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WordPress without the template look.

Custom WordPress themes and block libraries built for your content, your editors, and your performance targets. No bloated page builders, and no theme you will outgrow in a year.

F&L Epoxy Flooring — WordPress Development work by Chicago Web Solutions
F&L Epoxy Flooring

Overview

WordPress is a strong platform when someone builds it properly.

WordPress powers a large share of the web for good reasons: it is flexible, editors already know it, and your content is not locked into anyone's proprietary system. Most WordPress complaints we hear are not really about the platform. They come from a purchased theme stretched past its limits, a page builder generating heavy markup, and thirty plugins doing work that a few lines of code would handle.

We build custom themes from your design system, with editor-friendly Gutenberg blocks or ACF-powered components that match your page patterns exactly. Editors get the flexibility they need inside guardrails that keep pages on brand. Developers get clean, version-controlled code. Visitors get fast pages, because each template only loads what it needs.

Our WordPress work covers new builds, migrations from Squarespace, Wix, Drupal, or aging WordPress installs, multisite networks, and ongoing care. Custom WordPress marketing sites typically land between $18,000 and $60,000 including design. Migrations without a redesign often run $8,000 to $25,000 depending on content volume and URL complexity. Many of our Chicago clients are professional services firms, real estate groups, and regulated businesses that need a dependable review workflow as much as a good-looking homepage.

Business problems we solve

Where wordpress development usually goes wrong.

  1. 01

    The page builder slowed everything down

    Visual builders make the first version quick and every version after it slower. You end up with bloated markup, dozens of scripts, and layouts that break when someone nudges a column.

  2. 02

    Editors are afraid to touch the site

    When one wrong click wrecks a layout, updates stall or get routed through a developer. Content goes stale because publishing feels risky.

  3. 03

    Plugin sprawl creates security and update risk

    Every abandoned plugin is a potential vulnerability and another reason updates get skipped. Eventually the site runs on an old PHP version and nobody wants to be the one who clicks update.

  4. 04

    Regulated content has no review process

    Financial, healthcare, and legal teams need drafts, approvals, and a record of what changed. Out-of-the-box WordPress does not enforce any of that.

Capabilities

What the work includes.

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Detail — F&L Epoxy Flooring
  • Custom theme development

    Lightweight themes built from your design system, with no page-builder dependency and no starter-theme baggage.

  • Gutenberg block libraries

    Custom blocks and patterns for every recurring layout, with locked structure and editable content.

  • ACF and custom post types

    Structured content for people, locations, properties, case studies, or listings, with filters and relationships.

  • Migrations and replatforming

    Content, media, and URLs moved from other CMSs or legacy WordPress, with full redirect mapping to protect rankings.

  • Editorial and compliance workflows

    Roles, draft and approval states, revision history, and scheduled publishing for teams with a review step.

  • Performance and security hardening

    Caching, image optimization, plugin reduction, least-privilege access, and managed updates.

  • WooCommerce and integrations

    Commerce, CRM forms, event feeds, and third-party data brought into WordPress without fragile plugin chains.

Approach & process

How we run a wordpress development engagement.

  1. 01

    Audit

    An inventory of templates, content types, plugins, and URLs, with a clear list of what to keep, rebuild, or retire.

  2. 02

    Content model

    Post types, fields, taxonomies, and block patterns mapped to the approved designs.

  3. 03

    Theme and block build

    Development on staging, with your editors invited in early to test the authoring experience.

  4. 04

    Migration and QA

    Content migrated, redirects tested, and every template checked on devices and inside the editor.

  5. 05

    Training and launch

    Live training for editors, a written editing guide, and a monitored launch.

Technology

Tools we use for wordpress development.

  • WordPress
  • Gutenberg
  • Advanced Custom Fields Pro
  • WooCommerce
  • WP-CLI
  • Composer
  • WP Engine / Kinsta
  • Cloudflare
  • Gravity Forms
  • Query Monitor

FAQ

WordPress Development questions.

Start a project

Running a WordPress site that fights you?

Send us the site and a short list of frustrations. We will tell you whether it needs a cleanup, a migration, or a proper rebuild.

  1. 01 A senior strategist replies within one business day.
  2. 02 A 45-minute call on goals, constraints and budget.
  3. 03 A fixed scope, timeline and price, usually within a week.

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