The WordPress and TYPO3 studio you work with directly
WPlook Studio is a senior-led studio based near Montréal that works remotely. A senior lead plans your site, builds it with the team and looks after it afterwards, and senior specialists join when the work calls for them.
- Building WordPress sites since 2005
- First TYPO3 website built in 2007
- Contributors to WordPress core, including the 4.7 release
- 29 premium WordPress themes, used by 25,000 designers and developers
A senior-led studio, from your brief to the years after launch
“For me, the relationship comes first. I take the time to understand how your organization works, then stay with you long after launch, putting today’s tools to work on whatever your next step is: a new service, a second language, a team that finally runs its site on its own. I measure my work by what it helps you do next.”
There is no account manager between you and the work. A senior lead plans your site, builds it with the team, and still answers three years later.
- 2002First websites
- 2004Founds Adpixel as a university student: 100+ websites and 15 national WebTop awards
- 2005Brings WordPress to Adpixel’s clients
- 2007First TYPO3 website, and the first professional TYPO3 service in the region
- 2010Starts WPlook. Over the years it publishes 29 premium WordPress themes, used by 25,000 designers and developers
- 2013Launches Charitas, the first WPlook theme built for online donations, and the start of its nonprofit themes
- 2014WPlook Studio incorporated in Québec
- 2021Leads the WordPress platforms of five Canadian mortgage brands at M3 Tech, until 2025
- TodayCustom WordPress and TYPO3 sites for organizations, built to the same standards
WordPress or TYPO3, chosen for how your team publishes
We build on two systems and know both deeply. The right one depends on how many people publish on your site and how they need to work.
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For most companies and nonprofits
Easy for a small team to learn, with ready-made blocks for every page. The most widely used website system, so help is never hard to find.
- A few editors, or a single communications team
- Fast to build, simple to update
- Connects to your CRM, forms and tools
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For organizations where many people publish
Built for many editors across many departments, with permissions and approval steps that keep everyone in their own section. Common in cities, universities and large public bodies.
- Dozens or hundreds of editors
- Several sites and languages from one system
- Fine-grained rights and approval workflows
Everything in writing, from the first email
We work by email and on a shared review site. Every decision is written down, so nothing depends on someone remembering a conversation.
- Your team can read, forward and answer when it suits them, in any time zone
- Approvals are on record, so a late opinion does not reopen a settled decision
- The plan, the quote and every change sit in one place you can return to
- You reach the people doing the work, and the answer comes from them
Brief received 5 steps, budget approved Written plan Pages, forms, CRM link Quote Line by line, 3 phases Approved Phase 1, by email Staging review 14 comments, all resolved Approved French content, by email Launch Redirects checked Support Same studio, same inbox
From brief to launch, and after
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Your brief
Five short steps on the website. We review your current site ourselves, then reply with any questions by email.
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A written plan and quote
Pages, features, connections and timeline in writing, with a quote built line by line from them. You approve it in phases.
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Design and build
On a review site your whole team can open at any time, in both languages, with comments gathered in one place.
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Launch and support
Every old address redirected, then updates, backups and new features from the studio that built it.
You own the code, the content and every account from day one.
Tell us about your website
Five short steps, about four minutes. The plan and the quote come back in writing.
Start a project briefWhat decides the cost of a website
Every project is quoted from its own written plan. These six things move the number most, and the quote shows what each one costs.
Page layouts
The number of different layouts matters more than the number of pages. Fifty pages built from six layouts cost less than twenty that are all different.
Content to move
How much content comes from the old site, and how much needs cleaning or restructuring on the way.
Connections
Each system the site talks to, such as a CRM, a booking tool or a member database, is planned and tested on its own.
Languages
A second language is more than translation. Menus, addresses and search settings are built for each one.
Reviews and approvals
Accessibility testing, IT or security reviews, and how many groups sign off before launch.
Care after launch
Updates, backups, hosting and new work, quoted separately so you can see what the site costs to run.
Senior specialists, under the same plan
When a project needs more hands, we bring in senior specialists for the parts that call for them. They work from the same written plan and the same review site, and your lead stays the same from start to finish.
Anyone who joins is named to you before they get access to your systems, and works under the same confidentiality and security rules. On larger projects, Valeriu Tihai, a senior developer and WordPress specialist with more than 25 years of development experience, joins the work.
- Designers, for visual and interface work
- Developers, when a project needs more capacity
- Content and migration specialists
- Accessibility reviewers
- Security specialists
We really enjoyed working alongside you. Victor was a rock we could count on in somewhat troubled water, and a pleasure to make business with.
About working with a small studio
You are a small studio. Can you handle our project?
We plan the work before quoting it, so the plan shows whether it fits. Larger projects are split into phases, and senior specialists join for the parts that need them. If a project is beyond what we can do well, we say so in the reply to your brief.
What happens if your lead is unavailable?
Your site does not depend on one person’s memory. The code is written to WordPress or TYPO3 standards, kept in version control you own, and documented as it is built. Sites on WPL Hosting are backed up every six hours. Another developer could pick it up, and the written decision log tells them why things are the way they are.
Why do you work by email rather than by phone?
Because written decisions last. Your whole team can read the same message, forward it to whoever approves, and come back to it months later. Nothing important gets lost in a call nobody wrote down.
Do we need to be near you?
No. The studio works remotely, by email and on a shared review site, so a project runs the same in any city or time zone. We work with organizations across Canada and the United States.
Do you work in French?
Yes. We build and look after English and French sites as a matter of course, and you can write to us in either language.