WordPress • Performance • Maintainability

WordPress Development

Need WordPress development that’s fast, stable and easy to manage? I build and improve WordPress websites for businesses that want something reliable — not a fragile setup full of workarounds.

I’m Michael Wood — 10+ years experience across WordPress, WooCommerce, custom plugins, performance improvements, tracking and automation. You deal directly with the developer doing the work.

Typical work: new WordPress builds, plugin fixes, redesigns, performance improvements, form/email fixes and technical cleanup.
What I do

WordPress development services

Build • Fix • Improve
Build

New WordPress websites

Business websites, brochure sites and landing pages built for speed, SEO and easy content editing.

Web development ↗
Fix

WordPress fixes & support

Plugin conflicts, layout breakages, email issues, broken forms, update problems and unstable themes.

WordPress & WooCommerce ↗
Improve

Performance & technical cleanup

Core Web Vitals, image optimisation, script reduction, tracking fixes and technical SEO improvements.

Speed & SEO improvements ↗

Common WordPress jobs I take on

Slow WordPress sites

Improving performance caused by heavy themes, bloated plugins, large images and poor caching.

Plugin conflicts

Finding the real cause of breakages and fixing them properly without introducing more technical debt.

Forms, email and spam issues

SMTP setup, deliverability improvements and reliable enquiry handling so leads actually arrive.

Tracking and reporting problems

GA4, GTM and conversion tracking setup so your reports are usable and your marketing data makes sense.

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WordPress development that stays maintainable

A lot of WordPress sites look fine on the surface but become difficult to update, slow to load and risky to change. My focus is building or improving websites so they stay fast, stable and easy to manage.

→ Clean structure and sensible plugin usage
→ Better performance and Core Web Vitals
→ Reliable forms, emails and lead capture
→ Easier long-term maintenance
Need something location-specific too? See WordPress Developer Sheffield ↗
FAQ

WordPress development — common questions

Can you work on an existing WordPress site?
Yes — that includes fixes, redesign work, performance improvements, plugin conflicts, new features and technical cleanup.
Do you only build from templates?
No — I can work with quality themes where sensible, but I also build custom functionality and cleaner bespoke implementations.
What do you need to quote?
Usually a link to the site and a short summary of what you need built, changed or fixed.
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