WordPress development

Scalable content management

It’s integral to your online success that you have a platform you can manage yourself, with the freedom to make changes as and when you need them. Not only does it put the control back in your hands, but it opens up the opportunity for your site to scale as your business does.

As WordPress specialists, we customise your website to give you exactly what you need to manage all content within your website, so you don’t have to worry about needing specialist knowledge to create, edit or delete content.

Bespoke architecture for easy management. We build a tailored editing environment and a unique design system. Using a customised implementation of the Gutenberg block system, we create a library of pre-styled components unique to your business needs. This approach delivers balanced flexibility:

• Intuitive Editing: Create, edit, and delete content via a visual interface.
• Design Integrity: Pre-set styling and color controls allow design consistency accidental design breaks.
• Future-Proofing: A modular design system and block structure allowing the site to easily expand alongside your business.

Engineered for performance and Core Web Vitals

Over the years and with collaboration with our SEO and UX teams, we have refined our framework to deliver blazing fast WordPress websites. We don’t just “optimize” websites; we engineer them to pass Google’s strict Core Web Vitals assessment to help maximise organic search visibility, user satisfaction and conversion rates.

Zero-bloat, custom architecture
Our lean, custom stack does not rely on third party plugins, site builders or JS frameworks like jQuery. This results in code that is lightweight, secure, and easier to maintain long-term.

Intelligent resource delivery
We engineer the browser’s rendering path for speed. By outputting critical above-the-fold CSS, ensuring fonts and LCP images load within the first 6 requests (to take advantage of HTTP/2) and lazy loading below the fold assets, we enable immediate visual rendering.

Performance by design
We eliminate the friction between “looking good” and “loading fast”. By collaborating with design teams early and strictly limiting third-party plugins, we prevent performance debt before it begins. We ensure that high-resolution assets are automatically compressed and responsive, maintaining visual fidelity without compromising speed.

Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure via WP Engine
Performance is a partnership between code and hardware. We leverage WP Engine’s scalable architecture, utilizing global Cloudflare CDNs and dedicated server clusters. This includes aggressive full-page and object caching strategies that allow dynamic WordPress sites to load with the speed of static HTML, regardless of where your user is located.

Uncompromising security giving you peace of mind

Your website is your most valuable digital asset, and protecting your brand reputation is paramount. While WordPress is by far the most widely used CMS platform, its open ecosystem can introduce risks if not managed by experts.

We mitigate common vulnerabilities through a strict set of security measures we put in place with all our website builds, including:

Hardened Architecture
Implementation of advanced security headers and anti-enumeration protocols

Lean Dependency
We strictly limit third party dependancies and plugin usage to a trusted, vetted few

Peer-Reviewed Code
All themes are custom-built and audited for security flaws before deployment

Proactive Maintenance
Continuous patching and maintenance updates to ensure your site stays ahead of emerging threats

Designed to convert

You need a website that works for you – one that not only looks persuasive and trustworthy and positions you as indisputable leaders in the market, but one that also makes doing business easier than ever before.

As a WordPress web design agency, we know how to create something that packs a punch. Whether you’re looking for a B2B website to build your brand credibility and drive lead generation, or ecommerce sites for sophisticated online selling, or complex enterprise level sites, our developers can take on the challenge.

Hallam has been in business for over 20 years. Our strong foundations built on years of experience, best practice, and the highest quality coding standards means we have long lasting, trusted working relationship with our clients.

A unified approach

Every WordPress website benefits from our integrated approach as as full-service digital agency. This means we’re in a unique position to combine forces with other specialist teams and ensure every element of your site is working as hard as possible for your business.

Our creative team take the reins in terms of design and usability, working to create a completely seamless and frictionless experience that’s as pleasing to use as it is to look at.

Our professional in-house SEO team lay the groundwork for ensuring your websites ranks highly in Google, while our copywriters help to craft the kind of content and messaging that makes a business memorable.

This truly unified way of working results in a powerhouse finished product that works every inch as hard as you need it to.

Expert WordPress support and maintenance

Our commitment to performance extends long after your project has launched. With an internal team dedicated solely to providing support, hosting and maintenance services, we can offer 24/7 specialist advice that gives you ultimate peace of mind.

Your WordPress specialist agency

We’ve been the dedicated WordPress specialist agency to global brands, local businesses and start-ups alike. Could you be the next? Let’s talk about building a brilliant WordPress website.