OUR SERVICES

WordPress Development Agency - Custom & Headless

We build WordPress sites that go far beyond themes. Kultrix develops custom block themes, performant plugins, and headless WordPress architectures that give content teams the editing experience they love while delivering the performance and flexibility developers need.

Next step: get your project scoped

Tell us what you are building - what exists today, what it has to do and when it has to be live. We come back with the questions we need answered and a scoped estimate instead of a range.

Describe your project

EXPERTISE

Our Tech Stack

WordPress
PHP
React
ACF Pro
WP REST API
Gutenberg

OUR APPROACH

Flexible Engagement Models

Choose the cooperation format that best fits your business goals and development velocity.

Startups

MVP Development

Fast launch to test your idea and gather user feedback with minimal investment.

What's included

  • Core feature development
  • Basic UI/UX design
  • Stable performance

Timeline Typically 9-16 weeks

Businesses

Full App Build

Complete cycle from initial strategy and design to final launch.

What's included

  • Custom architecture & design
  • Seamless team integration
  • Production-ready release

Timeline Typically 20-40 weeks

Enterprises

Team Extension

Scale your team with expert developers to accelerate development.

What's included

  • Senior-level developers
  • Seamless team integration
  • Flexible management

Timeline Flexible / Long-term

OUR PROCESS

How We Work

We specialize in creating user-centered & innovative solutions. Delivering seamless digital experiences.

Discovery
ResearchFlow MapUser Interview
Solution
ArchitectureWireframesPrototyping
Development
Sprint CyclesCode ReviewQA Testing
Launch
DeploymentMonitoringHandoff

EXPERT INSIGHTS

Custom Theme vs Page Builder in WordPress

A bespoke WordPress theme delivers performance, brand fidelity, and long-term maintainability that drag-and-drop builders cannot match.

Go With Custom Theme

  • Clean, lean code

    No bloated builder JS/CSS - only what the design actually needs.

  • Full brand control

    Every pixel matches the design system without workarounds.

  • Performance

    Scores 90+ on PageSpeed without fighting builder bloat.

  • Long-term maintainability

    Standard WordPress hooks - no proprietary builder APIs to learn.

Go With Page Builder (Elementor/Divi)

  • Visual editing

    Non-technical users can update layouts without developer help.

  • Fast prototyping

    Drag-and-drop assembly is faster than writing templates.

  • Pre-built widgets

    Sliders, forms, and tabs available without custom code.

  • Lower entry cost

    Faster to initial launch with existing block libraries.

EXPERT GUIDANCE

Custom Theme vs Page Builder

Custom Theme

Page Speed

Lean output - easy to hit 90+ Core Web Vitals.

Design Fidelity

Pixel-perfect match to any Figma design.

Editor Experience

Block editor (Gutenberg) or custom fields for editors.

Update Risk

Standard WordPress core updates rarely break themes.

Development Speed

Slower initial build - faster iteration thereafter.

Best For

Brands with a design system and SEO requirements.

Page Builder

Page Speed

Heavy JS/CSS payloads often tank PageSpeed scores.

Design Fidelity

Constrained by builder widgets and layout engine.

Editor Experience

WYSIWYG drag-and-drop - minimal training needed.

Update Risk

Builder plugin updates can break layouts unexpectedly.

Development Speed

Fast launch - slow to change locked-in structure later.

Best For

Internal landing pages, quick campaigns, non-technical teams.

DELIVERABLES

What You Get

Custom Block Theme

Custom Block Theme

Full-site editing theme with custom Gutenberg blocks and a design-system-aligned style guide.

Custom Plugin

Custom Plugin

Purpose-built WordPress plugin for bespoke functionality unavailable in off-the-shelf solutions.

ACF Integration

ACF Integration

Advanced Custom Fields Pro field groups for structured, editor-friendly page building.

Headless WP Setup

Headless WP Setup

WordPress as a headless CMS with Next.js frontend consuming the REST or GraphQL API.

Performance Hardening

Performance Hardening

Caching strategy (Redis object cache, page cache), image CDN, and Core Web Vitals fix.

Security & Updates

Security & Updates

Hardened wp-config, user role audit, plugin review, and managed update pipeline.

INDUSTRIES

Tailored Solutions for Your Specific Industry

We build powerful digital experiences across various sectors, ensuring your product meets unique market demands.

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Fintech

Data-driven commerce solutions that improve journeys, boost sales, and optimize operations.

(02)

Retail

Data-driven commerce solutions that improve journeys, increase sales, and optimize operations.

(03)

Healthcare

Reliable medical platforms that protect patient data, simplify workflows, and support clinical accuracy.

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B2B SaaS

Product-driven platforms that enhance workflows, automate processes, and scale with your business.

CASE STUDIES

Our Recent Work

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START YOUR PROJECT

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Expert developers ready to deliver high-quality digital products.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

WordPress is the right choice when content editors need a familiar, powerful interface; you need a wide plugin ecosystem; or you are building a content-heavy site like a blog, news site, or marketing site with frequent page creation. For complex web apps, a custom CMS or headless approach is usually better.

Yes. We build custom block themes from scratch using the Full Site Editor - not pre-built themes with excessive CSS overrides. Our themes are lean, accessible, and aligned with your design system from day one.

Headless WordPress uses WordPress purely as a content management backend while serving the frontend through a separate framework like Next.js. Editors enjoy the familiar WordPress UI, but visitors get a blazing-fast, fully custom frontend with complete design freedom.

Yes. Advanced Custom Fields Pro is our tool of choice for structured content - field groups, repeaters, flexible content layouts, and relationship fields. We combine ACF with custom post types to model content accurately for your site architecture.

We implement Redis object caching, full-page caching (WP Rocket or custom Nginx rules), serve images through Cloudinary or a CDN, defer non-critical scripts, and eliminate render-blocking CSS. Properly optimized WordPress sites regularly score 90+ on PageSpeed.

We harden wp-config.php, move wp-login.php, disable XML-RPC, enforce strong passwords with 2FA, audit plugin permissions, apply least-privilege user roles, keep core and plugins updated, and run a web application firewall (Cloudflare or Wordfence).

Yes. Kultrix migrates sites from Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Drupal, and custom platforms to WordPress. We migrate content, redirect old URLs to preserve SEO, and validate the migration before cutting over DNS.

Yes. We build WooCommerce stores with custom product types, checkout customizations, payment gateway integrations, and performance optimization. For high-volume stores, we often recommend a headless WooCommerce setup with a Next.js storefront.

WordPress Multisite is ideal for managing multiple sites from a single WordPress installation - franchise networks, multi-brand publishers, or agency white-label setups. Kultrix configures Multisite with shared plugins, per-site themes, and proper subdomain or subdirectory routing.

Yes. We build custom Gutenberg blocks using React - fully aligned with your design system, with intuitive inspector controls for editors and clean HTML output for SEO. Custom blocks replace the plugin-soup approach most WordPress sites accumulate.

Yes. Kultrix offers monthly maintenance plans covering core and plugin updates, uptime monitoring, daily backups, security scanning, and a bank of development hours for content updates or small feature requests.

A custom WordPress site takes 4-8 weeks. A headless WordPress + Next.js project takes 8-14 weeks. Plugin development timelines vary by complexity. Kultrix provides a detailed timeline with clear milestones after scoping.