Sterner Stuff
WordPress and Custom Web Development Services
Fixing websites, building websites, and crafting custom applications to help simplify your business.
Hire Us For
Development
Looking for custom web-based solutions for your toughest problems? Our team will develop and deliver a website or web-based app that serves your business. We don’t just drag and drop. Integrations, leveraging APIs, codifying business logic. Trust Sterner Stuff.
Hosting & Maintenance
We provide comprehensive monthly WordPress hosting and maintenance packages designed for the hands-off business owner. Never worry about security and updates again. Similarly, we offer plans to keep your Laravel app updated, from security patches to major version upgrades. Focus on running your business.
eCommerce
We help brick-and-mortar business owners get online with ease and reach new audiences. We leverage Shopify to help retail businesses bridge the gap between online and point-of-sale. We also support WooCommerce for a variety of eCommerce applications Start selling around the globe.
Why Sterner Stuff?
If you want the job done right, talk to Sterner Stuff.
Whether it was a website or a bathroom remodel, you’ve probably been involved on a job where someone chose to do it fast or cheap instead of right. The same people that use regular, non-water-resistant drywall for a shower surround are building websites and apps with terrifying amounts of technical debt and installing plugins and tools they don’t understand. And if your website crashes, they’re hopeless to fix it.
Not at Sterner Stuff. We’re a small team with high standards. We’re in-house technical experts. No overseas contractors. No under-the-table labor.

Intentional Websites and Software
The websites and applications we build are driven by client pain points and requirements. By developing exactly what you need and helping your business succeed, we create happy clients that come back again and again.
Further, our expertise and knowledge ensures you get everything you expect, built to last. In-house, we provide custom development service, best-in-class hosting and maintenance, and eCommerce consulting services. And with the help of strategic partnerships, we can also provide full-service identity, design, and digital marketing.
Our specialties include WordPress, Laravel, and Shopify.
The Sterner Stuff mission is to provide a return on investment to your business. We want to save you time, attract new customers, and put more money in your pocket.
Have a project in mind?
Review your problems—and your dreams—with our team. Our discovery process is designed to create hard and fast plans from your big ideas. Let’s talk about what we can build together.

With Sterner Stuff, your business will flourish
Working with Sterner Stuff, you aren’t growing your business alone. We have your back and put our best into helping your entire team and organization grow. If you’re looking for an agency that’ll help you build a lead-generating online presence and increase revenue, look no further than Sterner Stuff.
Your Trusted Partners
A Highly Motivated Team with Innovative Ideas
We’re a small team, and all entrepreneurs at heart. So when we talk to you about your business and your needs, we’re combining our technical expertise with the guts and drive of entrepreneurship. Our work is only as good as the growth it results in for your business online. Surely, your website will be made of Sterner Stuff.



The Sterner Stuff Blog
Running commentary on the problems we solve.
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Tracking UTM Parameters with Gravity Forms Submissions in WordPress
Read more: Tracking UTM Parameters with Gravity Forms Submissions in WordPressAI Note: We wrote two plugins that can be used in combination to handle this very common task. We then asked ChatGPT to learn about them and create a blog post summarizing how they work together! ChatGPT really loves emojis by default. If you’re running Google Ads or any other paid campaigns, tracking UTM parameters…
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Add Extra Columns to WooCommerce Reports
Read more: Add Extra Columns to WooCommerce ReportsIt’s possible you’ve followed this tutorial from Woo on how to add columns to admin reports, such as the Orders report. And it’s possible you’ve found that it just doesn’t really work as advertised and is incredibly convoluted. Specifically, the Javascript filter callback you register (addFilter) is just…never called. Me too. Here’s something that actually…
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Assistance for WP Engine Customers
Read more: Assistance for WP Engine CustomersA legal conflict is currently playing out between WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine that may continue to negatively impact WP Engine customers and the performance of their websites. More details here for those interested. Important for WP Engine users is that this has off-and-on impacted the availability of downloads and updates of WordPress…
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