Overview
WordPress is at its best when your team needs to keep the site current: news, projects, results, people. We design the site and build the content structure around what you actually publish.
When WordPress is the right choice.
Start a ConversationWe don't build everything on WordPress. We build on the platform that suits the job, and WordPress suits a lot of jobs: any site where your own team adds and edits content week to week, without waiting on a developer.
If the site is mostly marketing pages that rarely change and raw speed matters most, we'll often recommend Astro instead. If it needs to behave like software, with logins, workflows or bookings, that's a web application. We'll tell you which fits before anything is built. There's more on the trade-offs in Astro vs WordPress and why WordPress still matters.
What's included
What a WordPress build with us covers.
Design and build sit with the same team, so the site you sign off is the site that launches.
Design
A site designed around your business and your customers, with a clear purpose and next step on every page. See how we approach website design.
A content structure you can run
Content types built for what you publish, so adding a news story, a project or a team member works the same way every time. No technical knowledge needed.
Speed and mobile
A lean build with sensible plugins and properly sized images, so the site loads fast and works as well on a phone as it does on a desktop. WordPress itself isn't what makes sites slow.
Looked after after launch
Core, plugin and theme updates, security monitoring, daily backups and content edits through our WordPress management, plus WordPress SEO when you want the site found.
Recent WordPress builds.
The Lofty Group runs a premium thoroughbred racing and training facility in Cranbourne, Victoria. We designed and built their WordPress site with custom content types for horses and race results, so the team adds horse profiles, results and news themselves, the same way every time.
The Frankston District Netball Association needed a site that worked for players, parents, officials and administrators alike. We built it on WordPress with a focus on simplicity for the admin team: fast load times, a clean mobile experience, and a content structure the association manages without a developer.
Clients
“Northbase has reinvented what it is to manage a website and are so great to work with.”
Thinking about a WordPress site?
Tell us what you need to publish, and we'll tell you whether WordPress is the right fit.
Common questions
Common questions about WordPress web design.
Do you only build websites on WordPress?
No. We build on the platform that suits the job. WordPress is the right choice when your team needs to update the site themselves. For marketing sites where raw speed matters most we often use Astro, and for software-like features we build custom. We'll recommend the right fit before anything is built.
Can we update the WordPress site ourselves?
Yes. That's usually the reason to choose WordPress. We set up the content structure around what you actually publish, so news, projects, team members or products can be added the same way every time, without technical knowledge or a call to a developer.
Is WordPress slow?
Not when it's built well. Most slow WordPress sites are slow because of how they were put together: heavy plugins, oversized images and bloated themes. We keep builds lean so they load fast and work well on mobile. More on that here.
Who looks after the site after launch?
We can. Our WordPress management covers core, plugin and theme updates, security monitoring, daily backups and content edits, so the site stays secure and up to date without you having to think about it.
How much does a WordPress website cost?
It depends on the size of the site, the content structure and any custom features. Every project starts with a scoping phase, so you know exactly what's included before work begins.
Related reading
From the blog.
Your Website Isn't Slow Because of WordPress.
WordPress gets blamed for slow websites. The real causes are usually images, plugins, hosting, and theme bloat — here’s how to diagnose which one is yours.
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Why WordPress Still Matters.
WordPress keeps getting written off, and keeps running about 40% of the web. Who should still be on it in an AI world, and why.
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Astro vs WordPress.
When to use which, and why — an honest comparison from a team that builds and manages both, ending in a practical decision framework.
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