We build custom WordPress websites around the way your organisation works
Your website shouldn’t be limited by a theme, a page builder, or someone else’s idea of how your content should fit together. When the platform becomes difficult to manage, slow to load, or expensive to change, it starts holding the organisation back.
We design and develop custom WordPress websites from our Cape Town studio for organisations in South Africa and around the world. Every build starts with your brand, users, content, and commercial goals, then turns them into a fast, flexible platform your team can manage with confidence.
Custom WordPress Strategy & Design
Good WordPress builds start before development. We align the platform with your brand, content, users, and business goals first.
We define what the platform needs to achieve before deciding how it should be built. Stakeholder workshops, content analysis, user journeys, and technical planning give the project a clear structure from the start.
We organise complex content into clear, useful journeys. A considered information architecture makes it easier for people to find what they need and easier for your team to manage how the site grows.
We design the user experience and interface as one connected system. Wireframes resolve structure and flow first; the visual design then brings your brand to life across every page, component, and screen size.
We create reusable components, layout rules, and content patterns that keep the website consistent as new pages are added. Your team gets flexibility without losing control of the brand.
Custom WordPress Development
Every component is built for a reason. The result is a focused platform without the weight and limitations of a pre-built theme.
We build WordPress themes specifically for your organisation. No pre-built templates or overloaded page builders, just the code, components, and functionality the website needs.
We create tailored Gutenberg blocks that give editors useful choices without turning every page into a design exercise. Teams can publish quickly while the layout, typography, and brand system stay consistent.
When off-the-shelf plugins can’t meet a requirement cleanly, we develop focused WordPress functionality around your workflows. This reduces unnecessary dependencies and gives the platform a clearer technical foundation.
We connect WordPress to the systems your organisation already relies on, including CRM, marketing automation, analytics, payment, search, and business platforms. Data moves where it needs to, without creating more manual work.
For platforms with more demanding performance or publishing requirements, we can use WordPress as a headless CMS. Your team keeps a familiar editing experience while a separate front end creates greater flexibility across websites, apps, and other digital channels.
WordPress Commerce, Migration & Growth
We build beyond launch, creating WordPress platforms that can sell, evolve, and perform as your organisation grows.
We design and develop WooCommerce platforms around the products, buying journeys, payment requirements, and operational realities of the business. The result is an online store that feels like your brand and functions like part of your organisation.
We move websites from legacy WordPress builds, proprietary platforms, or page-builder setups into a cleaner custom system. Content, URLs, integrations, and search equity are planned carefully so the new platform launches on solid ground.
We engineer for speed from the beginning, then test the platform across real devices and conditions. Lean code, considered asset loading, caching, and technical SEO improve Core Web Vitals, usability, and search performance.
We test across browsers, devices, screen sizes, and common assistive technologies. Accessibility isn’t a final checklist; it shapes the design system, content structure, and front-end code throughout the build.
After launch, we can manage updates, security, backups, performance monitoring, and ongoing development. The platform stays healthy while new content, features, and business requirements are introduced.
Why build on WordPress with Simplr
We bring brand thinking, digital design, and engineering together, so the platform works for both the people using it and the team managing it.
We don’t start with a theme and work backwards. Your brand, content, and user needs shape the design system first; WordPress is then configured to support that system properly.
The best CMS gives teams control without asking them to become designers. We tailor the editing experience around the content you publish, making everyday updates faster while protecting consistency.
Our UX designers, UI specialists, and developers work as one team from the start. Technical decisions inform the design early, reducing compromise, rework, and surprises later in the project.
We use modular components, structured content, and maintainable code so the website can grow without being rebuilt every time the organisation changes direction.