WordPress developer Chicago
WordPress developer in Chicago — sites editors can run
Chicago WordPress development since 2008: new sites, rebuilds, and the plugin, security, and hosting work that keeps a CMS from becoming a liability. This marketing site is Next.js. Yours can still be WordPress. We are not a $2k brochure shop.
A local WordPress shop, not a freelancer homepage
The SERP is mostly one-person studios. We are the agency that also hosts, patches, and ships WordPress software — and will send commerce work to the WooCommerce page instead of hiding a cart in a theme. Magento is the usual stack at this shop. WordPress is in scope when that is the box you already have, or the CMS the editors need.
- Phone
- (773) 466-2454
- Hours
- 9–5 CST
- Hosting
- WordPress from $79/month, US servers
What Chicago WordPress development covers
New sites and rebuilds editors can run
Custom WordPress development: content types, templates, and an admin a real person can use on Monday without a developer on the call. If the last build was a page-builder maze, the rebuild is the product.
The unglamorous work that keeps the site up
Plugin updates, security, PHP and core upgrades, and the maintenance that stops a property from rotting. Most retainers here are this work, not a redesign every spring.
Managed WordPress hosting on US servers
From $79/month. Backups, a box sized for WordPress, and a phone number in the same time zone. WooCommerce is a different plan — say so if the site sells.
Brochure and editorial WordPress
The site is a CMS. Staff publish, the design holds, and we are on the hook for updates. This is still most of the WordPress work in Chicago — professional services, associations, and the marketing site next to a store that lives elsewhere.
When it is actually WooCommerce
If there is a cart, shipping rules, or a catalog, that is WooCommerce development, not a WordPress theme with a plugin enabled. Different hosting, different quote, same team.
Porter, then Nora — WordPress software you install
Porter is the first Chicago Web product. Nora for WordPress is coming. They are not Magento modules and they are not a substitute for hiring us on a rebuild. Magento modules stay on toweringmedia.com.
Questions
- Are you a WordPress developer in Chicago?
- Yes. Chicago WordPress development since 2008: new sites, rebuilds, plugin and security work, and managed hosting. Call (773) 466-2454. Hours are 9–5 CST.
- Do you still build WordPress sites, or only WooCommerce?
- Both. Brochure and editorial WordPress when editors need a CMS, and WooCommerce when the same site sells. They are different jobs and different hosting plans.
- Is chicagoweb.com itself WordPress?
- No. This marketing site is Next.js. Your site can still be WordPress. We build and host those. WordPress is retired only as the public origin for chicagoweb.com.
- What does WordPress hosting cost?
- Managed WordPress hosting on US servers starts at $79/month. WooCommerce is from $149/month — it is not the brochure plan. Final sizing depends on catalog and checkout load.
- What is Porter?
- Porter is a WordPress plugin from Chicago Web that triages comments and inbound mail. It is software you install, not a retainer. Details at /extensions/porter/.
Assessment
Name the site and what editors cannot do
The live URL and the admin problem. Phone is optional.
(773) 466-2454/Full contact page
- Someone here reads it. Not a sales queue.
- We will tell you if the work is not a fit for us.
- Chicago office, US-based team, no offshore handoff.