WordPress web design
A WordPress web design agency that hands you the keys.
Service business websites built on WordPress, with pages your own staff can change without calling a developer.
- Elementor or custom block themes
- Core Web Vitals targets
- Private Loom walkthrough
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Businesses
we’ve worked with
Businesses we’ve worked with
- Willard Power Vac
- Sarkinen Plumbing
- Robinson Restoration
- Town & Country Glass
- Dixie Glass
- Byers Septic Service
- F&W Fence Co.
- Drake’s 7 Dees
- Rickabaugh Construction
- Hillsview Building
- Dozer Dave
- Mt. Hood Pro Painting
- On-Target Landscape
- Atiyeh Bros Carpet
- Lovett
- Westmore Construction
- Northwest New Homes
- Porter Sealcoating & Paving
- RescueHero Restoration
- Panda Plumbing
- Biermann Plumbing & Heating
- Ballistic Junk Removal
- Smart Doors LLC
- Peak Performance Roofing
- Deluxe Heating & Cooling
- Lifetime Exteriors
- Bruce Johnson Construction
- Madrone Painting
- Smart Tree Service
- Premier Gutter Cover
- NW Pacific Electric
- Universal HVAC
- Lenny Martin Painting
- Next Level Decks & Exteriors
- Prodan Construction
- Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
- Lovett Restoration
- Greenlight Titles
- G.W. Hartley IV
- Advanced Coatings
- Thomson Equipment
- MyADU
Why WordPress
Is WordPress still a good choice for a service business?
Yes, and for a service business it comes down to three reasons: you own it, your team can edit it and it connects to your tools.
No platform lock-in
A WordPress site is not tied to a website builder’s subscription. It can move to another host or another developer whenever you choose.
Your team can edit it
Changes happen on the page itself, the way a visitor sees it. Westmore Construction’s site runs on native Elementor, which lets its team edit any page visually.
It connects to your tools
Booking, CRM, listing and membership systems plug in. Northwest New Homes pulls MLS listings onto each community page, and the Oregon Christian Chamber handles sign-ups, events and member logins through GrowthZone.
Included in the build
What ships with every Lithium WordPress build.
All eight are in place on launch day, so the site is measured from its very first visitor.
- Form fills, bookings and phone taps recorded in GA4
- Each phone call matched to the search or ad that produced it
- Google Ads conversion tags, ready for paid traffic
- Structured data that mirrors what visitors read
- AI crawler permissions in robots.txt, plus an llms.txt file
- Short, readable URLs and internal links mapped in advance
- Color contrast and keyboard navigation built for accessibility
- The same business details your Google Business Profile shows
Speed and Core Web Vitals
Is WordPress slow?
Not when it is built to Google’s Core Web Vitals targets. Heavy themes, stacks of plugins and oversized images are what slow WordPress down, so each Lithium build is measured against the three targets below, on a phone, before it launches.
- Largest Contentful Paint target: the main content is on screen
- Under 2.5 s
- Largest Contentful Paint target: the main content is on screen
- Interaction to Next Paint target: the page responds to a tap
- Under 200 ms
- Interaction to Next Paint target: the page responds to a tap
- Cumulative Layout Shift target: nothing jumps while it loads
- Under 0.1
- Cumulative Layout Shift target: nothing jumps while it loads
A buyer staring at a blank screen can tap back to the next result in a moment, so the main content and the response to a first tap both have to come quickly. Speed also counts in technical SEO, the work that helps Google crawl and understand a site.
See technical SEOWordPress sites we’ve built
Three WordPress builds, three different jobs.
All three sites are live. Each card opens that project in our portfolio.
See the full portfolio
Our process
How a Lithium WordPress build runs.
Plan on six to nine weeks between kickoff and launch, or longer for a large or complex site. You review progress once a week, so your decisions set the pace.
- 1Weeks 1 to 2
Plan the site
The first two weeks settle who your buyers are, who you are up against and which pages the site needs, each with its own brief.
- 2Weeks 2 to 3
Design for phones and desktops
Mobile and desktop designs follow the page briefs, and we refine them with you until you sign off.
- 3Weeks 3 to 6
Build on WordPress
Pages, copy and forms come together in the same weeks, along with any links to your CRM or booking software.
- 4Weeks 6 to 7
Launch and hand over
Before go-live the schema is validated and GA4 and Search Console are checked for incoming data. Then the site launches and the logins pass to your team.
Pricing
How much does a WordPress website cost?
A typical Lithium WordPress site is $5,000. WordPress itself is free, open-source software, so that price pays for the planning, design, copy and build.
$5,000
typical WordPress site
Need more pages, integrations or content than a typical build? A 30-minute discovery call gets you a fixed proposal.
“I highly recommend Dj Van Zanten if you need any help with your website and your internet marketing.”
Dave TurinDozer Dave“A lot of options out there for websites and SEO. I’ve worked with this team for years now and would highly recommend them. They know their stuff and deliver results. More importantly to me- they care about service and follow through on what they say they will do. Easy to work with and communicate with. Thank you!”
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WordPress web design, straight answers.
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
Who owns the site, and where is it hosted?
You own the WordPress site outright, and it sits on a hosting account in your name. Any custom code, the content, the design files and the WordPress install are yours, along with the domain.
Can Lithium keep working on the site after launch?
Lithium can stay on after launch for SEO, Google Ads, content or technical fixes, or hand the site to your team to run alone.
Will a WordPress site rank better than a Wix or Squarespace site?
Google does not reward a site for running on WordPress, so the switch alone will not lift rankings. What WordPress gives you is control: page speed, URLs, headings, schema and internal links are all yours to tune, and the SEO work done on top of them is what moves rankings.
I already have a WordPress site. Can you rebuild it?
Lithium can replace an existing WordPress site with a completely new build on the same domain. Every old URL that changes is redirected so bookmarks and search results still reach the right page.
Do you build WordPress sites for my kind of business?
Lithium is a WordPress website design company for service businesses where one good job is worth real money. Past builds include sites for plumbers, restoration companies, contractors, a paving company, a garage door company, a vehicle title service, a real estate broker and a chamber of commerce.
Free action plan
Ready to plan your WordPress site?
Let’s have a real conversation about your business. No fluff, no high-pressure sales pitch. In a 1:1 strategy call, we’ll review your goals, your website, and your current marketing efforts. You’ll leave with a prioritized plan outlining quick wins and a clear path toward long-term, sustainable growth.
What we’ll cover
- What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
- Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
- Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
- Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success
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