Custom WordPress Theme Development — Built from Scratch

Custom WordPress theme on your design instead of a ThemeForest re-skin: code that doesn't fall apart on a core update.

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  • Staged payment: 30–50% upfront
  • NDA on your template or ours
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Service overview

We build a custom WordPress theme from scratch around your design and content model: landing page, business website, blog, WooCommerce store. No bloated builders, no template re-skins — clean code following WordPress Coding Standards that doesn't fall apart after core updates.

A fit for projects that have outgrown ThemeForest themes and run into their limits: slow load times, dead-weight features, and front-end you can't adapt to your business logic.

What is included

1. Discovery and prep

  • design and content-model review
  • approach pick: classic theme, FSE, or hybrid
  • custom field and post-type plan

2. Theme foundation

  • clean starter following WordPress Coding Standards
  • lean functions.php — no bloat
  • asset enqueue with versioning

3. Template development

  • design-to-template build (header, footer, single, archive, page)
  • responsive at every key breakpoint
  • SEO markup: schema.org, clean URLs, meta tags

4. Custom blocks and fields

  • Gutenberg blocks for unique sections
  • ACF Pro for admin fields when needed
  • editor-friendly admin for content managers

5. WooCommerce (optional)

  • shop template customization
  • payment and shipping integrations
  • product page and cart tuning

6. Performance and SEO

  • image optimization, lazy-load
  • CSS/JS minification, preconnect, preload
  • Core Web Vitals verification

How we work

  1. Brief: design, content model, plugins
  2. Starter theme and base structure
  3. Template build and responsive layouts
  4. Custom blocks and admin fields
  5. WooCommerce integration (if needed)
  6. Optimization and QA
  7. Deploy to your hosting

What you get

A fully custom WordPress theme built around your design and content model. Clean code that survives core updates, a comfortable admin for content managers, and the site optimized for speed and SEO. Easy to extend — adding new blocks and templates stays simple.

Who it's for

Projects on ThemeForest themes hitting their limits. Brands that need a unique theme matching their identity. WooCommerce stores with non-standard logic. Blogs and media properties where load speed is critical.

Timeline

Simple theme (5–7 templates) — 1–2 weeks. Theme with WooCommerce and complex logic — 2–3 weeks. Exact ETA after design and plugin review.

Pricing

From $1,299. The price is locked before kick-off.