Expert WordPress Development for Perth
Perth WordPress development for resources, engineering and professional firms whose sites double as credential documents. Buyers here check you out before making contact, so we build for credibility and clarity rather than for visual novelty.
Real Mojo Dojo clients, on the record.
WordPress sites that hold up to a resources-sector buyer.
Western Australia's resources sector recorded $220 billion in sales in 2024-25, and much of the engineering, legal, accounting and supply work behind it is sold from the state capital. The buyers are procurement teams and project managers at a small number of large operators. Before they call, they read your capability pages, check your safety and quality accreditations and look for projects similar to theirs. The website works as a credential document, so it has to be accurate, current and easy for your own staff to keep that way.
That is where a custom WordPress build pays off. We model projects, services, sectors and certifications as structured content, so a new case study appears on every relevant page automatically and an expired certificate can be swapped in one place. Tender documents and capability statements sit in a managed library, and enquiry forms route to the right division. For firms moving into defence work around the Henderson precinct, we add tighter hosting, user permissions and security logging.
The other side of the market is consumer and trade. The metro population grew by 58,100 in 2024-25, the fastest rate of any Australian capital, mostly in corridors such as Alkimos, Ellenbrook and Baldivis. Builders, clinics and home services there need fast mobile sites with suburb pages that match how people search along a long coastal strip. We schedule video calls in AWST, and our process does not depend on anyone being in the same room.
WordPress development in Perth: the economy your site sells into.
State and metro figures from official sources. Resources and visitor figures cover all of Western Australia.
Industries we help in Perth.
Six sectors, and what a WordPress build needs to do for each one.
Mining services and equipment
Capability, fleet and project libraries that procurement teams can scan quickly, with downloadable statements and forms routed to the right site or division.
Engineering and professional services
People, project and sector templates that let consultancies show relevant experience to each client, kept current by staff rather than a developer.
Defence and marine
Hardened WordPress with restricted roles, activity logging and careful plugin choices for suppliers positioning around the Henderson Defence Precinct.
Health and allied health
Practitioner profiles, clinic pages and booking integrations for practices opening in growth suburbs, built to accessibility standards and fast on mobile data.
Construction and home services
Project galleries, suburb landing pages and quote forms for builders and trades following residential growth from Alkimos to Baldivis.
Agribusiness and wholesale
Product catalogues, trade account logins and dealer locators for distributors and machinery wholesalers selling across a very large state.
Make your Perth website as credible as your capability statement
Send us your current site and your next tender or growth target. We will come back with a fixed-price WordPress scope, timeline and a plain view of what to keep.
Why WordPress, and why us.
Platform share from W3Techs (28 September 2026). Build history from Mojo Dojo.
What a custom WordPress build gives you that a template does not.
A theme built from your design
We convert your approved design into a bespoke theme, with no unused layouts, no page builder bloat and no licence fees tied to a theme vendor.
Editing your team can use
Custom post types, custom fields and reusable blocks mean staff update services, team pages and case studies without touching code or breaking the layout.
Speed built in, not bolted on
Lean templates, optimised images, sensible caching and Core Web Vitals targets set before we write code, not patched in at the end.
Security and updates handled
Hardened configuration, minimal plugins from maintained sources, backups and a clear update process, so the site is not the easy target it is when left to drift.
SEO structure from day one
Clean URLs, heading hierarchy, schema markup, redirects and analytics tracking are part of the build, so the site launches ready to be found.
Code you own and can hand on
Documented, standards-based code in your repository or hosting account. You are never locked in to us, and any competent WordPress developer can pick it up.
Get your free Perth WordPress audit.
Send us your site and within 48 hours we will check how your WordPress build handles speed, security, plugins and search, and whether it presents your capability clearly. No calls, no obligations.
What our WordPress development covers.
Everything from design to support. B2B projects on the west coast usually lean hardest on content modelling, document libraries and security.
Custom theme development. Design to WordPress theme, fully responsive and mobile first.
WooCommerce stores. Product, checkout, shipping and payment setup for ecommerce on WordPress.
Plugin selection and custom plugins. Audit of what you have, the right plugins for what you need, and custom code where none exist.
Custom post types and fields. Structured content models so your site scales past a handful of pages.
Redesign and reskin. A new look on your existing WordPress site without losing content or rankings.
Migration to WordPress. Move from another CMS or host, with redirects mapped and domain authority preserved.
Multisite and multi-language. WordPress Multisite networks and multi-language setups, kept safe and maintainable.
Rescue of abandoned projects. Technical assessment, an honest scope and a plan to finish what a previous developer left.
Speed and Core Web Vitals. Performance tuning, image and script control, and website speed optimisation on live sites.
Security hardening. Login protection, file permissions, malware scanning and backup routines.
Analytics, tagging and tracking. GA4, tag management, conversion events and form tracking set up and tested.
Maintenance and support. Monthly updates, monitoring, uptime checks and priority access to developers.
Built for search, AI answers and speed.
A WordPress site that cannot be found is an expensive brochure. We build with search in mind: crawlable templates, structured data, tidy internal linking and a redirect plan for every URL that changes. If you want specialist help after launch, our WordPress SEO team works directly inside the sites we build.
Search is also moving towards AI answers, so we mark up your services, people and content so assistants can read and cite them. Read more on AI SEO. For stores, our WooCommerce SEO service covers product and category pages once the build is live.
Speed decides whether visitors stay. We test against Core Web Vitals before launch and keep tuning afterwards, and we can host the finished site on managed WordPress hosting if you want one team responsible for both.
B2B buyers in resources and engineering rarely search broad terms. They look for a specific capability, standard or piece of equipment. We structure capability and project pages around those precise terms, so procurement teams researching a supplier find the page that answers their exact question.
How we work with you.
Three ways to engage, depending on where your site is today.
Project build
A fixed-scope, fixed-price build from brief to launch, with milestone dates agreed up front so you can plan around them.
Ongoing retainer
Monthly maintenance, updates, monitoring and a pool of development hours for changes, with a named account manager who knows your site.
Rescue and takeover
Already have a WordPress site that is slow, broken or abandoned? We audit it, tell you honestly whether to fix or rebuild, then do the work.
Get your free Perth WordPress audit.
Send us your site and within 48 hours we will check how your WordPress build handles speed, security, plugins and search, and whether it presents your capability clearly. No calls, no obligations.
How a Western Australian WordPress build runs.
Six stages with sign-off at each, run remotely. Video calls are booked in Western Australian business hours.
Discovery and scoping
We define your audience, goals, content and required features, and map the site structure and integrations before any design starts.
UX and UI design
High-fidelity designs built around your brand and conversion goals. You approve every template before a line of code is written.
Development
We build the custom theme, content structures and integrations on a staging site you can review as it takes shape.
Content and SEO migration
Content is loaded, redirects are mapped, metadata and schema are implemented and existing rankings are protected.
Testing and quality assurance
Cross-browser and device testing, speed and accessibility checks, form and tracking tests and a full security review.
Launch and handover
We take the site live, monitor the first weeks closely, train your team and hand over documentation.
Areas we serve in Perth.
We work remotely with businesses along the whole metro strip, using video calls, shared staging links and written updates. Central clients sit in the CBD, West Perth, Northbridge, Subiaco, Leederville and Osborne Park, and on the coast in Scarborough, Cottesloe and Fremantle.
North of the river we build for firms in Joondalup, Duncraig, Wanneroo, Madeley, Darch, Alkimos and Malaga, and inland in Midland and Ellenbrook. South and east we cover Victoria Park, Cannington, Gosnells, Armadale and Byford, then Rockingham, Baldivis and Mandurah. Because searchers here name the suburb or region rather than the city, most of the service sites we build carry an area page for each part of the metro they cover.
Results from websites we build and grow.
Two examples from our published case studies where we worked on both the site and its search visibility. They show the approach we take, not results for firms in this city.
WordPress, Shopify or something else?
WordPress is the right choice when content matters as much as the sale: services businesses, publishers, membership sites, B2B sites with a lot of pages, and stores that need deep content alongside the catalogue. It is also the most flexible option when you need unusual functionality or want full ownership of your code and data.
For a straightforward retail catalogue where hosting, checkout and payments should just work, Shopify is often the better fit. We build on both and give you an honest recommendation based on your requirements, not on what we would prefer to sell. If you are weighing a wider redesign, see our web design and development service.
Distributors and wholesalers often need trade logins, account pricing and quote requests rather than a simple consumer checkout. WordPress with WooCommerce can handle both on one site. For a straightforward consumer range with no trade side, a hosted store can be the simpler option, and we will say so.
“Their team understood our business before we even had to explain it. Enquiries are up 250% and the quality is better than ever.”
How a website sells, not just how it looks.
Most websites are built by people who think about how they look. The Website Playbook is about how they sell: the funnel, the proposition, and the landing page, in the order you should work on them.
Send me the Website Playbook →
Free. 14 pages. 18-minute read. In your inbox. Magic-link delivery, it arrives in about two minutes, and there's no sales call attached to reading it.
WordPress development FAQs.
What clients ask before a WordPress project, including a few questions specific to working from the west coast. Contact us →
What does a WordPress developer actually do?
A WordPress developer builds and maintains the code behind a WordPress site: the custom theme, the content structures, plugin configuration and custom plugins, integrations with other tools, and the performance and security setup. They turn a design into a site your team can edit and keep running.
How long does a WordPress project take from brief to launch?
A standard WordPress website typically takes 4 to 8 weeks from design sign-off to launch. Larger projects with WooCommerce, custom plugins or significant content migration take 8 to 14 weeks. The main variable is how quickly feedback comes back during design. Your quote includes a project plan with milestone dates.
Should I use a template or a custom WordPress theme?
A template is quicker and cheaper at the start, but it carries code and layouts you do not need, is harder to speed up and often limits what you can change. A custom theme costs more up front and gives you a faster site, editing tools shaped around your content and no dependence on a theme vendor. For a site that has to earn revenue, custom usually pays back.
Do you work with Perth businesses?
Yes. We work with Perth businesses remotely. Workshops, design reviews and training run over video calls scheduled in AWST, progress sits on a staging site you can check whenever you like, and after launch you receive shared reporting on speed, uptime and enquiries.
Can you take over a WordPress project another developer abandoned?
Yes, and we do this regularly. We start with a technical assessment of what exists, what can be kept and what needs rebuilding, then give you an honest evaluation and a realistic scope. Sometimes fixing an inherited site costs more than starting fresh, and we will tell you when that is the case.
Will my Google rankings survive a WordPress migration or redesign?
They can, if the migration is planned for it. We crawl the existing site, map every URL to its new location with 301 redirects, carry over titles, descriptions and structured data, and monitor Search Console after launch. Rankings can dip briefly on any migration, and our process is designed to keep that short and small.
Can our site hold tender documents and capability statements securely?
Yes. We build a document library with categories, version control and access rules, so public brochures are open while pricing schedules or client-specific packs sit behind a login. Files are served from secure storage and every download can be tracked for follow-up.
Is WordPress or Shopify better for ecommerce?
For a standard retail catalogue, Shopify is usually the better choice because it handles hosting, security and payments natively. WooCommerce on WordPress wins when you need deep content alongside ecommerce, complex pricing rules, unusual product setups or B2B features. We build both and recommend based on your requirements.
Is WordPress secure?
WordPress core is actively maintained and regularly patched. Most compromised sites are hacked through outdated plugins, weak passwords or poor hosting. We reduce that risk with a minimal plugin set from maintained sources, hardened configuration, backups, malware scanning and a regular update routine.
Do you provide ongoing WordPress maintenance after launch?
Yes. Our maintenance retainer covers monthly updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security scanning and priority access to our developers for changes. Clients get a named account manager and a monthly report on load times, Core Web Vitals and any issues found.
Can you make my existing WordPress site faster?
Usually, yes. Slow WordPress sites are most often caused by heavy themes, too many plugins, uncompressed images and poor hosting. We audit the site, fix what is causing the delay and measure the result against Core Web Vitals. See our website speed optimisation service for details.
Where should a Perth website be hosted?
For an audience mainly in Western Australia, hosting in an Australian data centre plus a content delivery network with an edge location in Perth usually gives the best load times. We test from the west coast before launch and set up hosting to match where your customers actually are.
Get your free Perth WordPress audit.
Send us your site and within 48 hours we will check how your WordPress build handles speed, security, plugins and search, and whether it presents your capability clearly. No calls, no obligations.