WordPress Engineering Studio

WordPress development that holds up under real traffic.

Custom themes, WooCommerce builds, and hardened infrastructure — engineered by the developers you actually talk to, not a sales layer reading from a template. Fixed pricing. Most sites ship inside 30 days.

30+
WordPress builds shipped
90+
Typical PageSpeed score
<0.1s
Target CLS on rebuilds
24 hr
Quote turnaround
Built on WordPress WooCommerce Elementor Gutenberg ACF Pro

In short

Solutions Gator builds and maintains custom WordPress and WooCommerce websites — hand-coded themes and plugins, not page-builder templates — for teams that need a site to load fast, survive a traffic spike, and keep ranking. Every engagement is fixed-price, scoped on a call with the engineer who builds it, and typically live within 30 days.

01 — Service Categories

Nine categories.
One team that ships all of them.

Most of what a WordPress project needs falls into these categories. Pick the one closest to your problem — the detail underneath is what we actually do, not a marketing label.

02 — Full Catalog

Every service, listed plainly.

No need to guess whether something is "in scope." If it's WordPress and it's below, we do it.

Core Development

Custom WordPress Development
Custom Theme Development
Custom Plugin Development
WooCommerce Development
WooCommerce Customization
Elementor Development
Gutenberg Block Development
White Label Development

Platforms & Integrations

Headless WordPress
API Integrations
Membership Websites
LMS Websites
Multilingual Websites
Enterprise WordPress Solutions

Performance & Security

Speed Optimization
Core Web Vitals Optimization
Performance Audits
Security Hardening
Malware Removal
Accessibility Improvements

Growth & Optimization

SEO Optimization
Technical SEO
Conversion Optimization
WordPress Consulting

Migration & Ongoing Care

Website Migration
Website Redesign
WordPress Maintenance
Ongoing Support & Retainers
Bug Fixes
Emergency Support
Hosting & Infrastructure Guidance
03 — Industries

Built for the businesses
that can't afford downtime.

E-Commerce & Retail

WooCommerce stores where checkout speed and uptime directly move revenue.

Healthcare & Clinics

Patient-facing booking sites built with careful data handling and HIPAA-aware architecture.

SaaS & Tech Marketing Sites

Fast, content-heavy marketing sites that sit in front of a product, often integrated with the app via API.

Professional Services & Agencies

Lead-generation sites where SEO and conversion rate are the whole point of the build.

Education & Online Courses

LMS platforms with cohort access, drip content, and payment-gated course delivery.

Media & Publishing

High-traffic editorial sites where Core Web Vitals and ad-load performance are non-negotiable.

04 — Why Us

WordPress still runs
43% of the web.

That scale means a plugin, integration, or hosting solution already exists for almost anything you need — the skill is knowing which ones are worth trusting. That's the part we bring.

Talk to an engineer
01
Direct access to the engineer building your site
No account manager relaying technical answers second-hand. You talk to the person writing the code.
02
Hand-coded, not page-builder assembled
Custom themes and plugins built against WordPress core APIs — lighter, faster, and easier to maintain than a stack of builder plugins.
03
Fixed-price, scoped before work starts
You know the cost before we write a line of code. Scope changes are discussed openly, never billed as a surprise invoice.
04
Security and performance built in, not bolted on
Hardening, caching strategy, and Core Web Vitals are part of the initial build plan, not a separate line item after launch.
05
Honest audits before any rebuild pitch
If your existing site can be fixed for less than a rebuild costs, we'll say so — the audit findings decide the recommendation, not a sales quota.
05 — Comparison

Traditional agency vs.
dedicated WordPress engineers.

Both can build you a website. The difference shows up in who you talk to, how the price is set, and what happens when something breaks.

Traditional Agency
Solutions Gator
Who you talk to
Account manager relays requests to a dev team
The engineer building your site, directly
Pricing model
Hourly billing, scope creep is common
Fixed price, agreed before work starts
Build approach
Often page-builder assembled for speed of delivery
Hand-coded theme and plugin architecture
Typical timeline
6-12 weeks, frequent scope renegotiation
2-6 weeks for most builds, fixed at quoting
Security & performance
Often a paid add-on after launch
Included in the initial build plan
Post-launch support
Separate contract, renegotiated pricing
Included support window, month-to-month retainer after
06 — Process

From audit call to
launch day.

Every engagement starts with a real technical conversation, not a discovery-phase invoice. Here's exactly what happens between your first message and going live.

01
Site or scope audit
For existing sites, we audit code, plugins, and performance first. For new builds, we scope requirements directly with you.
02
Fixed quote within 24 hours
A scoping call with the engineer who'll build it, followed by a fixed price — no hourly estimate ranges.
03
Kickoff within 48 hours
Agreement signed, first milestone paid, staging environment live — we start building immediately.
04
Staged builds with visible progress
You see the site build in a staging environment throughout, not just at a single reveal at the end.
05
Launch, then a support window
Go-live handled during low-traffic hours, followed by 2-4 weeks of included post-launch support.
07 — Case Studies
01
WooCommerce Rebuild

Bloom & Co.

E-Commerce Performance Overhaul
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Challenge

A WooCommerce store on a bloated page-builder theme, loading in 4.8 seconds with a broken mobile checkout. Rebuilt on a lean custom theme with optimized product queries and a streamlined checkout flow.

Result

Page load cut to 1.1 seconds. Checkout abandonment dropped, and conversions rose 40% in the first month post-launch.

77%
Faster load
+40%
Conversions
Revenue
3 wk
Delivered
02
Security & Recovery

NexaFlow Clinic

Malware Removal & Hardening
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Challenge

A healthcare booking site compromised via an outdated plugin, injecting spam redirects and flagged by Google Safe Browsing. Cleaned, hardened, and rebuilt the plugin footprint from twenty-two plugins down to six.

Result

Safe Browsing flag cleared within 48 hours. Zero incidents in the twelve months since, with monitoring in place.

48 hr
To clean & clear
6
Plugins (from 22)
0
Incidents since
99.9%
Uptime
03
Headless + SEO

DataPulse Media

Editorial Platform Rebuild
View details
Challenge

A high-traffic content site struggling with Core Web Vitals under ad load. Decoupled to headless WordPress with a Next.js frontend, keeping the existing editorial workflow intact.

Result

Organic traffic tripled in six months as Core Web Vitals moved into the "good" range across all three metrics.

Organic traffic
Good
All 3 CWV metrics
#1
For 3 core terms
6 wk
Delivered
08 — Technical Expertise

What we check before
we write a line of code.

Every new engagement — build or takeover — starts with the same technical pass. It's how we give a fixed price with confidence, and how we catch problems before they become downtime.

Request a free audit
Plugin footprint audit — count, overlap, and abandonment risk
Core Web Vitals baseline (LCP, INP, CLS) from real field data
Database query performance and slow-query identification
PHP version, memory limits, and hosting configuration review
Security surface — exposed endpoints, login hardening, file permissions
Theme and template hierarchy structure for maintainability
Backup strategy and disaster-recovery readiness
Accessibility pass against WCAG 2.1 AA where applicable
09 — Technology Stack
WordPress Core
WooCommerce
Elementor
Gutenberg
ACF Pro
WPML
LearnDash
MemberPress
Redis
Cloudflare
Next.js
GraphQL
Stripe
PHP 8
MySQL
10 — Clients
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"Our checkout was broken on mobile for months and no one caught it. They found it in the audit call, fixed it inside the rebuild, and conversions jumped 40% in the first month."

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Sarah Mitchell
Founder, Bloom & Co.
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"We were hacked through an old plugin and Google flagged the site. They cleaned it, hardened it, and cut our plugin count by two-thirds. Zero issues since."

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David Reyes
Clinic Manager, NexaFlow
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"Going headless sounded like overkill until they explained exactly why our ad-heavy pages needed it. Organic traffic tripled in six months."

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Priya Sharma
Marketing Director, DataPulse
11 — Pricing

Fixed pricing, three tiers.

Know the cost before we start. No hourly surprises.

Starter
$999
one-time, fixed price

Professional WordPress for small businesses.

  • Custom theme (up to 8 pages)
  • Mobile-first responsive design
  • Contact forms & basic SEO
  • Core Web Vitals baseline pass
  • WordPress + hosting setup
  • 2 weeks post-launch support
Get started
Most popular
Business
$2,499
one-time, fixed price

Full-featured site with WooCommerce.

  • Custom theme (unlimited pages)
  • WooCommerce store setup
  • Payment gateway integration
  • Advanced technical SEO setup
  • Custom post types & ACF Pro
  • Security hardening included
  • 30 days post-launch support
Get started
Enterprise
Custom

Complex WooCommerce, multisite, or headless.

  • Everything in Business
  • WordPress Multisite network
  • Headless WordPress + Next.js
  • Custom plugin development
  • Advanced WooCommerce logic
  • Dedicated support & SLA
Get a quote

Need something in between? Tell us about your project →

12 — FAQ

Common
questions.

Anything not covered? Ask directly and we'll answer within a few hours.

Ask a question

The theme and functionality are hand-coded in PHP against WordPress core APIs, instead of assembled from a pre-built theme and a page-builder plugin. That means lighter page weight, no builder lock-in, and direct control over Core Web Vitals.

A custom-themed marketing site: 2-3 weeks. A WooCommerce store with custom logic: 4-6 weeks. Enterprise, multisite, or headless builds: 8-12 weeks, scoped individually. All timelines are fixed at quoting.

Yes — most engagements start with a code and performance audit, not a rebuild pitch. We extend or refactor when the architecture is sound, and only recommend a rebuild when the audit shows it's genuinely cheaper than patching.

WordPress used purely as a content backend via REST or GraphQL, with a separate frontend like Next.js rendering the pages. It earns its complexity at scale or with highly custom frontends — not for a standard brochure site or single store.

Yes. Every project includes a post-launch window (2-4 weeks), and month-to-month retainers cover updates, monitoring, backups, and a set number of support hours after that.

WordPress core is secure; most compromises trace back to outdated plugins or weak hosting, not the CMS itself. A hardened build with a minimal plugin footprint, a firewall, and enforced 2FA is appropriate even for regulated industries.

13 — Get a Quote

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Fill this out with as much detail as you have. If you're reporting a bug or an existing site issue, attach a screenshot — it's often faster than describing it.

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Expect a reply or a clarifying question within one business day.
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Let's fix, build, or scale
your WordPress site.

Send us the URL or the brief. We respond within 24 hours with a straight technical read — audit findings if it's an existing site, a fixed quote if it's new.

01
Send the URL or the brief
No forms. Email directly, or book a call.
02
Get a fixed quote in 24 hours
Scoped with the engineer who will build it.
03
Kickoff within 48 hours
Agreement signed, first milestone paid — we start immediately.
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