WORDPRESS DEVELOPMENT · LONDON

Custom WordPress builds.
Not templates.
Not page builders.

Mode builds bespoke WordPress websites. Hand-coded, fast, built to rank and designed to convert. No Elementor. No Divi. No drag-and-drop shortcuts that leave you with a slow, unmaintainable site and a hosting invoice you don't control.

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Website Launch from £4,995 + VAT · Custom WordPress build · 10–14 working days

THE PROBLEM WITH MOST WORDPRESS BUILDS

Most WordPress websites are built on page builders. They're slow, fragile and painful to hand over.

  • 01 Your site was built in Elementor. It loads in 4 seconds. Google penalises anything over 2.5 seconds on Core Web Vitals. You're losing rankings you didn't know you had.
  • 02 Your developer handed over a site that only they understand. Every change requires them. Every plugin update breaks something. You're not in control of your own website.
  • 03 You've got 47 plugins active. You don't know what half of them do. Three of them have outstanding security vulnerabilities. One of them is the one your entire site depends on.
  • 04 You built on a premium theme that looked great in the demo and doesn't look anything like the demo on your actual content. You've spent more on customisation than a bespoke build would have cost.
HOW MODE BUILDS WORDPRESS

Hand-coded custom theme. Minimal plugins. Built to last and easy to maintain.

Mode builds WordPress sites using a custom theme with hand-coded HTML, CSS and PHP. No page builders, no bloated frameworks. The result is a fast, lightweight site that you own and control. Minimal plugin dependencies. Clean code. Easy to maintain, easy to update, easy to hand over if you ever need to.

All builds include hosting migration support. If you're on bad hosting, we'll move you.

  • Custom WordPress theme (hand-coded, no page builders)
  • Up to 8 pages bespoke design
  • Conversion-focused copywriting
  • Technical SEO foundations
  • Page speed optimisation (Core Web Vitals)
  • SSL, security hardening, minimal plugins
  • Analytics (GA4) and Search Console setup
  • Admin training so you can manage it yourself
  • 30-day post-launch support
WHAT MAKES A GOOD WORDPRESS BUILD
01

Fast by default

Speed isn't an afterthought. A hand-coded custom theme with minimal dependencies loads faster than any page builder output. That's not an opinion. It's how the platform works.

02

Easy to manage

You shouldn't need a developer every time you want to change a sentence. Mode builds sites with clean WordPress admin interfaces so you can update your own content, without touching code.

03

Built to grow with you

A good WordPress site isn't finished on launch day. It's built with an architecture that accommodates new pages, new features and new content without needing a rebuild every 18 months.

GET STARTED

A WordPress site built properly. From scratch. In two weeks.

Get in touch and we'll look at your current setup, your goals and what Website Launch can deliver for your business.

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Further reading on this topic

Web & Conversion Why Elementor sites are slow — and what it's costing you → Web & Conversion Page speed is an SEO ranking factor. Most founders don't take it seriously enough. → Web & Conversion Your website is getting traffic but not converting. Here's why. →