WordPress Website Design That Starts in Figma
A complete design system approved before a single page is built — then developed pixel-accurate. No template hunting, no designing live in the builder.
Designed First, Then Built
Brands and websites designed as complete systems in Figma, then developed exactly as approved.
Every project shows the design decisions, not just the finished screens.
View My Full PortfolioHow the Design Work Runs
Approve the design before anyone builds anything.
Discovery & Direction
Your business, your buyers, and the competitors you're being compared against. We agree the visual direction and what the site has to make people do before any pixels get pushed.
Design System in Figma
Colours, typography, spacing, components and states — the complete system, built once so every page is consistent instead of improvised. This is what separates a designed site from a decorated one.
Page Design & Sign-Off
Every page laid out and reviewed in Figma, desktop and mobile. You sign off on the real thing, so there's no reveal-day surprise and no expensive rework mid-build.
Pixel-Accurate Build
Development in WordPress or Elementor that matches the approved design exactly — responsive, fast, and structured for SEO from the first commit rather than patched afterwards.
Design the thing properly, then build it. It's not complicated — it's just rare. 😉
See How I Convert Figma to WordPressWhy Work With Me on Design
A designer who can also build it
Design studios hand you a beautiful Figma file and leave the build to someone who quietly compromises it. Developers who don't design produce sites that work but don't persuade. The gap between the two is where most WordPress projects lose their quality.
I do both halves, which is why what launches looks like what you approved.
Design System, Not a Template
A full Figma system before the build — so every page is consistent and the site can grow without falling apart.
Nothing Lost in Handover
The person who designed it builds it. No compromises introduced by a developer interpreting someone else's file.
Designed to Convert
Layouts built around what the visitor should do next — enquiries, bookings, purchases — not just around what looks good in a portfolio.
Fast as Designed
Performance is part of the design decision. Heavy visuals get engineered to load properly rather than shipped and apologised for.
Why Not Just Hire a Design Agency?
Fair question. Here's the honest, side-by-side answer — the same quality, without the machinery you'd be paying for:
A Typical Agency
any of them, really
- Who you talk toAccount managers relaying your words to people you'll never meet.
- Who does the workWhoever happens to be free on the bench that week.
- Turnaround6–12 weeks of process, meetings, and sign-off layers.
- Changes & requestsA ticket in a queue, billed by the hour.
- After launchLocked into a monthly retainer to keep their attention.
- What you're paying forOffice rent, sales teams, and agency margins.
Typical cost
$10,000 – $50,000+
Working With Me
Salman Ahmed — developer & designer
- Who you talk toDirectly with me — the person actually designing and building your site.
- Who does the workThe same developer from the first call to launch. 120+ sites, one pair of hands.
- Turnaround2–6 weeks typically — first design mockup within days.
- Changes & requestsA WhatsApp message away. Fast, direct, no ceremony.
- After launchFlat $200/mo maintenance — or just call me when you need something.
- What you're paying forThe build. That's it — no overhead hiding in your invoice.
Same quality, from
$800 — pricing published openly
Want to See the Design Before You Commit?
Book a free 30-minute call — we'll talk direction, and you'll get a fixed quote within 48 hours.
FAQs
WordPress Design Questions, Answered
Custom, designed in Figma before anything is built. I use Elementor Pro as the build tool, not as the design tool — the layouts come from an approved design system rather than from whatever blocks a purchased theme happened to include.
Yes, always — that's the point of the process. Every page is designed and signed off in Figma, desktop and mobile, before development starts. You approve the actual thing while changes are still cheap.
Yes, and it's common work — design agencies send me files to convert into pixel-accurate WordPress and Elementor builds. There's a dedicated page on my Figma-to-Elementor process if you want the detail.
Yes. Several published case studies are complete from-scratch brands — logo, colour, typography and the full design system — built before the website. NexLife and the German agency build are both written up in full.
A starter site is typically 1–2 weeks, a full business site 2–4 weeks, and a store 3–6 weeks depending on complexity. Design sign-off is usually the longest variable — the build moves fast once the design is approved.
Every page is designed for mobile as a separate layout, not squeezed down from desktop and hoped for. Most traffic is mobile, so mobile gets designed deliberately and tested on real devices before launch.