How a $10 Divi reCAPTCHA Fix Turned Into a $220 Website Build — A Client Journey
Most developers ignore the small jobs. A $10 task feels like it is barely worth the login credentials, let alone the time. But small jobs done well are relationship investments — and this case study is the proof. In March 2025, Raymond came to CodeSyte with the simplest possible brief: add reCAPTCHA to two Divi […]
What Happens When You Build a Membership Course Site Before Your Content Is Ready — An Honest Freelance Case Study
Most freelance case studies tell you about the project that went perfectly. The client had everything ready, the brief was clear, the site launched on time, and everyone was happy. This is not that post. This is about a WordPress membership course website project that stalled mid-build — not because the development went wrong, but […]
From HTML to WordPress: Rebuilding a Cleaning Business Website Across Three States
You have a cleaning business running on a ten-year-old HTML website you cannot edit yourself. You want it rebuilt in WordPress, modernised, and ranking locally so clients can find you. Then your business moves to a new state — and you need the whole site updated again. Then it moves again. That is the two-year […]
Building a GDPR-Compliant WordPress Membership Marketplace MVP for the Netherlands
Building a community marketplace from scratch on WordPress — with membership tiers, item listings, exchange requests, private messaging, Netherlands-only registration, and full GDPR compliance — is a different class of project from a standard business website. When the client behind DuurzaamRuil, a sustainable second-hand exchange platform based in the Netherlands, came with a detailed brief […]
Full Klaviyo Email Marketing Setup for an E-Commerce Brand — Chickinscratch Case Study
You have a Mailchimp account with a handful of contacts, no automation, no flows, and an e-commerce store about to launch. You know email marketing matters but have no idea where to start with Klaviyo — and you need everything set up properly before your first customers arrive. That is where Chanel from Chickinscratch was […]
WordPress Typography Harmonisation for a Combat Sports Club — Malta Fight Co Case Study
You built a WordPress website over time, adding pages as the business grew. Now every page looks slightly different — fonts change without reason, headings are inconsistent, spacing varies between sections, and the site no longer feels like a single brand. That is one of the most common problems on established WordPress sites, and it […]
When Your WordPress Site Goes Down: How a Figma File Saved a Full Website Rebuild
Your WordPress website goes down. The hosting fails, the files are gone, and there is no backup. Months of work, vanished. What do you do? If your original Figma to WordPress design file still exists, the answer is: rebuild it. That is exactly what happened with Octopus Marketing — a digital marketing company that came […]
Building an Accessible WordPress Website for an Australian NDIS Care Provider
Most websites are built for people who can see clearly, use a mouse precisely, and read standard body text without difficulty. For a disability support and NDIS care provider, that assumption fails a significant portion of the exact people the organisation exists to serve. When Chris from Outwest Care came back with a second project […]
Building an 18-Page WooCommerce Website for an Australian Doors and Windows Supplier
You have a business selling aluminium windows and doors, 60 to 70 products with colour and size variations, reference websites you want to match, and a $370 budget. Can it be done in seven days? That is the brief Chris from Simply Doors and Windows in Australia brought to Fiverr — a full WordPress WooCommerce […]
How I Built a Smart WordPress Geolocation System for City Cave Australia
Most WordPress projects start from scratch. This one was different. City Cave Australia — one of the country’s fastest-growing float therapy franchises — already had 70+ locations built, Elementor templates ready, and If So audiences fully configured. What they were missing was the intelligence layer that made it all automatic. Visitors still had to manually […]