Anni Rose is a romance author with a growing catalogue of feel-good books and a loyal readership. When she came to us, her existing WordPress website had served her well for a while, but it was starting to show its age. The design felt dated, the site had developed some technical issues behind the scenes, and it no longer reflected the warmth and personality of her writing. She needed a fresh...
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Anni Rose Author — Portfolio Case Study Client: Anne Eckersley, writing as Anni Rose Website: anniroseauthor.co.uk Services: Website redesign, custom WordPress theme development, MailerLite integration, ongoing website support, social media management Tech stack: WordPress, Hello Biz (parent theme), custom child theme, MailerLite, Jetpack Anni Rose is a romance author with a growing catalogue...
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Updated for 2026. This post is a fully revised and updated version of our 2024 guide to WordPress site management. It reflects the latest developments including WordPress 7.0, AI-driven search, modern performance standards, and evolving security best practices. Managing a WordPress site in 2026 looks quite different from even a couple of years ago. WordPress 7.0 is arriving with real-time...
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One of the most common reasons a website feels slow is oversized images. A photo straight from your phone or camera can easily be 4,000 pixels wide and several megabytes in size, but the space it actually fills on your website might only be 800 pixels across. The browser still has to download the full-size file, though, and that takes time — especially on a mobile connection. Image Resizer is a...
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Looking for how much getting a website designed cost in 2025? Check out our 2025 website design pricing guide post. If you're a small business owner thinking about getting a new website, one of your first questions is probably going to be about cost. It's a fair question, and the answer isn't always straightforward. Web design pricing in the UK varies enormously, and in 2026 there are more...
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Last year, we shared a behind-the-scenes look at how O'Brien Media has grown through web design business acquisitions. Since then, the landscape has shifted quite a bit, and we wanted to revisit the topic with a fresh perspective for 2026. If you're a freelance web designer or small agency owner thinking about stepping back from client work, this post is for you. And if you're one of our existing...
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