Martin SchenkBuilding software in Madrid since 1999

WordPress site renewed · with or without WordPress · Madrid

Your WordPress site, renewed. A lean site without WordPress, or a clean new WordPress if you edit a lot yourself.

WordPress renewal · from Madrid

Your WordPress site, renewed. With WordPress or without it.

Most WordPress sites I see are slow, years behind on updates and held together by plugins. There are two good ways out, and I recommend the one that fits how you work. If you rarely change your site, I rebuild it without WordPress: same content, same addresses, considerably faster and with nothing left to update. If you edit texts, photos or pages yourself every week, or depend on a plugin, you get a clean new WordPress with few plugins, set up so it stays fast. Either way you get a new, modern design and a fixed price before anything starts.

FREE · HOW WE START

Show me your site. I'll build the renewal as a prototype.

A WordPress site that's too slow, a shop that stumbles at checkout, a theme nobody has touched in years. Describe it in a few sentences. I'll turn it into something clickable, so you see your renewed site instead of imagining it.

1

You describe it

In a few sentences, in your own words. The jargon is my part of the job.

2

I build it

Within a few days there's a clickable prototype of your site.

3

You see it running

If it convinces you, we talk about doing it properly. If not, that's it, no strings attached.

A single flow you can click through. No real data, no connection to your systems, no support. The point is to see the idea before anyone spends money.

Two ways, one recommendation

Without WordPress: a lean site

For sites that mainly show who you are and what you offer. I rebuild pages and content as a lean site: no plugins, no updates, no database behind every visit. Texts, images and addresses come along. Changes by WhatsApp or email.

A new WordPress: you edit yourself

For you if you change texts, photos or pages several times a week, or need a plugin. A clean new installation with few plugins and a modern design, set up so it stays fast. You edit, I take care of updates and backups.

Hosting and care: 49 € a month

After the project your site runs on European servers: SSL, daily backups, monitoring, updates where there are any, and normal changes included. One flat monthly price.

Rebuild, hosting and changes

One contact, one invoice, one person responsible. Ideal for freelancers and small businesses who want a site that works, not a system to look after.

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Why a freelance specialist instead of an agency

  • You talk to me, not to a salesperson.
  • I write the code. I answer the WhatsApp. I fix the bug.
  • No agency overhead: you pay for the work, not for the layers around it.
  • Company since 1999. WordPress since version 1.5, so I know where it slows down.

When a site does not need WordPress

Most WordPress sites are not slow because of their content. They are slow because of the machinery underneath: plugins, page builders, a database that gets asked on every visit, updates that need watching. If your site mainly shows who you are and what you offer, and you rarely change it, it does not need that machinery.

Considerably faster

Pages are delivered ready-made instead of being assembled on every visit. Visitors and Google both notice.

Nothing to update

No core, no plugins, no theme updates. What isn't there can't break one morning and can't be attacked through an outdated plugin.

Backups you can actually restore

Daily, kept for 30 days, stored away from the server itself. A backup nobody has ever restored is a hope, not a backup, so I test the restore.

A person on WhatsApp or email

No ticket system, no first-level support reading from a script. You write, I answer and make the change.

Normal changes are included in the care for 49 € a month. Larger extensions get a fixed price beforehand.

How the switch works

Switching is not the hard part. Switching so that nobody notices is. Search rankings, e-mail, SSL certificates and the moment the domain points to the new site all have to line up.

  1. Copy first, switch later

    Your new site is built and tested while the WordPress site keeps running. Only when everything works does the domain point to the new one.

  2. Rankings stay where they are

    Every URL keeps its address, or gets a permanent redirect if it cannot. Google sees a move, not a new website with a lot of dead links.

  3. E-mail moves too, and it moves last

    Mailboxes are copied before the switch, not after. That is the step most moves get wrong, and it is the one that makes customers notice.

  4. A way back

    The old WordPress installation stays untouched for two weeks. If anything turns up that we did not foresee, switching back takes minutes.

The switch is part of the project price, with or without WordPress. Write me briefly and you get a fixed-price offer with a proposal for your new design.

Not every case needs a renewal

Sometimes there is a cheaper or simpler way. After looking at your site I'll tell you which one, even if it means less work for me.

You want to do everything yourself

If you would rather build and change your site yourself for a small monthly fee, Palimpalem, our own website builder, fits better: you edit everything yourself, or tell its chat what to change.

palimpalem.com →

Your current WordPress is fine

If design and speed are fine and only the care is missing, it stays as it is. I look after it with managed hosting: updates, backups, monitoring and service, and changes too if you want.

Your site depends on plugins

Many plugins do one specific job. Today I can usually build that job myself at reasonable cost, which saves you the plugin licences. If a plugin should stay, it stays, and the new WordPress is set up around it.

FAQ

Does my design stay?

If you want, yes. Or we use the rebuild to refresh it. Either way, texts, images and page addresses come along.

What does the renewal cost?

A site in one language with up to about six pages starts at 1,190 €, two languages or up to about twelve pages at 1,590 €, a shop, a system change or special functions from 2,400 €, all plus VAT. Hosting and care afterwards cost 49 € a month. You get a fixed price before anything starts.

Can I still change things myself?

With a new WordPress, yes: you edit texts, photos and pages yourself as before, I keep updates and backups in order. With a lean site there is no admin panel: you write me on WhatsApp or by email and I make the change quickly, normal changes are included in the care.

Do you speak English?

Yes. Plus Spanish and German. I've lived in Madrid since 1993.

My site was built by someone else. Can you still rebuild it?

Yes. I look at the site first and tell you what I find, including the parts you will not like. If the rebuild does not make sense for your case, I say so instead of taking the money.

How fast are changes done?

Quickly. Usually the same working day. If your site is down, that comes before whatever else I was doing.

Is any of my content lost?

No. Texts, images, pages and their addresses come along. Where an address cannot stay, it gets a permanent redirect so Google and old links still find it.

What if I want to leave?

The site stays yours. You get all files, no lock-in, no handover fee, no month of notice.

Show me your WordPress site

Write briefly by WhatsApp, email or form. I'll look at your site, tell you which way fits and send a fixed-price offer with a proposal for your new design.

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