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WordPress · Headless · Enterprise

We build WordPress
like software,
not like websites.

Custom Gutenberg blocks. Headless front-ends on Next.js. Migrations that move 20,000-post databases without a single broken permalink.

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Custom Gutenberg Blocks✦Headless WordPress✦Next.js Front-ends✦Zero-Downtime Migrations✦Performance Audits✦White-label Builds✦Block Theme Development✦REST & GraphQL APIs✦Multisite Architecture✦Enterprise Scale✦Custom Gutenberg Blocks✦Headless WordPress✦Next.js Front-ends✦Zero-Downtime Migrations✦Performance Audits✦White-label Builds✦Block Theme Development✦REST & GraphQL APIs✦Multisite Architecture✦Enterprise Scale✦
Row 01 — Resources

What we know,
freely shared.

Audit templates, starter repos, and video walkthroughs — the actual tools we use on every engagement.

Performance audit checklist document on a clean desk
Free Download

WordPress Performance Audit Checklist

47 checkpoints across Core Web Vitals, caching layers, query optimization, and asset delivery. Used on every Scaffold engagement.

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Open Source

Headless WP Starter

Next.js 15 + WPGraphQL + ISR. Clone, configure, deploy in under 20 minutes.

npx create-scaffold-app my-site
--template headless-wp
--graphql --isr
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Benchmark
97
Perf. Score

Average Lighthouse performance score post-Scaffold migration

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Video Walkthrough

Build a Custom Gutenberg Block from Scratch

38-minute deep dive: block.json, InnerBlocks, server-side rendering, and how we wire custom blocks to a design system.

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Row 02 — Case Studies

What we've built,
in the open.

Architecture diagrams, Lighthouse comparisons, and deploy timelines — no vanity metrics.

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Case Study

SaaS · 180k monthly visits

From WP theme to headless in 6 weeks

Marketing team was blocked on every new landing page. We decoupled the front-end onto Next.js, rebuilt their block library from scratch, and handed editorial back to the team.

Performance97
Accessibility100
Best Practices95
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Migration

Publisher · 22,400 posts

22,400 posts. Zero broken permalinks.

A 14-year archive on a legacy Drupal install. We mapped every URL pattern, built a custom redirect matrix, and executed the migration in a single maintenance window.

Redirects Mapped100
Downtime (mins)12
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Architecture
8×
Faster deploys

Average deploy time reduction after switching to our CI/CD pipeline

Team collaborating on code in a modern office environment
White-label

Digital Agency · Retainer

White-label partner for 3 concurrent retainers

Acting as the silent engineering team behind a NYC agency. Three simultaneous enterprise clients, all on our block framework.

Discovery→Block System→Theme→QA→Launch
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Services

Bring us your
worst plugin stack.

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01

Custom Block Development

Full block library built to your design system. block.json, InnerBlocks, server-side rendering, ACF integration. Every block documented and tested.

GutenbergReactPHPACF
02

Headless WordPress

WP as a backend CMS, Next.js on the front. WPGraphQL, ISR, edge caching. Full editorial workflow preserved — authors don't know the difference.

Next.jsWPGraphQLVercelISR
03

Enterprise Migration

Drupal, Contentful, Squarespace, legacy WP — we've moved them all. Every URL mapped, every image migrated, every redirect tested before go-live.

WP CLIMySQLRedirect MatrixSEO
04

Performance Engineering

Full Core Web Vitals audit + remediation. Query optimization, image pipeline, critical CSS, edge caching strategy. Target: 95+ on every Lighthouse metric.

Core Web VitalsLCPCLSCaching
05

White-label Partnership

We act as your engineering team. NDA standard. No Scaffold branding anywhere. Slack, GitHub, Figma — whatever your client stack requires.

NDASlackGitHubRetainer
Row 03 — Team

Who we are,
hands on keyboards.

A small team of engineers who have spent their careers inside WordPress — not around it.

Nathaniel Osei, founding engineer, looking at camera with confidence

Founding Engineer

Nathaniel Osei

14 years in WordPress core. Led migrations for three Fortune 500 editorial teams. Wrote the PHP that powers our block framework.

Priya Venkataraman, head of front-end, in a bright workspace

Head of Front-end

Priya Venkataraman

Previously at Automattic. Architect of our headless starter. Speaks fluent React, WPGraphQL, and stakeholder.

The Team
47+
Years WP Exp.

Combined years of WordPress engineering across the Scaffold team

Marcus Webb, DevOps engineer, focused on monitor screens

DevOps & Performance

Marcus Webb

Built CI/CD pipelines for publishers at 2M+ monthly visits. Obsessed with Time to First Byte. Deploys happen while you sleep.

Bring us your worst plugin stack.

Tell us your current CMS, monthly traffic, and biggest frustration in one sentence. We'll respond within one business day.

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Audit templates · Migration checklists · Block boilerplates