WordPress web design in Tauranga, plus rescues for slow existing sites

Two things move a WordPress quote: how many services need their own page, and whether you need anything custom like a booking or membership plugin. A new build includes the copy, the lean theme and plugin list, the forms, conversion tracking and the recorded training that lets you edit the site yourself. Cleanups and speed-ups on an existing site are cheaper again, and they get scoped as one fixed price after the audit so you know the total before work starts. Hosting, backups, plugin updates and small changes run on a monthly care plan. Book a free 15-minute call and you get the number for your job. For the wider market picture, read how much a website costs in NZ.

Usually yes, and it is nearly always the cheaper option by a wide margin. The usual culprits are uncompressed images, a heavy page builder, duplicate caching plugins and a plugin list nobody has pruned in three years. We audit first, tell you what is actually costing you the seconds, then fix that for a fixed price you agree before work starts. A rebuild only gets recommended when the theme is abandoned or the site is one long page that cannot rank for your separate services. If it gets traffic but no enquiries, why your website is not getting enquiries covers the most common reasons.

Yes, and that is the point of building on WordPress. Training is part of the build: a recorded screen-share covering prices, photos, phone numbers, new service pages and checking enquiries, plus a plain-English cheat sheet. The editing screens are built with reusable blocks and locked templates so a pasted paragraph cannot wreck the layout. If you would rather text Mitch and have it done, the monthly care plan covers small changes.

Use WordPress if you plan to publish and edit regularly yourself, need a proper blog, or need a plugin that does something specific. If your site is eight pages that change twice a year, a static build is faster and has nothing to keep updating, which is how most of our lead-generation sites get built. Compare against the standard build on web design in Tauranga or small business website design, then decide based on how you want to run it. We will not talk you off WordPress either: if you already have rankings and staff who know it, fixing it beats a migration that loses traffic.

Usually. Between the hosting account, the domain registrar and the database there is nearly always a way back in, and we have done this for owners whose previous developer stopped replying. Bring whatever you have, even if it is only the domain login and an old invoice. Once we are in, admin accounts get put in your name so it cannot happen again.

Yes, right across New Zealand. Mitch is in Mount Maunganui, so Tauranga and the Mount get in-person meetings, and everywhere else runs over video and a shared staging link. Where you are does not change the quote or the timeline. Trade and cleaning businesses anywhere in the country are covered the same way on small business website design.

Three to four weeks for a standard build, counted from the day we have your photos, service list and reviews. A speed-up or cleanup on an existing site is usually a few days to a fortnight depending on what the audit finds. The part that slows projects down is almost always waiting on content, not the building, and you get the timeline before you commit. The end-to-end process is set out on our website design and optimisation page.

It is, as long as somebody keeps it current. Nearly every WordPress site that gets hacked was running an out-of-date plugin or an abandoned theme for months. That is why builds here use a short plugin list, and why the monthly care plan covers core, theme and plugin updates plus backups and monitoring. If nobody is going to maintain it, say so early and we will build you something with less to maintain.