</>Javed Akhtar

WordPress Development Services | Custom & Fast

WordPress still powers a huge share of the web, and done well it's a fast, flexible, and highly manageable platform. As a WordPress developer, I build custom themes and Gutenberg blocks, or headless WordPress fronted by Next.js, so you get a fast, secure site your team can actually manage with ease.

If your existing WordPress site is slow or held together by heavy page builders, I can clean it up: streamline the theme, fix your Core Web Vitals, harden security, and give your editors a straightforward publishing experience.

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What's included

What you get

Custom WordPress themes & blocks

Hand-built themes and Gutenberg blocks tailored to your brand, with no bloated page builders slowing your website down.

Headless WordPress with Next.js

WordPress as a content management system with a modern Next.js frontend via the REST or GraphQL API, giving you easy editing and modern performance.

WordPress speed & Core Web Vitals

Caching, image optimisation, script cleanup, and database tuning to make an existing WordPress site genuinely fast.

Security hardening & maintenance

Security hardening, safe plugin and core updates, and reliable backups so your website stays secure and online.

Technologies

Tools for the job

  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • Gutenberg
  • WPGraphQL
  • Next.js
  • MySQL

Why it matters

Benefits for your business

Editors stay fully in control

Your team keeps the familiar WordPress dashboard while the code underneath stays clean, custom, and fast.

No page-builder performance tax

Custom, lightweight code avoids the performance drag and vendor lock-in that come with heavy drag-and-drop builders.

Modern where it counts most

Headless WordPress builds give you the SEO and speed of Next.js combined with the editing comfort of WordPress.

FAQ

WordPress Development — questions & answers

Do you use page builders like Elementor or Divi?
Only when a client specifically requests them. My default is clean, custom code and native Gutenberg blocks, which are faster, more secure, and easier to maintain than heavy page builders.
What is headless WordPress?
Headless WordPress keeps WordPress as your content editor but serves the site through a separate, modern frontend, usually Next.js, using the REST or GraphQL API. You get familiar editing plus modern performance and SEO.
Can you speed up my slow WordPress site?
Yes. I audit exactly what's slowing your site down: bloated plugins, unoptimised images, render-blocking scripts, slow database queries, then fix your Core Web Vitals without breaking your existing content.

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Ready to start your wordpress development project?

Tell me about your project — a new build, a rescue, or a feature. I'll reply within a day with questions and a suggested approach.

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