01 WordPress · Manufacturing
Trenchdare Engineering
Corporate site for a Sheffield cut wire pellet manufacturer.
View case study → // South Yorkshire
Web design in Rotherham
Rotherham is half an hour up the M1 and, like Mansfield, sits in the shadow of a bigger neighbour that gets all the attention.
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1,000+ WordPress websites built, hosted
and maintained since 2010.
The studio
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Getting to you
Around thirty minutes from the Chesterfield studio
Response
Replies within 24 hours
// Services
Web design and WordPress services for Rotherham businesses
Design and build together, from one person. You are not paying a designer and a developer separately, and nothing gets lost between them.
WordPress Website Development
Custom WordPress websites built to perform fast, look great on all devices, and support SEO and business growth.
WordPress Fixes & Repairs
Fast help fixing broken layouts, plugin issues or errors. Get your WordPress site back online and running smoothly.
WordPress Maintenance Plans
Stay secure and updated with automated backups, plugin updates, uptime monitoring and expert WordPress support monthly.
WordPress Plugin Development
Develop custom plugins or modify existing ones to add functionality tailored to your WordPress website's exact needs.
WordPress Speed Optimisation
Improve your site speed, performance scores and loading times to enhance SEO and reduce bounce rates.
Conversion Rate Optimisation
Boost rankings, improve visibility and convert more visitors with SEO best practices and conversion rate enhancements.
// Local work
Built for Rotherham
The nearest work is a manufacturer ten minutes away in Sheffield, selling a technical product to a technical trade. The rest is recent work from across the UK, built the same way.
5.0
average client rating
16+
years in WordPress
250+
clients served
1,000+
sites built & hosted
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Start a project// Reviews
What clients say
Real reviews from clients across the UK, on Google and Trustpilot.
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Luke Kennedy
Bowmans Construction, London
Great company to work with, always on call to give a helping hand and resolve any issues that may arise
★Trustpilot★★★★★
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Roddy Miller
Connected Response, Edinburgh
Ash does the behind the scenes maintenance on our site… I rarely have anything to do with him, which is exactly how it should be. The updates get done, the site works.
★Trustpilot★★★★★
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Nick Mortimer
Nick Mortimer Creative, Matlock
Ash and his team are patient and skilled. Always deliver to the brief and more often than not go beyond. Cheers
★Trustpilot★★★★★
John Batty
Blue John Marketing, Dronfield
I have worked with Ash and his team for several years. Not only is Ash technically very knowledgeable, he also has endless patience when older clients (i.e. me!) ask 'dumb' questions. I really appreciate Ash's positive attitude, looking for answers to challenges rather than the 'Computer says no'. I highly recommend Ash and his team for website development and all other things digital.
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Mark Lim
Meds Direct To You, Ilkeston
Ash and the team have a good reputation of getting job done in term of quality and speed. We have been working with them to update our online business over a year. As a new online business we have many teething issues since beginning. With Ash's help, our business has now taken off to a new level. Highly recommended
★Trustpilot★★★★★
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Steve McAlpine
Commercial DPF Restore UK, Skegness
Thanks for all your hard work, we wouldn't be where we are without you.
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Christine Richardson
Chesterfield Canal Archive, Staveley
Updated my website to run on up-to-date software. Much better, and improved.
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Leanne Burke
Riverside Virtual College, Birmingham
Very smooth process. ABCode have been very supportive throughout the process. Response time is very good.
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Peter Coleman
Ashton & Coleman, Matlock
Couldn't ask for a better service when it comes to all of our website needs. From initial talks through to development and the countless hours of work that have gone into the progress of our site. Ash and the team have been amazing and continue to help in so many ways.
★Trustpilot★★★★★
// The full picture
More than websites
Web design is usually where it starts. It is rarely where it ends.
Website design & development
Design and build by the same web developer: bespoke WordPress sites and WooCommerce shops, engineered to load fast and rank. One person carries the whole job, so nothing is lost between a designer's file and the finished site.
Website developmentPlugins & new features
When a working site needs to do something new: a calculator, a booking step, an integration, a job your plugins cannot do off the shelf. Scoped in a call, built as a custom plugin, and often shipped in days rather than weeks.
Plugin developmentCare plans & support
Updates, backups, monitoring and a developer on hand, so the site keeps earning after launch. Most Rotherham enquiries end up here eventually; the sensible ones start here.
Maintenance plansRescue, speed & conversion
Broken sites fixed, slow sites made quick, and web development that turns more of your visitors into enquiries. If a web designer built it years ago and nobody has touched it since, this is the place to start.
Fixes & repairs // Local knowledge
Businesses in Rotherham
The work I do on this side of the county is mostly for firms making or supplying something specific, and Rotherham has more of those than its reputation suggests. The Advanced Manufacturing Park has pulled serious engineering into the area, and around it sits the older supply chain that has been there for generations. Both have the same website problem. The buyer is technical, arrives knowing what they need, and wants a specification rather than a paragraph about passion and quality. Give them the detail, structured so it can be found, and the enquiries that follow are from people who already know they want you.
Near enough to come to you when a project warrants it, though most start on a video call.
// Common questions
Working with a developer in Rotherham.
The things Rotherham businesses ask before we start.
Do you work with manufacturers and engineering firms?
Regularly, and they make good projects. The difficulty is usually organising real technical detail so it can be found, rather than replacing it with copy that helps nobody.
Can you work alongside our existing systems?
Yes. Stock systems, CRMs and quoting tools can usually be connected rather than replaced, and it's normally cheaper to make what you have talk to the website than to start again.
Do I need a web designer or a web developer?
For most projects both, and here they are the same person. The web designer side decides how it looks, reads and persuades; the web developer side makes it real, fast and easy to update. Splitting those roles between two people is where budgets and briefs usually go wrong.
Why a WordPress developer rather than any website developer?
Because the odds are your site already runs WordPress, like most business sites in Rotherham and everywhere else. A website developer who works in WordPress every day knows why a site has gone slow, which plugins age badly, and how to build things that survive updates rather than fight them.
My site works. Can you just add one feature to it?
Yes, and it is some of my favourite work. A calculator, a booking step, a connection to a system you already use: scoped in a call, built as a custom plugin, and often delivered in days rather than weeks. The site does not need to be one I built.
Still have a question?
Just ask. I typically reply within 24 hours.
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