Independent Studio · Est. 2017
London  ·  51.5074°N UTC +0

Websites,
built with
precision
& patience.

We're a small web development studio based in the United Kingdom — engineering bespoke websites, WordPress platforms and digital products for ambitious brands who care about the details.

01 — About the studio

A studio of quiet craftspeople, working at the seam of design and engineering.

We've spent the better part of a decade building websites that quietly outperform the loud ones — for founders, agencies and established brands across the UK.

Founded in 2017, wpdc.dev grew out of a belief that the best websites are made by small teams who write the code, sweat the typography, and answer the phone themselves. No layers. No handoffs. No mystery.

From a studio outside London, we partner with a deliberately small number of clients each year — long enough to learn the business, short enough to ship something that matters. Every project is led by the same people from first sketch to live site.

160+
Projects shipped since 2017
9yrs
In WordPress engineering
98
Avg. Lighthouse score
4.9
Across 70+ client reviews
02 — Services

What we do, and how we do it well.

/01

Bespoke websites

Hand-built marketing sites and brand-led platforms for businesses that have outgrown templates. Designed in-house, written in clean code, and tuned for performance from the first commit.

/02

WordPress engineering

Custom themes, ACF-powered editors and bespoke plugins built around the way your team actually publishes. Maintainable, secure and a pleasure to use long after launch.

/03

WooCommerce builds

Online stores engineered for growth — from clean catalogue work to subscription models, deposits, and complex checkout customisations that actually convert.

/04

Headless & Jamstack

When speed and scale are non-negotiable: Next.js, Astro and Sanity-powered front ends backed by the CMS your team already loves. Deployed on Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare.

/05

Performance & SEO

Audits, Core Web Vitals work, technical SEO and migrations done by people who actually open the network tab. We measure twice, ship once, then measure again.

/06

Ongoing care

A monthly retainer for the brands we build with — proactive maintenance, security, hosting oversight and a real human on Slack when something needs a steady hand.

03 — Voices

Kind words from the people we've built things with.

They rebuilt our entire WordPress estate without a single broken link or anxious phone call. The kind of quiet competence you stop noticing — which is exactly the point.

H
Harriet Linwood
Marketing Director · Albion & Co.

We spoke to four agencies. wpdc.dev was the only one who asked about our editors before our visitors. Two years on, that decision still pays for itself every week.

J
James Okafor
Founder · Northbound Studio

A genuinely senior team that codes, communicates and ships. Our store handled Black Friday without a wobble — and our developers actually understand the codebase now.

P
Priya Bhatt
Head of Digital · Saltbrook
04 — Frequently asked

The questions we hear most often.

01 How long does a typical project take?
Most marketing websites take six to ten weeks from kick-off to launch. Larger platforms, e-commerce builds and migrations can run three to four months. We'll always give you an honest, dated timeline before any contract is signed — and we hit them.
02 What does a project cost?
Bespoke websites typically start around £8,000 and scale with complexity. WooCommerce and headless builds usually fall between £15,000 and £45,000. Ongoing care plans start at £350 per month. Every quote is fixed-fee and itemised — no surprises.
03 Do you work with clients outside the UK?
Yes — roughly a third of our clients are based in Europe, North America or Australia. We work in UK hours but keep healthy overlap windows, and we're comfortable on Slack, Linear, Notion and most of the usual tools.
04 Can you take over an existing WordPress site?
Almost always. We start with a paid technical audit (typically two days) covering security, performance, accessibility and code quality. From there you'll get a clear remediation plan and a fixed quote for the work — whether that's a tidy-up, a re-platform or a full rebuild.
05 Who actually does the work?
The same senior people you meet in the first call. We're a deliberately small studio — no juniors thrown at briefs, no offshored handovers, no project managers translating between you and the team building the site. You'll know everyone's name by week two.
06 Do you offer hosting?
We don't host directly, but we'll set you up on the right platform for your build — Kinsta, WP Engine, SiteGround or Cloudflare for WordPress; Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare for headless. Our care plan clients get hosting oversight included.
05 — Start a project

Tell us what you're building.

We take on a small number of new projects each quarter. Drop us a note and we'll come back to you within one working day.

Email hello@wpdc.dev
Phone +44 20 7946 0102
Studio London, UK
Hours Mon–Fri · 09:00 GMT