Next.js & React Development
Fast, search-friendly websites and web applications built with Next.js and React — the stack this site runs on — with a headless CMS where your team needs to edit content.
Overview
When the site is also an application, the framework matters.
Most small-business websites are best served by WordPress, and we build plenty of them. Some are not: a site that is also a customer portal, a product configurator, a booking system, a dashboard, or a marketing site that has to be as fast as it is possible to make a page. For those, Next.js — the React framework — produces pages that are rendered on the server or at build time, load instantly, are fully readable by search engines, and share one codebase between the public site and the application behind the login.
This site runs on it, which is the simplest demonstration we can offer. We build Next.js and React projects in TypeScript, with content in a headless CMS when your team needs to edit it — WordPress as the editing back end is a common and comfortable choice — and deploy to Vercel or to infrastructure you already run. Performance, accessibility and search structure are part of the build, not a phase afterwards.
As with everything we build, the repository is yours from the first commit, the hosting account is in your name, and nothing about the project requires us to remain involved.
Capabilities
What's included
- Marketing sites and contentStatically generated or incrementally regenerated pages that are fast everywhere and fully indexable.
- Web applications and portalsCustomer portals, internal tools, dashboards and configurators behind a login, sharing the public site's codebase.
- Headless CMS integrationWordPress, Sanity, Contentful or another CMS as the editing surface, with previews that work.
- APIs and integrationsPayments, CRMs, booking systems and your own back-office data, connected securely.
- MigrationsFrom a slow WordPress theme or a client-rendered React app to a server-rendered Next.js build, URLs preserved.
- Performance and SEO built inCore Web Vitals, structured data, metadata and accessibility handled in the framework from the start.
How We Work
Our approach
- 01
Scope
Whether Next.js is actually the right tool, then the pages, the application surfaces and the content model.
- 02
Design and model
Content types and components agreed before code, so editors and developers share one vocabulary.
- 03
Build
Preview deployments for every change, reviewed by you as the work progresses.
- 04
Launch and handover
Production deployment, monitoring, documentation and a walkthrough for your team.
What You Get
Commitments
From the first commit, with the deployment under your account.
Fewer surprises in production and easier for the next developer.
Checked on every preview, not after launch.
To Get Started
What we need from you
- What the site or application has to do, and who uses it — a short conversation is enough to start.
- Any existing code, designs or content, and the accounts they live in.
- A decision on where content will be edited and by whom.
- A GitHub or similar account in your organisation's name for the repository.
Common Questions
Questions we get asked
When is Next.js the right choice instead of WordPress?
When the site is also an application — a portal, a configurator, a dashboard — or when speed and control matter more than letting non-technical staff rebuild page layouts. For a content-led small-business site that the team edits daily, WordPress with a custom theme is usually the better value, and we will say so. Headless WordPress with a Next.js front end sits in between and suits some teams well.
Can our team edit the content?
Yes, through a headless CMS. Editors work in WordPress, Sanity or Contentful with labelled fields and live previews, and the Next.js site rebuilds or revalidates the affected pages automatically. For small sites that change rarely, content can live in the repository itself, which is simpler but means a developer makes the change.
What does hosting cost and who manages it?
Vercel's plans are priced by usage and are modest for a small-business site; larger applications are scoped case by case, and we can deploy to your own cloud account if you prefer. The hosting account is in your name either way, and we can manage it on your behalf as part of a maintenance plan.
Can you take over an existing React or Next.js application?
Yes. We start by reading the code and the deployment and telling you what we find — dependencies out of date, performance problems, anything risky — then agree what to fix first. Many of the applications we inherit are client-rendered React apps that would benefit from moving to server rendering for speed and search.
Is a Next.js site good for SEO?
Yes, when it is built properly. Pages are rendered on the server or ahead of time, so search engines read complete HTML rather than waiting for JavaScript; metadata, structured data and canonical URLs are handled in the framework; and the performance characteristics are what the Core Web Vitals reward. Client-only React apps are the ones that struggle, and moving away from that pattern is a common reason to call us.
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