The Short Version
WordPress is the core of my work. I build custom WordPress websites and WooCommerce stores for businesses in Lebanon and the GCC, fix slow or broken ones, and migrate sites from other platforms — fast, secure, and handed over in your name.
Design, development, WooCommerce, speed, maintenance — one developer, one thread.
Why WordPress
Why Most Lebanese Businesses Should Be on WordPress
Not because it's popular. Because for a business here — local payments, two languages, a small team that needs to edit its own site — it solves the actual problems, without a monthly platform fee.
No platform fee, no rented storefront. Theme, plugins, content, database and hosting are yours — move them, change developers, do what you like.
WooCommerce takes Whish Money, areeba / NetCommerce cards and cash on delivery without fighting the platform — the reason most Lebanese stores end up here.
English/Arabic with a real right-to-left layout, a switcher and correct hreflang — every page, product and menu, not a translated homepage bolted on.
Change a price, add a page, post a news item — yourself, after a training session. You shouldn't need a developer for a phone number.
A slow WordPress site is a badly built one. Custom theme, lean plugins, caching, compressed images and proper hosting keep Core Web Vitals green on a phone in Beirut.
Start with a business site, add a store, a booking system or a second language later — on the same site, without a rebuild.
WordPress isn't slow. Bad WordPress is.
Forty plugins, a premium theme doing five jobs, and $3 hosting — that's the WordPress people complain about. A custom theme, a handful of plugins and decent hosting is a different product. That's the one I build.
WordPress Services
WordPress Development Services in Lebanon
New builds, stores, rescues and upkeep. Hover a line for the spec.
- Custom WordPress Websites Business sites on a custom theme — fast, editable, SEO-ready, bilingual when you need it.
- WooCommerce Stores Online stores with Whish, areeba cards and COD, delivery zones, product SEO and training.
- Redesign & Migration Moving from Wix, Squarespace, Shopify or an old theme — keeping your URLs and rankings.
- Speed Optimisation A slow WordPress site diagnosed and fixed — caching, images, plugins, hosting, Core Web Vitals.
- Maintenance & Security Month-to-month care: updates, backups, malware scanning, uptime, small edits, priority support.
- Fixes & Rescue Hacked, broken after an update, white screen, abandoned by the last developer — send the link.
The Platform Question
WordPress, Shopify or Custom Code — Honestly Compared
I build on all three, so the recommendation isn't biased by what's easiest for me. Here's how I call it for a business in Lebanon.
WordPress Shopify Custom
When Shopify or custom code is the better answer for your business, I'll say so in the free consultation — and build that instead. The ecommerce page goes deeper on the store side.
Selected Work
WordPress Websites Built in Beirut
Business sites and WooCommerce stores from the portfolio — open them, check the speed, judge for yourself.
How I Build WordPress
The Difference Between a WordPress Site and a Good One
Anyone can install WordPress. These are the decisions that decide whether it's still fast and safe in two years.
Ground rules Six things every WordPress build here follows
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A custom theme, not a 200-feature template.
Themes that do everything load everything. Yours carries only the code your pages use — which is most of why it's fast.
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Plugins earn their place.
Typically under fifteen, each with a job, each actively maintained. Every plugin is a door — I install as few as possible and keep them locked.
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Elementor where it helps you, code where it matters.
Page builders let you edit without me — that's worth having. Performance-critical parts (headers, product grids, forms) are coded so the builder never slows the site.
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Hosting that fits Lebanon and the GCC.
Server-level caching, a CDN with edges near Beirut and Dubai, PHP kept current — set up in your name, with a bill you understand.
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Security by default, not by plugin.
Hardened login, least-privilege users, automatic off-site backups, updates on a schedule — so "my site got hacked" is a call you don't make.
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Handover means you can actually run it.
A training session, admin access, documentation and every login in your name. Another developer could take over tomorrow — that's the test.
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Elementor
- Custom themes
- EN / AR · RTL
- Whish · areeba · COD
Process
From First Message to a Site You Run Yourself
Five stages, one developer, and a fixed scope you approve before anything gets built.
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Discovery
Output — free consultation
What the site has to do, who edits it, which languages, which payments — and whether WordPress is even the right call. Free, even if you don't hire me.
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Scope & Quote
Output — fixed USD proposal
Pages, features, plugins, hosting, timeline and a fixed price — in writing, before any work starts.
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Design
Output — approved design
Mobile-first design of every key page, approved by you before development. The design side lives on the website design in Beirut page.
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Build & Test
Output — tested site
Custom theme, plugins configured, content loaded, speed and security passes — on a private staging link, tested on real phones.
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Launch, Training & Care
Output — live site + training
Go-live, a session where you learn to edit pages, products and posts yourself, all logins in your name — then optional month-to-month maintenance.
Transparent Pricing
WordPress Development Cost in Lebanon
Every quote is fixed, in USD, and includes design, development, mobile optimisation, a technical SEO setup and training. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices.
Cost moves with the number of pages, custom features, bilingual English/Arabic requirements, product count and who produces the content — the full breakdown is in the 2026 website cost guide for Lebanon.
Get a WordPress QuoteFAQ
WordPress Development in Lebanon — Frequently Asked Questions
Most WordPress business websites (5–10 pages) cost 500 to 1,000 USD. WooCommerce stores cost 1,000 to 2,000 USD depending on product count and payment methods. Every quote is fixed, in USD, and includes design, development, mobile optimisation, a technical SEO setup and a training session — no hidden costs, no monthly platform fee.
For most, yes. It has no monthly platform fee, integrates easily with Whish, areeba and cash on delivery through WooCommerce, handles English/Arabic properly, and lets your team edit the site without a developer. The exceptions are card-first stores that want a hosted platform (Shopify) and unusual business models that need custom code — I build both, and I'll tell you if you're one of them.
Almost always one of four things: a heavy multipurpose theme, too many plugins, uncompressed images, or cheap shared hosting with no caching. Speed optimisation is a fixed-price job — I audit the site, remove what isn't needed, set up caching and image compression, and tune or move the hosting. Most sites reach a 90+ mobile score in under a week, with a before/after report.
Yes. Content, products, images and customer data are moved over, your existing URLs are kept or 301-redirected, and the titles and pages that already rank are preserved — so the migration doesn't cost you your Google positions. It starts with a free review of the current site and a fixed quote.
Both, deliberately. Elementor is useful where you want to edit layouts yourself without calling me. Performance-critical parts — headers, product grids, forms, anything on every page — are coded in a custom theme so the builder never slows the site. What I don't do is install a 200-feature multipurpose theme and switch things off.
Yes — that's the main reason most Lebanese stores are on WooCommerce. Whish Money and cash on delivery are set up as first-class checkout options with delivery-zone rules, and card payments run through areeba / NetCommerce once your merchant account is approved. Stripe or PayPal can be added for GCC and international customers where eligible.
Yes. Bilingual builds include a proper right-to-left layout for Arabic, a language switcher and correct hreflang tags across pages, products, menus and checkout — so Google indexes each language correctly and both audiences get a natural experience.
Yes, usually the same week. Send the link and any error you see; I'll take a free look and quote a fixed price for the fix. Hacked sites are cleaned, hardened and put on backups; update conflicts and white screens are traced to the plugin or theme causing them. If the honest answer is that a rebuild would cost less than the repair, I'll say so.
Core, theme and plugin updates on a schedule, daily off-site backups, security and uptime monitoring, small content edits and priority WhatsApp support — month to month, no lock-in. You don't have to take it; the site is yours either way. But an unmaintained WordPress site is the one that eventually gets hacked, so most clients do.
Managed WordPress hosting or a well-configured VPS with server-level caching, current PHP and a CDN that has edges near Beirut and the Gulf — so the site loads fast on both sides of the map. I'll recommend a specific plan for your traffic and budget, set it up in your name, and you pay the host directly.
Yes — that's a large part of why WordPress is the right choice. Every launch includes a training session covering pages, posts, products, prices and images, plus short written notes. You'll own every login. If you'd rather not touch it, the maintenance plan covers small edits.
Message me on WhatsApp at +961 70 884 941, email info@omarhalabi.com, or send a project brief through the contact form. You'll get a reply within 24 hours and a free 30-minute consultation — after which you'll have a clear plan and a fixed quote, whether or not you go ahead.
More questions? The full web design & development FAQ covers payments, hosting, ownership and more.
Built on WordPress. Built properly.
Beirut · Lebanon · GCC — +961 70 884 941 · info@omarhalabi.com
Free consultation, fixed USD quotes, and a site you own and can run yourself.