PandaCodeGen / WordPress website design & development
WordPress website design and development for small businesses. Build a new site, refresh an outdated design or investigate slow pages and broken forms. Work directly with the founders, agree the scope and price, and learn how to update the site yourself.
01 / See the work
Panda Patches and Ladies 4 Jesus both started on WordPress. These projects show our migration work; your proposal establishes whether to stay on WordPress or move to a custom build.
Project / Panda Patches
A WordPress storefront moved to a custom build, with the product and enquiry journey designed around the business.
Founder-affiliated business. This is a migration from WordPress, not a website currently running on WordPress.
Project / Ladies 4 Jesus
A WordPress publishing site moved to a custom build, with a content editor and moderation workflow for the owner.
Independent client. This is a migration from WordPress, not a website currently running on WordPress.
02 / Review your site
We review your pages, mobile layout, editing tasks and enquiry forms. A focused repair, redesign or new build gets its own scope; a platform move is considered when it serves the requirements.
Agree the home, service, about and contact pages you need, plus a blog or other content where it has a purpose. We review layouts on phone and desktop.
Choose a WordPress editing setup for the text, images and pages your team will maintain. We demonstrate those tasks before handover.
Decide where enquiries should arrive and which bookings, email or other tools need connecting. Test the agreed path from submission to receipt.
List hosting, theme or plugin licences, backups, updates and who handles each. You can see the running costs alongside the build quote.
What the proposal resolves
A small business site and a busy publishing site need different amounts of work. We show you the difference before either is priced.
List the page types, who provides the words and images, and whether blog posts or existing content need moving. New copy and photography are quoted if required.
Agree which text, images and repeating items your team can change. A new layout or feature is separate development work; the live demonstration uses your real editing tasks.
Name the hosting account, domain, paid licences, backups, security updates and support responsibilities. Your proposal states what is included and what is billed by other providers.
We move existing WordPress websites between hosting providers while keeping WordPress. This is quoted separately from a redesign or a WordPress-to-Next.js rebuild. We review the files and database, destination-host compatibility, domain and email arrangements, and any store or connected services. The scope names backups, transfer checks, the cutover window and fallback plan before work starts.
Website SEO / Search and AI access
A WordPress website should explain what you sell and give search systems a clear route to its public pages. We review the content, page settings and theme output together.
Need ongoing buyer research, page improvements and visibility reporting? AI search services are optional monthly work, scoped separately from the build. Search systems choose which pages they index or cite.
03 / Make the right call
We recommend the scope that addresses the evidence from your site and team, then put the work and boundaries in writing.
Choose WordPress when its editing, themes and plugins fit the site you need and the upkeep your team can manage.
If your design, store or business workflow needs a different approach, we explain the custom option and its costs. You choose before work starts.
04 / From call to handover
Each stage creates something you can review. Your proposal names the deliverables and the point where you accept them.
Tell Hassan or Imran about the business, the pages you need, your budget and what you would like to edit. You do not need a technical brief.
Confirm design, content responsibilities, editing tools, forms, licences and running costs in a written quote.
See the pages on a private preview, try the editing tasks and give feedback before launch.
Check the agreed pages and forms, then hand over access, written instructions and a live demo. Ask the founders to explain anything you need to use.
05 / Your project price
Quoted to scope
The price is agreed before work starts.
Your WordPress quote depends on the pages, design, content and connections involved. It lists the build price, any theme or plugin licences, hosting and who handles updates. Ongoing support is agreed separately.
Pages, design, content responsibilities and forms listed in the quote.
Admin access, hosting arrangements and licences explained at handover.
Written instructions and a live demo of the editing tasks agreed for your site.
After launch
The build is a one-off. These are the bills that continue, so add them up before you compare quotes.
Hosting
Your host's invoicePlugin and theme licences
Renewal emailsSecurity and backup tools
Card statementMaintenance
Your agency or developerThe proposal lists which of these the new site keeps, so you know the running cost before you sign.
06 / Ownership & exports
A self-hosted WordPress website can move to another host, including its files and database. WordPress.com has different export and plan limits. A content download is not a complete working website: check the design, photos, plugins and accounts as well. The comparison below separates those parts.
Your project handover
You receive the project code and design files we create for you, plus documentation and control of the production accounts. If you then take a monthly support or care plan, that doesn't change: we keep sharing the code, documentation and accounts with you, so you always have your own copy. Third-party themes, plugins, services and assets remain under their own licence terms.
Yes. A self-hosted WordPress site can move to another host by copying its files and database and updating the settings. Downloading only pages and posts leaves the theme, plugins and other site files behind. WordPress.com is a separate hosted service, so the available backup and moving tools depend on its plan.
PandaCodeGen hands over the code and design files created for your project, written instructions and control of the production accounts. We also demonstrate the editing tasks agreed in your scope. A support plan is optional. Paid themes, plugins and hosting keep their own terms and costs, which your proposal identifies.
Read each row for the scope and source.
| Website assets | WordPress.com | Self-hosted WordPress | Your PandaCodeGen build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website design and files | Partly The standard export leaves out the theme, design changes and plugins. A full backup download with themes, plugins and the database is on Business and Commerce plans. WordPress.com docs on WordPress.com, website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗Second source on WordPress.com, website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports The whole site, with its theme, plugins, files and database, can be copied to another host without reinstalling. Self-hosted WordPress docs on Self-hosted WordPress, website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours You receive the website code and design files we create for you. Custom builds use the open-source Next.js framework. Third-party themes, plugins and services keep their own licence terms. Next.js licence on website design and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Website pages | Exports Tools, Export downloads an content file with your pages, posts, comments, categories and tags. WordPress.com docs on WordPress.com, website pages (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports The built-in content download includes pages, posts, other content types, comments, extra fields and user records. This is a content file, not a full site backup. Self-hosted WordPress docs on Self-hosted WordPress, website pages (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours With Sanity, your page content and available uploaded files can be downloaded together. Missing or inaccessible files need separate recovery. WordPress builds use WordPress's content download; text built into the website files comes with those files. Sanity export docs on website pages (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Blog posts | Exports Posts, with their categories and tags, are in the same content file. WordPress.com docs on WordPress.com, blog posts (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports Posts, categories and tags are in the same content download. Self-hosted WordPress docs on Self-hosted WordPress, blog posts (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours Blog posts are in the same content export as your pages. Sanity export docs on blog posts (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Editable lists and business details | Not covered by the WordPress.com pages we checked. | Exports Other content types and extra business fields are included in the same content download. Self-hosted WordPress docs on Self-hosted WordPress, editable lists and business details (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours Lists such as services, team members and locations are included in the content download. Sanity's terms say the subscriber keeps ownership of that data. Sanity terms on editable lists and business details (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Images and files | Exports The content download holds links, not the image files themselves. The media library downloads separately, and how depends on your plan and whether the site has plugins. WordPress.com docs on WordPress.com, images and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Exports Images and uploads are files on your own host, backed up and moved with the rest of the site. Self-hosted WordPress docs on Self-hosted WordPress, images and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Yours Available images and files uploaded to Sanity come with the content download. Check the download for missing files. Images built into the design are part of the website files you receive. Sanity export docs on images and files (opens in a new tab) ↗ |
| Website address (domain) | Exports You can unlock the domain and get a transfer code, but not within 60 days of registering or transferring it. WordPress.com docs on WordPress.com, website address (domain) (opens in a new tab) ↗ | Not covered by the Self-hosted WordPress pages we checked. | In your account Control of the production accounts is part of handover. Hosting moves to your own account on request or when an engagement ends. |
The project code and design files we create for you.
Instructions handed over with the project files. If you take a care plan later, we keep sharing the documentation with you.
An editing walkthrough at handover, so your team can update the site. Every build that uses Sanity includes training on Sanity Studio and written documentation for it. On Starter, the content editor is set up, documented, and we train you on it.
Control of the production accounts. Hosting moves to your own account on request or when an engagement ends.
Your build keeps working without a PandaCodeGen care plan. Hosting and other provider services still need their own arrangements.
Licence notes, from the same check:
Vendor columns describe each platform's own documented tools, read on 8 October 2026. Plans and export tools change, so check the linked page before you rely on a row. Our column comes from our published terms; your written proposal states the details for your project, including any third-party licences.
07 / Before you decide
These are starting answers. Project-specific details belong in the written proposal.
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