Steve North – Freelance WordPress Developer

Based in Ashford, Kent in the UK, I’ve been a professional web developer and designer for 18+ years, working with some of the most notorious web agencies and in-house digital teams in London and Kent.

Over the years as a freelance WordPress developer, I’ve worked closely with companies of all sizes from small startups to global well-known household brands and everything in between, providing bespoke web solutions that produce quality, measurable results.

Why Choose Me as Your WordPress Web Developer

Whether you need a brand-new website, a redesign, or ongoing support, I offer a range of services tailored to your business. From building high-performance WordPress websites that are easy to manage, to integrating eCommerce platforms like WooCommerce, I can help you achieve your online goals.

I focus on delivering user-friendly, responsive websites that look great and drive those all-important conversions, turning your visitors into customers. My approach combines cutting-edge design with technical expertise to create custom solutions that align with your business objectives, all while ensuring your site is optimised for speed and search engines.

Why WordPress?

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system, that allows you to add and edit the content (text and images) on your website for maximum control. It’s one of the most widely used content systems on the internet, powering over 40% of websites due to its flexibility and ease of use.

I’ve been using WordPress extensively for over 12 years, building your average brochure style site, e-commerce solutions, right through to large scale software as a service sites. I’ve toyed with many solutions for building custom themes and plugins, including ACF (advanced custom fields) flexible content editing, building native Gutenberg blocks and pulling both together to make ACF blocks. I pick the fastest and most sensical solution for your editing experience and, ultimately, your users. I guarantee blazing-fast performance and a bespoke website that your competitors will hate and your users will love and most importantly, communicates your brand and product offering effectively.

Although I specialise in bespoke WordPress web design and development, I’m also well versed in Laravel, Lumen, React and various other frameworks and CMS solutions.

How Do I Compare To Other Freelance WordPress Developers?

As a freelance WordPress developer, I offer more than just basic design skills.

In your search for a freelance WordPress developer, you’ll likely come across professionals who label themselves as “developers” but primarily focus on design and aesthetics. Having a visually appealing site is important but true web development goes beyond that. Unlike those who only handle the front-end, I’m a full-stack developer, which means I specialise in both the front-end and back-end aspects of WordPress development.

I can create custom WordPress themes, develop bespoke WordPress plugins, optimise your website for speed and SEO, and handle advanced integrations and 3rd party API connections. Whether you need a tailor-made solution or modifications to your existing site, I have the technical expertise to build anything technology allows.

I combine a designer’s eye with a developer’s technical ability, allowing me to create WordPress websites that are visually stunning but also highly functional, secure, and scalable.

If you’re looking for a freelance WordPress developer who can do more than just drag-and-drop implementations such as building complex, custom solutions, this is what I do.

A Highly Recommended Freelance WordPress Developer

I work with WordPress agencies and businesses around the UK to produce great results with websites that resonate with their customers.

Steve Barber

I contacted Steve to help me create a website that I would not only love to bits but be functional, and quick and help me be seen by more customers through organic searches.

Having worked with other web developers and designers in the past I can’t even begin to explain how much better my whole experience working with Steve has been. After a few calls to pin down a bit of a road map, he helped create the most amazing website for me. As far as design ideas and options for the website’s functionality anything was possible! Working with him to fine-tune the site was seamless, he just understood the brief and nailed it every time we made an adjustment.

Don’t waste your time looking around at all the options and doing the comparisons, get it right the first time. This is your guy!

Scott Ries

Steve has been an absolute star on our WordPress site – making it easier to edit, faster, and more secure.

Steve is a dream to work with – I give him a brief, and he challenges me on ideas that aren’t so good and suggests alternatives. He then just gets on with it, quickly and to a good standard.

I’m almost hesitant to write this in case you snap up Steve’s time and we can no longer use him!

Sam Bromley

Great service and execution from Steve, start to finish on our wordpress website development. Very easy to communicate with, which resulted in an excellent end product that we couldn’t be happier with.

He really went the extra mile to ensure we were happy with our new website.

I would recommend Steve as a freelance WordPress developer to anyone, without fail!

Ryan Irving

Sometimes, you get to work with awesome people and Steve is one of those.

Not only is he an excellent developer but he’s also a really good bloke.

Steve helps us at Riweb when we get to capacity or one of our devs could do with some guidance.

If you ever need a freelance web developer then look no further. He’s a joy to work with.

Phillip Gowan

Steve was a consummate professional!

For our project, we needed a freelance WordPress developer who could pick up the ball and run with little supervision.

With his excellent technical knowledge and communication skills this is exactly what he did, delivering on time and to budget.