WordPress Development

WordPress powers 43% of the internet. Most agencies treat it as a template engine. We treat it as an engineering platform — and we’ve built everything from pan-African media portals to government e-certification systems on it.

When Forbes Africa needed a redesign, they came to us. We nearly tripled their load speed while lazy-loading 200+ articles on the homepage. When CNBC Africa needed a frontend refresh, we did it on a WordPress + Next.js headless architecture. When Infosys needed an enterprise marketplace deployed on Azure, we built it on WordPress with Azure B2C, Azure Search, and Azure Blob integration.

WordPress isn’t a limitation. In the right hands, it’s one of the most powerful and flexible platforms in existence.

What we deliver

Custom WordPress theme and plugin development

Headless WordPress with Next.js or React frontends

Performance optimisation — Core Web Vitals, caching, CDN

WordPress multisite

WooCommerce and e-commerce on WordPress

Enterprise WordPress on cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS)

Third-party API integrations

WordPress accessibility — WCAG-compliant implementations

WordPress maintenance and security

Our products & Contributions

WordPress Core Contributor

Versions 4.9 “Tipton” · 5.1 “Betty” · 5.3 “Kirk” · 5.4 “Adderley”
Verified WordPress Core Contributor

HireZoot

(formerly WP Job Openings) Job listing and ATS plugin. 40,000+ active users on WordPress.org.

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AccessMate

Free AI-powered WordPress accessibility scanner and widget. WCAG 2.1 AA scanning, A–F scoring, AI fix suggestions.

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Embed Any Document

Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and more directly into any WordPress page. One of our most widely adopted free plugins.

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AWSM Team

Display team members cleanly on any WordPress site.

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WazChat — Chat Button Widget

Add a WhatsApp chat button to any WordPress site.

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Awsm F1 Headless WordPress Theme

Lightweight, developer-friendly WordPress forms.

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Avista

Free WordPress theme. Clean, modern, broadly compatible.

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WP-CONTENT.CO

Our blog, podcast, and newsletter for the WordPress community.’

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Nexara

Free WordPress theme with flexible layout and solid performance.

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Five for the Future

Nearly 42% of our team pledged 13 hours per week to WordPress Core, Community, Design, Support, and Polyglots.

They are the masters of WordPress & more. From pixel-perfect front-end codes, Fully functional WordPress websites, to developing APIs they have delivered outstanding quality with impeccable work ethic. It has been a pleasure partnering with AWSM. Looking forward to building more amazing Websites and Apps.

Bharat K.V.

Chief Designer • Marapachi Design Studio

They go the extra mile to make things work and understand your requirement inside out. Even when there are surprises along the way, they’re good at tackling them. This can only come with experience an I’ve seen it first hand.

Mani Karthik

Blogger • Mentor & ConsultantBlogger

We worked with Aravind & Vinuraj. Their team delivered exactly what we needed in time and on budget. The project was building a frontend on the Frontity (a react-based framework) with a wordpress backend, building a headless site for our digital publishing venture. We will work with their team again on projects in the future.

Sid Wahi

Managing Director • CMA Investment Holdings

Have questions?
We’ve got answers.

Headless WordPress separates the CMS (content management) from the frontend presentation, using Next.js or React to build the user-facing site. It makes sense for high-traffic sites needing maximum performance, or where the frontend needs to pull content from multiple sources.
Through a combination of server-side caching (object cache, page cache), CDN configuration, image optimisation, database query optimisation, code splitting, and Core Web Vitals-focused frontend development. The Forbes Africa rebuild is our strongest proof point — nearly 3× faster with 200+ articles on the homepage.
Yes, with the right architecture. WordPress itself scales well — the key is proper server configuration, caching strategy, and CDN usage. We’ve deployed WordPress on Azure and AWS at enterprise scale.
It means you work with a team that doesn’t just use WordPress — they understand it at a deep architectural level and contribute to its improvement. That knowledge shows up in how we architect solutions, avoid edge cases, and anticipate platform behaviour.

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