WordPress development · Cape Town
WordPress development company in Cape Town
Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.
Clarigo Infotech is a WordPress development company that builds custom WordPress websites, plugins and WooCommerce stores. We write lightweight custom themes instead of bloated page builders, harden sites for speed and security, and build headless WordPress front ends with Next.js when you need more performance. One in-house team with 10+ years of delivery handles design, build and support.
South African companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation.
10+
Years of delivery
600+
Projects delivered
20+
Countries served
25-30
Days to a live MVP
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Tell us what you need. A senior engineer replies within one working day.
Mobile-first and built for real conditions
African businesses need products that work on any phone and any connection, with mobile money and local payments built in.
Works on any connection
Lightweight apps and sites that stay fast on slow networks and older phones.
Mobile money and local payments
M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Paystack and card payments integrated.
Overlapping hours
Two and a half to four and a half hours from India, so most of the day overlaps.
Cost-effective delivery
Senior engineers at offshore rates with full code ownership.
What our WordPress development covers
Custom WordPress themes
Block-based themes built for your brand, with editable sections so your team can update pages without a developer.
Plugin development
Custom plugins for features, integrations and admin tools, written to WordPress coding standards.
WooCommerce stores
Online stores with custom checkout, payments, shipping rules, subscriptions and ERP or inventory sync.
Speed optimisation
Caching, image handling, script clean-up and hosting tuning to improve Core Web Vitals and load times.
Security and maintenance
Hardening, updates, backups, malware clean-up and monitoring, with guaranteed-response support.
Headless WordPress
WordPress as the content editor with a fast Next.js front end, connected through REST or WPGraphQL.
How we approach WordPress development
Custom themes over heavy page builders
Page builders are quick to start with but often add a lot of code to every page. We build lightweight block themes with patterns your team can reuse, which keeps pages fast and editing simple.
Speed and security together
Most slow or hacked WordPress sites have too many plugins, outdated code or weak hosting. We audit plugins, remove what is not needed, keep core and extensions updated and put caching, a firewall and backups in place.
WooCommerce that scales
For larger stores we use high-performance order storage, optimise database queries and offload search and heavy jobs. Custom checkout and pricing logic goes into maintainable plugins rather than snippets in the theme.
When headless makes sense
Headless WordPress suits sites that need app-like speed, content shared across web and mobile, or a custom front end. For most marketing sites, a well-built classic or block theme is simpler and cheaper to run.
Remote, but close to Cape Town
Time-zone overlap
South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.
Billing
Invoices in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.
Where we help Cape Town businesses most
Cape Town startups use us for SaaS, e-commerce and AI products, with a strong daily overlap in working hours and privacy designed to POPIA.
Mining
Mines invest in safety, monitoring and automation systems. Sites and web apps that load fast and are easy for your team to update.
Financial services
Banks and insurers lead in mobile and digital channels. We build fast, search-friendly websites and portals for this sector.
Retail
National chains expand e-commerce and loyalty programmes. Web platforms, portals and stores that turn visitors into customers.
Tourism and wine
Operators and estates sell to international visitors online. Sites and web apps that load fast and are easy for your team to update.
Meetings in your time zone
Our team's hours, in Cape Town time
06:30–16:00
Monday to Friday
Overlap with your working day
09:00–16:00
About 7 hours every day
Daily stand-up
09:30
Cape Town time, plus written updates every evening
Local platforms and setup
Local payments
E-commerce platforms
Languages
Data hosting
AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.
How it works
Week 1: discovery and design
A free call to understand your goal, then a written scope, a fixed quote and a clickable design you can test.
Weeks 2-3: build and integrate
Senior engineers build in short sprints, connect your systems and demo working software every week.
Week 4: test and launch
We test with real data, set up monitoring and deploy to your own cloud account, then go live.
After launch: support and grow
The same team stays on for support, improvements and new features, with guaranteed response times.
See what we've built
Try it yourself, free
Free browser tools from our team. No sign-up needed.
WordPress development company: questions from Cape Town
Do you work with companies in Cape Town?+
Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Cape Town, including Cape Town, Stellenbosch, as part of clients in 20+ countries. South African companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare software and AI automation. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.
What time-zone overlap do we get from Cape Town?+
South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.
How do you handle the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)?+
We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.
Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+
We bill in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Senior engineers typically cost $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, and fixed-scope projects such as an MVP in 25 to 30 days are quoted after a free consultation.
Where will our data be hosted?+
Usually in AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, or wherever your data rules require. Everything runs in your own cloud account, so you stay in control.
Can you integrate PayFast or Yoco?+
Yes. We regularly integrate local payment methods such as PayFast, Yoco, Ozow (Instant EFT), SnapScan, Peach Payments, alongside card payments and subscriptions.
Do you work with mining companies?+
Yes. Mining is one of Cape Town's key sectors, and web platforms, portals and stores that turn visitors into customers.
How long does WordPress development take?+
A custom WordPress site typically goes live in 25 to 30 days. Large WooCommerce stores, complex plugins and headless builds are delivered in phases.
Can you fix a slow or hacked WordPress site?+
Yes. We clean up malware, remove unnecessary plugins, update code, harden security and tune caching and hosting for speed.
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