Full WordPress Design
WordPress is the leading content management system on the web. However, traditional agency builds often suffer from bloated page builders, slow load times, and dozens of conflicting plugins. We take an engineering-first approach. We build custom responsive designs on a minimalist theme foundation with a lean, curated plugin stack.
The aS.c Design Architecture
Our design process runs on our proprietary aS.c AI Boiler Framework and aS.c Hosting plugin stack. Storing all layouts, styles, and content as simple text files in a GitHub repository ensures your site remains portable, fast, and version controlled. AI assistance enables rapid prototyping of layout options, refined styling, search-optimized content structure, and strict adherence to accessibility standards.
Lean Plugin Philosophy
Unlike typical WordPress sites running 30 or more unmanaged plugins, our production websites run a lean stack of fewer than 10 total plugins. Development tools are deactivated when not actively developing. This eliminates unnecessary overhead and keeps your site running at peak speed.
Our Design and Development Process
- Review your business objectives, design preferences, and online presence
- Create a tailored project plan and assist with content architecture
- Develop a custom, mobile-first design using the aS.c AI Boiler Framework
- Iterate on layout, typography, and copy with AI assistance
- Configure our production plugin stack and performance optimizations
- Set up SSL, CDN integration, automated database maintenance, and cache warming
- Register the site with Google and Bing search consoles and set up Google Analytics
- Deploy to production on AWS Lightsail infrastructure with staging pipeline support
- Provide administrative access, documentation, and client training
- Offer ongoing maintenance, content updates, and technical support
Technical Details of our WordPress Stack and Infrastructure
aS.c Core Technology
- aS.c AI Boiler Framework: Minimalist WordPress theme foundation, content synchronization plugin, and portable site layer plugin. Enables high-performing website designs managed with AI assistance, fully portable, and versioned under GitHub source control.
- aS.c Hosting Plugin: All-in-one plugin for WordPress security hardening, performance settings, WebP image optimization, AWS CloudFront CDN integration, automated database optimization, self-hosted assets, and dashboard cache warming.
Official Production Plugin Stack (Fewer Than 10 Plugins)
- Yoast SEO: Search engine optimization plugin for sitemaps, canonical links, schema markup, and search indexing.
- Google Site Kit: Configures Google Analytics and provides search console performance metrics directly in your WordPress dashboard.
- Fluent Forms: Form builder for customer inquiries and lead generation.
- Fluent SMTP: Certified email delivery with SMTP logging and Brevo support.
- Autoptimize: Aggregates and optimizes CSS and JavaScript for server-level caching.
- Redis Object Cache: High-performance in-memory database query caching.
Performance, Security, and Infrastructure
- AWS CloudFront CDN integration for fast global asset delivery
- Automated WebP image optimization and compression
- Automated database optimization and routine maintenance
- Exclusive cache warming engine that pre-loads cached pages
- Hardened server security, disabled XML-RPC, and login URL protection
- No recurring premium theme or plugin license fees
Pricing
Design and development is quoted as a flat fee per project. It includes complete hosting setup plus your first year of managed hosting. Post-launch maintenance is billed separately as needed.
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