WordPress Development
Build a website that works. Runningfish's WordPress development services deliver fast, secure, SEO-optimized websites that convert visitors into customers—without the bloat, complexity, or maintenance headaches of custom platforms.Professional WordPress Websites for San Diego Businesses
WordPress powers your website, but only when built correctly. Most WordPress sites are slow, vulnerable to security issues, and difficult to update. Runningfish’s WordPress development services create fast-loading, secure, conversion-focused websites optimized for search engines and built for long-term performance. Whether you need a new site from scratch, a redesign of an existing site, or ongoing maintenance to keep your WordPress installation running smoothly, we handle the technical complexity so you can focus on running your business.
What We Do For You
Strategy & Planning: WordPress development starts with understanding your business goals, target audience, and conversion objectives. We map out site architecture, user flows, content strategy, and technical requirements before writing a single line of code. Clear planning prevents scope creep, missed deadlines, and sites that look good but don’t perform.
User Experience Design: Your website needs to be easy to use or visitors leave. We design navigation structures, page layouts, and interaction patterns that guide users toward conversion actions—contact forms, phone calls, purchases, bookings. Every design decision serves a business purpose, not just aesthetics.
Custom WordPress Development: We build custom WordPress themes and functionality tailored to your business. No bloated page builders, no generic templates, no unnecessary plugins that slow your site down. Clean code, fast performance, and exactly the features you need without the junk you don’t.
Website Build & Integration: Your website needs to connect with the tools you already use. We integrate WordPress with CRMs, email marketing platforms, payment processors, scheduling systems, and third-party APIs. Data flows between systems automatically, eliminating manual work and reducing errors.
Post-Launch Testing: Before launch, we test everything—functionality, performance, mobile responsiveness, browser compatibility, form submissions, integrations, and user experience. We fix issues before they affect customers, not after. Launch day should be smooth, not a scramble to patch problems.
Ongoing Maintenance & Updates: WordPress requires regular updates for security, performance, and compatibility. We handle core updates, plugin updates, security monitoring, backup management, and performance optimization. Your site stays secure, fast, and functional without requiring your attention.
SEO Optimization: WordPress sites need proper SEO configuration or they won’t rank. We implement technical SEO best practices—fast loading speeds, mobile optimization, clean code structure, schema markup, proper heading hierarchy, optimized images, and SEO-friendly URLs. Your WordPress site is built to rank, not just look good.
Content Management Strategy: WordPress is powerful when used correctly. We train your team on content management, set up efficient workflows for publishing and updating content, and configure your CMS for easy maintenance. You get control over your website without needing a developer for every small change.
Why Choose Runningfish?
Runningfish builds WordPress websites for San Diego businesses that need performance, not just presence. Our development approach prioritizes speed, security, SEO, and conversion optimization—the factors that actually drive business results.
- Performance-First Development: We build fast websites. Clean code, optimized images, minimal plugins, and efficient database queries. Your site loads quickly, ranks better, and converts more visitors because users don’t bounce while waiting for pages to load.
- Security Without Complexity: WordPress security requires ongoing attention. We implement hardening measures, maintain regular updates, monitor for vulnerabilities, and use secure hosting configurations. Your site stays protected without requiring security expertise from your team.
- SEO Built In, Not Bolted On: SEO happens during development, not after launch. We build WordPress sites with proper technical SEO from the ground up—fast load times, mobile optimization, clean URL structures, schema markup, and crawler-friendly code.
- Maintenance You Can Depend On: WordPress maintenance isn’t optional. We provide reliable ongoing support—updates, backups, security monitoring, performance optimization, and troubleshooting. Your site stays current and functional without disrupting your business.
- No Page Builder Bloat: Page builders add unnecessary code, slow load times, and create long-term maintenance problems. We build custom WordPress themes that deliver the flexibility you need without the performance penalties of drag-and-drop builders.
- Clear Communication & Timelines: Development projects require clear scope, realistic timelines, and honest communication. We define deliverables upfront, maintain transparent progress updates, and deliver on schedule without surprise delays or scope changes.
Common Local SEO Questions
What Do Your WordPress Development Services Include?
WordPress development services include strategy and planning, user experience design, custom theme development, plugin configuration or custom plugin development, third-party integrations, SEO optimization, mobile responsiveness, security hardening, performance optimization, content migration from existing sites, post-launch testing, and training on WordPress content management. We handle complete WordPress projects from initial planning through launch and ongoing maintenance, or we can handle specific components like redesigns, integrations, or performance optimization for existing sites.
What Does A WordPress Development Company Do?
A WordPress development company builds, customizes, and maintains websites using the WordPress platform. This includes custom theme development, plugin configuration and development, database optimization, security implementation, SEO optimization, third-party integrations, performance tuning, and ongoing maintenance. WordPress development companies handle the technical complexity of building professional websites so businesses get functional, secure, fast-loading sites without needing in-house development expertise. The goal is delivering WordPress sites that serve business objectives—lead generation, sales, content publishing, or customer service—not just creating attractive designs.
When Should I Hire A WordPress Website Development Company?
Hire a WordPress development company when you need a new website, when your current site is slow or difficult to update, when you’re experiencing security issues, when your site doesn’t work properly on mobile devices, or when you need custom functionality your current site can’t handle. Also hire WordPress developers when you’re planning a site redesign, need to migrate from another platform to WordPress, or require ongoing maintenance but don’t have in-house technical resources. The right time to hire is when WordPress technical complexity is holding back your business—when your site should be generating leads or sales but isn’t performing.
What Are The Benefits Of WordPress Over Other Platforms?
WordPress offers flexibility, extensive plugin ecosystem, SEO-friendly architecture, user-friendly content management, strong community support, and lower long-term costs compared to custom platforms or proprietary CMS systems. WordPress powers millions of websites because it works for businesses of all sizes—from simple blogs to complex e-commerce sites. The platform is mature, well-documented, and continuously updated. WordPress also provides control over your site—you’re not locked into proprietary platforms that require specific vendors for maintenance. When built correctly, WordPress delivers enterprise-level functionality without enterprise-level costs or complexity.
Can You Redesign My Existing WordPress Site?
Yes. WordPress redesigns involve evaluating your current site, identifying what works and what doesn’t, developing a new design and structure that improves user experience and conversions, building a new custom theme, migrating content, implementing SEO best practices, and testing before launch. We can redesign sites built on any WordPress setup—custom themes, page builders, or popular theme frameworks. The goal is improving performance, updating design, enhancing user experience, and fixing technical issues without losing search rankings or breaking existing functionality.
What Ongoing Maintenance Do WordPress Sites Need?
WordPress requires regular core updates (typically monthly), plugin updates (varies by plugin), security monitoring, backup management, performance optimization, uptime monitoring, and occasional troubleshooting. Skipping maintenance creates security vulnerabilities, compatibility issues, and performance problems. Our maintenance services handle all updates, monitor for issues, maintain regular backups, optimize performance, and address problems before they affect visitors. You get a website that stays secure, fast, and functional without requiring technical expertise from your team.
Can You Migrate My Site From Another Platform To WordPress?
Yes. We handle complete site migrations from platforms like Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Joomla, Drupal, or custom-built systems to WordPress. Migration includes content transfer, URL structure mapping, 301 redirect setup to preserve SEO rankings, design recreation or improvement in WordPress, functionality replication or enhancement, and thorough testing before switching over. We ensure zero downtime during the transition and verify all content, images, forms, and functionality work correctly before the old site goes offline. Site migration eliminates the limitations of your current platform while maintaining the SEO equity and traffic you’ve already built.
Is WordPress Secure For Business Websites?
Yes, when configured and maintained correctly. WordPress itself is secure, but security requires proper implementation—strong passwords, regular updates, security hardening, reliable hosting, SSL certificates, malware scanning, and limiting plugin vulnerabilities. Most WordPress security issues come from outdated plugins, weak passwords, or poor hosting, not from WordPress core. We implement security best practices during development and maintain them through ongoing updates and monitoring. Your WordPress site gets the same security measures used by major corporations and government agencies running WordPress—it’s about proper configuration and maintenance, not platform limitations.