Austin WordPress Development Company
Austin WordPress development for companies whose site was built fast and now has to carry serious traffic. Early shortcuts surface exactly when growth arrives, so we rebuild the foundations without taking the site offline in the process.
Real Mojo Dojo clients, on the record.
When the site you launched fast has to scale.
Nearly 203,000 people worked in tech across the region at the end of 2023, about 16.2% of the workforce, and the metro added 53,796 residents in the year to July 2025, the second-fastest growth of any large US metro. That combination produces a familiar website story. A startup or services firm launches on a theme and a stack of plugins to get to market quickly, then raises money, hires, and suddenly needs pricing pages, integrations, a careers section and landing pages for every campaign. The shortcuts that made launch possible start to slow everything down.
Our rebuilds focus on the foundations: a custom theme with only the code the site uses, a block library your growth team can assemble pages from, and clean integrations with your CRM, analytics and product sign-up. We rebuild on staging alongside the live site, migrate content with scripts, and switch over with redirects mapped so traffic and rankings carry across without downtime.
The buyers here are demanding. With 59.6% of adult city residents holding a bachelor's degree or higher and a large share working in tech, visitors notice slow pages and clumsy forms. Growth is also moving outward to Round Rock, Georgetown, Kyle and Hutto, and 30.3% of city residents speak a language other than English at home, mostly Spanish. For service businesses that often means location pages and a Spanish version of key content, planned in from the start alongside SEO.
WordPress development in Austin: a market that moves fast.
Census, city and regional figures that shape what websites here need to handle. Sources are named on each figure.
Industries we help in Austin.
Six sectors driving growth in Central Texas, and the WordPress work each one needs most.
Software and SaaS
Marketing sites rebuilt for scale, with modular blocks for landing pages, docs and changelog sections, and clean handoff to your CRM and product analytics.
Semiconductor and industrial suppliers
Capability and certification libraries, spec sheets and RFQ forms for suppliers chasing work around the Samsung fabs in Taylor and other advanced manufacturing projects.
Health care practices
Fast, accessible sites for clinics, dental and therapy practices with provider profiles, online booking and bilingual patient information.
Live music, hospitality and events
Venue, restaurant and hotel sites that stay responsive through SXSW in March and ACL and the Grand Prix in October, with menus and listings owners can edit.
Government contractors and nonprofits
Accessible, well-documented WordPress for organizations working with the state capital, with document libraries and clear governance.
Construction and home services
Location pages, project galleries and quote forms for builders and trades following new housing into Leander, Kyle, Hutto and Pflugerville.
Outgrown the website you launched in a hurry?
Tell us what the site needs to support now, from integrations to campaign pages, and we will return a fixed-price rebuild plan with no downtime at switchover.
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 license 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, optimized 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 Austin WordPress audit.
Submit your site and within 48 hours we will check its theme, plugins, integrations and speed, and tell you whether your WordPress foundations can scale or need a rebuild. No calls, no obligations.
WordPress development services for growing companies.
The complete scope, from rebuild to retainer. Scaling companies usually start with content modeling, integrations and speed.
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 optimization 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 expert 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.
For venture-backed teams, the marketing site is often the first thing investors, candidates and enterprise buyers check. We give growth teams a block library for campaign pages, set up experiments without slowing the site, and keep developer time for product work rather than landing page requests.
How we work with you.
Three ways to engage. Most scale-ups come to us for a rescue audit first, then move to a fixed-price rebuild.
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 Austin WordPress audit.
Submit your site and within 48 hours we will check its theme, plugins, integrations and speed, and tell you whether your WordPress foundations can scale or need a rebuild. No calls, no obligations.
How we run an Austin WordPress rebuild.
Six stages with sign-off at each. The new site is built on staging next to the live one, and everything is managed remotely over video calls.
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 Austin.
We work with companies across the metro, remotely, through video calls, shared staging links and regular reporting. In the city that includes downtown, East Austin, South Congress, Zilker, Hyde Park, Mueller, North Austin and Westlake.
North of the city we build for businesses in Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Hutto and Manor. To the west we cover Lakeway, Bee Cave and Dripping Springs, and south and east Kyle, Buda, San Marcos and Bastrop. Because most new households are landing in these suburbs, service businesses often need a page for each one they serve.
Selected results.
Featured projects from our wider client portfolio. They illustrate our approach rather than results for companies 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 catalog. 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 catalog 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.
Plenty of Central Texas startups begin on a hosted site builder and move to WordPress once they need custom integrations, gated content or a real content model. Others go the opposite way for a simple store. We map your next two years of marketing needs first, then recommend the platform that fits them.
“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.
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WordPress development FAQs.
Common questions before a WordPress project, plus a few that fast-growing companies ask us. 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.
Can you rebuild our site without taking it offline?
Yes. We build the new version on a separate staging environment while your current site keeps running, freeze content only briefly before launch, and switch over with every URL mapped to its new home. Most visitors never notice anything except that pages load faster.
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.
Is WordPress or Shopify better for ecommerce?
For a standard retail catalog, 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 optimization service for details.
Do you work with Austin businesses?
We do, fully remotely. Kickoff, design reviews and training happen over video calls, the rebuild lives on a shared staging site you can check at any time, and after launch you get shared reporting on speed, conversions and uptime.
Should our WordPress site have a Spanish version?
If a meaningful share of your customers prefer Spanish, often yes. We build proper translated pages with their own URLs and hreflang tags, not an automatic widget, so the Spanish content can rank in search and forms, emails and confirmations work in both languages.
Get your free Austin WordPress audit.
Submit your site and within 48 hours we will check its theme, plugins, integrations and speed, and tell you whether your WordPress foundations can scale or need a rebuild. No calls, no obligations.