# WordPress Chicago

> WordPress Chicago is the Chicago-facing service of 45Squared LLC, a Midwest web studio founded in 2015. It builds WordPress and WooCommerce websites for Chicago-area small businesses, migrates sites from Wix, Squarespace and other builders to WordPress, provides managed WordPress hosting ($29 per month) and runs SEO and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audits. Work is delivered remotely.

- Service area: Chicago, Evanston, Oak Park, Naperville, Schaumburg, Skokie and the wider Chicago metro, served remotely.
- Typical timelines: a new site in about a week; a migration in 48 hours.
- Published prices: migrations from $1,500 including 30 days of support; managed WordPress hosting $29 per month.
- Contact: the project form at https://wordpresschicago.com/#quote (no phone line).
- Parent company: 45Squared LLC, https://45squared.com

## Pages

- [About WordPress Chicago and 45Squared](https://wordpresschicago.com/about/): WordPress Chicago is run by 45Squared, a Midwest web studio building WordPress sites since 2015. Meet the founder and see how a remote project runs.
- [Questions Chicago business owners ask about WordPress sites](https://wordpresschicago.com/faq/): Straight answers for Chicago small business owners on WordPress websites: timelines, costs, ownership, hosting, migrations, accessibility and remote work.
- [WordPress websites for Chicago small businesses](https://wordpresschicago.com/): WordPress Chicago builds, moves and hosts WordPress sites for Chicago small businesses. A new site in about a week, migrations in 48 hours, and a site you own.
- [What WordPress work costs with 45Squared](https://wordpresschicago.com/pricing/): Plain pricing for Chicago WordPress projects. Managed hosting is $29 a month, migrations start at $1,500, and new sites and stores get a fixed quote first.
- [Privacy policy](https://wordpresschicago.com/privacy/): How WordPress Chicago and 45Squared LLC collect and use the details you send through our project form, plus the cookie-free visit counts we keep on this site.
- [WordPress services for Chicago businesses](https://wordpresschicago.com/services/): Five WordPress services for Chicago small businesses: new site design, WooCommerce stores, migrations to WordPress, managed hosting and accessibility audits.
- [Free SEO and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audit](https://wordpresschicago.com/website-accessibility-audit/): A free SEO and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audit for Chicago small business websites. See what's broken and how to fix it, in plain English, with no sales call.
- [Move your site to WordPress in 48 hours](https://wordpresschicago.com/website-migration/): Move a Chicago business website from Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Weebly or Shopify to WordPress in 48 hours, from $1,500, with redirects and 30 days of support.
- [WooCommerce online stores for Chicago businesses](https://wordpresschicago.com/woocommerce-development/): WooCommerce online stores for Chicago small businesses. Product catalogs, local pickup and shipping, and payments, on a WordPress site you own outright.
- [Managed WordPress hosting and maintenance for $29 a month](https://wordpresschicago.com/wordpress-hosting-maintenance/): Managed WordPress hosting for Chicago businesses at $29 a month. Your own server, a global CDN, SSL, daily backups, uptime monitoring and every update applied.
- [WordPress website design for Chicago small businesses](https://wordpresschicago.com/wordpress-website-design-chicago/): Custom WordPress website design for Chicago small businesses. Fast, accessible, easy to edit, and live in about a week once your content is ready. You own it.

## Blog

- [The WordPress Chicago blog](https://wordpresschicago.com/blog/): Plain-English guides for Chicago small business owners on WordPress, choosing a website platform, migrations and web accessibility, written by 45Squared.
- [What a WCAG 2.1 AA website accessibility audit actually checks](https://wordpresschicago.com/blog/website-accessibility-audit-wcag-checklist/): What a WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audit checks on a small business website, what automated tools miss, and the common fixes that make a site usable by everyone.
- [WordPress vs Squarespace vs Wix for a Chicago small business](https://wordpresschicago.com/blog/wordpress-vs-squarespace-wix-chicago/): A 2026 comparison of WordPress, Squarespace and Wix for Chicago small businesses: ownership, cost, SEO, flexibility, and when each platform is the right call.