Trying to choose a WordPress development company for your project but unsure where to start?
Whether you’re building a complete WordPress website or you need help with a specific custom plugin or theme, you can find tons of great WordPress development companies to help make your dreams become a reality.
But how do you choose the right company for your situation?
In this post, I’m going to share some tips and tactics that you can apply in order to choose the best WordPress development agency for your specific needs. Then, once I go through those tips, I’ll share some of our recommendations for the best development companies, based on some real hard data.
The only thing that I’ll assume you have at least some idea about is the type of project that you want to implement. If you don’t, that’s step #1 – think about your needs and the goals for your project, as having that knowledge is essential to picking the right development company for your situation.
Once you have your project in mind, these nine tips will help you choose the right WordPress development company for your project…
Let’s dig in!
? Tips to choose a WordPress development company
These tips are not in any particular order, though I tried to start with some broader tips at the beginning. Here’s what you’ll be reading about:
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1. Look for relevant expertise
If you have a general project, such as a business brochure website, you might not need any expertise besides general experience with WordPress development.
However, if your project is narrower in focus, you’ll probably want to find a WordPress development company that has experience in your project’s area.
For example, if you’re building a membership site, you might want to look for a WordPress development company that has specific expertise in creating membership sites.
While any quality development company should be able to figure out how to create a membership website, companies with specific expertise might have deeper insights that can help ensure you get the smaller details right from day one.
Obviously, as you go more “niche,” you’ll have fewer options. But if you do some digging, you might be surprised by how “niched down” you can go when choosing a development company.
For example, Uncanny Owl focuses specifically on helping people develop courses powered by one specific LMS plugin, LearnDash. Because of that expertise, they can help you with customized dashboards, unique gamification tactics, and so on. If you are building an online course, that’s the niche-specific knowledge that you want to look for.
2. Check out the company’s portfolio
A company’s portfolio is a great way to get a feel for the type of projects that they can deliver.
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This article was written by Colin and originally published on ThemeIsle Blog.