One client’s home page went from 2.1 seconds to under a third of a second.
Is it time?
I rebuild and speed up WordPress sites that have become slow, heavy or hard to change. Most sites I see show two or three of these.
Two ways to fix it
I measure first, then recommend one. If a clean-up will do the job, I’ll tell you.
Speed clean-up
Best when the design and structure still work, and the weight is in images, plugins and hosting.
Full rebuild
Best when the theme or page builder is the problem, or the site has to change with the business.
Real results
Two rebuilds: one for speed, one for a new brand and domain.
HESC · Melbourne · 2022
Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain’s site ran an old version of WordPress and Divi, and the marketing team couldn’t update it. Rebuilt in the block editor for partner agency Cox Inall Dentsu.
Vistage Australia · 2024
A new name, a new look and a new domain for Australia’s original CEO network, with WordPress brought fully up to date.
How it works
Four steps, weeks not months, and you see the numbers at both ends.
I test your site as it is: page size, load time on a phone, PageSpeed score and structure. You see the numbers first.
Clean-up or rebuild, and what each would change. You get a written plan and quote before any work starts.
I work on a staging copy while your live site keeps running, and you review it before launch.
Old links are redirected, Search Console is updated, and the same tests run again so you can see the difference.
Every job includes
After launch, keep it fast yourself, or let a care plan do it from $150 a month.
See the care plansNot sure which you need?
Add your web address and what’s bothering you. I’ll take a look and reply with what I’d do first: a clean-up or a rebuild.
Matt KnightonI read every enquiry myself.
Prefer to talk? Book a 20-minute call
Case studies
Website2022
Discover the HESC website rebuild project and how it aims to improve user experience and functionality.
Website2024
When global CEO coaching network Vistage acquired The Executive Connection (TEC), its Australian web presence needed a complete brand transformation—without disrupting 1,000+ executive members.
Website2024
Revamp your website with Parkes Golf Club to attract new members and showcase your course rebuild. Create a modern, mobile-friendly site with custom features.
Website2022
Discover how MRK transformed the MCA website to enhance online visibility. Explore the user-friendly platform, job portal, and more.
Website2017
Discover how V Moss Transport & Storage achieved growth by partnering with MRK. We created a mobile-friendly website, job listings, and more.
Website2022
Discover how MRK WP transformed Orange Chinese Medicine's website, boosting SEO, security, and local client attraction.
Read first
How I measure a site and what the numbers mean, so you can judge it before we talk.
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Clients
Our trusted WordPress Expert in APAC
Matthew is an exceptional developer and a trusted advisor on all things WordPress. Whether helping us with our APAC websites, our partner network of websites or comprehensive WordPress security, his work for Vistage has been invaluable.
Matt is a website and video production expert
Matt and the team were able to create a website that represents our church well. The technical solutions that have been implemented really helped us connect with members and donors. We are very grateful for all of their hard work on this project!
Questions
Weeks, not months. A speed clean-up of an existing site is usually quicker than a rebuild. The TEC to Vistage rebrand, with a new name, a new look and a new domain, went live in three weeks.
Not if the move is done carefully. Every old URL gets a 301 redirect to its new page, Search Console is updated, and I check for broken links and missing pages after launch.
The numbers decide. If your theme and structure are sound, cleaning up images, plugins, caching and hosting is often enough. If the page builder or theme is the weight, a rebuild saves you patching the same problems again.
With the same tests before and after: page size, load time on a phone, and a Google PageSpeed or GTmetrix score. HESC’s home page went from 3 MB to 1 MB, and its load time from 2.1 seconds to 290 milliseconds.
Yes. I build with the WordPress block editor and a lean theme, so text, images and pages are edited in one place. Then I walk your team through it.
It depends on the size of the site and what it needs to do. After a 20-minute call and a look at your site, you get a written quote before any work starts.
You can, and I’ll show you how. Or a WordPress care plan keeps it updated, secured and monitored every month, from $150 a month.
Let’s figure it out together
You don’t have to
build alone.
A little guidance. A good conversation. A better next step.
Start with a 20-minute call. I read every enquiry myself.
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