CMS Development

Custom CMS Development

Most CMS platforms are built for developers, not for the people who have to use them every day. We build content management systems around your team's workflow — simple enough for anyone, powerful enough for everything.

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Simple for Any Team Member More Secure Than WordPress No Plugin Bloat UK Hosted Full Training Included
The Problem

Why Your CMS Is Holding You Back

Your marketing team dreads updating the website. The CMS is clunky, the editor breaks the layout every time they add an image, and simple changes require a developer. Your content goes stale because updating it is too painful.

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Too Complicated

WordPress with 40 plugins, Joomla with a confusing admin panel, or Drupal that needs a PhD to operate. Your team avoids updating the site because it's too hard.

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Breaks Everything

Plugin updates that crash the site. Theme updates that change the layout. Editor saves that corrupt the page. You're scared to touch anything.

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Security Nightmares

Open source CMS platforms are targeted by hackers because the code is public. WordPress powers 40% of the web — that makes it a 40% target.

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Slow & Bloated

Your CMS loads unnecessary code on every page. Database queries for features you don't use. Your site speed score is suffering and so are your rankings.

What We Build

CMS Solutions That Fit Your Business

Whether you need a simple page editor or a full publishing platform with user roles, media management, and API integrations — we build it to match exactly how your team works.

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Visual Page Editor

WYSIWYG editing that actually works. Your team sees exactly what the page will look like while they're editing it. No surprises when they hit publish.

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Media Management

Upload, organise, and resize images in one place. Automatic WebP conversion, lazy loading, and alt tag management built in. No plugins required.

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User Roles & Permissions

Editor, author, admin — control who can do what. Your marketing team updates content, your developers handle code, nobody can break anything.

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Blog & News System

RSS feeds, categories, tags, scheduled publishing, and SEO fields for every post. A proper blogging system that Google loves, not a bolt-on afterthought.

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Custom Modules

Product catalogues, team profiles, testimonials, FAQs, portfolios — whatever content types your business needs, we build custom modules to manage them.

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API & Integrations

Connect your CMS to email marketing, CRM, analytics, Sage 50, or any system with an API. Your content updates trigger actions across your business.

Our Process

From Brief to Launch in Four Steps

01

Content Audit

We map every type of content your site needs — pages, products, blog posts, team members, testimonials. This defines what modules your CMS requires.

02

Interface Design

We design the admin panel around your team. Simple, clean interfaces with only the buttons they need. No bloated dashboards with features you'll never use.

03

Build & Train

We build the CMS, populate it with your content, and train your team. Written documentation plus a video walkthrough — your team will be confident from day one.

04

Support & Scale

As your business grows, your CMS grows with it. Need a new module? Need to connect a new system? We're on the phone, and we know the codebase inside out.

cms-config.json
{
  "platform": "WebGuru CMS",
  "framework": "Symfony",
  "modules": [
    "Pages",
    "Blog",
    "Media Library",
    "User Roles",
    "Custom Modules"
  ],
  "security": "Private Codebase",
  "status": "✓ Production Ready"
}
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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

WordPress is fine for blogs and simple brochure sites. But if you need custom functionality — product management, booking systems, client portals — a bespoke CMS will be simpler to use, faster to load, and more secure. We'll recommend the right approach for your needs.
WebGuru is our proprietary CMS built on Symfony. We've developed it over 15 years specifically for UK business websites. It's lightweight, secure (the code isn't public), and includes built-in SEO tools, media management, and custom module support.
Yes. We regularly customise WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and other platforms. If you're happy with your CMS but need custom functionality added, we can develop plugins, themes, and modules for your existing platform.
A brochure site with our CMS starts from £1,500. More complex platforms with multiple content types, user roles, and integrations typically range from £3,500–£10,000. You get a fixed quote before we start.
Absolutely — that's the whole point. We build the CMS so your team can manage all content without touching code. We train you, give you documentation, and you're in complete control. We're always available if you get stuck.
We build headless CMS solutions where the content management is separated from the front-end. This is ideal for businesses that need content to appear on websites, mobile apps, and other platforms simultaneously.
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