Every page is built from content blocks that you can rearrange, add, and edit. The interface is consistent across the whole site, so once you've learned one section, you know how everything works.
Statamic Web Development
Statamic CMS is our platform of choice. Modern, fast, and genuinely enjoyable to use.
Statamic: A modern CMS that puts your team in control
Why Statamic
The CMS behind your website matters more than you might think. It affects how easy it is for your team to make updates, how fast your site loads, how secure it is, and how well it grows with your organisation.
We use Statamic for most of our builds. It's a modern, purpose-built content management system that gives your team a clean, consistent editing experience while giving us the flexibility to build exactly what you need.
A better editing experience for your team
Your team should be able to update your website without fighting the CMS.
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Easy block-based editing
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Your brand, not a template
Every site we build on Statamic is designed from scratch for your organisation. There are no themes or templates constraining what's possible.
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Live preview
See your changes as you make them. Statamic's live preview lets your team edit content and see exactly how it will look on the site before publishing. No more guesswork, no more "save and check.
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Image management done right
Upload, organise, and manage your images in a clean media library. Set focal points so the most important part of your image is always visible, no matter what size or crop it's displayed at. Statamic handles all the optimisation automatically.
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Genuinely fast, front and back
Your visitors get fast-loading pages. Your team gets a snappy editing experience. The latest version of Statamic runs as a single-page application, so the admin panel feels as responsive as a modern app.
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Secure by design
Statamic is built on Laravel, one of the most widely used and actively maintained web frameworks in the world. There's no database of plugins to patch and no third-party code to worry about. It's a fundamentally more secure approach than platforms like WordPress.
Migrating our website from WordPress to Statamic was a dream come true. Having our website in a flat file means that it loads like lightning and is extremely secure. The editor is extremely intuitive to work with and delivers all the functionality that we need. Statamic is the CMS of the future, with none of the baggage of the past.
I wanted to thank you guys again for not only building the website but for giving us really great advice and ideas and helping us to really clearly scope the work needed and stay in scope.
You guys are great!
You might not have heard of Statamic, but you're in good company
Statamic has been around since 2012 and is actively developed by a dedicated team. It's used by agencies and organisations around the world, including here in New Zealand and Australia. Agencies are increasingly choosing it for content-heavy websites.
It's backed by the Laravel ecosystem, which has millions of developers globally. This isn't a niche experiment. It's a mature, well-supported platform that's growing because it solves real problems that WordPress and Drupal don't.
When we can do more, you get a better site
Built for developers too
Statamic is built on Laravel, which gives us access to one of the largest developer ecosystems in the world. That means when you need custom functionality, whether that's a filtered research database, or a system integration to a donation or newsletter platform, we're not limited by plugins or workarounds. We can build exactly what you need.
It also means we can create custom content blocks tailored to your organisation. Need a block for team profiles that links to their projects? A publication listing that pulls in related outputs? We build those into your editing experience so it's simple for your team and powerful under the hood.