Website Strategy
Outsource WordPress Development or Hire In-House? The Math
What an in-house WordPress developer really costs an agency, what outsourcing costs by the hour, page and month, and the hours at which each model wins.
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How Much Does a WordPress Website Cost in 2026?
What a WordPress website costs in 2026: $349 to $1,490 to build and $20 to $250 a month to run, with hosting renewal prices, three worked budgets over three years and the itemised list a fair quote should follow.
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Search Visibility
SEO vs PPC: Which Should a Small Business Fund First?
PPC buys leads now and stops when the budget stops. SEO takes months and then keeps working. Here is what each costs over a year, the break-even number, and which to fund first.
Platforms & CMS
WordPress Membership Site: Real Costs and Plugin Choices
Plugin licenses, renewal prices, transaction fees and build costs for a WordPress membership site, with a decision table for the four common setups and the cases where a hosted platform is the better choice.
Ecommerce
Shopify vs Wix for Online Stores: Costs, Fees and Fit
Choose Shopify when products are the business and Wix when the shop is one part of a services or content site. Here are the current US prices, fees and a three-year cost for each.
Ecommerce
Shopify Plus vs Shopify: Real Costs and When to Upgrade
Shopify Plus starts at $2,300 a month, about seven times the price of Shopify’s Advanced plan, and for most stores the extra money buys features rather than savings. Here is how to tell whether your store needs it.
Performance & Reliability
WordPress Staging Site: When You Need One and What It Costs
Most business WordPress sites benefit from a staging site, and any site that takes money should not change anything without one. Here is which changes need it, what it costs and how to avoid losing orders.
Platforms & CMS
WordPress vs Joomla: Cost, Support Dates and Which to Pick
WordPress wins the WordPress vs Joomla decision for most business websites, mainly because the people who update the site can do it without help. Joomla still suits multilingual sites run by someone who knows it well.
Platforms & CMS
WordPress Accessibility: What Your Business Site Needs
WordPress accessibility means people using a keyboard, a screen reader, zoom or high contrast can read your pages, use your menus and send your forms. WordPress itself gives you a solid starting point, but the theme, plugins and content you add on top decide whether a real visitor can actually book, buy or get in touch.
Platforms & CMS
WordPress vs Drupal: Which CMS Fits Your Business?
For most companies, WordPress is the better fit: your marketing team can run it without a developer on call. Drupal suits complex, structured sites with a technical team, and Drupal 10 support ends on December 9, 2026.
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Plan your website with clear goals, a realistic budget and scope: briefs, costs, redesign decisions and site structure.
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Compare WordPress, Webflow, Shopify and other platforms by editing, ownership and migration needs before you choose or switch.
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Guides to choosing an ecommerce platform, store costs, checkout, integrations and replatforming without losing sales.
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Guides to technical SEO, AI search, redesign safeguards and launch checks, with honest advice and no guaranteed rankings.
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Guides to website speed, maintenance and recovery: find the real cause of problems and what can be restored when a site is lost.
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