About HyperArts — Bay Area WordPress Website Design & Development Agency
Building WordPress Websites That Help You Share, Grow, and Lead
HyperArts is a full-service WordPress website design company headquartered in Oakland, California. As a boutique agency focused exclusively on WordPress, we’ve built our reputation as a trusted partner who delivers results. HyperArts has partnered with nonprofits, research teams, educational institutions, and businesses to design, build, and support websites that are clear, capable, and built to grow — since 1998. We work with clients across the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the United States.
Our Story
HyperArts was founded in 1998 with a simple belief: organizations doing important work deserve websites that actually work. What started as a small web design studio in the San Francisco Bay Area has grown into a trusted WordPress agency with a portfolio spanning scientific research institutions, nonprofits, universities, and businesses of all sizes. Over nearly three decades, we’ve built hundreds of websites and watched our clients grow — and we’ve grown right alongside them.
Today, HyperArts serves clients from Oakland to Washington D.C., with a portfolio that spans scientific research institutions managing petabytes of data, nonprofits serving hundreds of thousands of constituents, and Bay Area businesses competing in some of the most competitive local markets in the country. The thread connecting all of it: a belief that a well-built website is one of the highest-ROI investments any organization can make.
Who We Work With
We’ve spent decades learning the unique needs of the organizations we serve. That experience shapes everything we build.
Nonprofits — We understand grant cycles, board approvals, limited budgets, and the need for donor-friendly design. We help nonprofits tell their story clearly, compliantly, and compellingly.
Scientific Research Teams — From Berkeley Lab to university departments, we build sites that handle complex data, publication archives, and API integrations with precision.
Educational Institutions — Faculty directories, event systems, accessibility compliance, and WordPress Multisite networks for universities, schools, and departments.
Bay Area Businesses — Lead generation, brand storytelling, e-commerce, and CRM integrations for companies at every stage of growth.
Our Approach
We’re a boutique agency, which means you work directly with our senior designers and developers — not account managers or offshore teams. Every project starts with a genuine discovery process, because we believe the best websites come from understanding your organization deeply, not just your brief.
We’re collaborative by nature, transparent throughout, and honest when something isn’t working. Timelines and budgets matter to us as much as they matter to you. And when your site launches, we don’t disappear — most of our clients have been with us for years through our WordPress Care Plans and ongoing enhancement services.
Our Team
HyperArts is a small, senior-level team of designers, developers, and project managers — all based in the United States, all working exclusively in WordPress. There are no junior developers learning on your project and no offshore handoffs. When you work with HyperArts, you work directly with the people doing the work.
Our team brings expertise across WordPress development, UX design, SEO, accessibility compliance, API integrations, and WordPress Multisite — built up over decades of real-world projects, not certifications. We’ve seen what breaks, what scales, and what actually moves the needle for the kinds of organizations we serve
Based in Oakland, Serving the Bay Area and Beyond
We’re headquartered in Oakland, California, and work with clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area — including San Francisco, Berkeley, Alameda, and Silicon Valley — as well as nationally. If you’re a Bay Area organization looking for a WordPress partner who understands your community, your constraints, and your goals, we’d love to talk.
HyperArts By The Numbers
- 1998 — Year founded
- 300+ — WordPress websites built
- 28 years — Consecutive years in business
- 4 — Bay Area regions served (Oakland/East Bay, San Francisco, Alameda, Silicon Valley)
- Hundreds — Clients who have trusted us with their web presence