Looking after your corner of the internet

Welcome to our world

A good website should earn its place. More customers, smoother operations, and a presence you're happy to put your name to. We're Motley, and that's the job we've done for businesses across the UK and beyond for the best part of 18 years.

We keep it straightforward. No jargon, no nonsense, and no disappearing the day the site goes live. You'll deal with real people who have done this plenty of times and will give you a straight answer.

If you have a project in mind, or you're not yet sure what you need, get in touch and we'll point you the right way.

Web Sites

Web Sites

Fast, accessible, content-managed sites built to last and easy for your team to run.

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Web Apps

Web Apps

Bespoke web applications built around how your business actually works, not off-the-shelf compromises.

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Search

Search

Getting your site found by the right people, on Google and the AI tools people now search with too.

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AI & Automation

AI & Automation

Practical automation that takes the repetitive work off your team and gives them time back.

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Green Hosting

  • 100% renewable energy
  • Highly efficient data centres
  • UK based
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Five Hours

Patchstack puts the median gap between a WordPress vulnerability going public and being mass-exploited at around five hours. Most maintenance plans run monthly. That arithmetic changes what maintenance is for.

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How to Tell If Your WordPress Site Was Hit

Updating your site closes the door. It does not tell you whether anybody came through it first. This is the check we run, written so you or your developer can work through it in an afternoon.

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This Time It Wasn't a Plugin

The usual advice about WordPress security is to keep your plugins few and keep them updated. This time it did not help, because the flaw was in WordPress itself, and it had been in there long before July made it news. Which versions were exposed, and what to take from it.

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Theme Studio: Restyle Your Whole Site, No Code, No Plugins

Changing one small thing about your website's look has always been a surprisingly big job. Theme Studio in Motley CMS changes that: restyle your colours, fonts, spacing and content blocks yourself, preview it live, and publish it without code, plugins or a developer queue. Here's what it does, and how it compares to the usual WordPress route.

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Services

What we can do for you…

However you think about your project, there's a way in. Tell us what you need and we'll point you the right way.

Need something designed?

  • Look and feel
  • Brand and identity
  • UI and UX
  • Responsive layouts
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Need something built?

  • Websites
  • Web apps
  • WordPress and Laravel
  • The technical side, handled
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Need to be found?

  • SEO
  • Content
  • Local search
  • AI search visibility
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Not sure what you need?

  • A straight conversation
  • We work out the right fit
  • No pressure, no jargon
  • Start with a chat
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