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WordPress Development

WordPress Development

WordPress sites built to perform — not just publish.

A WordPress development company that builds block-by-block rather than assembling a page builder. Custom themes, Gutenberg blocks, WooCommerce stores, and headless WordPress — engineered for speed, security, and content teams that ship fast.

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Why leading companies choose us

What you get that a generic wordpress development vendor does not.

Block by block, not page builder

Custom blocks in the native editor, so the site stays fast and upgrades cleanly.

No plugin sprawl

Every plugin is a maintenance and security liability. We use few, and justify each one.

Editors who are not afraid of it

Content teams get blocks that constrain layout sensibly instead of a canvas where anything can break.

Security taken seriously

Hardened configuration, managed updates and least-privilege roles, because WordPress is the most-attacked platform on the web.

Speed on shared reality

Caching, image handling and query discipline that hold up on real hosting, not just a benchmark.

Yours to move

Standard WordPress, no proprietary framework lock-in, exportable to another host or agency whenever you want.

How we build

WordPress Development built on foundations that hold

Custom themes, not retrofitted ones

Built from your design, so there is no bought theme's dead weight to carry forever.

Gutenberg-native blocks

Editing happens in the tool WordPress ships with, which keeps you on the upgrade path.

Performance discipline

Query counts, asset budgets and caching layers decided deliberately rather than fixed after a complaint.

Maintainable updates

Core, theme and plugin updates on a schedule with a staging step, not applied hopefully on a Friday.

What you get

  • Fully custom, block-based WordPress themes built from scratch — no bloated theme frameworks
  • WooCommerce stores with tailored checkout, shipping logic, and payment gateways
  • Headless WordPress with a React/Next.js frontend via the REST or GraphQL API
  • Custom plugin development for functionality no off-the-shelf plugin covers cleanly
  • Multisite, membership, and access-controlled builds, plus migration from aging sites with security hardening

Custom wordpress development for you

The capability most clients come to us for, and the work that surrounds it.

Our flagship capability

WooCommerce development services

WordPress commerce built to hold real catalogue and order volume — custom product types, checkout that fits your fulfilment, and integrations with the systems you already run behind it.

Key features

  • Custom product types and variations
  • Checkout shaped to your fulfilment
  • ERP and inventory integration
  • Performance held at catalogue scale
  • Editor-friendly merchandising

01

Custom theme and block development

Your design as native blocks, with the guardrails that keep layouts intact.

02

Headless WordPress

WordPress as the editing experience with a modern frontend, when the site needs both.

03

Migration and rescue

Moving off a page builder, an abandoned theme, or an agency that stopped answering.

04

Maintenance and security

Managed updates, backups, monitoring and a person who answers when something breaks.

How we work

Every stage, and what it produces

The same nine stages on every engagement. What changes is what each one has to answer for wordpress development.

  1. Business evaluation

    01

    What the site has to do commercially, and who has to be able to edit it without help.

  2. Information gathering

    02

    An inventory of the current site: plugins, custom code, content model and hosting.

  3. Consultation

    03

    A session on what becomes a block, what becomes a setting, and what should be dropped.

  4. Designing the UI

    04

    Design implemented as editor blocks, previewed the way editors will actually see them.

  5. User experience

    05

    Editorial journeys tested with the people who publish, before launch rather than after.

  6. Tech inspection

    06

    A security and performance audit of what exists before we build on top of it.

  7. Development

    07

    Built in version control with a staging environment, never edited straight on production.

  8. QA and testing

    08

    Cross-browser testing, accessibility checks and a full content-migration dry run.

  9. Support and care

    09

    Editor training, update schedule and a maintenance plan if you want us to hold it.

Everything we hand over at the end is listed on the handoff page.

When this is the right fit

Straight answers on where this service earns its cost — and where it does not.

  • Custom, Never Templated — Every theme is built block-by-block for your content — not a page builder skinned to fit.
  • Security-Hardened by Default — Firewall rules, login hardening, and monitoring ship with every site — not as an upsell.
  • Speed-Obsessed Builds — 98 average Lighthouse score — we treat page speed as a feature, not an afterthought.
  • Post-Launch Included — 4 weeks of complimentary support, plus ongoing maintenance and update plans.

Track record

15+
Years shipping software
Alian Software since 2010
84%
Retainer renewal rate
Clients who extend past the first term
4–8
Weeks to first production ship
Typical fixed-fee sprint
See the evidence

Sample builds

Shapes of work we ship most often in this pillar.

Corporate marketing website

Multi-language, SEO-optimized WordPress site with custom Gutenberg blocks, lead capture forms, and CRM integration.

WooCommerce marketplace

Multi-vendor marketplace with vendor dashboards, commission management, and custom shipping rules — handling 10k+ SKUs.

Headless WordPress + Next.js

Content managed in WordPress, served through a blazing-fast Next.js frontend with ISR — best of both worlds for editorial teams.

Tech we reach for

Chosen per project. We will tell you when the boring option is the right one.

  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • WooCommerce
  • ACF / Gutenberg
  • Next.js (headless)
  • MySQL
  • WP Engine / Cloudways

Industries we work with

We understand the constraints before we write the first line.

E-commerce & D2C

Storefronts, catalogue tooling, and the support layer around them.

B2B SaaS

Multi-tenant products, dashboards, and in-app AI features.

Manufacturing

Plant floor visibility, quality, and ERP-adjacent systems.

Healthcare

Clinical and back-office tooling under real compliance constraints.

Finance & fintech

Audit-traceable workflows where every decision has to be explainable.

Logistics

Routing, exception handling, and document-heavy operations.

Client reviews

What our clients are saying

Reviews from clients we have delivered for.

  • It is always a challenge to work with outsourced resources, and even so, Alian exceeded my expectations.
    Avi Landy
  • Alian Software development work is excellent, our clients are happy, and we continue to lean on them more as they get more integrated with our company.
    Scott Lawrence
  • They are incredibly helpful and adaptable, and always create something that leaves our clients satisfied.
    Meghan Kennedy
  • They were extremely patient with adjustments and changes on our side.
    Brad Davies
  • I don't even know if I'd be where I am today without them because they really brought my vision to life.
    Shreen Ghaleb

Got questions? We have answers.

  • For content-managed sites — absolutely. Nothing else gives non-technical teams the same editing power with the same ecosystem of plugins. For web apps or highly dynamic products, we'd recommend a different stack.

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Tell us the problem. If wordpress development is not the right answer, we will say so and point you at what is.

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