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WordPress Reliability Sprint: What to Check Before you Rebuild your site
Before you commit to a full WordPress rebuild, it is worth understanding what has actually become slow, fragile or hard to manage. This post explains what to check first, from plugins and hosting to updates, support and technical risk.
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Why you should start thinking of WordPress as your “Business Operating System”
Calling WordPress a CMS is like calling a smartphone a calculator. See why we’ve spent 6 years treating it as the ultimate “Business Operating System” for our clients.
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Architecting Websites for Two Audiences (AI + Humans)
I spoke at the Agency Hackers SEO Leaders event in London about how the role of websites is changing. For the first time we are no longer designing purely for human visitors.
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Why Strong Client Relationships Still Matter as We Pivot as an Agency
The best work comes from strong client relationships. In this post, we explore why trust, transparency, and flexible WordPress support retainers still matter, especially when projects involve unknowns, evolving scope, and long-term digital growth.
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SLAs, Retainers and Projects: Choosing the Right Way to Work With a WordPress Agency
Is a fixed-price project better than a monthly retainer? What does an SLA actually guarantee? We break down the three ways to work with a WordPress agency so you can choose the right model for your operations.
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Rebuilding Confidence After a Bad Agency Experience
Many of our best clients came to us after a bad experience elsewhere. We aren’t perfect, but we are transparent. Discover our process for rescuing WordPress sites and rebuilding professional trust.
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Beyond “Support” as an Agency. What even is it? Our 2026 pivot to Systems & Consultancy
It’s 6 weeks into the year, Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and our agency is just done getting organised for the year. The tinsel is long gone and we’ve spent this time looking hard at where we actually provide the most value to our clients.
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Modern Systems Need Professional Support, Not Just a Quick Favour
In 2026, “support” is a weak word for what modern WordPress systems actually need. Discover why Make Do is pivoting to a Systems & Support model and why a formal SLA is the only way to protect your business-critical portals and integrations.
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Why a Specialist Agency + Flexible Thinking are the Perfect Match for WordPress
In this post we explain how Flexible Packages help you stay agile as priorities change, and how our real-time time tracking and reporting keeps everything transparent. From DIY start-ups to mission-critical platforms it’s designed to move quickly and fairly friction.
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Build. Support. Grow: The Three Ways We Help Teams Do More With WordPress
Discover the “Build, Support, Grow” model which is our simple three-pillar approach to agency services. Flexible enough a large enterprise build, a robust 24/7 SLA, or a small quick project we will help you do more with WordPress.
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What You Can Learn From Hitting “End of Life” On Your Website or WordPress Platform
When your website platform calls time, you need a plan. From “Frank in IT” legacy systems to bloated, un-updatable WordPress builds, we share the commercial and technical lessons of hitting the “End of Life” wall.
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How To Brief a Web Agency So You Actually Get What You Need
Most “failed” web projects don’t start with bad code! They start with a poor brief. When expectations are left to the imagination, you end up with a site that looks great but fails to solve your actual business problems. At Make Do, we’ve seen thousands of briefs. Some are 50-page technical documents, and some are…
Category: Insight
Expert insights from the Make Do team on WordPress, web apps, hosting, and support. Stay ahead with fresh perspectives on digital strategy and technology.