WordPress Web Design in Central Wisconsin | Web Magic Studio

Custom WordPress Web Design · Central Wisconsin

Professional websites, made easy.

I design and build custom WordPress websites for businesses across central Wisconsin — and I handle every detail of keeping them running, so you can focus on growing your business.

What I do

Four services. One studio. Zero hassle.

From the first sketch to ongoing care, I handle every part of your website in-house — so nothing gets lost between vendors.

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Website Design

Clean, purposeful designs tailored to your brand and the people you’re trying to reach — easy to navigate, and built to work on every device. We start with how your customers actually move through a site, then shape the layout, type, and imagery around the one thing you want them to do. You see the design taking form and steer it with me — long before a single line of code is written.

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Website Development

Robust, custom WordPress builds done right — fast, structured so search engines can read them, and ready to grow with your business. Every site is hand-built to fit your content instead of forced into an off-the-shelf theme, so you can update it later without fighting the tools. And it’s engineered properly where it counts: the parts underneath that decide whether a site keeps working, not just whether it looks right on launch day.

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Website Hosting

Fast, secure, monitored WordPress hosting with automatic backups. Your site stays online, protected, and quick to load — around the clock. I keep WordPress, plugins, and security patches current so nothing quietly drifts out of date, and if anything ever goes wrong there’s a recent backup ready to restore. One studio hosts it, built it, and answers for it — no finger-pointing at a faceless provider.

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Ongoing Management & Support

Updates, edits, and improvements whenever you need them — from the one person who already knows your site inside and out. A new page, a seasonal promo, a change to your hours — send it over and it’s handled, usually the same week. No support tickets, no call centers, no re-explaining your site every time; just a quick note to someone who already has the full picture.

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The Difference

There’s more to a good website than what you can see.

The parts that decide whether a site works right — not just whether it looks right — are the ones you never notice, until they break. That part needs attention too, and it’s what sets my work apart.

See what goes on underneath
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Speed

How quickly your pages load — before a visitor gives up and leaves.

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Security

The doors most WordPress sites leave open to attackers, closed and kept closed.

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Deliverable email

Whether the messages from your contact form actually reach your inbox.

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Searchable content

The structure underneath every page that lets Google find and rank you at all.

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Accessible experience

Whether every visitor can use your site — and whether you’re covered if they can’t.

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Staying healthy

The updates, backups, and round-the-clock monitoring that keep it all running.

Already have a website? I’ll check it for free — speed, security, and the problems you can’t see.

Get a free site audit

Why work with me

A few reasons clients choose me — and stay.

01

Three decades of experience

Thirty years of hands-on web and IT work goes into every single project. I started in IT in 1980 and built my first websites in 1997, so the fundamentals that trip up newer builds are second nature — and I’ve seen enough to know what lasts and what doesn’t.

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You work with me, start to finish

Design, build, hosting, and support — all handled by one person who knows your site and answers when you reach out. No handoffs, no juniors.

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Built right, underneath

Fast, secure, and sound where it counts — the engineering most builds skip. More on that on the free website audit page.

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Honest & reliable

Hard-working, honest, and dependable — I do what I say, when I said I’d do it. No disappearing mid-project, no surprise line items, and a straight answer even when it isn’t the one that wins me the job.

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Never a template

Your business is one of a kind, so your website is built to fit it — never forced into a template. I shape the design and structure around how you actually work and what your customers come looking for, so nothing feels borrowed from someone else’s site.

Selected work

A look at recent projects

A few sites I’ve built and maintained. Take a closer look at any of them.

“Scott and his team created a professional WordPress site with skill and expertise. Very cost-effective and quite responsive with an excellent result. Highly recommended.

Thomas Davis · Tom Davis Consulting

Scott Thomason, founder of Web Magic Studio

Meet the founder

Hi, I’m Scott.

I got my start in IT in 1980, built my first websites in 1997, and in 2017 I turned a long-time craft into Web Magic Studio. Three decades of hands-on experience go into every site I build.

I’m based in Adams, in the heart of central Wisconsin, and I work with businesses across the region — and, when the work’s a fit, well beyond it. The way I work doesn’t change either way: hard, honest and careful, with someone who treats your site like it’s his own.

“My longest-running client has trusted me with their site for five years and counting — not because of a contract, but because it keeps working.”
1997First websites
2017Founded the studio
1:1Personal service, always
Scott T. — Top Rated WordPress, PHP and Javascript developer on Upwork: 100% job success, 4.6 stars from 58 reviews, 149 total jobs, 7.1K total hours.

Don’t take my word for it.

I’ve earned Top Rated status on Upwork with a 100% job success score — 149 jobs and more than 7,100 hours for clients who keep coming back.

Upwork Top Rated 100% job success 4.6 (58 reviews)
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Google reviews

Kind words, straight from Google.

5.0 ★★★★★ 7 five-star reviews on Google
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Scott is fantastic to work with. He’s knowledgeable and patient. I had the pleasure of working with him as he built out a website/community for a client of mine. He exceeded our expectations. I highly recommend engaging with him.
Laura Stevens Google review
★★★★★
Retained for hosting, design, and construction of a complicated consulting site. The entire staff was excellent — innovative, responsive, and collaborative. Tasks completed on time and to high quality, with superior support and great communication. Couldn’t ask for a better experience. This is the one. Use them.
Tom Davis Google review
★★★★★
Great company. 100% reliable, no issues. Everything you need with a web hosting company. The owner Scott is very professional. The services are very reasonably priced.
Alan Tallering Google review
★★★★★
I had the opportunity to work with Scott. My website had been hacked, and I transferred my site to Web Magic Studio. Scott did a great job of eliminating the threat, hosting the website, and keeping it from being hacked again. Highly reliable and trustworthy.
Tom C. Google review
★★★★★
To put it simply, I wouldn’t have my e-commerce site without Scott. He’s been an incredible mentor and supporter and I would be lost without him.
Robyn Crawford Google review
★★★★★
Scott has always been so easy to work with. He is super reliable and extremely knowledgeable. I highly recommend his services.
Kirsten Campbell Google review
★★★★★
Scott was instrumental in helping me resolve website development and hosting issues. His strategic recommendations and close attention to my site were greatly appreciated. Whenever I had a question, Scott was there to answer it and guide me through the process. I highly valued his candor and guidance, which kept my website running smoothly, optimized load times, and simplified the complexities of WordPress and plugins. Scott is an honest and true professional whom I highly recommend.
Patrick Collard Google review

Let’s talk

Let’s build something that lasts.

Tell me a bit about your project and I’ll get back to you within one business day. No pressure — we’ll start with a quick conversation, and that’s where any quote comes from.

No spam, ever. I’ll only use your details to reply about your project.