Two Ways We Help
Find the engagement that fits — most conversations start in one of these two places.
PATH A · BUSINESSES
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Need a Plugin for Your Business?
Custom functionality, workflows, WooCommerce extensions, integrations and automation engineered specifically around how your business operates.
Workflows
WooCommerce
Integrations
Automation
Custom plugin development for businesses →
PATH B · AGENCIES & PLUGIN BUSINESSES
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Building or Maintaining a Plugin Product?
Development and ongoing engineering for agencies and plugin businesses — from new products and WordPress.org releases to premium versions, maintenance and feature development.
New products
Takeover
WordPress.org
Premium versions
Long-term plugin product engineering →
PRIMARY PROOF
We Build WordPress Plugins Ourselves
Our experience goes beyond client development. We build, publish, maintain and evolve our own WordPress products — giving us firsthand experience with the full plugin lifecycle, from architecture and release to compatibility, support and continuous development.
PRODUCT LIFECYCLE
BUILD
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PUBLISH
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MAINTAIN
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SUPPORT
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EVOLVE
SLEEKALGO PRODUCT · 01
FREE + PREMIUM
SA Hosted Checkout for WooCommerce
A WooCommerce checkout product developed by SleekAlgo, with free/public and premium product considerations.
PUBLISHED
Built to WordPress coding and packaging standards
MAINTAINED
Ongoing updates, compatibility and support
EVOLVING
Feature development driven by real product use
SLEEKALGO PRODUCT · 02
SA Integrations for Google Sheets
A WordPress integration product connecting site workflows with Google Sheets.
SLEEKALGO PRODUCT · 03
Social Live Video Auto Embed
A long-running WordPress plugin product built and maintained for live social video embedding.
Custom Plugin Development for Business Workflows
If WordPress or WooCommerce cannot support the process your business needs out of the box, we engineer the missing functionality without forcing your operation around a stack of unrelated plugins.
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Custom Business Workflows
Purpose-built workflows, admin tools, approval logic and operational functionality.
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WooCommerce Extensions
Custom product logic, checkout behavior, pricing, ordering and store-specific functionality. See our WooCommerce development service.
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API & Third-Party Integrations
Connect WordPress with external applications, SaaS platforms, CRMs, ERPs, APIs and proprietary systems.
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Product Configurators & Builders
Dynamic options, dependencies, calculations, personalization and add-to-cart logic.
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Content Access & Verification
Custom access rules, gated content, verification flows and business-specific authentication logic.
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Automation & Data Synchronization
Automate repetitive workflows and synchronize data between WordPress and external systems.
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Custom Admin Experiences
Purpose-built admin screens and tools that simplify complex operational tasks.
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Checkout & Payment Logic
Custom checkout experiences, payment conditions and business-specific transaction workflows.
A Long-Term Engineering Partner for WordPress Plugin Products
For agencies and plugin businesses, the challenge is rarely just shipping version 1.0. Commercial plugins need continuous engineering as WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP, third-party APIs and customer expectations evolve.
PRODUCT ENGAGEMENT
Take Over
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Understand
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Maintain
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Fix
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Modernize
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Add Features
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Release
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Continue
MOST COMMON ENGAGEMENT
Existing Plugin Takeover
Step into an existing codebase, understand its architecture and become the engineering team responsible for its future.
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Understand the codebase
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Stabilize it
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Maintain compatibility
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Fix issues
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Develop new features
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Manage ongoing releases
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New Plugin Product Development
Take a plugin concept from requirements and architecture through development, testing and release.
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Feature Development
Add new functionality without destabilizing the existing product or creating unnecessary technical debt.
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Bug Fixing & Refactoring
Resolve defects, modernize fragile code and improve maintainability where needed.
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WordPress / WooCommerce / PHP Compatibility
Keep plugin products working as the ecosystem and underlying platform versions change.
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Free + Premium Product Architecture
Plan clean free/premium product structures and commercialization workflows appropriate to the product model.
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WordPress.org Releases
Prepare plugins for public distribution and work through submission/review requirements without promising approval.
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Ongoing Plugin Maintenance
Continuous compatibility work, issue resolution, enhancements and product evolution for long-term plugin businesses. Related: WordPress maintenance & support.
WordPress.org & Premium Plugin Development
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
WordPress.org Plugin Development
Build and prepare plugins for public distribution with attention to WordPress coding practices, security, documentation, packaging, repository requirements and ongoing maintenance. WordPress.org manually reviews submissions, so approval should never be presented as guaranteed.
COMMERCIAL
Premium WordPress Plugin Development
Develop commercial plugin products with thoughtfully separated free/premium functionality, product licensing or commerce integrations where appropriate, update workflows and ongoing feature development.
INHERITED CODEBASE
Existing Plugin Modernization
Take over older or neglected plugins, assess the codebase, resolve compatibility/security issues, refactor where justified and establish an ongoing maintenance path.
DIRECTORY CONSTRAINT
Directory plugins must follow WordPress.org guidelines. Trialware is not permitted in the directory, and premium code/functionality should be structured in a compliant way rather than simply locking included features behind payment.
SECONDARY PROOF
Real Custom Plugin Engineering
Our published products prove that we operate plugins as software products. These client projects demonstrate how we use custom plugin engineering to solve unique business problems.
CUSTOM MULTI-VENDOR MARKETPLACE
Know My Fit
A complete marketplace rebuild with measurement-based product discovery, custom vendor onboarding.
DYNAMIC PRODUCT OPTIONS
AnnexBaseball
Custom baseball bat configurator with dynamic product options, personalization and advanced WooCommerce logic.
WEBSITE + SEO TRANSFORMATION
CCI Training
A full WordPress rebuild combining design, SEO-focused content, technical SEO, HubSpot integration and CRO — while preserving indexed URLs and producing.
When Existing Plugins Become the Problem
Build and prepare plugins for public distribution with attention to WordPress coding practices, security, documentation, packaging, repository requirements and ongoing maintenance. WordPress.org manually reviews submissions, so approval should never be presented as guaranteed.
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Too Many Plugins
Consolidate fragmented functionality into a cleaner purpose-built solution where appropriate.
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Almost-but-Not-Quite Functionality
Extend or replace an existing solution when it gets most of the way there but cannot support the final business requirements.
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Legacy Plugin
Modernize and maintain an older codebase that has become difficult to update or evolve.
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Integration Gap
Connect WordPress to another platform, API or operational system.
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New Product Idea
Turn an internal concept into a distributable WordPress plugin product.
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No Engineering Team
Provide ongoing plugin engineering without the overhead of building a dedicated internal WordPress product team.
Experienced Plugin Engineers. Accelerated by AI.
AI does not own the architecture, security decisions or quality of your plugin. Our engineers do.
We use AI throughout research, code analysis, development, debugging, testing, documentation and compatibility work to increase engineering output and compress parts of the traditional development cycle.
Experienced WordPress Plugin Engineers × AI-First Workflows = Faster Product Development
AI accelerates experienced specialists; it does not replace engineering responsibility or guarantee fixed delivery timelines.
Why SleekAlgo for Plugin Development?
STRONGEST PROOF
We Build Our Own WordPress Products
Our plugin expertise includes publishing, maintenance and product evolution — not only client project delivery.
WordPress-First Engineering Team
Plugin work is handled by specialists who work deeply inside the WordPress and WooCommerce ecosystem.
Complex Business Logic Experience
Configurators, integrations, gated workflows, pricing systems and custom operational functionality are familiar territory.
Product Lifecycle Capability
We can help from idea and architecture through release, maintenance and long-term evolution.
AI-First Execution
Modern engineering workflows allow our experienced team to produce more in less time.
Long-Term Product Support
A strong fit for agencies and plugin companies that need ongoing engineering rather than a one-off developer.
Plugin Development Process
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Understand
Clarify the workflow, users, requirements, integrations and — for commercial products — the distribution/business model.
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Architect
Define plugin structure, data model, APIs, compatibility requirements and free/premium boundaries where relevant.
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Develop & Test
Build using AI-accelerated workflows with experienced engineers responsible for architecture, code quality, security and QA.
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Release
Deploy privately, prepare for WordPress.org submission or support the commercial release workflow depending on the product.
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Maintain & Evolve
Continue compatibility work, fixes, enhancements and feature development as the plugin and WordPress ecosystem evolve.
Custom WordPress Plugin Development FAQ
Yes. We can review an existing plugin codebase, understand its architecture and current issues, then take responsibility for maintenance, bug fixing, modernization and ongoing feature development.
Yes. We can build and prepare plugins for WordPress.org submission and ongoing repository maintenance. WordPress.org manually reviews plugin submissions, so no developer can legitimately guarantee approval.
Yes. We can architect free and premium product versions and help structure the commercial model in a way that fits the product and WordPress.org rules where a directory version is involved.
Yes. This is a core audience for this service. We can provide ongoing engineering for compatibility, issue resolution, new features, refactoring and product evolution.
Yes. We regularly build WooCommerce-specific business logic, configurators, pricing, checkout functionality, integrations and other store extensions.
Yes. We can integrate WordPress with external APIs, SaaS products, CRMs, ERPs and proprietary business systems, including synchronization and automation workflows.
Yes. We can assess the existing codebase, identify compatibility and maintainability risks, resolve issues and refactor where the business case justifies it.
Ownership and licensing should be defined in the project agreement. For private custom development, the engagement can be structured around the client receiving the agreed source code and rights. Public/open-source plugin licensing must also respect applicable WordPress/GPL requirements.
AI is used to accelerate research, code analysis, development, debugging, testing and documentation. Experienced engineers remain responsible for architecture, security, review and final quality.
BOTH PATHS START HERE
Have a Plugin to Build — or One That Needs a Better Engineering Team?
Whether you need custom functionality for your own business or a long-term engineering partner for a commercial WordPress product, talk to us about what you are building and where you need help.