Editorial sites die when content meets a theme nobody can edit.

WordPress, content systems, and editorial design that scales. Built for content teams that ship every week, not for marketing decks. Block-editor native, ACF-powered, performance-engineered.

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What we see

The editorial site most agencies still ship.

01

A theme nobody can edit.

Page builders that make every page look like a mockup. Editors paste from Google Docs and the layout breaks every time.

02

Plugin bloat slowing everyone down.

Your content team suffers, your development costs go up, and your users bounce due to page speed.

03

Content team blocked by tickets.

Custom blocks live in code. Every new layout pattern is a sprint. The editorial team learns to live with what shipped on day one.

What's included

A site editors can actually run.

WordPress + ACF Pro + custom blocks + Pantheon. Built for editors first.

WordPress + ACF Pro foundation.

Block-editor native theme with ACF-powered custom blocks for every editorial pattern your team needs. No page builders. No "just paste this shortcode" handoff.

Content models.

CPTs + taxonomies + ACF fields modeled to how your team actually thinks about content.

Editorial design system.

20+ block patterns: pull quotes, stat strips, takeaways, comparison tables, margin notes — every editorial element pre-styled.

Multi-author workflow

Editorial roles, draft → review → publish, scheduled posts, contributor profiles.

SEO foundations

Yoast/Rank Math configured, schema for articles + organization, automatic sitemaps.

Performance engineering

LCP < 1.5s, CLS < 0.05, lazy-loading, image optimization, CDN setup.

Custom blocks

ACF-powered, branded, editor-friendly. Live preview in the editor.

Hosting setup

Pantheon dev/test/live, automated backups, deploy pipeline, SSL.

How we ship it

Four phases, built for the work.

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01 · Audit

What's breaking, what's working.

  • Content inventory + IA review
  • Editor workflow interviews (3–5)
  • Performance baseline
  • SEO audit + traffic baseline
02 · Architect

Content models + design system.

  • CPT + taxonomy spec
  • ACF field-group spec
  • Block patterns inventory
  • Editorial design system
03 · Build

Block-editor native, ACF-powered.

  • Custom theme + block library
  • Content migration (with redirects)
  • SEO continuity (URL mapping)
  • Performance + accessibility QA
04 · Train

Hand off to the team that ships.

  • Editor training (recorded)
  • Block reference doc
  • Workflow playbook
  • 30-day hypercare
The stack

Built with platforms we bet our work on.

WordPress-native. Pantheon-hosted. Block-editor first. No page builders.
WordPress
CMS
ACF Pro
Custom fields
Pantheon
Hosting
Yoast
SEO
Algolia
Search
Cloudflare
CDN
Zapier
Workflow
Mailchimp
Newsletter
Engagement

How an engagement actually works.

Marketing

Marketing site

$15,000–$55,000 Fixed · 8–10 weeks
  • Up to 12 templates
  • Standard block library
  • Yoast / Rank Math
  • Pantheon hosting setup
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EdEnterprise site

$55,000–$125,000 Fixed · 12–16 weeks
  • Custom CPTs + taxonomies
  • 20+ ACF custom blocks
  • Editorial design system
  • Multi-author workflow
  • Migration + SEO continuity
  • Performance engineering (LCP < 1.5s)
  • Editor training + playbook
  • 30-day hypercare
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Ongoing

Post-Launch support

From $500/mo Monthly · 12-month min
  • New blocks / content models
  • Editor support + training
  • Performance + uptime monitoring
  • Quarterly business review
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Questions

Things people ask before they sign.

Why WordPress and not a headless CMS?+

For editorial teams, WordPress + ACF + the block editor is the most editor-friendly CMS that exists. Headless adds a second layer of complexity that almost never pays off for a content team. We use headless when there’s a real reason — a Hydrogen storefront, a React app — not as a default.

Can we self-host or do we have to use Pantheon?+

Pantheon is our default because of the dev/test/live workflow, zero-config CDN, and managed updates. We can deploy to WP Engine, Kinsta, or self-managed hosts on request — quoted separately.

How does content migration work?+

We map your old URL structure to the new one (down to query strings if needed), redirect everything, preserve schema, and verify with crawl reports pre + post launch. We’ve migrated sites up to 8,000 articles without traffic loss.

Do you build custom blocks?+

Yes — that’s 80% of an editorial engagement. Every editorial pattern your team uses (pull quotes, stat strips, takeaways, comparison tables, margin notes, embedded forms) becomes an ACF-powered custom block.

What about the existing Shopify store?+

We integrate cleanly. WordPress for editorial, Shopify for commerce — wired together with shared analytics, unified search, and a shared header/footer. The visitor experiences one brand.

How quickly can we start?+

Marketing site engagements typically start within 2–3 weeks. Editorial site engagements scope and kick off within 4–6 weeks of contract.

Let's commence

An editorial site your team actually wants to use.

Block-editor native, ACF-powered, Pantheon-hosted. No page builders. No "just paste this shortcode" handoffs. The CMS your editors trust.

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Selected work

Recent web & editorial case studies.

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