WordPress Web Design · Custom Themes · WooCommerce
WordPress website design that is fast, clean and built to convert.
WordPress website design for UK small businesses from £1,500. We build custom WordPress sites - no bloated page builders, no off-the-shelf templates that look identical to every competitor. Fast, SEO-ready, mobile-first, owned outright. Transformation Junction, North West London, working UK-wide.
WordPress powers 43% of the web for good reason: flexible, SEO-friendly, widely understood, and easy to update without a developer once it is built correctly. The problem is that most WordPress sites are built wrong - heavy page builders, generic templates, slow load times, poor mobile experience and SEO left to a plugin that does most of the work wrong. We build WordPress sites the right way: lean custom code, clean structure, SEO foundations built in and no unnecessary plugins slowing you down.
What a badly-built WordPress site costs you
A WordPress site built on a bloated theme or page builder typically scores below 50 on Google's Core Web Vitals. That means slower rankings, higher bounce rates and a site that costs you more to maintain than a cleaner build. We see this pattern regularly with UK small businesses who paid £800-£2,000 for a site that never converts.
What our WordPress builds look like
Custom theme or minimal block theme, no Elementor or Divi, mobile-first CSS, optimised images, deferred scripts, local fonts and a clean database from day one. The result is a site that loads in under two seconds, ranks faster and costs less to host and maintain.
What every WordPress site we build includes
Custom design (no templates)
Your WordPress site is designed to match your brand, not adapted from a theme your competitors also use. We design before we build.
Fast loading - no page builder
No Elementor, Divi or WPBakery. Custom code or minimal block theme only - resulting in a site that loads in under two seconds on mobile.
SEO built in
Proper title tags, schema markup, image alt text, XML sitemap, robots.txt, canonical URLs and Google Analytics/GSC setup on every build.
Easy to update yourself
Block editor with clear layout so you can update text, images and blog posts without a developer. We train you on the day of handover.
WooCommerce if needed
We build WooCommerce stores with clean product pages, fast checkout, Stripe/PayPal integration and a store that does not look like every other WooCommerce site.
Security and maintenance
Minimal plugin footprint, automatic updates for core and plugins, regular backups and a clean database from launch - so your site stays fast and secure without constant intervention.
WordPress website pricing
Package
Price
Best for
What is included
WordPress Starter
From £1,500
Sole traders and micro businesses
5-page custom WordPress site, mobile-first, SEO foundations, contact form, training
WordPress Business
From £2,500
Small businesses with blog and full services
Full site, blog, local SEO, schema, Google Analytics, WooCommerce-ready structure
All prices are fixed and quoted upfront. Includes design, development, content upload, SEO setup and a handover call. Ongoing maintenance and SEO retainers available separately.
How much does WordPress website design cost in the UK?
UK WordPress website design ranges from £500 (a freelancer using an off-the-shelf theme) to £15,000+ (a full-service agency). Our WordPress builds start at £1,500 for a clean 5-page custom site and £2,500 for a full business site with blog and SEO. All prices are fixed upfront.
Should I use WordPress or a website builder?
WordPress is better for most small businesses that plan to grow. It gives you full ownership, no monthly platform fees and the flexibility to add functionality as you scale. Website builders (Wix, Squarespace) are fine for very simple sites but become limiting when you need SEO control, custom functionality or ecommerce. We can advise based on your specific situation.
Can you redesign my existing WordPress site?
Yes. We do full WordPress redesigns, theme replacements and performance rebuilds. If your current site is slow or not converting, we audit what needs changing first - sometimes a targeted fix is faster than a full rebuild.
Do you use Elementor or page builders?
No. We build with the native WordPress block editor or custom lightweight themes. Page builders (Elementor, Divi, WPBakery) add significant code bloat that slows your site and hurts Core Web Vitals. Clean custom code produces faster, more maintainable WordPress sites.
Get a fast, custom WordPress site that wins enquiries.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will review your brief or current site, recommend the right WordPress approach, and give you a fixed quote with no obligation. Most clients have a quote within 48 hours of the call.