WordPress development here is a website or web app built with current tools and written as clean, organized code, so it keeps working for years. WordPress is oxygen: Mani knows it like the back of his hand. PHP and Laravel sit beside it. Cross-platform UI design is included, meaning layouts that stay easy to use on a phone and on a desk.
Mani Khan · software engineer & freelancer since 2009
WordPress sites written so they keep working
WordPress development is the design and coding of a website or web app on WordPress, written as clean, organized code. It is for businesses that need a site they can keep, and for agencies that want that build as white-label development. A WooCommerce or Shopify store can be part of the same site.
01 The work
WordPress, PHP, and Laravel
I build websites and web apps with current tools and clean, organized code, so they keep working for years. Layouts stay easy to use on a phone and on a desk. WordPress, PHP, and Laravel are the core of that work. WordPress is oxygen for me. I know it like the back of my hand.
You are not working with a broker. I do the programming myself. Quality over quantity is the standard, and a project is not complete until you are satisfied.
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Phone and desk
Layouts that stay easy to use on a phone and on a desk.
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Clean code
Written so the site keeps working for years. You are not working with a broker.
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Launch
An internal test, then yours, then the site live on your domain.
02 Where it sits
How this sits next to stores and agents
A WordPress site is often the place an AI agent or an automation plugs in. A store on the same site is WooCommerce and Shopify development. Agencies can buy the build as white-label development. Search, paid ads, and social can follow launch. Consulting is the first conversation for a store or for being found online.
I also use Wix, WooCommerce, Shopify, JavaScript, React, Node, and the rest of the stack when the site needs them.
03 What you leave with
Deliverables
- A website or web app on WordPress, written as clean, organized code.
- A layout that stays usable on a phone and on a desk.
- The plan from the planning stage, matched to your specifications.
- An internal test, then your test, before launch.
- The site live on your domain, with room to come back for updates.
04 The recipe
Process
Every project goes through the same six stages. The steps below are how a website is built. Stores and automations go through those same stages.
Step 01 — Discussion
We talk about the goals of the website. Once we know why you want a new site, we work together to identify the content it needs and the features it should have.
Step 02 — Planning
Once I understand your needs, I create a plan to design and develop the website to meet your specifications.
Step 03 — Design
Functionality matters, but good design makes a visitor want to stay. I work on the layout with responsiveness, a user-friendly experience and an aesthetically pleasing look in mind.
Step 04 — Coding
The most specialized stage. I pride myself on writing clean, organized code, so you have a highly functioning website for years to come.
Step 05 — Testing
I test the site internally first, then you test it on your end. Everything should work, and it should launch with no loading errors or bugs.
Step 06 — Launch
The site goes live on your domain for the world to see. I hope you'll come back to me for future updates and digital marketing.
05 Before you write
Questions
Yes, the WordPress code is written by Mani himself, and you are not working with a broker. The coding stage is writing clean, organized code so the site keeps working for years. A theme or plugin list for a specific site is named when that project is scoped. The same hands can add a WooCommerce or Shopify store when the site needs one.
Yes. The work includes cross-platform UI design: layouts that stay easy to use on a phone and on a desk. The design stage aims at responsiveness, a user-friendly experience, and an aesthetically pleasing look. Functionality still comes first.
For agency projects, I work white-label under your agency's name. The work can be a website, a WooCommerce or Shopify store, an AI agent, or an automation. Mani Khan writes the code himself instead of passing the work to a broker. Discussion, planning, design, coding, testing, and launch are the same stages used on a direct project.
A project starts when you email mani@manikhan.com or use the form on this site, and we discuss the goal before anything is built. Discussion identifies the content, the features, and the job to be done. Planning comes next, then design, coding, testing, and launch. You do not need a finished specification. The goal, the deadline, and what already exists are enough to begin.
The starting rates are listed on the pricing page. Send your project details for a written quote. Payment handling is part of that written quote, and it is set before coding starts. The engagement is a one-off project, monthly support, or white-label work. Email mani@manikhan.com with the job.
06 Also in the lab
Related
07 Summon the lab
Start a project
The starting rates are listed on the pricing page.
Or send the form. Say the goal, the deadline, and what already exists. I reply to the email you enter.