WordPress websites for Grand Rapids businesses, built to be yours
Quick answer: WordPress Grand Rapids is 45Squared’s WordPress studio for West Michigan. We build WordPress and WooCommerce sites in about a week, move sites from Wix or Squarespace in about 48 hours, and host them for $35 a month. You own everything we build.
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- Building sites since
- 2015
- Sites we host today
- 30+
- Typical new site
- About a week
- Managed hosting
- $35 / month
What is WordPress Grand Rapids?
WordPress Grand Rapids is the West Michigan home of 45Squared, a web development studio. We build websites on WordPress, the software behind 40.2% of all websites according to W3Techs. We’ve done this since 2015 and host more than 30 sites today.
We do WordPress web design and development for businesses in Grand Rapids and across West Michigan, from Kentwood and Wyoming to Holland and Grand Haven on the lakeshore. We keep the list of services short on purpose. We build sites, move sites, host sites and audit sites. That’s it.
Why do Grand Rapids businesses choose WordPress?
WordPress is an open-source content management system. That means no company can raise the price of the software or shut it down. Your site isn’t stuck on one company’s platform.
It also means:
- You can edit it yourself. Update hours, menus and photos without a developer.
- It grows with you. Add an online store, bookings or a blog later.
- Help is easy to find. Thousands of developers know WordPress, so you’re never stuck with one vendor.
What makes 45Squared different?
We’re a small studio, and you deal with the people who build your site. Three things matter to us:
- You own what we build. The site, the domain, the content and the logins are yours.
- We don’t rebuild what works. If your site needs a fix, we fix it. We don’t sell a redesign you didn’t ask for.
- We look after it after launch. Updates, backups and fixes are part of our hosting, not an upsell.
What does a project with us look like?
Most projects follow the same simple path. We have a short call about your business and goals. We send a fixed quote. We build the site on a private link so you can review it. Then we launch, point your domain, and train you on edits. A typical small business site takes about a week once we have your content. Read more on how we work.
Who have we built for?
We’ve built an online store with custom product photography for Wilde Thyme Foods, a family-owned food brand that sells direct to its customers. We built a site for Boulder Creek Golf Club that shows more than the course, and that the club’s team keeps current themselves. Both case studies are on the 45Squared site. Across all our clients, we host more than 30 sites today.
What we do for Grand Rapids businesses
New WordPress sites and redesigns, built in about a week and handed over for you to own.
Platform moves in about 48 hours, with your content, rankings and redirects intact. From $1,500.
Online stores on WordPress with no platform fees on top, from product catalogues to full checkout.
Your own server, a global CDN, daily backups, monitoring and every update applied and checked.
Free SEO and accessibility audit
A plain-English report on why search engines can't find you and where your site fails WCAG 2.1 AA.
Published prices for hosting and migrations, and how we quote new builds and stores.
Areas we serve around Grand Rapids
28th Street retail, 44th Street services and the industrial parks off Broadmoor. Sites that win "near me" searches.
West Michigan's second-largest city, from the 28 West district to Division Avenue and the M-6 industrial parks.
Two communities, two counties, one Chicago Drive. Sites for RiverTown retail, downtown Grandville and Baldwin Street.
Main Street shops, the Rogue River and the White Pine Trail. Sites that bring day-trippers downtown.
One of the fastest-growing townships in Kent County, where new neighborhoods search for local services first.
Farms, family firms and a busy downtown on Chicago Drive, in "Michigan's Salad Bowl".
Ada Village boutiques, professional firms along Cascade Road, and businesses that serve airport travelers.
Gaslight Village shops and restaurants by Reeds Lake, and home-based practices across the city.
Before you hire anyone
What a website costs in Grand Rapids
DIY builders, freelancers and agencies compared, with sourced 2026 price ranges and our own published prices.
Plain-English guides to WordPress for small business owners, updated for 2026.
Ownership, cost, timelines, hosting, security, SEO and what happens if you leave.
Kentwood, Wyoming, Grandville, Jenison, Rockford, Byron Center, Hudsonville, Ada, Cascade and East Grand Rapids.
Common questions
How much does a WordPress website cost in Grand Rapids?
It depends on the number of pages, the features you need and whether you sell online. We quote new builds at a fixed price after a short call, so you know the total before work starts. Migrations start at $1,500 with 30 days of support, and managed hosting is $35 a month. See pricing.
How long does it take to build a WordPress site?
A typical small business site takes about a week once we have your content. Content means your text, photos and logo, and it usually sets the pace. Larger sites and online stores take longer. We’ll give you a launch date in writing before we start, and we build on a private link so you can watch progress.
Do I own my website?
Yes. The site, the content, the domain and the admin login are yours, and the domain is registered in your name. WordPress is open-source software, so no platform can hold your site. If you ever leave, we hand everything over cleanly with a full backup. There is no exit fee.
Do you only work with Grand Rapids businesses?
No. Most of our clients are in West Michigan, from Grand Rapids and Wyoming to Holland and Kentwood. We also work remotely with businesses anywhere in the US. Calls happen by phone or video, and you review the site on a private preview link, so being in the same city isn’t required.