WordPress Development in Cumbria
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plugins
You own
the code
WooCommerce
extensions
Service · WordPress Development
When a theme and a few plugins are not enough
Web design is how a site looks; development is how it works. Most Cumbrian businesses start with off-the-shelf plugins and reach a point where nothing quite fits: a booking rule the plugin cannot handle, two systems that will not talk to each other, or a process still done in a spreadsheet. That is where we come in, writing proper WordPress plugins around the way your business actually works.
Custom plugins
Business features built as their own plugin, never hacked into a theme, so they survive theme changes and updates.
Booking engines
Availability, pricing, deposits and calendar sync for holiday lets, halls, activities and hire, built on our own booking plugins.
WooCommerce extensions
Custom product builders, pricing rules and checkout changes, like the Build-A-Box plugin behind Sultan Delights.
Integrations
WordPress connected to Stripe, Twilio, Xero, CRMs and booking platforms through their APIs, so data stops being copied by hand.
Web applications
Dashboards and portals for staff, learners or customers, with their own database tables and user roles.
Rescues and takeovers
Slow, broken or abandoned WordPress builds diagnosed and put right, then kept that way.
Our standards
Code another developer could pick up tomorrow
We write to the WordPress coding standards, document what we build and hand it over properly. Database queries are prepared, forms and actions check permissions, and features live in plugins rather than theme files. If you ever move on from us, any competent WordPress developer can read and extend the code.
Yours to keep
No lock-in: the custom code belongs to you.
Documented
Clear notes and a handover session on every project.
Built for speed
Core Web Vitals targets are part of the design.
Proof
Systems running real businesses in Cumbria today
We built a learner management system for a training provider with its own role dashboards, eligibility rules and document signing. Our booking plugins run holiday lets at West Lakes Stays and activities at Way Out West. The Block Moulds website has an AI chatbot that texts staff through Twilio. All of them are WordPress plugins we wrote and still maintain.
Integrations
Connect WordPress to the tools you already use
Payments through Stripe, texts through Twilio, orders into Xero, enquiries into your CRM. We build integrations against each service's official API, with proper error handling and logging, so you can see what happened if something fails.
Bookings
Booking systems built around your rules
Off-the-shelf booking plugins rarely fit a Cumbrian holiday let, village hall or activity centre exactly. Our own booking plugins handle availability, seasonal pricing, deposits and calendar sync with Airbnb and Booking.com, and we adapt them to the way you work.
Shops
WooCommerce that does what you need
From custom product builders to pricing rules and delivery logic, we extend WooCommerce with properly built plugins. Sultan Delights uses our Build-A-Box plugin to let customers create their own gift boxes.
Performance
Fast, secure and maintainable
We design for Core Web Vitals from the start, use caching and background tasks for heavy work, and keep plugins lean. Security basics such as permission checks, validated input and least-privilege access are built in, not added at the end.
Pricing
Fixed quotes, scoped together
Every development project starts with a conversation about what you need and what it is worth to your business. We then give you a fixed quote for the work. Ongoing hosting and maintenance for the finished system is available from £25 a month plus VAT.
Millom
Where we build
100%
Custom code you own
19 tables
In our learner management system
£25/mo
Maintenance from + VAT
What we have built
WordPress development for Cumbrian organisations
Client feedback
What clients say
How we work
From idea to working system
Scope. We talk through what you need, look at what you have, and agree what success looks like.
Build and test. We build in stages on a test copy of your site, so you can try each part before it goes live.
Hand over and support. We launch, document the work and keep it updated and secure on our maintenance plans.
Common questions
WordPress development, plain answers
FAQs
Got a WordPress idea, a problem plugin or a process stuck in a spreadsheet? Call us on 01229 774591 or send a message to talk it through.