Custom WordPress websites built to perform — fast load times, strong Google rankings, and code you own. No marketplace themes, no lock-in, no cutting corners.
Australian team
Based here, working your hours — not a timezone away
144+ projects delivered
Over 10+ years building and maintaining sites for Australian businesses
One developer, start to finish
The same person every time — no re-explaining your site
Straight answers, on your terms
We only take work we can finish. Ask us anything first — no obligation
Delivered by our Melbourne team with a clear process, fixed timelines, and measurable results.
Local expertise, transparent process, measurable results.
Custom code, the native block editor, or a page builder like Elementor — whichever suits how you will maintain it. No marketplace themes, no bloat, and you own it outright.
Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed 90+, and sub-2.5s LCP are not features — they are the baseline we deliver on every project. Slow websites are never handed over.
Hardened configuration, proper file permissions, and security monitoring are included on every project. Not an upsell you have to ask for.
Local team, Melbourne hours. You can call, meet, and escalate to a real person who knows your project — not a ticketing system in a different time zone.
PageSpeed scores, Core Web Vitals reports, and post-launch analytics tracking — you can see the performance of what we built, in numbers.
Our average client has been with us 5+ years. We build websites we intend to support and evolve — not launch and forget.
A slow, insecure, or outdated website costs you Google rankings, customer trust, and revenue every day. A custom-built, performance-optimised website is one of the highest-ROI investments a Melbourne business can make.
Free website review — we assess your current site's performance, security, and SEO health, and show you exactly what a custom development project would deliver.
A custom WordPress website with CloudyWP starts from $300 for a focused single-purpose site and runs to $15,000+ for a large custom build with WooCommerce, custom plugins, and advanced functionality. Most Melbourne business sites land somewhere in the middle. Every project is a fixed quote after a scoping conversation — no open-ended hourly billing.
Most custom WordPress websites take around four weeks from kickoff to launch — covering design, development, content loading, testing, and your review. A larger build with WooCommerce or custom plugin work takes longer, which we set out clearly in the quote before we start.
Both, depending on who maintains the site. Our default is a custom-coded theme — faster, lighter and easier to support long term. But if you want to edit and add pages yourself without calling a developer, Elementor is often the right answer, and we build in it properly: reusable templates scoped so they do not conflict with existing pages, designs matched including sliders, and everything tested responsive on real devices. We also work in the native block editor, and convert Lovable and other AI-builder sites across to WordPress and Elementor.
Yes — it is still WordPress, so you get a familiar admin dashboard to edit content, add pages, and update images. We hand over the site with training and documentation so you are not dependent on us for routine changes.
Yes — we offer ongoing WordPress maintenance covering updates, security, backups, and support, as a separate ongoing service. It is optional; you are free to take the site and maintain it yourself or with another provider after handover.
Why CloudyWP
Melbourne WordPress developers building fast, secure and conversion-focused sites for local businesses. Get a free project quote.
Get a fixed quote02 — How we work
Every CloudyWP project runs the same way, whether it is a one-page site or a store with a thousand SKUs. Here is exactly what happens.
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A single scoping call, then a written plan: what gets built, what it costs, and when it ships. No discovery-phase invoices, no moving targets.
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Custom WordPress or Shopify on clean code you own outright. Every build ships fast, passes Core Web Vitals, and is handed over documented.
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Your site talks to the tools you already run — CRM, invoicing, email, stock. The repetitive admin stops being someone's job and starts running itself.
Scope
A fixed quote, in writing
Deliverables, price and dates agreed before a line of code is written.
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