Creative Vets · Apex NC · Est 2024
We build WordPress sites
and maintain them too.
Veteran-owned, based in Apex, NC. We build custom WordPress sites for businesses across North Carolina and beyond, host them on WP Engine, and maintain them as long as you need.
12+
Years in production
50+
Projects built
$99
Care from /mo
Services
What we build.
We build on WordPress and Astro. Care Plans are available for any WordPress site after launch. The timelines below are what we plan around.
Builds
Flagship Build
Custom WordPress
Custom WordPress theme, custom blocks, and integrations as needed, built around your business and the content.
Timeline
2 to 3 wk
From
$4,500
Care
Eligible
Template Build
Template Site
One of our templates, built on our own block library and customized to your brand. It’s the quickest way to get a real WordPress site up and running.
Timeline
1 wk
From
$1,800
Care
Eligible
Government · Civic
Keystone Build
USWDS-compliant WordPress for state, municipal, and federal contractor work, built for accessibility.
Timeline
By scope
From
$6,500
Std
USWDS
Static Build
Astro Site
A static site built with Astro. There’s no database or login page, which leaves very little to hack. It’s also our cheapest build.
Timeline
1 wk
From
$1,200
Host
Netlify
Fixes and audits
Hacked Site
Emergency Response
Containment, cleanup, and a written report on what happened.
Response
2 hr
Flat
$595
After
Care
One Time Review
Security Audit
A written report on where your site stands, ranked by risk.
Report
3 days
Flat
$350
Credit
Care
WCAG and 508
Accessibility Audit
Audit and remediation to WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508.
Report
5 to 7 days
From
$700
Std
508
Code Cleanup
AI-Built Remediation
Review and repair for sites generated with AI builders.
Review
3 days
From
$550
After
Care
Ballpark It
What will it cost?
Pick a build, set your page count, and add any extras for a rough price. We’ll give you a real quote after we talk through what you need.
- Astro Site from $1,200, live in about a week
- Template Site from $1,800, live in about a week
- Custom WordPress from $4,500, live in two to three weeks
Hosting + Maintenance
Care for the long run.
Three tiers on WP Engine. Pick the one that fits how much support you want each month, and adjust as your needs change.
Care
We handle the hosting, updates, backups, and some content changes.
$99/ month
- Managed WP Engine hosting
- 1 hour of dev time monthly
- Daily backups, 40 day retention
- Monthly core, plugin, theme updates
- Uptime and security monitoring
Most Common
Care+
For sites with regular content changes, a marketing rhythm, or seasonal campaigns.
$199/ month
- Everything in Care
- 2 hours of dev time monthly
- Unused hours roll for 3 months
- Four business hour response
- Quarterly performance check
Care Pro
For active sites that need ongoing development, integrations, or steady content production.
$499/ month
- Everything in Care+
- 4 hours of dev time monthly
- Quarterly site review
- Design and content tweaks included
- Same day response priority
Hourly add ons at $150 / hr · See the full Care Plan breakdown
Template Library
Start from a template.
Each template was built with a certain kind of business in mind, and we swap in your name, photos, and colors. Click one for details and a live preview.
Community
Military Community Club
Public Sector
Public Record
B2B
Machine Shop
Rental
Equipment Rental
Home Services
HVAC
Food
Food Truck
Trades
Painting
Hospitality
Neighborhood Hangout
Outdoor
Pools & Spas
Trades
Fencing
Outdoor
Landscaping
Trades
Tree Service
Trades
Roofing
Trades
Decks
Home Services
Pressure Washing
Recent Work
What we’ve built.
Most of our work is WordPress, built on our own Smidgen theme and Smidgen Blocks. We have a few projects outside WordPress too, and those are at the bottom.
Project // IL.001
Featured
WordPress · Woo
Live · 2025
InclineLabel.
Featured · WordPress · WooCommerce
Incline Label
A Pittsburgh apparel brand built on WordPress and WooCommerce. Full Site Editing theme with Smidgen Blocks handling every layout in the site. Yinzer owned, USA made, fulfilled through Printify on Bayside tees.
WordPress FSE
WooCommerce
Smidgen Blocks
Custom Theme
Printify
Smidgen Blocks
Live
WordPress Plugin
Smidgen Blocks
Our block library and pattern set for WordPress Full Site Editing. It’s a standalone plugin, and every Smidgen site we build runs on it.
Smidgen Theme
Live
WordPress Theme
Smidgen Theme
Our Full Site Editing parent theme. Every custom WordPress site we build extends it, so your site sits on a foundation we keep up to date.
The Knuckle
Saloon.
Live
WordPress · Smidgen
The Knuckle Saloon
Client build for a Sturgis, SD saloon. Full site editing on our own Smidgen theme with Smidgen Blocks handling every layout in the site.
Beyond WordPress
Selected work · Wider stack
Tools and Tech
The stack.
These are the tools we use every day. WordPress covers most projects, and we look to the others when a project calls for it.
WordPress
- Full Site Editing
- Custom Blocks
- Custom Themes
- WooCommerce
Our Own
- SmidgenCSS
- Smidgen Theme
- Smidgen Blocks
- Keystone
Hosting
- WP Engine
- Cloudflare Pages
- Cloudflare
- Netlify
Wider Stack
- Astro
- SvelteKit
- 11ty
- React Native
The Person
Behind the work.
Creative Vets is one person, with a few trusted veterans I can bring in when a project needs more hands. You work with me from the first call through launch.
Founder · Lead Developer
Kyle Laverty
U.S. Air Force veteran. Aircraft crew chief turned web developer.
12+
Years in production
50+
Projects built
Creative Vets started after more than a decade of building web products across healthcare, SaaS, nonprofits, and independent projects. Before that came service in the Air Force as an aircraft crew chief, responsible for the readiness of fighter jets.
That background still shapes how I work. I plan the work before it starts, check it as it goes, and own the result when it’s done.
Free Site Check
How does your site score?
These are our mobile scores from Google’s PageSpeed Insights. Curious how your site does? Send us the link and we’ll run the same test and email you a short summary for free.
78
Performance
100
Accessibility
100
Best Practices
100
SEO
PageSpeed Insights, mobile, Oct 27, 2026
Start a Project
Tell us what you are building.
Send us the basics, like your current site if you have one, your timeline, a budget range, and what you want the site to do. We’ll get back to you within one business day. If you’re a nonprofit or working with a smaller budget, check the boxes below.
Talk to a real person.
The number below goes straight to Kyle. The form works too, and we answer within one business day.
Direct Line
(919) 335-3052
Mon to Fri · Business Hours