Custom WordPress development, Melbourne
WordPress, done
properly.
Custom themes and plugins made for how your business works. Fast, secure and easy for your team to use.
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- PHP
- Gutenberg
- MySQL
- JavaScript
The product
Custom WordPress,
screen by screen.
A sample site for a made-up architecture studio. We built it from scratch, with editing planned around the content.
What's included
Everything,
built to fit.
We don’t take a ready-made theme and bend it. We write each part for your site, so it stays fast, stays yours and is easy to edit.
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Custom themes
Hand-coded themes with an editor your team can use. Clean code, a clear structure, and a design that is only yours.
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Custom plugins
When a feature does not belong in the theme, we build it as a plugin. It has its own version number and can move between sites.
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WooCommerce and payments
Online stores, subscriptions and checkouts, connected to the payment and delivery services you already use.
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Easy editing
Block editor or a classic ACF page builder. Either way, your team builds pages from named sections and edits text in place. No shortcodes, and nothing breaks.
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Performance
Only the files each page needs, no extra plugins, and good Core Web Vitals scores. A fast site sells more, so we plan for speed from day one.
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Security and updates
A safe setup, careful updates and regular checks, so the site stays current long after launch.
The stack
Built on the platform,
not around it.
The tools behind a custom WordPress site. All standard and documented, so any good developer can work on it.
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Gutenberg
- PHP
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- HTML5
- CSS
- GitHub
- Cloudflare
- Search Console
- Lighthouse
Built for the years after launch
Most WordPress problems start the same way. Someone buys a theme, adds plugins to fill its gaps, and the site gets slower and harder to change every year. We do it the other way. We start with your content and your team, and we write only the code the site needs.
Block, classic or both
WordPress has two ways to build a theme. Block themes let editors change almost everything, which suits sites with a lot of content. A classic theme with an ACF page builder gives tighter control over the design and fewer ways to break it. That is often better for a brand site. Many sites use a mix of both.
We will tell you which one we would choose for your project, and why. The choice is based on your team and your content.
Built to be edited
A theme that
your team can use.
Every page on a Riksi WordPress site is made from named sections with real fields. Your team can move sections, change a headline or add a case study without asking us. The layout stays the same, even when someone pastes in the wrong thing.
- Named sections with clear fields
- Custom plugins for anything that is not design
- WooCommerce when you sell online
- Kept safe, updated and checked after launch
How we work
How a WordPress
project runs.
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Discovery
We look at your content, your users and your goals before we write any code. Your business shapes the site.
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Design and build
We design and build at the same time. You see real, working pages early in the project.
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Testing and launch
We test on different browsers and devices, check the speed, and move your content across with care. We launch when it is ready.
04
Support
We train your team, then look after the site. Updates, speed checks and new sections as you grow.
Behind the build
Custom fields, live editing
and care.
Three things that keep the site easy to run after launch.
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Custom fields Fields planned around your content. -
Edit in place Edit text on the live page, then save it like a draft. -
Care plan Updates, backups and uptime checked after launch.
The editor your team meets
Named fields.
A clear layout.
A page builder gives your team an empty page and a lot of options. We give them a short list of named sections with real fields. The layout can’t drift, and nobody needs to learn what a column block is. The page stays on brand because it can’t go off it.
- Edit copy in place on the front end
- Reorder sections without touching layout
- Fields are checked, so nothing breaks without you knowing
Questions
What people ask
about WordPress.
Yes, that is the main goal. Pages are made from named sections that you can edit on the page itself. Everyday changes never need a developer.
Yes. We look at what you have, tell you what is worth keeping, and rebuild the rest on clean code that is easy to maintain.
Almost always. Without a heavy theme and a dozen plugins to fill its gaps, there is much less to load and much less to go wrong.
Yes. We build WooCommerce stores and subscriptions from start to finish. That includes products, checkout, payments, and links to the systems behind them.
Sometimes. Block themes give editors more freedom and suit sites with a lot of content. A classic theme with a page builder gives more design control and fewer ways to break the layout. We choose based on your team and your content.
Get in touch
Have a WordPress project in mind?
Tell us what you are building. We will tell you the simplest way to get there.