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A WordPress platform that runs real revenue is never finished. Neither is the team behind it.

We run long-term WordPress retainers for mid-market and PE-backed organizations at $30M-$500M ARR: consulting, engineering, design and platform management under one accountable team, so your platform keeps pace with the value creation plan instead of lagging behind it.

  • 01 Consult Value creation and GTM roadmap
  • 02 Build Engineering and design in weekly sprints
  • 03 Operate Hosting, performance, compliance

Owning [the roadmap]

Consulting

Value creation and GTM strategy tied to the platform

Quarterlyvalue reviews
Engineering

WordPress Core contributors on the bench

11core contributors
Platform management

Hosting, performance and compliance against SLAs

LCP < 2.5starget
Ongoing delivery

Weekly sprints and monthly executive readouts

1accountable team
Trusted by B2B teams
  • Patchstack
  • StorPool
The Gap

When do you need a retainer? When the platform carries real revenue and nobody owns the whole of it.

The Platform Ownership Gap

Your platform has outgrown the team that built it, and every new integration adds risk nobody is accountable for.

Multisite estates, SaaS-on-WordPress, subscription stacks and CRM, ERP and BI integrations need senior engineering depth on an ongoing basis, not a freelancer called in when something breaks.

Landing pages, pricing flows and demo requests ship slowly, and nobody measures what they actually convert.

Design work arrives as occasional redesign cycles instead of continuous, instrumented improvement, so conversion lift waits for the next big project and the next budget approval.

Performance, uptime and compliance are treated as engineering preferences instead of P&L items.

Plugins update weekly, regulations tighten quarterly and attackers probe daily. Without documented SLAs and audit trails, the exposure only surfaces during an incident or a diligence review.

The platform sits on the value creation plan as a cost line, not as an asset that compounds.

Your GTM strategy changes every board meeting, but the website roadmap is never reviewed alongside it, so the platform lags the very plan it is supposed to support.

What It Costs

The cost is not the missing feature, it is the value the platform never created.

A platform without an owner rarely fails loudly. It drifts behind the GTM plan, accumulates conversion and compliance debt, and surfaces as a problem in a board review or a sponsor diligence, long after it could have been an asset.

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Operating layers most mid-market WordPress platforms need covered: engineering, design, GTM consulting, RevOps, hosting and performance, and compliance. Most teams split them across several vendors, with nobody owning the whole.

What goes unowned What it costs

No platform owner

Integrations, releases and vendor decisions get made ad hoc, with nobody accountable for the whole estate.

Design by redesign cycle

Conversion improvements wait for the next big project instead of shipping sprint by sprint.

Unmeasured performance

Core Web Vitals, uptime and SLAs go unreported until a campaign or a buyer notices first.

Compliance as an afterthought

GDPR, CCPA and WCAG gaps surface during diligence instead of being closed in the build.

  1. Stage/01 Platform Launches
  2. Stage/02 Roadmap Drifts
  3. Stage/03 Debt Compounds
  4. Stage/04 Plan Stalls
  5. Stage/05 Found in Diligence
The Shift

What changes when one partner owns the platform, the roadmap and the results.

A team reviewing platform performance with their WordPress partner
Before

Every new initiative starts with finding a vendor, scoping from scratch and re-explaining the business.

After

One accountable team that already knows your platform and your plan.

Engineering, design, operations and consulting sit with the same team, so every new initiative starts with context instead of another onboarding cycle.

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Before

Conversion work waits for the next redesign budget.

After

Conversion lift ships continuously, instrumented from the first commit.

Landing pages, pricing flows and demo-request journeys get tested and improved sprint by sprint, and measured by what they convert.

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Before

Performance, uptime and compliance only get reviewed when a buyer or a regulator asks.

After

Performance, uptime and compliance reported like P&L items.

Every retainer ships against documented SLAs and audit trails, ready for a sponsor diligence or a board review at any time.

Maturity

The four stages of a WordPress platform partnership.

Methodology

The DevriX WordPress retainer method.

Phase 01 · Audit · 60-min review

Platform audit

A 60-minute review of your WordPress estate, data flow, regulatory posture and value creation plan. We look at the engineering, the integrations, the conversion paths and the compliance exposure before recommending anything.

Output A written roadmap, not a sales pitch.
Deliverables

What a WordPress retainer covers when your site runs real revenue.

Six operating layers. Each engagement combines the ones your platform needs, sized to the scope and EBITDA exposure it carries rather than to a generic hour bucket.

L-01

Technical development for WordPress

Senior engineering for platforms that carry real revenue.

  • Software as a Service
  • Multisite development
  • Scaling publishers to 800M+ views
  • Performance and security reviews
L-02

Design and front-end development

Design that ships conversion lift, not redesign cycles.

  • Unique designs
  • Custom WordPress themes
  • Theme frameworks
  • React / Vue development
L-03

Value creation & GTM consulting

Strategy tied to the numbers the platform should move.

  • Competitor research
  • New concepts
  • Monetization opportunities
  • Business and growth strategy
L-04

RevOps & marketing operations

The platform wired into how you actually sell and market.

  • Inbound / outbound analysis
  • Inbound marketing implementation
  • Positioning and branding
  • Marketing automation
L-05

Hosting, performance & durability

Durability under scale, engineered, measured and audited.

  • Safe server and platform migrations
  • Infrastructure tuned against SLAs
  • Core Web Vitals, LCP under 2.5s
  • Refactoring and code enhancement
L-06

Data, compliance & governance

Documentation and audit trails sponsors and regulators expect.

  • GDPR, CCPA, WCAG audits
  • Data flow mapping: WordPress, CRM, ERP, BI
  • Privacy implementations
  • Documentation and audit trails (SOPs)
The Stack

The tools, and why these ones.

We work inside the WordPress platform, CRM, data layer and hosting you already run wherever possible, and migrate off proprietary or legacy setups without revenue interruption only when they genuinely limit growth.

Stack I · WordPress Engineering

Enterprise WordPress, multisite and SaaS-on-WordPress.

Custom plugins, theme frameworks and React or Vue front-ends, built by a bench that includes eleven WordPress Core contributors and 565+ custom plugins shipped.

Image WordPress Image React / Vue
Stack II · Integrations and Data

CRM, ERP and BI connected to the platform.

HubSpot, Salesforce, FP&A and BI integrations across 100+ third-party APIs, with data flow mapped and documented between WordPress, CRM, ERP and BI.

Image HubSpot Salesforce
Stack III · Operations and AI

Managed hosting, monitoring and faster triage.

Edge delivery, uptime and performance monitoring run continuously against SLAs, while Claude AI helps triage requests and analyze logs at scale.

Image Cloudflare Image Claude AI
The Core One accountable platform team

Engineering, operations and consulting on one roadmap.

  • WordPress: Core CMS
  • React / Vue: Front-end
  • HubSpot: CRM
  • Salesforce: CRM
  • Cloudflare: Edge & CDN
  • Claude AI: Triage
  • Staging: Safe releases
  • Integrations: 100+ APIs
  • Power BI: Reporting
  • ERP: Operations data
  • Uptime & SLAs: Monitoring
  • PHP & Core: Engineering
Architecture

One platform, one team, from roadmap to release to board review.

Your WordPress platform, the CRM and ERP it feeds, and the infrastructure underneath run as one managed system. Work is audited, planned, built, tested and released in weekly sprints, operations are tracked against documented SLAs, and results are reported back to the teams and leaders who depend on them.

Why the bench matters

Strategy is common. Engineering and execution are what separate us.

Fifteen years engineering and operating WordPress platforms across SaaS, fintech, media, ecommerce, healthcare and professional services. The reason to work with us is not a framework. It is the engineering depth behind the complex problems we have already solved, combined with the business and revenue judgment to decide what to build next.

0+ Years on WordPress
0 Core contributors
0+ Custom plugins
  • Eleven WordPress Core contributors on the bench
  • 565+ custom plugins and SaaS-on-WordPress platforms shipped
  • Publishers scaled to 800M+ views on WordPress
Built for complex businesses in
  • SaaS
  • Fintech
  • Media
  • Ecommerce
  • Healthcare
  • Professional services
Case Studies

Evidence.

RevOps Build on HubSpot

A scattered stack rebuilt into one revenue engine.

Leads landed in HubSpot with no automation behind them. Scoring, deal progression and renewals were tracked by hand, and leadership had no reliable view of velocity or forecast. We ran an audit, defined the pipeline structure, connected the calling, meeting and prospecting tools into the CRM, then automated qualification, onboarding, renewals and approvals on top of it.

  • 2Two pipelines defined and instrumented end to end
  • 38x8, Microsoft Teams and Sales Navigator wired into HubSpot
  • 4Forecast, velocity, deal aging and loss reason reporting
Case study / 01 · EnviroKlenz · Air and water purification
2 pipelines under one reporting model
Read the full case study
Testimonial

Proof, not promise.

Diginomica
“They bring a spirit of collaboration to their work, as well as taking initiative on virtual project management. It’s extremely rare to work with a firm that has both development and business revenue chops. One remarkable thing: I have never met the DevriX team. We have never even spoken on the phone or VoIP. Another member of our team has spoken with them, but the point is I’ve been able to get projects done with DevriX that involved complex design requirements without ever talking real-time. That requires an exceptional attention to detail. I cannot recommend DevriX highly enough.”
JR Jon ReedCo-Founder, diginomica.com
Rated on Clutch

Your WordPress partner, backed by 15+ years of experience.

Our clients trust us with the platforms that carry their revenue, and they say so publicly.

DevriX 5.0 12 reviews “They are down to earth, funny, friendly, helpful, and beyond capable.” Senior Marketing Manager, Findhelp Verified review on Clutch
Who This Is For

Who this retainer is genuinely built for.

Mid-market and PE-backed organizations at $30M–$500M ARR, across B2B SaaS, technology services, professional services, fintech, healthcare, and energy or sustainability, whose WordPress platform carries real revenue.

You’re dealing with
  • A WordPress platform that carries real revenue, but sits on the value creation plan as a cost line.
  • Several vendors across engineering, design and hosting, with nobody accountable for the whole estate.
  • Limited visibility into whether the platform would hold up under sponsor diligence or a board review.
You’ll get
  • One accountable team for engineering, operations and consulting, reporting against the value creation plan.
  • Documented SLAs, audit trails and compliance posture, ready for diligence at any time.
  • Monthly executive readouts and quarterly value creation reviews.
Who this isn’t for

Companies looking for a one-off website build with no ongoing roadmap, since a retainer is built around a long-term partnership rather than a single project.

Teams shopping for the cheapest hour bucket, since we size retainers to the value and exposure the platform carries, not to a generic block of hours.

Businesses running on a platform other than WordPress, since this retainer is built specifically around WordPress engineering, operations and its ecosystem.

Why Us

Why a long-term partnership instead of project by project?

Objection 01

“We already have a developer who looks after our site.”

A single developer can ship tickets, but rarely covers engineering, design, hosting, compliance and GTM consulting at the same time. A retainer gives you a full bench, WordPress Core contributors included, that already knows your platform and your plan.

Objection 02

“Why not just hire an agency project by project.”

Project agencies re-scope and re-onboard every time. We believe in long-term partnerships because they let us focus on the work instead of the sales cycle: we learn your business model and infrastructure once, and every decision after that is aligned with your business goals.

Objection 03

“Isn't a retainer just a bucket of maintenance hours.”

Maintenance is one layer out of six. We combine engineering, design, RevOps, operations, compliance and value creation consulting into one accountable retainer, so the platform compounds instead of just staying current.

  • One team across engineering, design, operations and consulting.
  • Weekly sprints, monthly executive readouts, quarterly value reviews.
  • Every retainer ships against documented SLAs and audit trails.
  • Sized to the exposure your platform carries, not a generic hour bucket.
Get Started

Put one accountable team behind your WordPress platform.

A 60-minute platform audit of your WordPress estate, data flow, regulatory posture and value creation plan. You leave with a written roadmap, not a sales pitch.

  • 11WordPress Core contributors
  • 565+custom plugins shipped
  • 15+years on WordPress
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  1. 01
    Review

    Your WordPress estate, integrations, data flow and regulatory posture, looked at by senior engineers.

    20 min
  2. 02
    Assess

    Where the platform supports your value creation plan, and where it quietly holds it back.

    20 min
  3. 03
    Roadmap

    Priorities, SLAs and a retainer shape sized to the exposure your platform actually carries.

    20 min
You leave with A written roadmap, not a sales pitch.
Technical Buyer

Answers for the technical buyer.

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01 What does a WordPress retainer include?

Up to six operating layers: technical development, design and front-end, value creation and GTM consulting, RevOps and marketing operations, hosting and performance, and data, compliance and governance. Each engagement combines the layers your platform actually needs.

02 How is the retainer sized?

We size retainers to the scope and EBITDA exposure the platform carries, not to a generic hour bucket. The platform audit sets priorities and SLAs, and capacity scales up or down as your plan changes.

03 Can you take over a platform another team built?

Yes. Onboarding starts with the platform audit, so we document the codebase, integrations and risks before changing anything, and we migrate off proprietary or legacy setups without revenue interruption where needed.

04 Do you work with our existing host and stack?

In most cases, yes. We work inside the WordPress install, CRM, data layer and hosting you already run, and only recommend a change when the current setup is genuinely limiting performance, security or compliance.

05 How do you report on the work?

Weekly sprints, monthly executive readouts and quarterly value creation reviews, with SLAs and audit trails documented throughout so the platform is always ready for a board or diligence review.

06 How long does a typical engagement run?

Retainers get more successful with time, so most run for a year or longer. A long-term engagement gives us the time to learn your business model and infrastructure, and to build the right solution with the right context.

07 What do you need from us to get started?

Access to your WordPress platform and hosting, an overview of the integrations it relies on, and a short conversation about your value creation plan and the parts of the platform that matter most to it.