We create beautiful, clean, and fast custom WordPress websites.

Hi there!

We’re Rachel Cunliffe and Stephen Merriman, a brother-and-sister team who design and build custom WordPress websites with care.

For more than 20 years, we’ve helped hundreds of clients around the world create sites that are beautiful, fast, and easy to use— always guided by strategy, research, and data.

We know WordPress.

Rachel Cunliffe and Stephen Merriman

How we help

Custom WordPress Websites

Thoughtfully designed and built WordPress websites for businesses and content creators. Clean, fast, flexible, SEO-friendly, and easy to use — backed by high-quality code.

Trend Report

Best Served Hot is your weekly snapshot of what’s really happening across the top 2,500 food blogs. Clear, curated insights to help you plan smarter and know where to focus.

Semi-Custom Food Blogs

A semi-custom site setup made for food bloggers, with your logo, colors, and typography, so it feels like home from the start.

Email Marketing

Simple, strategic email campaigns that work. From beautifully designed newsletters to smart automations, we handle setup, design, copy, and optimization so your emails get opened and read.

Branding

Make a strong first impression. Logos, brand guides, and collateral to help you show up consistently across your site, social media, print materials, and products.

Care Plans

Ongoing support to keep your site running smoothly. From quick fixes and code help to updates, we are calm, friendly, and good at solving problems.

Featured Work

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Feeling stuck with your website?

You have ideas to grow your business, but your current site is holding you back. Maybe it feels clunky or hard to use. Maybe you’re worried that making changes could hurt your SEO or income. You know you can’t stay stuck where you are—but it’s hard to know who to trust with the next step. You want a site that is user-friendly, mobile-optimized, clean, fast, and SEO-friendly.

You’re in safe hands

We understand that creating a new site is a big decision — one that involves your time, budget, and a whole lot of care for the work you’re putting into the world. That’s why we take the time to understand your goals before we build. Every site we create is thoughtful, strategic, and designed to help your business grow.

We care deeply about our clients and their success. They’ve shared some kind words about working with us — and we’d love the chance to work with you too.

Joe Dolce

“Working with Rachel and Stephen is among the most productive and pleasurable relationships I have. They always understand what I want, never get frustrated with me and solve problems before they arise. Five star team. I recommend them without hesitation.”

—Joe Dolce, Joe Dolce Communications