Build Costs for a WordPress Site
Here is guide to the costs for build a typical WordPress site. Every site is different, so I will draw up a specific proposal for your site after discussing your requirements. Here is a rough outline of the sorts of things people typically want and the approximate costs.
| Activity | Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £300 | £600 | £1,200 | £2,400 | |
| WordPress installation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| WordPress theme installation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Basic Theme Customisation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Advanced Theme Customisation | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Customisations for mobile devices | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Specialised layout | ✔ | |||
| Number of pages set up | 5 | 20 | 25 | 30+ |
| Basic Blog | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Blog customisation | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Basic contact form | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Advanced contact form | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Facebook/Twitter integration, ‘Like’ buttons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Basic image galleries | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Customised image galleries | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Advanced plugin installation | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| 2 Advanced customisations | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| 5+ Advanced customisations | ✔ | |||
| Integration with Google Analytics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Site map submission to Webmaster Tools | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Free initial consultation to discuss requirements | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Basic WordPress advice and guidance | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Detailed WordPress training and guidance | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Implementing a graphic designer’s design | Please conatct me for a quote |
Some of the popular advanced customisations include:
- Fading slideshows
- Image panels (with integrated hover effects)
- Carousels
- Changes to the theme (colours, fonts, layout)
- Headers, navigation, sidebar, footer customisations
- Logos, header graphic
- Integration with Facebook/Twitter and ‘Like’ buttons
- Registration forms
- Blog customisations
- Links customisations
- Event calenders
- Forums
- Webpage designed by a graphic designer and made to your exact specifications
Other Costs
- Hosting – Starting in the region of £10-£30 per month depending on requirements.
- Maintenance – Updates should be applied periodically to the WordPress framework.
- Support – Once the content is there and people are using the site you can better understand how the website should work, so it’s a good idea to build in some budget for this.