WordPress Redesign for Local Newspaper

I run a long-established local newspaper and our current site no longer reflects the look or speed readers expect. I need a complete redesign built on WordPress so it aligns seamlessly with an upcoming editorial-software upgrade. The top priority is a fresh, modern visual style, yet it must feel familiar to regular readers. Alongside that new look, the browsing experience has to be effortless: pages should load fast, the structure must be intuitive to navigate, and every template needs to behave perfectly on mobile. News articles will remain the dominant content type, so the chosen theme and layout should put headlines, by-lines, images, and category filters front and center while giving editors an efficient back-end workflow. To help me compare proposals, please outline: • Your high-level plan for migrating or rebuilding the site in WordPress, including any recommended themes, custom blocks, or plugins. • How you will achieve the performance gains (caching strategy, image optimisation, Core Web Vitals targets, etc.). • An estimated timeline with key milestones for design, development, content migration, testing, and launch. • A ballpark cost breakdown for the full project as well as any ongoing maintenance options. • Examples of newspaper, magazine, or content-heavy sites you have built on WordPress that demonstrate similar goals. Future integration of a paywall is planned, with specific features and functionality to be discussed with the selected designer. I am reviewing initial pricing and timescales next week and plan to shortlist quickly, so feel free to ask questions if anything is unclear. I look forward to seeing how you can bring our newspaper’s online presence up to date while keeping it lightning-fast for readers and painless for our editors.

Project ID: 40518359