CMS Development

A CMS chosen for the job, not out of habit

WordPress, headless, and custom CMS builds - matched to what the site actually needs to do.

Quick answer

CMS development is matching a platform - WordPress, headless, static, or fully custom - to what the content and channels actually need, then migrating onto it without losing ranking equity, instead of picking a platform out of habit and working around it for years.

Most CMS decisions get made backwards - a team picks a platform because it's familiar, then spends years working around whatever that platform doesn't do well. The right order is to look at what the content actually needs to do (how many channels, how technical the editing team, how closely the structure fits an off-the-shelf platform) and let that decide, not the other way around.

That's why we build across WordPress, headless architectures, static generators like Jekyll, and fully custom systems instead of defaulting to one option regardless of fit - a content-heavy marketing site needs something different from a product catalogue feeding a website and an app, and both differ again from a documentation site. Getting that match right up front is what keeps a site fast and maintainable years after launch, instead of accumulating workarounds that eventually force a migration anyway.

Common problems

Problems we solve in CMS Development

A platform chosen out of habit

A team picks a CMS because it is familiar, then spends years working around whatever it does not do well.

Plugin sprawl erodes performance quietly

A dozen plugins accumulate over time, several doing overlapping jobs, until page speed has degraded well before anyone notices.

Content duplicated across channels

A website and a mobile app end up maintaining the same product content separately instead of sharing one source.

Content forced into the wrong shape

An unusual content structure gets jammed into custom fields a platform was never built to hold.

A migration with no redirect plan

URLs change with nothing mapping old to new, and ranking equity built over years quietly resets.

No plan for who updates content

Without a documented editor workflow, every content change becomes a developer request.

What's included

Everything covered in CMS Development

WordPress

Custom themes, a disciplined plugin stack, and performance baked in from day one.

Headless CMS

One content source delivered via API to a website, app, or any other channel that needs it.

Jekyll

Static-site simplicity - speed and security - where a database-backed CMS is overhead nobody needs.

Custom CMS

A flat-file or fully custom build for content structures that off-the-shelf platforms genuinely do not fit.

CMS Migration

Platform moves planned around URL mapping, redirects, and SEO preservation, not rushed under deadline pressure.

The difference

What actually changes

BeforeAfter
A platform chosen because it is familiar, worked around for yearsA platform chosen from the actual content model and channel needs
A dozen plugins accumulated ad hoc over timeA short, documented list of plugins, each chosen deliberately
A website and app duplicate the same product contentOne content source served via API to every channel
Content jammed into custom fields that half-fitContent model built around how the data actually works
URLs change without a redirect planEvery URL has a mapped, tested 301 redirect before go-live
Reporting

What we report on

Core Web Vitals & plugin health

Tracked against your baseline from before the build, reported as the reduction in undocumented or overlapping plugins.

Content reuse across channels

Tracked by how many channels consume the same content type without duplication.

Build time & page load speed

Measured against a database-backed equivalent to confirm a static build is actually faster.

Ranking preservation & redirect coverage

Tracked against a pre-migration baseline, verified as the share of old URLs with a validated, working redirect.

Tools & platforms

Tools we work with

💻WordPress
📋Contentful
⚙️Jekyll
📁Grav
📊GA4
🔍Google Search Console
Relevant industries

Industries we work with

Built for teams like yours
🔧Sites with years of accumulated plugins and eroding performance
🌐Teams building for more than one channel
📖Documentation or infrequently updated sites wanting speed and security
📋Content structures forced into repeated workarounds
📈Sites with meaningful organic traffic planning a platform move
Why EASI7

Why choose EASI7

We fix tracking before we touch results

Every engagement starts with the same audit we'd run on our own accounts, so the numbers you're optimizing against are actually true.

One accountable team, not siloed vendors

The same team that does this also owns the rest of your stack - no handoff, no blame-shifting between vendors.

Built for how AI search actually works

Everything we build is structured to be extractable by AI answer engines, not just ranked in a list of blue links.

Reporting tied to your own dashboard

Every number we report ties back to GA4/GTM events you can see directly - not a screenshot from a tool you can't independently verify.

Ways of working

How to engage us for this

FAQs

Common questions

For most content-driven sites, yes - the plugin ecosystem and hiring pool are hard to beat. It becomes the wrong choice when the content model is unusual or when plugin bloat has already made the site slow and fragile.

When content needs to power more than one front end - a website, a mobile app, a kiosk - without duplicating the CMS. If you only need a website, traditional is usually simpler and cheaper to maintain.

Only if it's done carelessly. Done properly, with full URL mapping and 301 redirects planned before the move, ranking equity carries over with minimal disruption.

We start with the content model and how many channels need to consume it, not with a favourite platform. WordPress covers most content-driven sites, headless suits multi-channel delivery, a static generator like Jekyll fits low-frequency content, and a custom or flat-file build is reserved for content structures that genuinely do not fit an existing framework.

No - this covers the platform, the build, and the technical setup. Writing and maintaining content is a separate service, though we're happy to scope both together if that's what a project actually needs.

Get in touch

Stuck on the wrong CMS?

Migrations are disruptive, but staying on a platform that fights you every day costs more over time.

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Reference

CMS Development, in detail

Scope, area by area

AreaWhat we deliver
Platform FitContent model and channel requirements mapped before a platform gets chosen
WordPress DisciplineCustom themes, a documented plugin stack, and Core Web Vitals treated as a build requirement
Multi-Channel & Static BuildsHeadless architectures for real multi-channel needs, Jekyll for speed and security where a database is not
MigrationA complete URL map and 301 redirects built before a platform move goes live

How this compares

CMS Chosen for the JobCMS Chosen Out of Habit
The content model and channel requirements decide the platformA team picks a platform because it is familiar and works around it for years
Plugins, content types, and hosting are each chosen deliberatelyWorkarounds and plugin sprawl accumulate until a migration becomes unavoidable
A migration preserves ranking equity through a mapped, tested redirect planURLs change with no redirect plan and rankings quietly reset

Most CMS decisions get made backwards - a team picks a platform because it's familiar, then spends years working around whatever that platform doesn't do well.

What we measure this against

  • Whether the content model and channel requirements actually match the platform in use
  • Core Web Vitals and plugin or documentation health, since these degrade quietly if nobody owns them
  • Redirect coverage and ranking preservation on any platform move, tracked against a pre-migration baseline

Where this applies

  • A WordPress site with years of accumulated plugins and eroding page speed
  • A team shipping a website and a mobile app that keep duplicating the same content
  • A documentation or infrequently updated site that wants speed and security over live editing
  • A business planning a platform move that cannot afford to lose existing organic rankings

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