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Best WordPress Agencies in 2026

Thirteen established WordPress agencies in 2026, ordered by founding year, with specialisms, locations, named clients and WordPress VIP partner status.

A WordPress agency is a firm that designs, builds, migrates and maintains websites and digital platforms on WordPress, the open-source content management system. The largest agencies serve publishers, universities, banks and global brands, often on WordPress VIP, Automattic's enterprise hosting platform, whose directory listed 66 service partners in November 2026. Smaller specialist agencies focus on areas such as WooCommerce stores, platform migrations or newsroom tooling.

This list covers thirteen established WordPress agencies with a public record of enterprise or ecommerce work, most of them WordPress VIP service partners. Agencies are ordered by the founding year each states on its own website, from Syde (2006) to XWP (2014), followed by two agencies that do not publish a founding year. Each entry summarises specialisms, locations, publicly named clients and partner status as stated by the agency.

Contents
  1. What is a WordPress agency
  2. History and market
  3. Key features to compare
  4. Pricing models
  5. How to choose
  6. Methodology
  7. The list
  8. Comparison table
  9. Alternatives by use case
  10. Recent developments
  11. Frequently asked questions
  12. See also

What is a WordPress agency

WordPress agencies sell services rather than software: discovery and strategy, design, custom theme and plugin development, migrations from other content management systems, performance and security work, and long-term support retainers. Enterprise agencies add staff augmentation, headless architectures and integrations with CRM, identity and analytics systems, as rtCamp, Human Made and Trew Knowledge describe. WooCommerce specialists such as Angry Creative also integrate shops with ERP and PIM systems.

Agencies differ from web design agencies that work across many platforms, from WordPress hosting companies, and from freelance marketplaces. Some firms in this list deliberately work beyond WordPress: Crowd Favorite describes open-source digital-experience platforms in general, and Angry Creative also builds Laravel systems.

History and market

The first WordPress agencies emerged in the late 2000s as WordPress grew beyond blogging. Crowd Favorite was founded in 2007 by Alex King, an early WordPress contributor; Syde (then Inpsyde) dates from 2006, WebDevStudios from 2008 and rtCamp was incorporated in 2009. Enterprise demand followed as publishers moved to WordPress, illustrated by XWP's 2016 migration of more than 90 News Corp Australia brands and its 2018 migration of Rolling Stone's archive.

The sector has consolidated. Crowd Favorite merged with Velomedia in 2013; 10up joined the larger agency Fueled in 2023; Inpsyde rebranded as Syde; and Angry Creative operates within a group alongside Bishop, Cyntora and Synotio. WordPress VIP's partner programme, which groups partners into service partners, technology partners and strategic alliances, has become a common credential for enterprise agencies. No market-size estimate from a named research firm was used.

Key features to compare

Sector specialism

Big Bite, Alley and XWP concentrate on publishers; Human Made cites banking and higher education; Angry Creative focuses on WooCommerce.

Platform credentials

WordPress VIP partnership and Woo agency-partner listings indicate experience with those platforms; partner tiers such as Gold or Premier are self-reported on agencies' sites.

Migration experience

Multidots and rtCamp lead with migration services; XWP documents large published migrations.

Security and compliance

Human Made states SOC 2 Type II certification and Big Bite two ISO certifications.

Delivery model

Distributed teams are common (WebDevStudios, The Code Company, Crowd Favorite); Multidots and rtCamp combine Indian delivery with Western client teams.

Code ownership

Angry Creative states that all delivered code is GPL-licensed so clients can move agency.

Open-source contribution

rtCamp reports contributions to the past 30 WordPress releases and XWP commits 5% of staff time through Five for the Future.

Pricing models

None of the thirteen agencies publishes project prices; all work on quotes. Engagements typically take three forms: fixed-scope projects for builds and migrations; retainers for ongoing support, which Human Made lists as "WordPress retainers"; and staff augmentation, offered by rtCamp and Human Made, in which agency developers join a client's team. Angry Creative is unusual in publishing one recurring fee, £100 per month for ongoing access to its code repository.

Cost differences arise from location and scale. Agencies with delivery teams in India, such as Multidots and rtCamp, have different cost structures from those staffed mainly in the US or UK, and large groups such as Fueled, with more than 300 experts, target enterprise budgets.

How to choose

News and media publishers: Big Bite, Alley, XWP and The Code Company specialise in editorial platforms and high-traffic sites.

Regulated industries: Human Made cites a major bank migration and SOC 2 Type II certification.

Ecommerce: Angry Creative for complex WooCommerce shops; Syde for WooCommerce payment integrations.

Migrations: Multidots and rtCamp lead with migration services.

By region: Syde in continental Europe; Angry Creative in the Nordics and UK; Big Bite in the UK; The Code Company in Australia; Trew Knowledge in Canada; WebDevStudios, Alley and 10up/Fueled in the US.

Large integrated programmes: Fueled combines 10up's WordPress practice with product design and mobile apps.

Methodology

Agencies were drawn from the WordPress VIP service-partner directory and from established WordPress and WooCommerce specialists with public enterprise or ecommerce work, then checked against each agency's own website in November 2026. Agencies are ordered by the founding year each states on its own site, earliest first; agencies founded in the same year are listed alphabetically, and agencies that publish no founding year are placed last, alphabetically. For 10up, the founding year of its parent Fueled is used, and for Human Made, whose sources give 2010 and 2011, the later year is used. Partner tiers, client names, awards and team figures are as stated by the agencies themselves. The list does not rank agencies by quality, size or revenue, which are not published consistently; no agency was commissioned or interviewed.

The list

1

Syde

Best for: European enterprise multisite and WooCommerce payment projects

Syde is a WordPress agency that states it was established in 2006, the earliest founding year among the agencies in this list. It was formerly known as Inpsyde, and its website is published by Syde GmbH. WordPress VIP's partner directory describes Syde as "Europe's largest WordPress agency", specialising in enterprise-level multisite environments.

Syde's services cover WordPress for enterprise, enterprise multisite, multilingual WordPress, websites and relaunches, maintenance and support, online shops and ecommerce, discovery and quality assurance, and payment gateways for WooCommerce. The company describes an international team drawn from more than 35 countries that has met in person in Berlin, Barcelona and Madeira, and says it sponsors WordCamps and contributes plugins and resources to open-source projects. Syde publishes no prices, as is typical for enterprise agencies. Its focus on large multisite and multilingual builds makes it less suited to small brochure sites; its website is published in English and German.

Key features

  • Enterprise WordPress and multisite
  • Multilingual WordPress
  • WooCommerce payment gateways
  • Online shops and ecommerce
  • Maintenance and support
  • Discovery and quality assurance

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2006
Former name
Inpsyde
Legal entity
Syde GmbH
Team
From 35+ countries
WordPress VIP
Service partner

Strengths

  • Long WordPress track record
  • Deep multisite and multilingual experience
  • WooCommerce payments specialism

Limitations

  • Enterprise focus; not aimed at small sites
  • No published pricing
  • Fewer public US case studies
2

Angry Creative

Best for: Complex WooCommerce shops with ERP and PIM integrations

Angry Creative is a WordPress and WooCommerce agency founded in Norrköping, Sweden, in 2007, according to its company timeline. The timeline records that it became the first WooCommerce partner in Sweden in 2016 and a WordPress VIP partner in 2020. It has offices in Stockholm, Norrköping and Brighton.

The agency describes its speciality as complex WordPress and WooCommerce projects, including integrations with ERP and PIM systems, multiple markets and B2B pricing, and it also builds custom systems in Laravel. It states that it is listed in Woo's agency partner directory and is the only agency in Sweden accredited for both WordPress and WooCommerce. Angry Creative belongs to a group that includes Bishop (design and smaller company websites), Cyntora (digital marketing) and Synotio (hosting and operations). Its packaged platforms are called Qala CMS and Qala E-commerce, and it states that all code delivered to clients is licensed under the GNU GPL so clients can move it to another agency; ongoing access to its code repository costs £100 per month.

Key features

  • WooCommerce builds with ERP and PIM integration
  • B2B pricing and multi-market shops
  • Qala CMS and Qala E-commerce packages
  • Platform migrations to WordPress
  • Custom Laravel systems
  • Hosting through group company Synotio

Pricing

Quote-based. Ongoing code-repository access: £100 per month.

Founded
2007, Norrköping
Offices
Stockholm, Norrköping, Brighton
WooCommerce partner
Since 2016
WordPress VIP partner
Since 2020 (company timeline)

Strengths

  • Deep WooCommerce specialism
  • GPL licensing of delivered code
  • Group covers hosting and marketing

Limitations

  • Mainly Nordic and UK presence
  • Repository access billed monthly
  • Less enterprise publishing focus
3

Crowd Favorite

Best for: Enterprise digital-experience platforms on open source

Crowd Favorite was founded in 2007 by Alex King, whom the company describes as one of the original contributors to the first WordPress release, and it calls itself the first digital agency focused on scaling open source and WordPress for enterprise clients. The present company results from a 2013 merger of Crowd Favorite and Velomedia, and it has worked as a fully distributed company since 2013.

Crowd Favorite positions itself as a digital transformation agency combining enterprise digital strategy with open-source development, web engineering, systems integration and heavily customised content management. It now emphasises composable digital-experience platforms built on open source, which it presents as an alternative with a higher return on investment than proprietary platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore and Acquia; that comparison is the agency's own claim. Its website also refers to European data residency, with work staffed, contracted and delivered in the client's region. Because the agency works across several open-source platforms rather than WordPress alone, clients seeking a pure WordPress specialist may find narrower firms more focused.

Key features

  • Enterprise digital strategy
  • Open-source DXP and composable CMS
  • Systems integration
  • Custom content management
  • Digital support services
  • Regional delivery including EU data residency

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2007
Founder
Alex King
Merger
With Velomedia, 2013
Working model
Fully distributed since 2013

Strengths

  • Long enterprise WordPress history
  • Strategy and integration capabilities
  • Regional delivery options

Limitations

  • Broader than WordPress, less specialised
  • Enterprise pricing
  • Positioning claims against proprietary DXPs are vendor statements
4

10up (Fueled)

Best for: Large brands and public bodies needing enterprise WordPress

10up is now the enterprise WordPress practice of Fueled, a digital transformation agency. 10up's website states that it "joined forces with Fueled" in 2023, combining its WordPress, open-source product management and CMS specialisation with Fueled's digital product design and mobile application work, and that its WordPress and CMS expertise is now part of Fueled's brand. Fueled's own history page gives its founding year as 2007 and lists Jake Goldman, 10up's founder, as advisor and founder emeritus.

The combined business describes more than 300 experts across digital strategy, software engineering, user experience and design, cloud infrastructure, SEO, data and analytics, AI and publisher revenue optimisation. 10up names Microsoft, Disney, Google, The White House, Mayo Clinic and the State of California among the brands and institutions it works with. Its staff are distributed from New York City to Idaho and a dozen European countries, and the practice is known for open-source tools; the 10up site notes that Fueled partner Jake Goldman led the official WordPress browser extension. As part of a larger agency, the practice is aimed at enterprise budgets rather than small businesses.

Key features

  • Enterprise WordPress engineering
  • Content management strategy
  • Design and user experience
  • Publisher revenue optimisation
  • Expert code review
  • Mobile and product design via Fueled

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

10up joined Fueled
2023
Fueled founded
2007
Team
300+ experts (Fueled)
Named clients
Microsoft, Disney, Google, Mayo Clinic

Strengths

  • Very high-profile client list
  • Strong open-source contribution record
  • Broad capabilities through Fueled

Limitations

  • Enterprise budgets only
  • 10up brand being folded into Fueled
  • Large-agency structure
5

WebDevStudios

Best for: US mid-market and enterprise WordPress builds

WebDevStudios is a WordPress agency established in 2008 and owned and operated by Brad Williams and April Williams, a husband-and-wife team based in the Philadelphia suburbs. It is listed in WordPress VIP's service-partner directory.

The agency works as a distributed company with team members around the world and offers website strategy, custom design, custom development, performance and security work, ongoing support, content migrations and WordPress website audits. Its solutions pages cover enterprise, media, ecommerce, education, nonprofit and consumer packaged goods clients, as well as headless WordPress and WordPress VIP projects. WebDevStudios emphasises contribution to WordPress itself, noting that its developers have contributed code to the open-source project, and its site includes a section on WordPress books associated with the company. Like most agencies in this list, it does not publish prices. Its founder-led ownership offers continuity, though it means a smaller organisation than the agency groups at the top of the market.

Key features

  • Website strategy and audits
  • Custom design and development
  • Performance and security
  • Content migrations
  • Headless WordPress
  • WordPress VIP projects

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2008
Owners
Brad and April Williams
Location
Philadelphia suburbs, US (distributed team)
WordPress VIP
Service partner

Strengths

  • Long-standing, founder-owned
  • Broad service range
  • Experience across many sectors

Limitations

  • No published pricing
  • Smaller than enterprise agency groups
  • Distributed model may not suit clients wanting on-site teams
6

Multidots

Best for: Platform migrations to WordPress

Multidots was founded in 2009 by Aslam Multani and Anil Gupta, now its CTO and CEO respectively. The company's story says the founders started with two hundred dollars in Ahmedabad, India, and have built a "multi-million dollar business" with more than a hundred team members. It lists contact numbers in the United States and an office address at King's Cross, London.

Multidots presents itself chiefly as a platform-migration specialist: it states that it has migrated more than 300 websites to WordPress and claims that some competitors use its migration guides. Its about page also describes 500+ websites delivered and positions the firm as the fifth-largest contributor to WordPress; these figures are the agency's own. WordPress VIP's directory describes Multidots as strategic partners and migration experts creating enterprise web solutions with WordPress. The firm's founding mission was to connect western companies with skilled developers in India, which gives it a cost structure that can differ from agencies staffed mainly in North America or Western Europe.

Key features

  • CMS migrations to WordPress
  • Enterprise WordPress development
  • Platform modernisation
  • Technical architecture
  • Ongoing support

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2009
Founders
Aslam Multani, Anil Gupta
Origin
Ahmedabad, India
Offices
London, US contact line
WordPress VIP
Service partner

Strengths

  • Migration specialism
  • Offshore delivery capacity
  • Active WordPress contribution

Limitations

  • Self-reported performance claims
  • Time-zone differences for some clients
  • Less design-agency profile
7

rtCamp

Best for: Enterprise migrations, headless and managed services

rtCamp began as a blog network in the mid-2000s and was officially incorporated in 2009; its site states "rtCamp Inc. since 2009" and lists the United States and India as its locations. It describes itself as a WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner and received WordPress VIP's Top Partner Innovator Award in 2022.

rtCamp's services include platform migration, staff augmentation, managed services, growth services, quality engineering, discovery and consultation, AI work, and SnapWP, its headless WordPress offering. It targets digital publishing and media, large product and SaaS companies, automotive, ecommerce, conglomerates and healthcare and life sciences. The company states that it has contributed code to each of the past 30 WordPress releases and has organised and spoken at many conferences. It describes itself as an open-source company focused on engineering, and its staff-augmentation model lets clients add developers to in-house teams rather than outsourcing whole projects. Pricing is not published, and its engineering emphasis means clients needing brand strategy may pair it with a design agency.

Key features

  • Platform migration
  • Headless WordPress (SnapWP)
  • Managed services
  • Staff augmentation
  • Quality engineering
  • AI services

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Incorporated
2009
Locations
United States, India
WordPress VIP
Gold Agency Partner
Award
WPVIP Top Partner Innovator 2022

Strengths

  • Strong core-contribution record
  • Headless product of its own
  • Flexible staff augmentation

Limitations

  • Engineering-led rather than brand-led
  • No published rates
  • Offshore delivery may not suit all procurement rules
8

The Code Company

Best for: Australian and APAC publishers with complex sites

The Code Company is an Australian WordPress agency that states it has been helping brand leaders "since 2010". The legal entity is The Code Company Pty Ltd, with an office at Level 6, 25 King Street, Bowen Hills, Queensland. WordPress VIP's directory describes it as providing enterprise WordPress for major brands and digital publishers running high-traffic, business-critical websites.

The agency positions itself as a specialist "AI enabled technical agency" rather than a full-service agency, focusing on website problems that block business growth: reducing technical debt, streamlining website architecture, and UX and product strategy. It says its team has always been virtual, allowing it to work with clients worldwide, and names Ben May as managing director. The firm describes its team as having experience in media and content, consistent with its publisher focus. Its technical positioning suits organisations with existing marketing partners that need engineering capacity; those seeking a single agency for brand, campaign and build may find its scope narrower.

Key features

  • Enterprise WordPress for publishers
  • Technical debt reduction
  • Website architecture
  • UX and product strategy
  • AI-enabled development

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2010 ("since 2010")
Location
Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia
Managing director
Ben May
WordPress VIP
Service partner

Strengths

  • Strong publisher focus
  • Technical specialism
  • Virtual team for global clients

Limitations

  • Not full-service
  • APAC time zone for European clients
  • No published pricing
9

Big Bite

Best for: Newsrooms and large editorial teams

Big Bite is a UK WordPress agency set up in 2011; its registered company, Big Bite Creative Ltd, is based on Albert Road, Middlesbrough. It works exclusively on WordPress with multi-faceted enterprise organisations, building tools, templates and publishing ecosystems for newsrooms, editorial teams and marketing departments.

Big Bite says it was the first agency to launch an enterprise-level project using Gutenberg, the WordPress block editor, and that it holds two ISO certifications relating to data security and client services. Its home page quotes Victor Maldonado, Global Head of CMS and Publishing Products at News Corp, as a client. In 2020 it launched an in-house training academy for developers, and it hosts Refresh Teesside, a networking event for the local digital and tech community. The agency also publishes research on enterprise WordPress, including a "State of Enterprise WordPress 2025" report and survey. Its WordPress-only, publisher-focused positioning is a strength for media groups but makes it less relevant for ecommerce-led projects.

Key features

  • Enterprise publishing platforms
  • Custom block-editor tools
  • Multisite networks
  • Editorial workflow design
  • Developer training academy

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2011
Company
Big Bite Creative Ltd
Location
Middlesbrough, UK
Certifications
Two ISO certifications
Named client
News Corp

Strengths

  • Early enterprise Gutenberg experience
  • Publisher specialism
  • ISO-certified processes

Limitations

  • Little ecommerce focus
  • No published pricing
  • Single-platform specialism
10

Human Made

Best for: Global brands, banks and universities on WordPress

Human Made describes itself as "a world-leading enterprise WordPress agency, creating content platforms for global brands since 2011"; WordPress VIP's directory entry says it has built enterprise content platforms "since 2010", and its site's copyright line runs from 2010. The company is Human Made Limited, and its site states that it is a WordPress VIP Premier Agency Partner and SOC 2 Type II certified.

Services include WordPress development, migrations, retainers, audits and staff augmentation, with industry pages for enterprise, publishers, higher education, financial services and technology, and expertise in full-site editing, multisite, headless WordPress, personalisation, security, media management, AI and accessibility. Its published case studies include migrating Standard Chartered, which it calls one of the world's major banks, onto WordPress with ongoing support, and work for the Harvard Gazette. WordPress co-founder Mike Little appears on its site as a developer advocate at Human Made. The BackUpWordPress plugin page states that Human Made created that plugin, which has since passed to new owners. Its work is aimed at large organisations with enterprise budgets.

Key features

  • Enterprise WordPress development
  • Migrations and audits
  • Headless and multisite
  • WordPress AI and personalisation
  • Accessibility
  • Staff augmentation

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2010–2011 (sources differ)
Company
Human Made Limited
WordPress VIP
Premier Agency Partner
Certification
SOC 2 Type II
Named clients
Standard Chartered, Harvard Gazette

Strengths

  • Top-tier VIP partner status
  • SOC 2 Type II certification
  • Regulated-industry experience

Limitations

  • Enterprise pricing
  • Founding year stated inconsistently
  • Less suited to small sites
11

XWP

Best for: High-traffic media migrations and performance

XWP was founded in 2014 as part of the X-Company portfolio, with the aim of uniting talent from around the world to build open-source web platforms at enterprise scale. WordPress VIP's directory describes it as providing enterprise WordPress for high-traffic media, from complex migrations to performance at scale.

XWP's history page lists several large projects: in 2016 it completed what it calls the largest CMS migration in the southern hemisphere, moving more than 90 News Corp Australia brands to WordPress; in 2017 it worked with Google to build and launch the AMP for WordPress plugin; and in 2018 it migrated more than 250,000 Rolling Stone articles, images and media files dating back to the 1960s. It received WordPress VIP's Partner Innovator award in the third quarter of 2022 for work on the Parse.ly plugin, gained Great Place to Work accreditation in 2023, and in 2024 won VIP's Gold Partner Award, which XWP says made it the first VIP agency partner to win both awards. The team contributes 5% of its time to WordPress through the Five for the Future programme. It is the youngest agency in this list by founding year.

Key features

  • Large-scale CMS migrations
  • Performance engineering
  • Enterprise WordPress for media
  • Analytics integrations
  • Open-source contribution (Five for the Future)

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Founded
2014
Parent
X-Company portfolio
Notable projects
News Corp Australia, Rolling Stone, AMP for WordPress
Awards
VIP Partner Innovator 2022; VIP Gold Partner Award 2024

Strengths

  • Very large migration experience
  • Strong performance credentials
  • Recognised by WordPress VIP

Limitations

  • Media focus may not fit ecommerce
  • Youngest firm in the list
  • Enterprise pricing
12

Alley

Best for: News publishers, think tanks and nonprofits

Alley is a full-service digital agency providing design, development and strategic support to publishers and large-scale nonprofit organisations. It describes itself as a WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner. The agency does not state a founding year on the pages consulted, saying only that "we've been at this for decades", so it is listed after the agencies with published founding years.

Alley works with enterprise, high-volume content producers in entertainment and news, think tanks and nonprofits, and emphasises an agile product strategy, an in-house team, and delivery to high quality and accessibility standards. Its team page lists staff across the United States and in Brazil, Bulgaria and Spain, with Matt Boynes as chief executive. The about page quotes Kate Travis, digital director of Science News, as a client. WordPress VIP's directory describes Alley as "the digital team for publishers". Its publisher and nonprofit specialism is narrower than that of generalist agencies, which suits newsrooms but makes it less relevant for retail or ecommerce projects.

Key features

  • Design and development for publishers
  • Product strategy
  • Accessibility-focused delivery
  • Nonprofit and think-tank sites
  • Ongoing support

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

CEO
Matt Boynes
WordPress VIP
Gold Agency Partner
Sectors
News, entertainment, think tanks, nonprofits
Named client
Science News

Strengths

  • Deep publishing specialism
  • In-house team
  • Accessibility emphasis

Limitations

  • Founding year not published
  • Narrow sector focus
  • No published pricing
13

Trew Knowledge

Best for: Canadian enterprises and global brands needing WordPress plus identity and AI work

Trew Knowledge Inc. is a Canadian digital agency that describes itself as the "#1 and only Canada-based WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner" and as having more than 15 years of experience developing enterprise solutions, with more than 1,500 projects completed. It does not give an exact founding year on the page consulted, so it is placed last under this list's ordering rule. WordPress VIP's directory notes its reach "from Toronto to Singapore".

Its services include AI, consulting, customer insights, design, enterprise WordPress and managed services, and it serves airlines and aviation, consumer packaged goods, education and research, finance, health and life sciences, media and publishing, nonprofits and sports. Beyond WordPress VIP it lists SAP Customer Data Cloud and WP Engine as partners. The company's CEO and co-founder, Shawn Barrans, is described as having led initiatives for RBC, Air Canada, Aeroplan, the Canadian Olympic Committee, Variety, Penske Media and Bell, among others. Its combination of WordPress with customer-identity and AI-personalisation work suits large consumer brands, while its exact age and team size are not published.

Key features

  • Enterprise WordPress
  • AI personalisation
  • Customer identity (SAP CDC partner)
  • Design and customer insights
  • Managed services

Pricing

Quote-based; the agency does not publish project rates.

Company
Trew Knowledge Inc.
Country
Canada
WordPress VIP
Gold Agency Partner
Projects
1,500+ (company figure)
Partners
WordPress VIP, SAP CDC, WP Engine

Strengths

  • Canada's first VIP Gold partner
  • Identity and AI capabilities
  • Wide sector coverage

Limitations

  • Founding year not stated
  • Team size not published
  • Enterprise focus

Comparison table

AgencyFoundedBaseSpecialismWordPress VIP status (self-stated)Pricing
Syde2006Europe (Syde GmbH)Enterprise multisite, WooCommerce paymentsVIP service partnerQuote
Angry Creative2007Sweden / UKWooCommerce, ERP/PIM integrationVIP partner; Woo partnerQuote
Crowd Favorite2007DistributedEnterprise open-source DXP—Quote
10up (Fueled)2007 (Fueled)Distributed (US, Europe)Enterprise WordPress—Quote
WebDevStudios2008US (Philadelphia area)Mid-market and enterprise buildsVIP service partnerQuote
Multidots2009India / UK / USMigrationsVIP service partnerQuote
rtCamp2009US / IndiaMigrations, headless, managed servicesVIP GoldQuote
The Code Company2010AustraliaPublishers, technicalVIP service partnerQuote
Big Bite2011UKNewsrooms and publishers—Quote
Human Made2010/2011Human Made LimitedEnterprise, finance, higher educationVIP PremierQuote
XWP2014Global teamHigh-traffic mediaVIP Gold Partner Award 2024Quote
AlleyNot statedUS and remote staffPublishers and nonprofitsVIP GoldQuote
Trew KnowledgeNot statedCanadaEnterprise brands, identity, AIVIP GoldQuote

Alternatives by use case

  • Other WordPress VIP partners: the VIP directory lists 66 service partners, including Reaktiv, Modern Tribe, WDG, Happy Cog and Americaneagle.com, filterable by industry and speciality such as WooCommerce (16 partners) or migrations (31).
  • Small business sites: enterprise agencies rarely take small projects; freelancers or local studios are usually more economical.
  • WooCommerce stores: Woo maintains its own agency partner directory, in which Angry Creative states it is listed.
  • Group services: Angry Creative's sister company Bishop handles smaller company websites at lower cost.

Recent developments

  • 2023: 10up joined forces with Fueled; by 2026 10up's site describes its WordPress expertise as part of the Fueled brand.
  • 2024: XWP won WordPress VIP's Gold Partner Award, having won the Partner Innovator award in 2022.
  • 2025: Big Bite published its State of Enterprise WordPress 2025 findings.
  • 2026: Human Made published "The Future of Publishing 2026" and a WP:26 event replay.
  • 2026: The WordPress VIP service-partner directory listed 66 partners.
  • 2026: 10up's site reported Fueled team members heading to WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix.

Frequently asked questions

What does a WordPress agency do?

A WordPress agency plans, designs, builds and maintains websites on WordPress. Typical services include strategy and discovery, custom theme and plugin development, migrations from other platforms, performance and security work, accessibility, and ongoing support retainers. Enterprise agencies such as Human Made and rtCamp also provide staff augmentation and headless builds.

How much does a WordPress agency cost?

None of the agencies in this list publishes project prices; all quote per project or retainer. Cost depends on scope, integrations, the number of sites and the agency's location and staffing model. Enterprise agencies generally work on larger budgets than freelancers or small studios.

What is a WordPress VIP partner?

WordPress VIP, Automattic's enterprise platform, runs a partner programme of service partners (agencies and systems integrators), technology partners and strategic alliances. Its service-partner directory listed 66 firms in November 2026, filterable by industry and speciality. Agencies often state a partner tier, such as Gold or Premier, on their own websites.

Which is the oldest WordPress agency?

Of the agencies in this list, Syde states it was established in 2006, and Crowd Favorite states it was founded in 2007 by Alex King, one of the original contributors to the first WordPress release, and was the first agency focused on scaling WordPress for enterprise clients.

What happened to 10up?

10up's website states that it joined forces with Fueled, a digital transformation agency, in 2023, and that 10up's WordPress and CMS expertise is now part of the Fueled brand. 10up now operates as Fueled's enterprise WordPress practice, and Fueled lists 10up founder Jake Goldman as advisor and founder emeritus.

Should I hire a WordPress agency or a freelancer?

Agencies provide teams covering strategy, design, development, quality assurance and support, plus continuity if staff change, which suits complex or business-critical sites. Freelancers are usually cheaper and suit smaller, well-defined projects. Many organisations use a freelancer for a simple site and an agency for migrations, integrations or high-traffic platforms.

Do WordPress agencies build WooCommerce stores?

Many do. Angry Creative specialises in WooCommerce, including ERP and PIM integrations and B2B pricing, Syde builds WooCommerce payment gateways, and WordPress VIP's directory lists 16 service partners with a WooCommerce speciality.

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