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WordPress Agency in Manchester

We’re a Manchester-based WordPress agency, building secure and bespoke WordPress websites for businesses across the UK for more than a decade. Discuss your website

WordPress websites are the heart of our digital marketing

WordPress powers more than 60% of all CMS-built websites. That popularity is its strength, and also its problem. When everyone can build with it, plenty of people build it badly.

Slow themes. Bloated plugins. Patchwork fixes from five different developers. SEO bolted on at the end like digital parsley.

That’s where we come in.

First Internet is a WordPress development agency based in Manchester, working with businesses across the UK. We build WordPress websites properly, with clean architecture, clear strategy and long-term performance built in from day one.

No shortcuts. No Frankenstein plugin stacks. Just well-built WordPress that grows with your business.

Scalable B2B WordPress website development for a multi-brand organisation

The Citation Group is a leading international provider of compliance, HR, health & safety, certification and risk management services. Operating across multiple regions and sectors, the group supports tens of thousands of businesses through a growing portfolio of specialist brands. Through our expertise, they trusted us with:

  • WordPress website development
  • Website maintenance & support retainers
  • Website security & performance monitoring
  • UX & conversion optimisation
  • Multi-site management
  • Rebrand rollout & implementation
  • Standalone WordPress builds
Big brands trust WordPress with First Internet
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Award-winning WordPress development agency that works beyond the build.

Many agencies wrap-up the project once the website launches, but we simply don’t.

Your website isn’t just a fire-and-forget digital brochure. It’s your salesperson, marketing platform, and brand experience rolled into one. If it isn’t generating traffic, leads, and conversions, it’s not doing its job.

That’s why our WordPress web development process considers the bigger picture:

  • SEO and GEO readiness

  • Conversion-focused UX

  • Content structure for search visibility

  • Fast performance and Core Web Vitals

  • Flexible CMS editing for your team

Because a beautiful site that nobody can find isn’t a success story.

Explore our awards, including the latest win for Best Uk Agency 2026.

20+ Awards and counting

Bespoke WordPress website development.

Template themes might work for hobby blogs.

Serious businesses need something better.

As a bespoke WordPress development agency, we build websites tailored to your brand, your customers, and your growth plans.

That means:

  • Custom Gutenberg blocks for flexible content editing

  • Clean, lightweight code (no theme bloat)

  • Structured page templates designed for SEO

  • Fast-loading performance across devices

  • Seamless integrations with CRMs, marketing platforms and APIs

Your team gets a simple, intuitive CMS experience, while your customers get a fast, frictionless website.

Everyone wins.

WordPress websites designed for SEO From day one.

Too many websites are built first and “optimised later”.

That’s backwards.

At First Internet, SEO is built into the foundations of every WordPress website we develop. Research, structure, and content hierarchy are planned before development even begins.

This includes:

  • Search-driven site architecture

  • Optimised page templates

  • Clean heading structures

  • Schema-ready markup

  • Fast page speeds

  • Smart internal linking frameworks

The result?

A WordPress site that doesn’t just look great, it gets found.

  • WordPress support and maintenance services

    Launching your website is only the start.

    WordPress is powerful, but like any platform, it needs ongoing care to stay secure, stable, and high-performing.

    As a WordPress support agency, we provide proactive maintenance that keeps your website running smoothly.

    Our WordPress support services include:

    • Core, plugin and theme updates

    • Security monitoring and protection

    • Website backups and recovery

    • Performance optimisation

    • Bug fixes and troubleshooting

    • Feature development and enhancements

    In short, we keep your website safe, fast and up to date, so you can focus on running your business.

  • WordPress developers that understand marketing

    Here’s something many development agencies forget:

    A website isn’t just a piece of software. It’s a marketing platform.

    Because we’re a full-service digital agency, our WordPress developers work closely with SEO specialists, UX designers and content strategists.

    That means your website benefits from expertise in:

    • Search engine optimisation

    • User experience design

    • Conversion optimisation

    • Content strategy

    • Performance marketing

    The result is a WordPress site that doesn’t just function, it performs.

  • Scalable WordPress websites for growing businesses

    We’ve built WordPress websites for:

    • global FMCG brands

    • fast-growing tech companies

    • healthcare providers

    • recruitment businesses

    • service-led SMEs

    Different industries. Different challenges.

    But they all needed the same thing: a scalable platform that can evolve as their business grows.

    Our WordPress builds are designed to expand with:

    • new content hubs

    • landing page campaigns

    • marketing integrations

    • ecommerce functionality

    • multilingual sites

    • multi-site architectures

    So when your business grows, your website won’t hold you back.

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Questions about WordPress websites?

FAQs
  • Why do so many businesses use WordPress?

    WordPress is an open-source content management system (CMS) that powers over 40% of all websites, and more than 60% of sites built on a CMS. Businesses choose it because it’s flexible and easy for their own team to update, and with no licence fees you own your platform outright. Built well, it can run anything from a simple brochure site to a complex, multi-site estate.

  • Is WordPress right for my business?

    For most businesses, yes. WordPress is ideal for marketing websites, content-led sites, service businesses and eCommerce through WooCommerce. It’s less suited to some highly specialised web applications, and if we think another platform or a custom Laravel build would serve you better, we’ll tell you.

  • How much does a WordPress website cost?

    It depends on scope, functionality and integrations. Most of our bespoke WordPress builds start from around £12,000, with larger WooCommerce, multi-site or heavily integrated projects costing more. Every project is quoted from a clear specification, so you know exactly what you’re getting before we start.

  • How long does it take to build a WordPress website?

    Most bespoke WordPress websites take 8 to 16 weeks from discovery to launch, depending on size, content and integrations. Smaller projects can move faster. Childs Farm’s site moved from Shopify to WordPress, all 120+ pages, in just six weeks.

  • Do you use page builders like Elementor or Divi?

    No. We build bespoke WordPress themes with custom blocks designed around your content. That means faster load times, fewer plugin dependencies and better security, and an editing experience your team will actually find easy, without the bloat that page builders bring.

  • Will we be able to update the website ourselves?

    Yes. We build every site with your team in mind, using flexible custom blocks so you can add pages, update content and launch campaigns without touching code or breaking the design. We’ll also walk you through it at launch.

  • Can you take over or improve an existing WordPress site?

    Absolutely. We often inherit sites built by other agencies or freelancers. We’ll start with a technical audit covering performance, security, plugins and SEO, then recommend whether to improve what you have or rebuild. We’ll be honest about which provides better value.

  • Can you migrate our website to WordPress?

    Yes. We regularly move sites from Shopify, Wix, Squarespace and older CMS platforms to WordPress. We protect your SEO along the way with redirect mapping, content migration and pre-launch testing, so you keep the rankings you’ve earned.

  • Is WordPress secure?

    WordPress itself is secure. Most problems come from outdated plugins, cheap hosting or poor configuration. Our builds keep plugins to a minimum and use secure hosting environments, and with one of our maintenance plans you also get regular updates, monitoring and backups.

  • Do you provide WordPress hosting and maintenance?

    Yes. We offer managed hosting and proactive WordPress maintenance covering updates, security monitoring, backups and performance optimisation, plus development retainers if you want your site to keep improving after launch.

Looking for a WordPress development agency?

If your current website is slow, outdated, difficult to manage, or simply not generating leads,  it’s probably time for a change.

Let’s build something better.

Partner with a WordPress agency that understands development, design, and digital growth.

Let’s create a website that actually earns its place online.