Discovery and architecture
We audit current traffic, data model, compliance posture and integration surface. You get a written architecture document, threat model and fixed quote before any code is written.
Enterprise WordPress agency for UK teams with demanding platforms.
We help UK publishers, regulated organisations and distributed teams architect, build and operate enterprise WordPress. The platform is designed around governance, accessibility, complex integrations, controlled releases, observability and support that stakeholders can review.
Our approach
WordPress built to enterprise standards .
A UK enterprise WordPress agency should make architecture, governance and operational ownership visible. We design content models, permissions, accessibility, integrations, caching, observability, deployment gates and recovery around the platform's traffic and organisational risk.
Compliance is built in from day one, not bolted on. Audit logs, encryption at rest, least privilege access, and documented runbooks for SOC2, UK GDPR and NHS DSPT reviews. Your security team gets the paper trail they need, your editors get the WordPress they already know.
- Horizontal scaling with zero-downtime deploys
- SOC2, UK GDPR and NHS DSPT compliant stacks
- Code review, static analysis and SRE runbooks
How it works
From audit to production at scale in four stages.
A UK enterprise WordPress process covering discovery, architecture, governance, accessibility, integrations, security, delivery controls and platform operations.
Build and compliance wiring
We build the WordPress application, provision the HA stack, wire identity, audit logs and backup policies, and run the stack through static analysis, SAST and penetration tests before UAT.
Migration and cutover
We migrate content, users and integrations without downtime. Blue-green deploy, DNS cutover, and rollback plan rehearsed. Your team sees a dry-run before the real one.
Run and improve
SRE retainer covers SLA monitoring, incident response, quarterly pen tests, capacity reviews and WordPress core upgrades. You get a dashboard, a dedicated Slack channel and a named engineer.
Built for the United Kingdom
Enterprise WordPress specialists for UK organisations
UK publishers, regulated organisations and distributed teams need WordPress governance that works across editorial, technical, security and procurement stakeholders. We make architecture, accessibility, data handling, release controls and operational ownership part of the platform design.
Examples
Governed publishing
Give marketing teams publishing speed while protecting brand, accessibility and approval requirements. For teams around London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh and teams working nationwide, we define the local audience, ownership and follow-up route before implementation and account for cards, Direct Debit and regulated Open Banking or Pay by Bank providers where they fit the journey.
Platform consolidation
Bring fragmented sites onto a maintainable platform with shared components and clear ownership.
High-demand campaigns
Prepare infrastructure, caching and release processes for launches, recruitment or public-information peaks.
Considerations
Privacy and responsible data
We minimise unnecessary collection and document forms, analytics, processors and retention choices with the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, with security and privacy-by-design guidance from the ICO in mind. Technical implementation supports your compliance work; it does not replace legal advice.
Local operations and integrations
The delivery plan can account for cards, Direct Debit and regulated Open Banking or Pay by Bank providers where they fit the journey, pricing in pounds sterling, plain UK English with accessible, task-focused content, and a UK region when contracts, latency or organisational policy make local hosting preferable. We only add local integrations that serve a real customer or operational need.
Delivery in your working day
Planning, reviews and support are organised around GMT/BST. Architecture decisions cover access control, auditability, deployment gates, observability, integration ownership and a support model that procurement teams can review. Handover is written for the people who will publish, approve and support the site locally.
Local regulatory references are implementation context, not legal or regulatory advice. Your organisation remains responsible for confirming the obligations that apply to its sector and use of personal data.
What's included
Everything for a production enterprise stack .
- HA architecture with horizontal app nodes and read replicas
- Zero-downtime blue-green deploys with instant rollback
- SSO with SAML, OIDC or Okta integration
- Audit logs for every admin and editorial action
- Encryption at rest and in transit, KMS managed keys
- SOC2, UK GDPR or NHS DSPT compliance package
- Penetration test and SAST report at launch
- SRE runbooks and on-call escalation path
- Quarterly performance and capacity reviews
- Named WordPress engineer and 99.95% SLA
How we compare
Why enterprise teams choose us for VIP-grade WordPress.
Most agencies cannot ship to enterprise standards. Most freelancers cannot pass an audit. Here is how we stack up.
WP Pro Devs
Freelancer
Traditional agency
HA architecture at scale
✓
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SOC2, UK GDPR and NHS DSPT delivery
✓
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Zero-downtime blue-green deploys
✓
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SSO with SAML or OIDC
✓
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✓
Pen test and SAST at launch
✓
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Typical turnaround
12 to 20 weeks
Varies
9 to 18 months
Starting price
£12k
£2.5k
£95k+
Post launch SRE support
Retainer with SLA
None
Retainer only
WP Pro DevsRecommended
- HA architecture at scale✓
- SOC2, UK GDPR and NHS DSPT delivery✓
- Zero-downtime blue-green deploys✓
- SSO with SAML or OIDC✓
- Pen test and SAST at launch✓
- Typical turnaround12 to 20 weeks
- Starting price£12k
- Post launch SRE supportRetainer with SLA
FreelancerCompare
- HA architecture at scale—
- SOC2, UK GDPR and NHS DSPT delivery—
- Zero-downtime blue-green deploys—
- SSO with SAML or OIDC—
- Pen test and SAST at launch—
- Typical turnaroundVaries
- Starting price£2.5k
- Post launch SRE supportNone
Traditional agencyCompare
- HA architecture at scale—
- SOC2, UK GDPR and NHS DSPT delivery—
- Zero-downtime blue-green deploys—
- SSO with SAML or OIDC✓
- Pen test and SAST at launch—
- Typical turnaround9 to 18 months
- Starting price£95k+
- Post launch SRE supportRetainer only
What clients say
Pricing
Transparent pricing, no surprises .
Fixed quotes before work begins. Pick the tier that fits your traffic, compliance and team size, or request a custom estimate.
Starter £12k to £20k
Entry enterprise build for a single high-traffic property with SSO and audit logs.
- Single property, up to 5M monthly pageviews
- HA architecture with 2 app nodes
- SSO with SAML or OIDC
- Audit logs and encryption at rest
- Static analysis and code review
- 30 day post launch support
Studio £20k to £35k
Mid-scale enterprise with HA architecture, compliance package and migration from existing stack.
- Up to 20M monthly pageviews
- HA with read replicas and object cache
- SOC2 or UK GDPR compliance package
- Migration from existing stack
- Pen test and SAST report
- 60 day post launch support
Scale £35k to £60k
Large enterprise deployment with global edge, multi-region failover and full compliance evidence.
- 50M+ monthly pageviews
- Multi-region failover and global edge
- NHS DSPT compliance package
- SRE runbooks and on-call handbook
- Quarterly capacity reviews
- 90 day support plus 4 training sessions
Enterprise £60k+
Flagship enterprise with dedicated SRE team, custom SLAs, 24/7 on-call and multi-property governance.
- Everything in Scale
- Multi-property governance and multisite
- Dedicated SRE engineers
- 99.95% SLA with custom response times
- 24/7 on-call with named engineer
- Ongoing retainer with quarterly roadmap
Quality standards
Every build ships audit ready .
An enterprise build is only done once the application, stack and documentation all pass our internal checklist. No shortcuts.
Lighthouse 95+ at scale
Performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices verified on production traffic, not a clean dev environment.
Core Web Vitals pass
LCP under 2.5s, CLS under 0.1, INP under 200ms held on p75 field data across regions, not just lab runs.
WCAG 2.2 AA compliant
Manual and automated accessibility audits across public site and admin. VPAT delivered if procurement needs one.
Pen test and SAST
Third-party penetration test and static analysis before go-live. Findings triaged, fixed and retested. Report filed for audit.
Audit logs everywhere
Every admin action, editorial change and config change written to an immutable log stream your SIEM can ingest.
Encryption and KMS
TLS everywhere, disk encryption at rest, KMS-managed keys, secret rotation automated. No credentials in source control.
Documented architecture
Architecture decision records, runbooks, DR playbook and SRE handbook delivered with the codebase.
Tested disaster recovery
Full-restore drill run before handover. RTO and RPO targets documented and proved.
Backed by real QA
Three pairs of eyes on every build. Functional QA, compliance QA and performance QA before handover.
For agencies
Your clients. Our code. Your brand.
We are the silent engineering team behind agencies that pitch enterprise WordPress to FTSE 250 marketing teams. Your client sees your work, your invoice and your brand. Our name never appears.
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Fully branded delivery
Architecture docs, audit evidence and staging links carry your brand, not ours.
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Dedicated partner PM
One point of contact for all your enterprise builds. Shared Slack channel, weekly syncs, fast replies.
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Transparent partner pricing
Retainer rates, bulk discounts and priority scheduling for agency partners.
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Your process, not ours
We plug into your Jira, Confluence, Notion or Linear. No tool switching, no friction for your team.
How it works
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Step 1
Brief the engagement
You share your client's enterprise requirements in your stack. Jira, Confluence, Notion, wherever you already work.
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Step 2
Scope and partner quote
We write a detailed architecture doc and send you a partner rate quote. Never shown to your client.
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Step 3
Add margin, quote your client
You mark up, brand the proposal and present it on your letterhead at your price.
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Step 4
Client approves the scope
Your client signs off on your terms, with your brand, and pays you directly.
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Step 5
We build under NDA
Silent build on branded staging. No logos, no footer credits, no email signatures from us.
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Step 6
Deliver as your own
You review, accept handover and deliver the finished stack to your client under your agency name.
Common questions
What enterprise teams ask us before signing.
What does a UK enterprise WordPress agency provide?
We provide technical discovery, platform architecture, governed content modelling, custom themes and blocks, integrations, accessibility and performance engineering, deployment controls, observability and ongoing operations.
Can you support enterprise WordPress teams in UK business hours?
Yes. Discovery, reviews and routine collaboration can be organised around GMT or BST. We agree ownership, meeting windows, response targets, deployment controls and escalation routes as part of the operating model.
How do deploys work without downtime?
Blue-green deploys. Two app pools, one live. We release to the idle pool, run health checks and smoke tests, then flip the load balancer. Rollback is a second flip. Editorial content stays live throughout.
Can you work with our existing hosting or cloud account?
Yes. We deploy on WordPress VIP, WP Engine Enterprise, Pantheon, or directly on your own AWS, GCP or Azure account. We bring the reference architecture, you keep the infrastructure ownership and billing relationship.
What about SSO for editors and admins?
We integrate with Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, Auth0 or any SAML or OIDC provider. MFA enforced at the identity provider. Role mapping kept in sync with your directory groups.
How long does an enterprise build take?
A typical enterprise engagement runs 12 to 20 weeks for build and migration, followed by a 6 to 12 month SRE retainer. Compliance-heavy builds add 4 to 8 weeks for documentation and audit prep. You receive a firm timeline in your written estimate.
What happens if we have an incident?
SRE retainer includes 24/7 on-call with a named engineer, SLA-bound response times and a post-incident review with a written runbook update. Your team gets visibility through shared dashboards and a Slack bridge during active incidents.
Start your project
Tell us what you need built.
Share your enterprise requirements and a WordPress engineer will respond with a written estimate and timeline within one business day.
- Free scoping call and written estimate within 24h
- Fixed quote before any work begins
- WordPress engineer on your project from day one