Trusted by hundreds of growing businesses
We Build and Manage WordPress Websites That Perform.
Complete website design, managed WordPress hosting, and website content management – built for performance, security, and business growth.
About Us
Your business deserves a website that works as hard as you do.
We partner with small and mid-sized businesses to design, build, and maintain WordPress sites that are fast, secure, and easy to manage. Whether you’re establishing your first professional web presence or upgrading an existing site, we deliver a holistic, affordable approach that keeps everything running smoothly — so you can stay focused on your business.
Privatenode took our website design from just “ok” to absolute next level awesome!
— Dave Morris, A1 House Inspectors
Our Services
We design, host, and maintain websites that are fast, secure, and built for real-world small business growth.
WordPress Web Design
Your business deserves a website that looks great and works flawlessly. We build clean, modern, responsive WordPress sites tailored to your brand and optimized for the way your customers browse.
Managed WordPress Hosting
Skip the tech headaches. Our managed hosting keeps your site fast, secure, and always up-to-date — with performance tuned specifically for WordPress. Local support included.
Website Care & Updating
We handle updates, backups, security, monitoring, and fixes — so your site stays healthy without you lifting a finger. Affordable, reliable, small-business-friendly care plans.
Why partner with us?
We work for those who need a dependable digital partner.
We combine deep WordPress expertise, reliable managed WordPress hosting, and ongoing support into a single, affordable solution — giving you a website that grows alongside your business.
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Expertise beyond web design
With more than two decades of hands-on experience, we understand the entire WordPress ecosystem — design, hosting, security, performance, and long-term website care. You get a partner who can handle every technical detail.
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Simple, all-in-one service
No juggling different vendors for design, hosting, maintenance, or fixes. We take care of everything, streamline communication, and keep your site running smoothly month after month.
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Fast, secure, and optimized
Your website is tuned for performance from day one. Expect quick load times, top-tier security practices, and a setup designed to support SEO and conversion goals.
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Honest pricing for small business
Transparent rates, no hidden fees, and flexible packages make it easy for small and mid-sized companies to launch and grow without breaking the budget.
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Freedom from Vendor Lock-In
Your website is built on open-source technology, with full ownership of your digital assets, no long-term contracts, and direct access to the entire technology stack—including Cloudflare, domain and web hosting.
Our Work
Websites designed for growth. Managed for performance.
We build and maintain high-performance WordPress websites that help growing businesses scale with confidence.
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Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce
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Local Time Brewing
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Piedmont Heavy Civil
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Hensen Grandscapes
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Encoris
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A-1 House Inspectors
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Triangle Social Media
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Concierge Boutique Travel
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Briefcase Coach
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Sasser Law Firm
Our Process
A proven process for designing, hosting, and managing your website.
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Discovery & Planning
We take the time to understand your business, goals, audience, and what you need your website to accomplish. Together, we outline a focused plan that keeps the project efficient and aligned with your objectives.
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Design That Fits Your Brand
Your website takes shape through clean, modern design and carefully executed WordPress development. Every page is responsive, easy to navigate, and optimized for performance and search visibility.
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WordPress Design & Build
From domain configuration to DNS, SSL, caching, and security, we handle the technical setup. Your site launches on fast, reliable, WordPress-optimized hosting for the best possible foundation.
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Hosting & Performance
Once your site is live, we keep it healthy with WP core and plugin updates, backups, security monitoring, and fixes. You focus on your business — we handle the website.
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Ongoing Care & Support
As your business grows, your website should too. We monitor performance, improve speed, refine user experience, and help you adapt to changing needs and SEO priorities.
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Ongoing Content Support
Fresh content keeps your site relevant and boosts search visibility. We help with page updates, new landing pages, refreshed messaging, and content improvements that keep your business competitive online.
Launch. Host. Manage.
One partner for your website—from initial launch through ongoing hosting and care.
Predictable & Secure
Proactive updates, monitoring, and backups keep your site stable and protected.
Designed to Perform
Fast, reliable web sites built on WordPress-optimized infrastructure.
Testimonials
Trusted by the businesses we support.
We build and support high-performance WordPress websites trusted by growing businesses.
Greg and his team worked professionally and swiftly to accomplish our needs and business goals. They created a website that was just as beautiful as it was functional. They really understood the user journey for current Little Dreamers families and those looking for a preschool to call home.
Terri O’Laughlin
Owner, Little Dreamers Preschool
Privatenode took our website design from just “ok” to absolute next level awesome. The new website has it all; aesthetics, functionality, blazing fast speed, and “page one” organic search results. Greg and Stephen were on top of everything from the moment I reached out.
David Morris
Owner, A-1 House Inspectors
Privatenode developed my website a few months ago. I didn’t need advertising but I certainly got it! Not sure how they do it. But I rank in top 10 searches regularly.
Justin Hensen
Owner, Hensen Grandscapes
I am really happy with the web hosting and domain services provided by Privatenode. I really appreciate that they take the time to understand what I’m trying to accomplish online.
Jon Koch
Writer and Historian
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