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Ignited Nepal builds custom WordPress websites for Canadian businesses, publishers, and organisations that need flexibility without the maintenance burden of a page builder. No Elementor. No Avada. A custom theme, custom post types, ACF field groups, and a Gutenberg block library your team can edit without touching a line of code. Core Web Vitals optimised, hosted on WP Engine or Kinsta with Canadian data centre options for PIPEDA compliance, and version-controlled with Git from day one.
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/ This is for you if
You took over a WordPress site built by a Canadian agency on Elementor or Avada and you are paying for it every day. It is slow, difficult to edit, and every WordPress or plugin update is a risk. Your developers spend their time maintaining a page builder dependency rather than improving the site. You need a clean rebuild.
You produce substantial volumes of content: articles, research, events, resources, or case studies. WordPress is the right platform but you need it properly configured with custom post types, taxonomies, and a Gutenberg block library that reflects your content model. You do not need a theme. You need an architecture.
Your site was built on a premium theme and it looks fine but performs poorly. Core Web Vitals scores are weak because the theme loads assets for features you do not use. Every plugin update creates a new conflict risk. You want to own your codebase rather than rent a template that is also running on thousands of other sites.
/ What's broken
Elementor and Avada load large JavaScript and CSS bundles on every page regardless of what is actually on that page. The result is poor Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, and Interaction to Next Paint scores. Core Web Vitals affect your Google Search rankings and your paid media Quality Scores. A slow page builder site is a business problem, not just a technical one.
When your site's structure depends on a page builder, a premium theme, a form plugin, a slider plugin, and an SEO plugin all running together without conflict, you are one failed update away from a broken website. Plugin dependency compounds over time. Each new plugin added to patch a gap makes the stack more fragile and more expensive to maintain.
Page builder sites require editors to navigate nested rows, columns, modules, and global sections. One wrong click collapses a layout. One deleted widget removes content with no easy undo. Gutenberg, when built correctly with a custom block library, gives editorial staff a structured, constrained interface where the design is preserved regardless of the content changes they make.
Canadian organisations subject to PIPEDA have obligations around where personal data is stored. If your WordPress site collects form data, newsletter sign-ups, or user accounts and those are processed on servers outside Canada, you may have a compliance gap. WP Engine and Kinsta both offer Canadian data centre options that address this at the infrastructure level.
/ What we engineer
Each workstream is built by the team that audits it, and wired into the rest of your growth system.
We document the full build before any code is written. Custom post types, taxonomies, ACF field groups, Gutenberg block list, URL structure, hosting configuration including data centre location, and deployment process. You review and approve. The specification is the contract for the build.
We build a custom WordPress theme from scratch. No Elementor. No Avada. No Genesis. The theme is written to your design, loads only what the page needs, and is structured for long-term maintainability. Core Web Vitals are addressed at every stage of development rather than audited and patched after launch.
We configure custom post types and taxonomies for your content model: team profiles, case studies, services, publications, events, or any other structured content your site requires. ACF field groups give editorial staff labelled, structured data entry. Content is separated from presentation at the data level.
We build a library of custom Gutenberg blocks that match your design system. Hero panels, card grids, testimonial blocks, resource listings, call-to-action sections, and any other content patterns your site requires. Each block is self-contained, editable in the block editor, and designed so editors cannot inadvertently break the page layout.
We audit your current plugin stack, remove anything made redundant by the custom build, and document every plugin that remains. You leave with a lean, understood plugin list and a clear record of what each plugin does and what it would take to replace it.
We optimise Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, and Interaction to Next Paint at the code level. Image formats, lazy loading, critical CSS inlining, script deferral, and font loading strategy are all addressed during the build. We target a pass on all three Core Web Vitals for both mobile and desktop at launch.
We set up a staging environment on WP Engine or Kinsta, including Canadian data centre configuration if required for PIPEDA. All code lives in a Git repository with a documented deployment process. We launch, monitor the first 48 hours, and deliver editorial documentation covering every custom block and post type.
/ What changes
/ How it works
We audit your current WordPress site or your brief. We review your theme, plugin stack, Core Web Vitals scores, content architecture, hosting configuration, and data residency position. We identify what needs to be rebuilt, what can be retained, and what the build needs to solve. We deliver a written diagnostic report. This takes one week.
We write the full specification for the build: custom post types, ACF field groups, Gutenberg block list, URL structure, hosting plan and data centre, deployment process, and editorial workflow. You review and sign off before any development begins.
We build the custom theme, configure custom post types and ACF, develop the Gutenberg block library, and migrate content from the old site. All work happens on staging. The codebase is in Git throughout. Weekly progress updates are shared with your team.
We run full QA across browsers and devices, verify all Core Web Vitals scores, complete the plugin audit, confirm hosting and data centre configuration, and prepare the deployment. We launch to the live environment, monitor the first 48 hours, and deliver editorial documentation in English (and French if required).
/ Common questions
Straight answers on scope, timelines and cost. Anything else, ask us directly.
Ask us directlyPage builder sites look functional but carry significant hidden costs. They produce poor Core Web Vitals scores because they load large asset bundles that are not specific to the page being viewed. They create editorial workflows that require developer support for routine content updates. And they build up plugin dependency that makes every update a risk. The site appears to be working, but the performance, editorial, and maintenance problems are real and compound over time.
PIPEDA requires Canadian organisations to take reasonable steps to protect personal information, which includes understanding where that information is stored. While PIPEDA does not explicitly prohibit cross-border data transfers, storing personal data collected from Canadian users on servers within Canada is a clear and defensible compliance position. WP Engine and Kinsta both offer Canadian data centre options. We configure your hosting to use them from the start.
Advanced Custom Fields adds structured data entry to WordPress. Rather than asking editors to format content inside a generic text area, ACF provides labelled fields: a text field for a headline, an image field for a photo, a repeater for list items. This separates content from presentation at the data level, makes content consistent across post types, and allows the theme to display structured data reliably. It is a foundational part of any properly built WordPress site.
Yes. We build bilingual WordPress sites with French and English as co-equal language versions. For organisations serving Quebec, we configure French as the primary language with English available through language routing. For national organisations serving both markets, we build a language switcher with consistent content architecture across both versions. We provide editorial documentation in French for editorial staff who work primarily in French.
A full build from diagnostic to launch typically takes six to ten weeks. Smaller sites with straightforward content models and no complex integrations come in at the shorter end. Larger sites with complex post type architectures, bilingual requirements, or third-party integrations extend the timeline. We give you a firm estimate after the diagnostic, not during the initial conversation.
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Elementor and Avada sites look custom from the outside. From the inside, they are slow, fragile, and difficult to maintain. Ignited Nepal builds WordPress sites that are genuinely custom: your theme, your blocks, your content architecture, your codebase, hosted on infrastructure that supports Canadian data residency requirements. Start with a diagnostic.
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