WordPress Development Australia
Built on the platform that content teams actually love.
We design and build custom WordPress sites for Australian businesses — themes, plugins, WooCommerce and migrations, engineered properly instead of stacked together from marketplace plugins.
What’s included
Every layer of a WordPress build, covered.
Theme development, plugins, WooCommerce and platform migrations — run as one connected build, not a marketplace theme with a dozen plugins stacked on top.
01
Custom WordPress Themes
A theme built specifically for your content and workflow, not a marketplace theme with plugins bolted on.
We build custom WordPress themes structured around how your team actually creates and manages content, not a page builder fighting your editors.
Theme
- Custom theme development
- Custom Gutenberg blocks
- ACF & meta fields
- Multisite
Content
- Content modelling
- Custom post types
- Taxonomies
- Editorial workflow
02
Plugin & Custom Functionality
Custom plugins and functionality for the exact features your site needs, without stacking a dozen conflicting plugins.
When a marketplace plugin doesn’t fit or several start conflicting, we build custom functionality directly into the theme or as a purpose-built plugin.
Plugins
- Custom plugin development
- REST API endpoints
- Custom Gutenberg blocks
- Admin tooling
Integration
- Third-party API integration
- CRM connections
- Form handling
- Webhooks
03
WooCommerce Development
WordPress-native ecommerce for stores that want everything — content, blog and store — running on one platform.
For stores that want their content and commerce running on the same platform, we build and customise WooCommerce properly, not a default install.
Store
- WooCommerce setup
- Custom product types
- Checkout customisation
- Payment gateways
Performance
- Catalogue performance
- Caching strategy
- Inventory sync
- Extension development
04
Migrations to WordPress
Move a site onto WordPress from Squarespace, Wix or a legacy CMS, without losing content, rankings or structure.
We migrate sites onto WordPress from other platforms, mapping content, media and URLs properly rather than a rushed copy-paste.
Migration
- Squarespace to WordPress
- Wix to WordPress
- Legacy CMS migration
- Headless WordPress
Preservation
- SEO redirect mapping
- Content migration
- Media library transfer
- Zero-downtime cutover
Clients
Trusted by businesses across Australia.
Meta
Shopify
Microsoft
Klaviyo
TikTok
WordPress
WooCommerce
Google Ads
Google Analytics
ChatGPT
Our process
How we build your WordPress site.
Discovery & Platform Audit
We review your current site or platform, your content structure and your team’s workflow before recommending anything.
- Platform audit
- Content review
- Workflow discovery
Architecture & Content Plan
We plan the content structure and, for migrations, map every page, post and URL before touching anything live.
- Content architecture
- Migration mapping
- Redirect planning
Theme & Plugin Build
Custom theme and any required plugins or custom blocks get built around your actual content and catalogue needs.
- Theme build
- Plugin development
- Custom blocks
Content & Data Migration
Pages, posts, media and product data move across cleanly, with nothing lost or duplicated in the process.
- Content migration
- Media transfer
- QA
Test & Launch
Every build is tested across devices and browsers before go-live, so launch day is calm, not chaotic.
- Cross-device QA
- Performance testing
- Launch
Support & Optimise
We stay on after launch — monitoring performance, applying updates and fixing issues as your site grows.
- Ongoing support
- Performance monitoring
- Update management
Growth Digital
Digital agency, based in Australia
WordPress covers a lot of ground — a custom theme built from scratch, a WooCommerce store, or migrating a Squarespace or Wix site across properly. Tell us what you’re working with now, and we’ll tell you what actually needs building.
Who we help
Built for every business. Proven across every industry.
Every business is different, but every business needs the right digital foundation to grow. Whether you’re launching a startup, scaling a growing business or leading a national enterprise, we tailor every solution to your goals, industry and stage of growth.
By business type
By industry
- Healthcare & Medical
- Finance & Banking
- Education & E-learning
- Real Estate
- Retail & E-commerce
- Professional Services
- Technology & Software
- Fashion & Apparel
- Agriculture
- Government Organisation
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Automotive & Car Care
- Construction & Builder
- Manufacturing
- Transport & Logistics
- Legal Services
- Fitness & Wellness
- Rental & Hire
- Entertainment & Media
- Non-Profit & Charities
Why Growth Digital
More than a digital agency. Your growth partner.
We’re more than a digital agency. We become an extension of your team—bringing strategy, design, development, marketing and AI together to solve problems, unlock opportunities and drive measurable business growth.
01
Results Before Everything
Every decision we make is guided by outcomes, not opinions. From websites and digital marketing to AI automation, we focus on the metrics that matter—qualified leads, conversions, revenue and long-term business growth.
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.”
02
Faster Execution. Smarter Delivery.
Traditional agencies lose momentum in meetings, approvals and internal processes. We keep communication focused, decisions fast and projects moving—so more time is spent delivering results, not discussing them.
“Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.”
03
AI Built In, Not Bolted On.
AI isn’t an extra service—it’s part of how we work. We use AI and automation to streamline workflows, accelerate delivery and help your business operate more efficiently as it grows.
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
04
Different by Design.
Growth Digital was built to challenge the traditional agency model. No expensive offices. No unnecessary overheads. No sales-driven culture. Just an Australian-led team supported by experienced global specialists, delivering premium digital solutions with better value, faster turnaround and greater flexibility.
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them.”
05
Your Long-Term Growth Partner
We’re here for more than a single project. As your business evolves, we continue to optimise, improve and support your digital ecosystem—helping you adapt, scale and grow with confidence.
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
Why us for WordPress
Built properly, not just installed and left.
Real development, not a plugin stack
We don’t reach for a marketplace theme and a dozen plugins to fake custom functionality. Every site is built with clean, documented code underneath, so it stays fast and maintainable as it grows.
Migrations that keep your rankings intact
Every migration onto WordPress is mapped page by page, with redirects planned before anything goes live, so search rankings and traffic carry across rather than resetting.
Reviews
What our clients say on Google.
Excellent
4.9
Urszula Kelly
We’re really happy with Growth Digital. They built our new website and now take care of our SEO. The team was great to work with — professional, responsive, and easy to communicate with. The website looks clean, modern, and represents us perfectly.
Calamvale Medicine
We started Google Ads with Growth Digital for our pharmacy, and it’s made a real difference. More people are finding us online, and the ads actually bring in local customers. Very happy with their work.
Georgia Smith
They helped me build and customise my Shopify website exactly the way I wanted it. I had plenty of requests and lots of back and forth along the way, and they were always so patient, responsive, and accommodating. The end result is even better than I imagined.
Werner Obermeier
I signed up with Growth Digital to replace my website with a new design after about 20 years of mixed experiences with other IT companies. Jignesh and Heath exceeded all of my expectations and I am extremely happy with the outcome and their timely responses to all issues.
David Finnimore
The team at Growth Digital went above and beyond to deliver our project on-time and on-budget under testing circumstances including pushing through non-working hours. The results speak for themselves but the effort and energy put into our project was more than expected.
Bessette Bridal
My brand required a completely new website which had many moving parts. Jignesh, Heath and their team are calm, diligent, and prompt to assist. Nothing was ever a problem — very happy with how the new site has come together.
Maylene Slater-Burns
We are a First Peoples company and required a lot of time to facilitate community consultations. This company has been so supportive and patient and accommodating; we cannot brag up about them enough.
Sandy Prasad
I have used Growth Digital to set up my medical clinic. Heath has been the main IT specialist. He has been exceptional. Extremely talented. Very efficient and very high quality service.
Alison C
They took my idea and put it into a website that I am proud to go live on. They have been a great source of support during this time and I will continue to utilise their services further as my company grows. Highly recommend.
Jane Dunning
I recently worked with Growth Digital to create the new website for my business, Best in Show Photography, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. As a fine art photography company focused on the deep emotional bond between people and their dogs, it was incredibly important to me that the website felt warm, inviting, and premium. Growth Digital delivered exactly that. They beautifully showcased my portfolio, creating a clean, elegant layout that allows the images and stories to truly shine. Beyond the stunning design, the website is highly functional, easy to navigate, and perfectly set up for clients looking to invest in lifelong family portraits. The communication throughout the project was seamless, and their attention to detail made the entire process stress-free. If you are looking for a digital agency that listens, understands your brand identity, and delivers a high-quality product, I highly recommend Growth Digital!
Courtney Atkins
Growth Digital were amazing; they were very quick and so helpful. Heath was so great to work with and put together our website, very professional and highly recommended for anyone wanting to complete a website!
LA Accounts
Was a pleasure working with Heath to create a fantastic website. He was very helpful and prompt in answering any questions that we had. We can’t recommend Growth Digital enough.
Karin McInerney
The Growth Digital team did a fantastic job fixing up my website and were great to work with – endlessly patient and accommodating. I’m very happy with the end-result. Highly recommended!
Klara Truden
Working with Growth Digital on our new website was an incredibly smooth and positive experience. The entire process was clearly explained, well-organized, and professionally guided from start to finish. The end result is excellent — we’re truly proud of our new site. The team was professional, courteous, and a pleasure to work with. A special thank you to Heath for his patience and support throughout the project. I can wholeheartedly recommend Growth Digital and would not hesitate to work with them again in the future.
Bunarong Aquarium
Growth Digital is very professional and exceeded my expectations for an updated website. Great communication with Heath through out the process and was completed in said time frame. Can highly recommend.
Peter M
Very happy, they kept in good contact with me throughout, were well priced and provided exactly what I was after. Well done Growth Digital.
Travis Mcnaught
I’d definitely recommend this company for building a website and SEO. I had dealings with Jignesh & Heath and our company couldn’t be happier with the design and layout of our website. They made the process extremely easy and smooth, with explaining and answering questions that we had throughout the process. Heath was great to deal with and always quick with his work and with prompt response to my questions.
Dealivered
We recently worked with Growth Digital to set up our website and were extremely pleased with the entire experience. From the initial consultation to the final launch, Heath was professional, knowledgeable, and incredibly supportive. He took the time to understand our needs and ensured everything was running smoothly before going live.
YL
Big thank you to Heath and Jignesh! They were able to cater to my needs and freshen up my shopify store. From start to finish they were very transparent, knowledgeable and also competitive with pricing. Would definitely recommend them to anyone.
Kwong Keet Chan
This team is fantastic from first encounter to finished project. It was a pleasure to deal with Jignesh and Heath in the whole process. They were friendly, professional, patience and get things done promptly and to-the-point. We got our e-commerce store moved from Ecwid to Shopify and nothing is too big or too small to enquire or explore. More than satisfied with the result.
Lea Simmonds
Was very happy with Heaths service and setting up our Website.
Tendai Makanyanga
It was an excellent experience working with Growth Digital. Jignesh, Heath and the team were responsive to our needs setting up our business website, Tutum Mental Health. They were great teachers along the way as well. We would highly recommend this company.
Dave Sullivan
Jignesh and Heath provide an excellent service. My new website professionally reflects my product. One of my core requirements was the website needed to be easy to navigate and understand. My expectations were exceeded. All of my requests were promptly responded to and communicated back to me. I am not all that Tech savvy however, I was respected, and time was taken to explain some of the more complex issues with me. They are patient.
Leathercare Melbourne
Huge thanks to Growth Digital for an awesome website and SEO work! The team was super easy to work with, and the results speak for themselves — our site looks great, and we’re getting way more traffic. Highly recommend!
Antoinette Braybrook
Very thorough, responsive and supportive. I am new to Shopify and learning a lot from Heath. Thank you.
Karen Wykes
I’m thrilled with my new website from Growth Digital! It’s professional, easy to navigate, and loads quickly. The customer service was outstanding — every request was met with patience and efficiency. I highly recommend Growth Digital for website development!
Ioanna Panou
Growth digital has exceeded my expectations. I am very happy with my ecommerce website. Heath has always been very professional and I feel that it is a company that I can rely on for ongoing support.
Numbers
Real results. Real growth.
Behind every number is a successful partnership, measurable results and years of digital marketing expertise.
$580M+
Revenue Generated
Tracked across client stores and campaigns.
55,000+
Sales Generated
Orders driven through ecommerce builds and ads.
15,500+
Leads Generated
Qualified enquiries delivered to client inboxes.
$150M+
Ads Spend
Managed across Google, Meta and more.
250+
Clients Engaged
From sole traders to national brands.
20+
Team Members
Australian-led, with global specialists.
18+
Years of Experience
Senior people on every project.
10+
Years of Business
And still growing every year.
Where we build
Different cities, different builds.
Melbourne
Melbourne’s content-heavy publishers and services brands lean on WordPress specifically for its editorial flexibility, so custom post types and taxonomies tend to matter more here than on a typical brochure site.
- Content-heavy builds
- Editorial workflow design
- Custom post types
- Publisher-style architecture
- Services-sector WordPress
- Taxonomy-driven content
Sydney
Sydney’s larger organisations often need WordPress Multisite to manage several brands or regional sites from one install, plus tighter integration with enterprise CRM and marketing tools.
- WordPress Multisite
- Multi-brand architecture
- Enterprise CRM integration
- Corporate content governance
- Complex plugin development
- Enterprise account management
Brisbane
A lot of Brisbane businesses come to us migrating off Squarespace or Wix as they outgrow what those platforms can do, so a clean migration onto WordPress is usually the first engagement.
- Squarespace & Wix migration
- Growth-stage WordPress
- First proper WordPress build
- DIY-to-WordPress upgrades
- Foundational theme development
- SEO-safe migration
Perth
Trade and resources-adjacent businesses in Perth generally need WordPress built for lead capture and reliability over complex editorial features, with call tracking and enquiry forms doing most of the work.
- Trade & resources builds
- Lead-capture focus
- Practical, reliable builds
- Enquiry & call tracking
- B2B site architecture
- Simple content workflows
Adelaide
Smaller Adelaide budgets mean WordPress builds need to be genuinely cost-efficient without cutting corners on the fundamentals, with a content structure the client’s own team can actually manage.
- Cost-efficient builds
- Small-business architecture
- Right-sized scope
- Self-manageable content
- Local business builds
- Editor-friendly theming
Gold Coast
Tourism and property WordPress sites on the Gold Coast need to handle real seasonal traffic spikes reliably, so caching and hosting headroom matter more than they would for a flat-traffic local business.
- Seasonal traffic handling
- Tourism & property builds
- Caching & performance
- Peak-season hosting headroom
- Booking-system integration
- Interstate-traffic performance
Canberra
Government-adjacent and corporate clients in Canberra often have genuine WCAG accessibility requirements, planned into the theme build from the start rather than retrofitted after an audit flags a problem.
- WCAG accessibility builds
- Government-adjacent compliance
- Corporate & consulting sites
- Accessibility-first theming
- Compliance documentation
- Professional-services builds
Hobart
Hobart’s tourism, food-export and small-business market means most WordPress builds prioritise reliability and easy self-management over complex editorial features, since few businesses here have a dedicated content team.
- Tourism & export-sector builds
- Self-manageable content
- Practical, reliable builds
- Statewide Tasmania hosting
- Small-business architecture
- Editor-friendly theming
Ready to build on WordPress properly?
Send us your current site — or the platform you’re migrating from — and we’ll show you what a properly engineered WordPress build looks like. No cost, no obligation.
WordPress development, built to be managed, not just launched
WordPress runs a huge share of the web because it genuinely gets content management right, when it’s built properly. The gap between a WordPress site that’s a joy to update and one that fights your team every time comes down entirely to how it was built.
We build WordPress sites for businesses across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Canberra and Hobart — what matters most shifts from city to city, from editorial flexibility for Melbourne’s publishers to WordPress Multisite for Sydney’s larger organisations.
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What makes a WordPress build “custom” versus a template?
A custom build means the theme, content structure and any special functionality are designed specifically for your business, not adapted from a generic marketplace theme. It’s the difference between a site that does exactly what your team needs and one where you’re constantly working around what the template allows.
Is WooCommerce a good fit compared to Shopify?
WooCommerce makes the most sense when your content and your store need to live on the same platform and be managed by the same team — a blog-heavy brand selling products, for instance. For pure ecommerce at real volume, we generally recommend Shopify or Shopify Plus instead; we’ll give you a straight recommendation based on what you’re actually trying to do.
What does WordPress development cost in Australia?
Cost depends on scope — a content site with a custom theme costs meaningfully less than a WooCommerce store or a migration involving thousands of pages. We scope every project against your actual content and requirements, not a flat package price.
Can you take over and improve an existing WordPress site?
Yes — this is one of the more common ways clients come to us. We start with a technical audit to understand what’s actually wrong before recommending fixes or a rebuild, so you’re not paying to redo work that’s genuinely fine.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What’s included in a WordPress development project?
A typical project includes discovery and content planning, custom theme development, any required plugins or custom blocks, testing across devices, and a full handoff so your team can manage the site independently.
Can you migrate my store from Magento, WooCommerce or another platform?
If you mean migrating a store onto WordPress and WooCommerce specifically, yes — we map your full catalogue and content before migrating, with redirects in place so your SEO carries across. For migrating an existing store onto Shopify instead, see our dedicated Shopify migration page.
Do you build custom plugins, or just themes?
Both. When a marketplace plugin doesn’t fit or several start conflicting, we build custom functionality directly into the theme or as a standalone plugin, tailored to exactly what your site needs.
How long does a WordPress build take?
A standard content site typically takes 4–6 weeks depending on scope and content readiness. WooCommerce stores and larger migrations usually take longer, depending on catalogue size and complexity.
Will migrating to WordPress affect my SEO rankings?
Handled properly, no. We map redirects for every existing URL and preserve your content and metadata, so search engines see continuity rather than a new site appearing from nowhere.
Is there ongoing support after launch?
Yes. Our website care plans cover updates, security monitoring, backups and performance checks, so the site keeps running reliably long after we hand it over.
Do you only work with businesses in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Canberra and Hobart?
No — those are simply the cities where WordPress build priorities tend to differ enough to be worth calling out specifically. We build WordPress sites for businesses anywhere in Australia; the approach is built around your actual content and requirements, wherever you are.