Website builds + redesigns
New sites, redesigns, landing pages, and content-heavy WordPress builds shaped around how your team really works.
- WordPress and static sites
- Responsive layouts
- Content and launch migrations
Independent web development + WebOps
Websites that stay fast, secure, and useful.
I’m Derek Leeds. I build and care for WordPress and static sites, from a focused redesign to the hosting, analytics, and day-to-day work that keeps it running.
What I do
Websites need care after launch.
A good website has to do more than look finished on launch day. I handle the systems around it too, so there is one person who understands how the whole thing fits together.
Ongoing care + WebOps
Reliable support after launch, including updates, backups, troubleshooting, monitoring, and the steady improvements that keep a site useful.
- Managed WordPress care
- Maintenance and incident support
- Staging and safer releases
Performance + security
I find the slow pages, accessibility gaps, and security risks, then work through fixes in a sensible order.
- Performance and accessibility reviews
- Vulnerability follow-up
- Cloudflare and firewall setup
Hosting + integrations
I connect hosting, DNS, forms, analytics, and search tools so the setup stays manageable after launch.
- Cloudflare and managed hosting
- Analytics and Search Console
- Forms, ads, and workflow connections
Selected work
Publishing sites built for the real workload.
Large archives, frequent publishing, ads, forms, contributors, and the infrastructure behind all of it.
Site build + content migration
Retrofit Home
A full WordPress publication build with editorial workflows, advertising, forms, analytics, and a large imported archive.
Theme + homepage rebuild
Retrofit Magazine
A new publishing theme, homepage, navigation, current-issue workflow, and advertising placements for an active editorial site.
Managed WordPress
Roofing Magazine
Ongoing care for a busy industry publication, including maintenance, performance review, security, and hosting operations.
How we work together
You can see the work as it happens.
- 01
Understand the problem
We start with what is not working, who the site serves, and what a better outcome looks like.
- 02
Make the work visible
I spell out the scope and tradeoffs in plain English, then show you progress as I go.
- 03
Finish the launch
I take care of details like redirects, analytics, and DNS. If you want ongoing help, I can stay involved after launch.
About Leeds Web Services
You work directly with me.
I’m Derek Leeds, the person you will plan with, email, and work with. Leeds Web Services is where I bring web development and operational care together for clients who want one person who knows their site.
That can mean rebuilding a site, untangling a hosting problem, improving performance, or simply having someone who knows the system when something changes.
Have a project in mind?