A vibe-coded WordPress website costs $5,800 flat and ships in seven to ten days. You get a custom classic PHP theme, not a $60 template with your colors, not Elementor soup, up to 15 pages, custom post types where your content needs structure, and an editor a non-technical person can actually use. Code lands in your GitHub.
Who this is for
Businesses that publish. If you want to run a blog, update your own menu or team page weekly, or manage structured content like locations, services, or case studies, you need a CMS, and WordPress still runs about 43 percent of the web for a reason. If you just need eight pages that never change, save $3,000 and take the static build, we will point you there ourselves.
What you get
- A custom theme vibe coded from our own WordPress prompt library, then hand-finished: escaping, sanitization, nonces, the security work AI skips when nobody is checking.
- No page-builder dependency. Classic PHP templates that load fast and will not break when a builder plugin changes its pricing model.
- Up to 15 pages plus custom post types where they earn their keep, services, locations, projects, whatever your business is actually made of.
- A blog set up so you can publish without asking anyone for help.
- SEO wiring most agencies bill extra for: schema markup, XML sitemap, Yoast configured, clean permalinks, meta descriptions everywhere.
- Setup on solid managed hosting (your account, roughly $15-30 a month) and a proper walkthrough at handoff.
- 30 days of free fixes after launch, then you decide if you want a care plan or the keys and a handshake.
How it goes
- Day 0-1: Form, quick kickoff, we lock scope and deadline.
- Days 2-8: Build, with a 2-minute progress video in your inbox every night.
- Days 9-10: Content load, SEO pass, launch, and a screen-share walkthrough of your new admin.
What it costs, exactly
| Item | Cost | When |
|---|---|---|
| Design + build + launch | $5,800 flat | Once |
| Managed hosting | $15-30/mo | Ongoing, paid to the host |
| Domain | ~$12/yr | Ongoing, paid to the registrar |
| Care plan (optional) | From $290/mo | If you want updates handled |
That is the whole list. For context on what agencies charge for the same scope, we published the numbers in our WordPress pricing breakdown, typical custom builds run $8,000-25,000 in most US markets.
Straight answers to the usual questions
Why is this $3,000 more than the static site?
A CMS is a machine, not a brochure. Database, theme templates, editor experience, plugin choices, security hardening, hosting setup, WordPress carries real moving parts, and each one is a place where cheap builds go wrong. The extra $3,000 is those parts done carefully.
Will I be able to edit everything myself?
Pages, posts, images, menus, yes, and we record the walkthrough so you can rewatch it. Structural design changes stay in code, which is what keeps the site from slowly turning into a ransom note of mismatched fonts.
Which plugins do you install?
As few as possible, typically Yoast SEO, a form plugin, and a backup tool. Every plugin is a future update, a security surface, and a possible conflict. The 40-plugin pileup is exactly the disease we are hired to avoid.
Can you rescue my existing WordPress site instead?
Often, yes. If it is broken, start with the $450 rescue diagnostic. If it is just old and embarrassing, that is a migration and we will quote it in a day.
What does it mean to vibe code a WordPress website?
It means the theme gets built from a long written spec run through AI, then hand-finished by people who know WordPress, escaping, sanitization, editor experience, the parts AI skips when nobody is checking. Custom code in days instead of weeks, without the page-builder bloat.