses ready to invest in the best possible version of their site.
02
Sometimes the smartest move is fixing the five things costing you customers right now.
We audit your site, find what's dragging it down, and fix the problems that matter most — speed, mobile experience, calls to action, content gaps. No unnecessary rebuilds. Just targeted changes you can measure.
Ideal for
Businesses with a site that's 'okay' but not converting.
03
If WordPress is the right tool, we'll build it the way it should have been done the first time.
No heavy themes. No plugin soup. Clean code, a block editor built around your workflow, and performance that doesn't embarrass you on Google. A site you can update yourself without breaking anything.
Ideal for
Businesses that need WordPress — for plugins, familiarity, or budget.
The WordPress ceiling
You can cache it. Optimise images. Strip plugins. And it'll still be slower than a custom coded website built with modern tools. That's not opinion — it's architecture. WordPress rebuilds every page from a database, every time. A modern site serves pre-built pages instantly.
The difference? Your visitors feel it. Google measures it. And your competitors are already making the switch.
Real result
8.4s → 0.4s
Decades in the lubricant industry. Solid reputation. But their WordPress site took 8.4 seconds to load — customers were leaving before they saw a single product. The business deserved better than what their website was showing.
We migrated them to a custom coded site. Same content, same products. Load time: 0.4 seconds. Rankings improved within weeks.
See how we transformed MOG's site
This section loaded
faster than your
homepage.
If that made you uncomfortable, we should talk.
0151 453 0008Which one is right for me?
Different situations call for different approaches. See which one sounds like yours — or just get in touch and we'll point you in the right direction.
You should choose this if
What you get
Sound familiar?
You should choose this if
What you get
Sound familiar?
You should choose this if
What you get
Sound familiar?
Still not sure? That's completely normal.
Let's figure it out togetherCommon questions
After a quick look at your current site, we'll recommend the option that makes the most sense for your goals and budget. Sometimes that means we talk you out of a rebuild.
No. We handle redirects, metadata, and URL structure carefully so your existing rankings carry over. Most clients see rankings improve after migration because the new site is faster.
Yes, in all three options. Whether you stay on WordPress or move to a modern frontend, you'll have a familiar editing experience. We configure the content dashboard around how your business actually works.
It can be, but most WordPress sites aren't set up securely. We harden every build — proper hosting, minimal plugins, regular updates, locked-down permissions. If security is a primary concern, option one removes most WordPress vulnerabilities entirely.
Targeted improvements can start delivering results within a week or two. A full WordPress build typically takes 4–6 weeks. A migration to modern tooling takes 6–10 weeks depending on complexity.
That's fine — it's actually the most common starting point. We'll audit what you have, give you a clear picture of where things stand, and recommend the best path forward. No judgement on what came before.
It depends on what's wrong. If the core issues are speed, outdated design, or poor mobile experience, targeted improvements can make a big difference quickly. But if your site has been patched together over years with heavy themes and dozens of plugins, rebuilding — or migrating to a custom coded website — is usually the smarter long-term investment.
A custom coded website is built from scratch using modern technology. It loads faster, ranks better, and doesn't rely on plugins for core functionality. WordPress is a content management system that's flexible and familiar, but performance depends heavily on how it's built. We offer both — and we'll recommend whichever makes more sense for your situation.
First, don't panic. We can clean up a hacked WordPress site, harden it against future attacks, and assess whether the underlying build is secure enough going forward. In some cases, migrating away from WordPress entirely is the most secure option — it removes the attack surface that plugins and themes create.
Usually it's a combination of slow page speed, poor Core Web Vitals, thin content, and missing technical SEO basics. WordPress itself isn't the problem — but bloated themes and plugin-heavy builds create performance issues that Google penalises. We'll audit your site and tell you exactly what's holding it back.
Migration, tune-up, or clean rebuild — let's work out which one and get moving.