Toronto WordPress Web Design & Development Services

Dandelion Web Design has extensive experience developing websites with the WordPress platform and on-page SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to help your site rank well in search results. We would be happy to chat with you about any of the services we offer.

We’ve been designing and building websites for over fifteen years. We now work exclusively in WordPress.

We’ll listen to your website wishes and requirements and see them through to completion. We understand website usability, SEO and WordPress. From concept to launch, we’ll handle it all.

Take a look through our web design portfolio. There you’ll find examples of our work and comments from happy clients.

Meeting Industry Standards

At Dandelion Web Design we believe that it is important to stay on top of the changing web standards. We offer

SEO – Search Engine Optimization so your site will rank well in organic search
Mobile responsiveness for optimal display across a range of devices
Web Accessibility development that complies with AODA and WCAG 2.0.
UX design – designing websites for optimal User eXperience

WordPress Design & Web Development

WordPress started out as a blogging system but it isn’t just for blogs anymore, it is a complete content management system. Right now more than 28% of the web uses WordPress. Wow, that’s a lot of websites! WordPress is open-source, it is both free and priceless at the same time. There are thousands of WordPress plugins available that can turn your website into almost anything you can imagine. This means that WordPress will meet all of your website needs.

On-page SEO Services

SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. We’ll help you clearly communicate your message to your audience and at the same time use on-page SEO techniques to improve how your site ranks in search results. It’s about making sure that people can find your site for the search terms they type into Google and delivering a good user experience when they get there.

WordPress is a brilliant platform for SEO and we have a great track record for helping clients get results.

On-site SEO works. We don’t spend money on advertising for Dandelion Web Design. Our businesses grows from referrals and from ranking well in organic search results.

Web Design & Development Rates

We charge $100/hour for website updates and consulting. Please note that a premium charge may apply for urgent work requested outside of normal business hours.

Each project is custom-built so we will create a quote for you based on your specific website needs.

If your budget is less than $1,000 please check out our WordPress workshops.

If you’re ready… let’s get started.

WordPress Maintenance

WordPress maintenance plans are available and strongly recommended. WordPress needs to be regularly backed up and updated. Ignoring technical updates can make your site vulnerable to malware and hacking attempts. You can take one of my workshops and learn how to maintain your WordPress site yourself. Or, if you’d rather not have to worry about it, we will happily handle this for you.

WordPress Training

Ruth Maude is the co-founder of LearnWP Workshops.

Toronto Workshops offerings

2-day WordPress Intensive
HTML & CSS beginner coding for WordPress users
SEO for WordPress

If you’re budget conscious or simply the do-it-yourself type, then LearnWP is for you. We offer in-person WordPress workshops in Toronto. We hold your hand and give you professional advice as you build your own WordPress website or make an existing site better.

Visit LearnWP.ca for Toronto Workshop dates and details

I just wanted to thank you for our new site. It was exactly what we had talked about! I really appreciate how professional and quick to respond you were. We are seeing results already!
— Colin Fraser, President, Amberwood Doors Inc.

It has been a pleasure working with Ruth on creating my website. She has created a website that is practical, lovely to look at and easy to use.

— Jane Burgess

Ruth is a pleasure to work with. During the development of my website, she gave good advice, was able to simplify content to its essence and develop functional, creative design looks. Thank you Ruth!
— Meg Salter

Ruth Maude was the ideal person to support me through making an unwieldy old Drupal website into an easily navigable and handsome new WordPress site.

Ruth was also very easy to work with, both in phone consultations and in email exchanges. I greatly appreciated Ruth’s quick and incisive responses to questions and her practical advice on working efficiently. Her combination of visual sense, good taste, and technical expertise was incredibly valuable–more than I expected, and just what I needed. I highly recommend Ruth as both an instructor and a consultant.

— Margaret Procter, Webmaster, Harbord Village Residents’ Association

Dandelion Web Design transformed our tired, dated, and ineffective website into a contemporary and user-friendly site. We love the result and have received many compliments. Ruth was thorough, professional and personable from start to finish. If you need a website created for your non-profit organization we recommend that you contact Ruth Maude.

— Jackie Franssen

I work in the fashion industry so I needed a site that would be in-line with the industry’s standard but at the same time would reflect my personality. Ruth created the perfect custom theme for me. I took Ruth’s LearnWP workshop to learn how to manage the site myself and when I need some help she’s easily reachable. This has been a very good experience for me and I highly recommend Ruth!

– Peggi LePage

Thanks to Ruth and Dandelion Web Design for their efforts in developing our new website. Ruth took the time to understand our needs, provide input and suggestions and design and develop a user-friendly site that works for our business within the budget that we had established for this project. I am very pleased with the results.
— Graham Cocking, Executive Director, MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence

I am thrilled with the website that Dandelion Web design created for my Architecture business. Ruth and her team are very creative and collaborative. They made the process easy and fun. The project went incredibly smoothly from start to finish. Thanks to Ruth, the process and the product both exceeded my expectations. I would recommend Dandelion Web design without hesitation.

— Barry Goldman

When we decided to update our company’s website this spring, we ran into huge snags!…Fortunately, we got in contact with Ruth Maude at Dandelion Web Design. It was a wonderful experience from the beginning!… The website looks great! It looks crisp, professional and well-organized. It is user-friendly and we have had many compliments from our clients. We are extremely pleased with the work Ruth has done for us; her service has been excellent and we absolutely love the new website!

— Linda Bennett, Feast Your Eyes! Catering and Events.

Other websites for this client: Caledon Catering & Events | Oakville Catering & Events

Dandelion Web Design did an exceptional job designing and developing our new WordPress website. They were professional to deal with, responsive to our needs, experienced, reliable, AND they met their deadline. Ruth and her team combined their technical expertise with an abundance of creativity and a passion for understanding the purpose and vision of the website. It’s a formula that guarantees success.

We are extremely pleased with our new website!

— Michael Fullan