WordPress development company
Custom WordPress sites, plugins and stores built the maintainable way: block themes driven by theme.json, purpose-built Gutenberg blocks, WooCommerce extensions, and headless front ends, all versioned in Git with Composer and deployed through CI.
- Senior engineers · IST + EST overlap
- NDA on day 1
- 24-hour reply
- Projects shipped
- 50+
- Code ownership
- 100%
- Client rating
- 4.8/5
- First reply
- 24h
WordPress without the plugin pile-up
Krapton builds and rescues WordPress sites as a WordPress development company that treats the CMS as an application platform, not a theme marketplace. Most slow, fragile WordPress installs are held back by page builders, overlapping plugins and themes nobody can update safely, rather than by WordPress itself. Our engineers build block themes with theme.json and custom Gutenberg blocks written in React with the @wordpress/scripts toolchain, so editors get structured, on-brand layouts without a heavyweight builder. Custom functionality lives in small, tested plugins that follow WordPress Coding Standards, sanitize input, escape output and check capabilities and nonces. Sites are managed with Composer, deployed from Git, and use a persistent object cache such as Redis plus full-page caching at the host or CDN. When the front end needs app-like behavior or must share content with mobile apps, we build headless WordPress with WPGraphQL or the REST API and a Next.js front end, and we explain the editorial preview and plugin tradeoffs that come with it.
WordPress development services
Block theme development
Full Site Editing themes configured through theme.json, with block patterns, template parts and locked layouts that keep editors on-brand while letting them build new pages independently.
Custom Gutenberg blocks
Dynamic and static blocks built with block.json and @wordpress/scripts, server-rendered where SEO or caching demands it, and interactive features using the Interactivity API instead of jQuery.
Plugin engineering
Custom plugins with custom post types, REST endpoints, WP-CLI commands and admin screens, written to WordPress Coding Standards and tested with PHPUnit against the WordPress test suite.
WooCommerce development
Store builds and extensions with High-Performance Order Storage compatibility, custom checkout fields via the Checkout block, payment gateway integration, and ERP or inventory sync through Action Scheduler queues.
Headless WordPress
WordPress as the content backend for Next.js or Astro front ends via WPGraphQL or the REST API, with draft previews, incremental revalidation and editor workflows that still feel familiar.
Speed and security rescue
Query Monitor profiling, plugin audits, object and page caching, image and script cleanup for Core Web Vitals, plus vulnerability scanning, hardening and update policies for neglected installs.
Why teams choose Krapton for WordPress
Senior engineers, fixed scope, and code you own — the things agencies promise and rarely deliver.
Fewer plugins, owned code
We replace overlapping third-party plugins with focused custom code where it reduces risk, leaving a site with fewer update conflicts and less code you did not write.
Editors considered from day one
Block patterns, locked templates and clear field labels are designed with your content team, so publishing stays fast without breaking layouts or calling a developer.
Security basics never skipped
Every custom endpoint checks capabilities and nonces, input is sanitized and output escaped, PHPCS security sniffs run in CI, and dependencies are monitored against WPScan or Patchstack advisories.
Proper deployment pipeline
Code moves from Git through staging to production with Composer-managed dependencies and WP-CLI database tasks, so nobody edits theme files live through the dashboard again.
How a WordPress project runs with Krapton
01
Content and site audit
We inventory content types, plugins, theme code, hosting and editorial workflows, flagging abandoned plugins, slow queries and anything blocking safe core updates.
02
Content model and design
Custom post types, fields, taxonomies and block patterns are modeled with editors, and designs are translated into theme.json tokens and reusable blocks.
03
Build on staging
Development happens in Git with automated checks; editors review on a staging site while content migration scripts run with WP-CLI and are verified.
04
Launch and care
Krapton handles redirects, caching, monitoring and backups at launch, then manages core, plugin and PHP updates on a tested schedule if you want ongoing support.
The WordPress stack we build with
WordPress development: questions answered
What should a WordPress development company deliver beyond a theme?
A site your team can edit, update and extend without fear. That means a content model built on custom post types and fields, a block theme or custom blocks that keep layouts consistent, custom plugins for business logic, a Git-based deployment process, caching and monitoring, and an update policy for core, plugins and PHP. A theme alone covers only the visual layer.
Is WordPress the right choice for our project?
Yes for content-led sites, marketing sites, publications and many WooCommerce stores, especially when non-technical editors publish daily. Complex web applications with heavy custom data and permissions are usually cleaner in Laravel or a Node.js backend, and teams wanting a purely API-first CMS may prefer Sanity, Contentful or Strapi. Headless WordPress sits between those options.
Can you migrate a page-builder site to the block editor?
Yes, and it is usually worth doing when Elementor, Divi or WPBakery markup is slowing pages and complicating updates. We map existing layouts to block patterns and custom blocks, rebuild templates as a block theme, then convert content with WP-CLI scripts where structure allows and by hand for complex pages. Redirects, URLs and structured data are preserved so search visibility carries over.
How do you make a slow WordPress site fast?
By finding the actual bottleneck before installing another optimization plugin. Query Monitor and server profiling show slow database queries, autoloaded options bloat and expensive hooks; Lighthouse and field data show front-end weight. Fixes typically include a persistent object cache, full-page caching at the host or CDN, removing render-blocking plugin assets, modern image formats with correct sizes, and replacing WP-Cron with a real system cron.
What affects the cost of WordPress development services?
The content model and integrations matter far more than page count. Main drivers are the number of custom blocks and templates, WooCommerce complexity such as subscriptions or custom checkout logic, integrations with CRMs, ERPs or membership systems, content migration volume, multilingual or Multisite needs, headless architecture, and the state of any existing code. Reviewing your current site and plugin list is the quickest way to size it.
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