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Website Audits

In-depth analysis to identify opportunities for improvement. You get a high-level technical and strategic survey of your current setup, with clear findings and practical recommendations on whether to fix, improve, or rebuild.

“He gave a great boost to my website that is now on first page in Google search.”

Francesca Moresi

Private Therapist London

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Meet the developer

Hi, I’m James

I run WildPress from Battersea, London. I build and manage each project myself, and for larger projects I bring in a team of experienced freelancers to help with the more specialist work.

Most of my clients are small business owners who need their website to do real work: take enquiries, sell, publish, or connect to the systems behind the business. That shapes how I build. Less chasing design awards, more making sure the site is fast, secure, and still doing its job years after launch.

You deal with me from the first call through to launch, and most clients stay on afterwards. Some of the sites I look after today I built years ago.

What clients say about working with James

Direct access

“I like the fact I am speaking direct to James who is building the site rather than speaking to a junior account manager.”

Jonnie Shearer

Beast Store

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Reliable delivery

“The work was delivered quickly and exactly as quoted, with a high standard of quality.”

Oli Lacigova

OpenSwim

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Business focus

“He's very thoughtful, reliable and always tries to match the web design & functionality to one's mission and KPIs.”

Irena Schneider

CSGS, Kings College London

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What is included

What gets covered in a website audit

A website audit gives you a decision-ready view of what is working, what is creating risk, and what to do next across technical quality, performance, SEO, accessibility, hosting, and maintainability.

Technical foundation

Review the structure behind the public pages

We look at the platform, theme, plugins, hosting, templates, redirects, admin setup, and maintainability signals so you can understand whether the current foundation is helping or holding the site back.

Platform and theme reviewPlugin stack reviewHosting and admin setup

Performance

Identify the practical causes of a slow site

Performance issues are reviewed in context across key templates and user journeys. That can include media weight, scripts, caching, server response, layout shift, and third-party tooling.

Core Web Vitals signalsTemplate-level checksAsset and script review

Search and content

Check the technical SEO foundations

The audit can cover metadata, headings, indexability, redirects, internal links, sitemap output, schema, Search Console signals, and obvious content structure problems that affect visibility.

Indexing and metadataRedirects and sitemapSearch Console review

Accessibility and UX

Spot usability issues that block real visitors

We review practical accessibility and UX signals such as navigation, forms, contrast, keyboard paths, labels, layout behaviour, and mobile friction on important journeys.

Form and navigation checksMobile usabilityAccessibility signals

Risk

Separate critical risks from low-priority cleanup

Not every issue deserves the same urgency. Findings are grouped so you can see what affects revenue, enquiries, security, editing, search visibility, or future development.

Critical issuesHigh-impact improvementsLower-priority cleanup

Decision support

Know whether to fix, improve, or rebuild

The output is designed to support a decision. You get recommendations that explain whether targeted fixes, phased improvement, migration, rebuild, or ongoing support is the most sensible route.

Prioritised findingsImplementation optionsRebuild guidance

Case studies

Recent projects we've delivered

Real client projects, with the practical outcome behind each build.

Backed.VC

Backed.VC Website

Empowering European Ventures with Dynamic Digital Presence

Airtable sync: Founder and venture data managed from one connected source.
Search visibility: Enhanced visibility for brand and related keywords.

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Process

Access and Baseline

We gather the site context, analytics or Search Console access where available, admin access if needed, and the business questions the audit should answer.

Technical Review

We review architecture, hosting, theme and plugin quality, performance, SEO foundations, accessibility signals, security posture, and maintainability risks.

Findings and Priorities

Findings are grouped by impact, urgency, effort, and business relevance so the recommendations are practical rather than a generic issue list.

Next-Step Plan

You receive a clear view of whether to fix, improve, rebuild, migrate, or move into ongoing support, with implementation options where useful.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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What do we receive at the end of an audit?

A written set of findings, grouped so you can act on them rather than just read them.

Issues are separated by what they actually affect:

Revenue and enquiries
Security
Speed
Search visibility
Day-to-day editing

Each one comes with what I would do about it and how urgent it is, so you can decide whether to fix, improve, or rebuild.

Do you need WordPress admin access for an audit?

For a full audit, yes. A lot of what matters sits behind the login: plugins, theme setup, users, and how maintainable the build actually is.

I can still do a useful review from the outside if you would rather start there, covering performance, technical , and the visitor experience. It just will not tell you much about the state of the site underneath.

Can you implement the recommendations afterward?

Yes, and most clients do. The findings are prioritised, so we start with whatever affects the business most and work down from there.

You are also free to take the audit to someone else or hand it to your own team. It is written to be useful on its own, not as a sales document.

A written set of findings, grouped so you can act on them rather than just read them.

Issues are separated by what they actually affect:

Revenue and enquiries
Security
Speed
Search visibility
Day-to-day editing

Each one comes with what I would do about it and how urgent it is, so you can decide whether to fix, improve, or rebuild.

For a full audit, yes. A lot of what matters sits behind the login: plugins, theme setup, users, and how maintainable the build actually is.

Yes, and most clients do. The findings are prioritised, so we start with whatever affects the business most and work down from there.

You are also free to take the audit to someone else or hand it to your own team. It is written to be useful on its own, not as a sales document.

No matching questions found.

What do we receive at the end of an audit?

A written set of findings, grouped so you can act on them rather than just read them.

Issues are separated by what they actually affect:

Revenue and enquiries
Security
Speed
Search visibility
Day-to-day editing

Each one comes with what I would do about it and how urgent it is, so you can decide whether to fix, improve, or rebuild.

Do you need WordPress admin access for an audit?

For a full audit, yes. A lot of what matters sits behind the login: plugins, theme setup, users, and how maintainable the build actually is.

Can you implement the recommendations afterward?

Yes, and most clients do. The findings are prioritised, so we start with whatever affects the business most and work down from there.

You are also free to take the audit to someone else or hand it to your own team. It is written to be useful on its own, not as a sales document.

Process Outline

1Access and Baseline
2Technical Review
3Findings and Priorities
4Next-Step Plan

Core Technologies

LighthousePageSpeed InsightsWordPressJavaScriptCore Web VitalsAnalytics

Common Integrations

Google AnalyticsGoogle Search ConsoleTag ManagerHeatmaps

Key Info

Measurement: Before/after metrics to show practical impact from changes.
Priority Model: Work ordered by business impact, not just technical neatness.
Delivery Style: Implementation-led sprints with clear outcomes each cycle.