Custom WordPress sites,
built lean by senior engineers.

Custom WordPress development: lean themes and plugins, written by our engineers instead of forty add-ons stacked until something breaks. Your site is secure, quick and easy for your team to edit. 4,500+ projects delivered.

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Brands our teams have delivered for

What we do

PixelCrayons builds and rescues WordPress sites: custom themes, bespoke plugins, performance, security and WooCommerce. A senior team writes custom code instead of stacking plugins. We build an editing setup your team will actually use. We agree IP and ownership terms before work starts. We work directly for brands, and white-label (under your brand) for agencies.

Custom themes without heavy page buildersA custom theme with blocks your editors understand and templates that load only what they use.
Custom plugins we write ourselvesCustom features written as documented plugins that survive updates, and every other plugin checked.
Speed checked on every releaseCaching, images, a clean database and lean scripts, measured on every release.

Mediengruppe Oberfranken homepage on desktop: a red-toned photograph under the headline 'Unsere Vielfalt macht uns stark' and the menu for company, brands, blog and local advertising

Related work · Media & Publishing · Corporate

Mediengruppe Oberfranken: more than 50 brands on one clear website.

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Fit check

Is WordPress
still the right call?

Right for you if

You run a content or marketing site, and your editors want to publish without a developer
You want clear IP and ownership terms agreed before work starts
You've inherited a slow site with too many plugins: most can be fixed without a rebuild

Not the right fit if

You're building a complex web app rather than a content site
Nobody on your team will commit to ongoing maintenance, patching and backups
The site already carries a page builder and forty plugins, and nobody is checking what's needed

Our work

See what we've built
and the results it brought.

Real projects for real clients, with results we can show.

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2004

Established

500+

Agencies served

4,500+

Projects delivered

340%

Revenue growth · 7 months

eCommerce

+127%

Organic traffic · 5 months

SaaS

85%

Faster delivery · backlog cleared

via agency partner

Where the work happens

4,500+ projects delivered since 2004
Custom code over plugin stacks
Clear IP & Ownership Terms
Reply within four business hours (typical)
White-label delivery for agencies
4,500+ projects delivered since 2004
Custom code over plugin stacks
Clear IP & Ownership Terms
Reply within four business hours (typical)
White-label delivery for agencies

In every engagement

What a WordPress build
actually includes.

Custom themes without heavy page builders

We build a custom theme around the kinds of content you publish. Your editors get custom blocks they understand, and templates load only what they use. There's no page builder making every page heavy and every redesign a rebuild. Your team can edit with confidence. The code stays clean for search engines and screen readers alike.

Every build

Custom plugins we write ourselves

When a feature is custom, we write the plugin ourselves. It's clean, documented and update-safe: it won't break when WordPress updates. We don't bolt three ready-made plugins together and hope their next updates agree. We check every plugin left. Each must be maintained, needed and worth the code it adds.

Every build

Speed checked on every release

We set up caching, optimise images, keep the database clean and limit scripts. We measure the results against Core Web Vitals (Google's speed scores) on every release. We don't just promise speed in a proposal. WordPress can be quick when it isn't carrying a page builder and forty plugins. Getting there is normal engineering work.

Every release

Security and steady maintenance

We lock down logins and give each user only the access they need. Updates are tested first. Backups run automatically and are stored off-site, and we test that they restore. WordPress is popular, so attackers target it, and unpatched plugins are the usual way in. Our maintenance retainers keep WordPress, the theme and plugins up to date. Someone on our side is responsible when an urgent patch matters at 2 a.m.

Ongoing

Rescues of sites others built

Inherited a slow, fragile site with plugins nobody dares touch? We check what's actually running and replace the bloat with lean code. We fix what's broken and write down what we did. We only rebuild from scratch when the audit shows it's cheaper. Most rescues fix the existing site rather than replace it.

On rescue

How it starts

From NDA to working software,
step by step.

Start

Brief and a call

We sign an NDA and go through the site together. We look at the theme, plugins, hosting and what's slow or fragile today. There's no charge for this stage.

Once the brief is complete

Itemised proposal

We confirm the date your proposal arrives. It lists what ships (theme work, plugins, security, hosting moves), in what order and for how much.

Your decision

You sign off

You confirm the scope, the payment and the access we need. Nothing starts before this.

Typically 2 to 3 business days later

The team starts

WordPress engineers set up version control for the theme in your accounts, plus a test site. They check there's a safe way to release changes.

On the date in your proposal

First deliverable

We show you working software on the test site, on a call. It might be a rebuilt template or a custom plugin. Then work runs in fixed blocks, each ending in a demo.

Inside Prism

Your engagement, week to week,
in one workspace.

Prism is the client workspace where your requests, approvals, tasks and weekly reviews live.

Some engagements include Prism, our client workspace, and your proposal says whether yours does. Where it does, your build runs in a workspace you log into: requests, approvals, the task list and the weekly review, beside the repository your team already owns.

See how Prism runs an engagement

01
Requests and approvals
One queue, beside the repository your team owns.
02
Owned tasks
Every task has one owner and a date.
03
Weekly review
Each decision recorded, with the expectation attached.

How we report it, in Prism

The delivery record,
you can read without a stand-up.

What you receive in month one

Development is reported as artefacts in your own tools, not a status call. In the first month you receive the technical audit of the current codebase, the delivery plan broken into reviewed increments with acceptance criteria, and the environment map showing where code runs and who can deploy it. The weekly review in Prism lists what merged, what was reviewed, and what is blocked and by whom.

01Technical audit: the current codebase, its risks, and the order of fixes
02Delivery plan: increments with acceptance criteria and review owners
03Environment map: development, staging and production, and who deploys
04Weekly review in Prism: merged, in review, blocked, and the reason for each block
05Definition of done: tests, review, accessibility and performance checks per increment

Related workMediengruppe Oberfranken: more than 50 brands on one clear website.Media & Publishing · Corporate · A published case in this discipline.

A real WordPress build

A modern, secure website
for an Australian learning consultancy.

Learning Tribe's homepage: 'LearningTribe' and 'Strategise · Learn · Perform' on a sage-green background

Professional Services · Australia

WordPress website

Learning Tribe: a modern, secure website for an Australian learning consultancy.

An Australian learning and development consultancy needed a website that stood out from its rivals and earned trust. We built a secure WordPress site that works on any screen, made to hold visitors' interest and bring in leads.

Read the full case study

PixelCrayons did a great job bringing our WordPress website to life. The new site has a clean, engaging design, works well across devices, and gives us a much better platform to present our learning and development services.
Ravina BhatiaLearning Tribe

More WordPress work

Three more WordPress sites,
named with the clients' agreement.

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Basil: a modern website for an independent testing and inspection company.

Website design and development · WordPress

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Case study · Strategic Advisory · Atlanta, USA

GreenTech Global Group: a professional website for a strategic advisory firm.

Website build · WordPress

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Infinite Inventions: prayer times by country and city, rebuilt on WordPress.

Website rebuild · WordPress

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PixelCrayons supported us with the design and development of our new website. They helped turn the requirement into a more modern digital presence and gave us a solid foundation to build on.
Vijay Jha, Manager, BasilBasil

Related services

WordPress and
the other options.

WordPress is one option among several. If your project is a store, a bigger web app or a platform move, these related services can help.

01WooCommerceOnline stores on WordPress, built properly: custom checkout and extensions.02Web DevelopmentSites and web apps on modern tools when WordPress isn't the right fit.03PerformanceSpeed fixes on any platform, measured before and after.04MigrationsMoves onto or off WordPress with zero data loss and mapped redirects.05eCommerce DevelopmentStore builds on any platform, when the right answer isn't WordPress.06HubSpotHubSpot websites and CRM set-up, when your website and CRM should be on one platform.

Help your new WordPress site rank.

WordPress has its own SEO problems. Plugins make duplicate pages, code gets bloated and some pages trap search engines. It also has its own quick wins. Our WordPress SEO service is built around them, and it can run on the same plan as the build.

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Who is accountable

The people responsible
for your work.

Leadership and how we’re built →

Parvessh Agarwal

Founder & CEO

An entrepreneur at heart. He links business analysis, strategy, clear goals and ROI to practical technology.

LinkedIn →

Saundaraya Gupta

Technical Manager

Brings technical work, client updates and project management together, so work moves smoothly from brief to launch.

LinkedIn →

Every engagement

A named coordinator and escalation contact

Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.

All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.

Full terms →

Before you sign

Our commitments

Each one says where it applies and links to its full terms.

Response and start times

We typically respond within four business hours. Eligible engagements can typically start within two to three business days after scope, payment and required access are confirmed.

Business hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm IST, excluding published company holidays. Typical expectations, not guaranteed service levels.

Full terms

30-Day Corrective Maintenance

Applicable development work includes 30 days of corrective maintenance after production launch.

Development engagements, including partner (agency) development engagements and AI implementations; not marketing services or retainers.

Full terms

Clear IP & Ownership Terms

Your materials remain yours. Bespoke deliverable rights, licences and handover are agreed before work starts.

All engagements.

Full terms

Clear Delivery & Escalation Ownership

Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.

All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.

Full terms

How we handle claims, credentials and your data: group credentials, dated ratings, how case figures are signed off, client permissions and data handling.

Questions

Frequently
asked.

Yes for many projects, no for some. WordPress is excellent for content sites and marketing sites. It suits editorial teams who want to publish without a developer. Built lean and looked after properly, it's fast and secure. For complex web apps it's the wrong tool, and we'll point you to our web development team.

Yes. We check what's running. We see which plugins are worth keeping, what the page builder costs you and where hosting slows you down. Then we replace the bloat with lean custom code, tighten security and set up real backups. Your content stays intact. We only suggest a rebuild when the audit shows fixing would cost more.

It depends on the project. A custom theme, a rescue and a WooCommerce build are each scoped on their own. Once we have a complete brief, we confirm when your proposal arrives. A focused custom theme takes weeks. Larger builds with migrations and integrations take longer. If a date is at risk, we tell you early.

Your materials, data and accounts remain yours. Agreed ownership rights in bespoke deliverables transfer under the engagement terms and applicable payment; third-party software and assets keep their licences. We don't withhold customer-owned data or accounts over a payment dispute, and documentation and credentials are handed over as we go.

Every release passes QA. Automated checks run, and testers check by hand across browsers and devices. Nothing goes live without a test on the test site first. After launch, our maintenance retainers test WordPress, theme and plugin updates on the test site. Automatic off-site backups and a practised restore process back this up.

Yes. WordPress is one of the most common services agencies hand us. You keep the tools and client calls, and our engineers work behind the scenes. It's covered by an NDA. We don't approach the clients you introduce to us for direct business, through the work and for twelve months after the last assignment for that client ends, and it's written into the agreement.

The range

What it costs,
at the direct rate.

A fixed quote for the theme, a monthly care plan to keep it updated, and a per-page rate for new templates later.

ProjectCustom theme build$1,250–$10Kfixed quote, one-time
RetainerCare plan$75–$625per month
Per unitPage or template build$200–$750per page

Indicative: every figure is refined into an itemised proposal.INR figures shown excl. GST.

Cost guideHow much does a WordPress site cost in 2026?The options, the drivers and the range →Rate cardWordPress beside every other serviceDirect rate, in ₹ and $ →

Practitioner notes
on this work.

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PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) lets one unauthenticated request run code on any PHP install that serves web traffic.

14 August 2026 · 5 min read

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Core Web Vitals move when you fix the broken link in the chain on pages that carry money, measured by real visitors.

4 May 2026 · 5 min read

Website care after launch: what the first 90 days should cover, and what they should not

Clients rarely leave over the launch; they leave over the month after it, when nobody agreed who updates, backs up or answers.

Get WordPress that
behaves itself.

Tell us what the site should do, or what it keeps doing wrong. Once we have a complete brief, we confirm the date you will receive your itemised proposal, and the estimate is yours to keep either way.

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Rankings on this topic

Best WordPress Development Companies (October 2026) (PixelCrayons ranks No. 9)
Top WordPress Development Companies in India (October 2026) (PixelCrayons ranks No. 4)
Best Web Development Companies for US Businesses (October 2026) (PixelCrayons ranks No. 5)

Scored on public evidence by the PixelCrayons Index. PixelCrayons is scored like every firm: ranked where it has a case study, listed where it has not.

Last updated 26 October 2026

Custom WordPress sites,built lean by senior engineers.

Is WordPressstill the right call?

See what we've builtand the results it brought.

What a WordPress buildactually includes.

Custom themes without heavy page builders

Custom plugins we write ourselves

Speed checked on every release

Security and steady maintenance

Rescues of sites others built

From NDA to working software,step by step.

Brief and a call

Itemised proposal

You sign off

The team starts

First deliverable

Your engagement, week to week,in one workspace.

Requests and approvals

Owned tasks

Weekly review

The delivery record,you can read without a stand-up.

A modern, secure websitefor an Australian learning consultancy.

Learning Tribe: a modern, secure website for an Australian learning consultancy.

Three more WordPress sites,named with the clients' agreement.

WordPress andthe other options.

Help your new WordPress site rank.

The people responsiblefor your work.

Parvessh Agarwal

Saundaraya Gupta

A named coordinator and escalation contact

Our commitments

Response and start times

30-Day Corrective Maintenance

Clear IP & Ownership Terms

Clear Delivery & Escalation Ownership

How do we know the work will be good?

Who owns the ad accounts, the data and the work?

What if we want to stop?

How will we know what you are doing?

Frequentlyasked.

What it costs,at the direct rate.

Practitioner noteson this work.

PHP2Shell: how we patched 375 servers and hundreds of client sites in 12 hours

Core Web Vitals: what actually moves LCP, INP and CLS, and how to read field data

Website care after launch: what the first 90 days should cover, and what they should not

Get WordPress thatbehaves itself.

Custom WordPress sites,
built lean by senior engineers.

Is WordPress
still the right call?

See what we've built
and the results it brought.

What a WordPress build
actually includes.

From NDA to working software,
step by step.

Your engagement, week to week,
in one workspace.

The delivery record,
you can read without a stand-up.

A modern, secure website
for an Australian learning consultancy.

Three more WordPress sites,
named with the clients' agreement.

WordPress and
the other options.

The people responsible
for your work.

Frequently
asked.

What it costs,
at the direct rate.

Practitioner notes
on this work.

Get WordPress that
behaves itself.