WordPress and WooCommerce development, with our own in-house team

WordPress website development
with 15 years of experience

WordPress website development and business website builds using a handful of carefully vetted plugins, so the site stays quick to update and easy to maintain for years to come. If another platform suits the job better, we’ll tell you that too.

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WordPress that’s still fast
and up to date two years on

A WordPress website proves its worth in year two: by then the core, theme and plugins have been updated many times over, yet the site is just as fast as on launch day.

That takes a handful of actively maintained plugins, clean code and a well-configured server. These three form the basis of every WordPress website and WooCommerce webshop we build.

15years’ experience
2–5days, brochure website
1–2weeks, WooCommerce
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Where we recommend WordPress

Five situations where WordPress is the best value foundation: its editor is familiar and its plugin ecosystem is mature.

  • 01

    Content-driven business website

    Blog posts, news or case studies go up regularly, managed by someone on the company’s own team.

  • 02

    Small and medium-sized webshops

    WooCommerce for up to a few hundred products, with standard shipping and payment flows.

  • 03

    A familiar editor

    Your team already works with WordPress, so there’s no new system to learn.

  • 04

    Lots of third-party services

    Newsletters, booking, CRM or invoicing, wherever a well-maintained, official plugin already exists.

  • 05

    An existing WordPress website

    It works, it just needs sorting out: updates, speed and security.

A better fit: WebPot CMS.Magento 2.Laravel.custom code.

WordPress is the world’s most widely used content management system, and its limits are well known too. There are four situations where we’ll flag it early if a different foundation makes more sense: the wrong platform choice becomes the most expensive line item in a project further down the line.

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  • Speed, securityWebPot CMSRuns without plugins, so there’s no public vulnerability database for it either.
  • Large catalogueMagento 2Thousands of products, price tiers, stock management and B2B pricing.
  • Application-like websitesLaravelCustomer accounts, workflow management, custom APIs, integration with internal systems.
  • 8–10 chained pluginsCustom developmentWith that many plugins stacked on each other, WordPress becomes slow and fragile.

The task defines the platform. Tell us what the site needs to do, who’ll manage it and what it needs to connect to: the right choice follows from that.

Comparing webshop platforms: webshop platform comparison 2026

We take it over, we rescue it, we maintain it.

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Most of our WordPress projects start with an existing website: it’s slow, outdated, its developer has moved on, or it never came back properly after an update. These can usually be fixed, at a much lower cost than a rebuild.

It doesn’t matter who built the site, we start with the same assessment.

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0data loss in our migrations
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WordPress maintenance and takeovers: six situations where people come to us

Every one starts with an assessment: updates, security, speed, backups. After that, you get an itemised recommendation of what’s worth fixing and in what order.

We also take on running a working site on its own, as a monthly maintenance package.

  • 01Taking over an orphaned websiteThe previous developer is gone, along with the documentation and sometimes even access. We map out what’s under the hood and take it from there.
  • 02Hosting and domain changesWith continuous uptime, fine-tuning the server environment so the site gets faster too.
  • 03Performance optimisationWe start by measuring: this reveals whether it’s the plugins, the images, the database or the hosting that’s slowing things down.
  • 04Updates and protectionRegular updates, backups and replacing vulnerable plugins before anything breaks.
  • 05Recovering a crashed websiteAfter a bad update, we quickly work out what broke and get it running again.
  • 06Custom pluginCalculators, third-party integrations or custom business logic, with clean, documented code.

Nine essentials in every WordPress project

WordPress itself is free; the value lies in what goes into it and how. These nine essentials are part of the base package on every project, whether it’s a five-page site or a WooCommerce webshop.

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01
Planningbefore the first screen design

Structure and content plan

This settles which pages are needed, what goes on them and the path a visitor takes through to requesting a quote.

Design matched to your brand

Colours, fonts and proportions come from your brand identity, with the mobile view designed separately.

Carefully chosen plugins

Only actively maintained plugins go on the site. Anything that can be solved with ten lines of code, we write ourselves.

02
Buildthe conditions for handover

Speed before handover

Image optimisation, caching, clean HTML and a properly configured server: fast loading is a condition of handover.

Backups and protection

Automatic backups, configured permissions, SSL and basic attack protection, so there’s something to fall back on if anything goes wrong.

SEO basics and measurement

Titles, meta descriptions, structured data, sitemap, GA4 and Search Console, so search engines and AI answer engines understand the site from launch.

03
After handovereven after going live

Training

We show you how to edit content and add images and new pages, with a short written guide.

Hosting and operations

It can run on our own managed Ubuntu VPS or with your existing provider, with ongoing maintenance if you’d like.

One person you can reach

You always talk to the same person who built the site, no ticket system and no being passed around.

A WordPress website can be put together in a few days. Whether it was put together well shows at the first major update it goes through.

What does it cost,
if you cut corners?

The cost of cutting corners shows up in the first year, in four places. The fourth one is what we do about it.

Plugins stacked on plugins

Every new requirement gets solved with another plugin, and each one brings a little more slowdown, a little more risk and a new dependency. At the first major update, the site falls apart, and the fix takes days, sometimes weeks.

The visual design

A website decides whether it looks trustworthy within seconds. That comes down to proportions, spacing, typography and order: small details on their own, but together they’re what makes a site look professional.

The rebuild

A badly built site is often easier to rebuild than to fix. So cutting corners just delays and doubles the cost, while in the meantime you lose visitors who would otherwise have come.

What we bring to it

In fifteen years we’ve worked with all kinds of companies and seen all kinds of mistakes, so we spot most dead ends at the planning stage. We know which plugin suits which job, and when custom development is the better choice.

How much does a WordPress website cost?

A custom-designed WordPress website for business sites starts at €1,900 + VAT, while a fixed-layout site starts at €700 + VAT. A few sentences about your project are enough: you’ll get an itemised, written quote within a day.

€1,900upwards, + VAT
1 dayfor an itemised quote
€0for a quote request
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Fast start
€700upwards
+ VAT, one-off fee

We work from a fixed layout and a vetted WordPress theme; AI generates most of the copy and images, which leaves a narrower budget for fine-tuning. In return, the turnaround is measured in days, and the editor, hosting and mobile-friendly setup are exactly the same. You can move to a custom design at any point later on.

Four things drive the price

01

Scope

Number of pages, a blog, a product list, multiple languages. Whether the copy and images are ready, or we need to sort those out too.

02

Features

A contact form and gallery are cheap. A booking system, calculator, payments and third-party integrations are what make up the real development work.

03

Branding

Work goes faster with an existing logo, colours and brand guidelines. A brand identity designed from scratch is a separate, one-off item.

04

Starting point

Fixing up and maintaining a working site is typically a fraction of the cost of a new one.

The quote is itemised, with a deadline alongside each item. If a different foundation suits the job better, we’ll say so too: see the website development and the business website development pages. For monthly running costs, see the WordPress maintenance pricing 2026 article.

Frequently asked questions about WordPress website development

21 questions in three topics, based on the WordPress enquiries we receive most often. If yours isn't among them, get in touch: we'll give you a specific answer.

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Price and timeline

How much does a WordPress website cost?

The real cost depends on the features and the state of your content. A fixed-layout, fast-launch WordPress site starts from €700 + VAT; with a custom design, business website development starts from around €1,900 + VAT. After an assessment, we give you an itemised, written quote. What's not worth cutting corners on: hosting, security, backups.

For detailed market price ranges, see website development prices 2026.

How long does it take to build a WordPress website?

A brochure-style WordPress website typically takes 2–5 days, and a WooCommerce shop 1–2 weeks. The turnaround is most often determined by how quickly your text and images are ready. For urgent cases, an accelerated schedule is available on request.

What does WordPress maintenance include and how much does it cost?

Maintenance includes core, theme and plugin updates, daily backups, security monitoring and bug fixes. We provide it as a monthly package, priced according to your site's size and how business-critical it is. Without it, WordPress becomes vulnerable within months: hacked sites are almost always neglected sites.

Details: WordPress maintenance prices 2026.

What are the steps in the WordPress website development process?

We start with an assessment and a structure plan, followed by a design tailored to your brand, then development with carefully selected plugins. Before handover, we measure speed, set up backups, protection and the SEO basics, and finally train you to edit the site. You work with a single point of contact throughout, so you always know where the project stands.

How much do paid plugins and theme licences cost?

WordPress itself is free; the cost comes from the theme and the plugins. A paid theme is usually a one-off or annual fee, while larger plugins (multilingual support, booking, more complex webshop features) run on an annual licence: an expired licence won't take your site down, but it stops receiving updates and support, which is a security risk.

That's why our quote always lists which elements carry an annual fee and how much. Our aim is to keep these to a minimum: whatever can reasonably be solved without a licence, we solve that way.

Can I build my own WordPress website?

For a simple brochure site, yes, and if you have time to learn it, it's a good route: that's exactly why WordPress became so popular. A first version comes together in a few days with a ready-made theme.

Where DIY builds usually get stuck: speed, security settings, backups, the basics of search engine optimisation, and knowing which plugin will cause trouble later. If your site matters to your business, it's worth leaving these to a specialist; we're happy to review a site you've built yourself and tell you what's missing.

Takeover and rescue

Can you take over my existing WordPress website?

Yes, we take over sites built by others too, and it's a significant part of our work. We start with a condition assessment: updates, security, speed, backups. You then get an itemised recommendation on what's worth fixing and in what order.

My WordPress website has been hacked. Can you help?

Yes, we handle malware removal, recovery and hardening against reinfection, on an urgent basis if needed. Once your site is restored, we also close off the entry point that was exploited. On request, we also help resolve browser security warnings.

Why is my WordPress website slow and what can be done?

The most common causes are too many plugins, weak hosting, missing caching and unoptimised images. We start with measurement, then fix things in a targeted way; the improvement in Core Web Vitals scores is usually striking. Our fastest WordPress sites run on our own managed VPS.

Will I lose my Google rankings with a new website?

No, not if the switchover is done properly: 301 redirects, a preserved URL structure wherever possible, and measurement after the switch. This is a mandatory protocol in all our migrations. The most common cause of lost traffic is precisely skipping this step.

I'm looking for a WordPress developer for an existing website. Can you help?

Yes. A custom plugin, connecting an external system, bug fixes or speed optimisation are all available for an existing WordPress site too. We start with a brief assessment to see what the site is built on, then give you an itemised quote for the task.

Platform and hosting

What makes WebPot DEV's WordPress development different?

Instead of stacking up plugins, we build with a small number of vetted components, which is why our sites are fast and stay maintainable years later. With 15 years of experience, we know which plugins cause trouble down the line. We back up our speed claims with measurement.

WordPress or a custom-built CMS: which should I choose?

If a wide plugin ecosystem and a familiar admin matter most to you, choose WordPress. If speed, security and avoiding plugin dependencies matter most, choose our own WebPot CMS. We develop both, so our advice is platform-independent: we recommend whichever fits the task.

WordPress webshop development: do you build WooCommerce online shops too?

Yes, WooCommerce is a good choice for smaller and medium-sized webshops. For higher traffic or more complex requirements, we recommend Magento 2 or our own WShop system. We give platform-independent advice for this decision, because we develop all three.

WordPress hosting: what kind of hosting runs WordPress well?

A good shared hosting plan is enough for a small site, but as traffic grows, managed VPS hosting delivers stable speed. On our own Ubuntu VPS servers, WordPress runs particularly fast, with daily backups and monitoring. We handle the migration without downtime.

Can I edit the finished website myself?

Yes, we hand over the WordPress admin with training, plus a short guide for the basic tasks. If you get stuck, we help as part of the maintenance package. If you'd rather not deal with it at all, we can take on your content updates too.

Is the WordPress website built with Elementor, a ready-made template or a custom theme?

It depends on the task. If you edit often and a visual builder matters to you, a page builder (Elementor, for example) can be a good choice. If speed and long-term maintainability come first, we recommend a lightweight theme tailored to your brand, with few plugins. We also take over sites built on a ready-made WordPress template (Avada, Divi); after an assessment, we'll tell you whether it's worth keeping.

WordPress SEO: will the finished website be search-engine optimised?

SEO fundamentals are part of every WordPress project we deliver: a clean URL structure, unique titles and meta descriptions, correct heading hierarchy, a sitemap and fast loading. We use one SEO plugin (typically Yoast SEO or Rank Math), properly configured. Ongoing work, meaning keyword research, content building and link building, is a separate search engine optimisation service.

Can I run a blog on my WordPress website?

Yes, WordPress started out as a blogging engine, so this part is particularly strong: categories, tags, authors, scheduled publishing and newsletter integration are all possible. Blog setup is available on request for any site we build.

It's worth it for your business if you'll regularly have something to write about: most search traffic today lands on articles, not on service pages. An abandoned blog full of two-year-old posts, on the other hand, is worse than having none at all: in that case, it's better to build fewer, well-maintained knowledge-base pages instead.

Can a WordPress website be multilingual?

Yes, there are several proven solutions (WPML or Polylang, for example), and the hreflang markup that search engines need can also be set up. It's important to know that multilingual support isn't just a technical switch: every language is separate content that needs to be maintained too.

That's why it's worth deciding in advance which pages should appear in every language and which only in Hungarian. We also handle translation and ongoing maintenance of the language versions.

WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress: what's the difference?

WordPress.com is a rented service with a monthly fee and limited extensibility. Self-hosted WordPress (WordPress.org) is open source, freely extensible, and the site belongs entirely to you. For a business website or webshop, we recommend the latter, and it's what we work with too.

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WebPot DEV brings 15 years of experience to Magento, WordPress, e-commerce, custom web system and mobile app development.

Beyond the web, we also build Android and Windows apps, run and maintain servers, integrate AI, and install Loxone smart home systems and robotic lawnmowers.

Tell us about your idea or your problem, and we will work out together how to make it happen.

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