Why Choose WordPress?

WordPress has evolved far beyond its origins as a simple blogging tool. Today it powers more than 43% of all websites worldwide – an indicator of its stability, flexibility, and long-term viability. From small business sites to high-traffic enterprise platforms, WordPress remains one of the most capable content management systems available.

Trusted by High-Profile Organizations

Major brands like CNN, eBay, and The Wall Street Journal rely on WordPress for its robust content tools and scalability. Its native features—page management, media handling, taxonomies, custom post types, and secure user roles—make it suitable for everything from editorial workflows to form processing and complex business logic.

At Watermelon Web Works, we use WordPress to build:

Marketing websites
Complex directories
Membership systems
Custom integrations
Full e-commerce platforms powered by WooCommerce

For sites requiring stronger security, performance, or stability, our WordPress security services and WordPress maintenance plans keep everything running smoothly.

Flexible, Cost-Effective Development

WordPress has the largest plugin ecosystem of any CMS, which means businesses can reduce development time and avoid reinventing the wheel. With the right architecture and best-practice configuration, WordPress offers a powerful blend of:

Speed to build
Long-term maintainability
Extensive customization
Lower total cost of ownership

For businesses managing mission-critical sites, we also offer optimized managed WordPress hosting and complete security and performance optimization.

Still the Best Platform for Blogging

WordPress remains the leading platform for blogging and content strategy. Its editor, taxonomies, SEO tools, and media management make it ideal for any organization relying on publishing for visibility. Pair it with our maintenance and SEO plan for long-term stability.

Custom WordPress Solutions

Every business has unique requirements, and WordPress adapts to nearly all of them. Our team builds:

Custom themes
Advanced plugins
API integrations
Search and filtering systems
Multi-source data integrations
Directory and membership systems
WooCommerce stores and extensions

For sites that need ongoing care, our iterative maintenance approach ensures long-term reliability and measurable performance improvements.

Explore Our Work

See how we’ve used WordPress and WooCommerce to build durable, high-performing websites for organizations across the country. Visit our web design portfolio to explore recent projects.

OMS Anita

2 years ago

Watermelon Web Works has been incredible to work with. They are patient, understanding, and quick to answer any questions (or emergencies) you might have. After switching over to them to help re-vamp our online retail store, we hired them to build our wholesale website as well. I can't recommend them enough - Thank you team!

Garrett Lister

Jared and the watermelon team were great - they quickly interpreted our website needs and designed a wonderful site. The project management site worked great to keep track of project.

N B

3 years ago

My previous web developer who I was very happy with retired and I was pretty sad about it because it seems now days it is hard to hire a web developer close by with a good set of skills who is interested in helping small business at reasonable prices. Then I found Watermelon and I have been very happy. They are responsive, are able to solve problems, and work at reasonable prices.

Dark Star Magick

We hired Watermelon to help us with our website. They were very thorough and took the time to explain in layman's terms what they were doing and how we could improve SEO and site functionality. We will definitely be back for future website needs!

Astoria Column

Great work and amazing service! We're a non-profit, and our priorities are always focused on maintaining the Astoria Column. We had a website built by someone else a few years ago, but without regular updating and maintenance, sections of our site were no longer functional. Joanna and the rest of the team came in and had everything working within a week and it's been smooth sailing since then!

Ben Harris

7 years ago

Watermelon has been a fantastic web development partner. Through every phase of our project they have always been 100% responsive to our requests and have always provided highly knowledgeable, creative, prompt, and personable team members to work with. As a financial institution we’re always concerned about the security and maintenance or our website and Watermelon has always provided the appropriate resources in order to meet and/or exceed our compliance and security requirements. We would surely refer them to any business associates looking for a qualified WordPress web designer in the future. – Denali Federal Credit Union

Mohr IP Law Attorneys

Watermelon Web Works did a great job creating a custom shopping cart page for our firm. Gavynn in particular was especially helpful and responsive. We appreciated the upfront costs and the technical competency of Watermelon Web Works and would not hesitate to work with the people there again.

Kim Markle

Our company has been working with the Watermelon team for more than 10 years to help build and grow our website and customer portal. They are not only extremely talented and responsive, but are continuously looking for ways for us to enhance our current website. They are consistent, provide excellent customer service and really know what they are doing. Highly recommend!

Rick Brodner

9 years ago

I cannot say enough good things about Watermelon. They are terrific communicators, highly competent coders, and really, really nice people. They were instrumental in helping us to assemble a very usable, easily maintainable website for our organization. They' have demonstrated great flexibility in accommodating our evolving needs. They have been highly responsive to any technical issues, typically resolving them in less than 4 hours. Watermelon Web Works will make your organization better, and your CFO/Treasurer will be happy when they see the bill - what more can you ask for?