WordPress Redesign & Development for Iain Glen – UK Actor
We partnered with award-winning actor Iain Glen to deliver a fully custom WordPress website that showcases his extensive body of work across film, theatre, and television. The goal was to create a digital platform that reflects his legacy, highlights news and media, and gives visitors a rich, engaging experience.
Client:
Actor, known for major film and television roles including Game of Thrones and numerous stage performances.
Skill-set utilised:
- Custom WordPress Theme Design & Development
- Responsive Page Templates
- Dynamic Content Architecture
- Flexible Media Gallery
- Performance & UX Optimisation
Website url:
Official website, serving as a career detail, press hub, and media showcase.
Project Brief:
Design & develop a custom WordPress CMS that allows the Iain Glen team to easily manage and publish all film & Theatre productions:
- Career timeline & news
- Film, theatre, TV credits with media galleries
- Showreels and awards content
- Press & downloadable assets
- Contact and representation details
The site needed to be fast, mobile-ready, and intuitive to maintain.
Challenges & Objectives
- Present a rich archive of media and projects in a way that’s easy to browse and update.
- Build a structure that supports career timeline content, showreels, and multiple galleries without performance loss.
- Provide the site authoring team with simple editing workflows for future content updates.
- Ensure responsive design and excellent performance across all devices.
Our approach
Discovery & Requirements
We started by understanding the types of content Iain’s team needed to highlight: roles, awards, news, press materials, and media. This informed a modular content structure that balanced flexibility and consistency.
Design to WordPress Implementation
Using the custom design, we translated visuals into a custom WordPress theme built from scratch. This theme avoids heavy page builders and focuses on clean, fast-loading templates that enhance performance.
Dynamic Content & Custom Post Types
We implemented custom post types for credits, news, media, and press materials so that each content type can be edited independently with fields that make sense for the author.
Responsive & Accessible
Each WordPress template and block was tested on a variety of devices to ensure a seamless experience, whether on desktop or mobile. The design prioritises clarity and ease of navigation.
Key Deliverables
- Custom WordPress Theme tailored to content and branding
- Custom Post Types for Credits, Media, News, Awards, Press
- Dynamic Media Sections and Gallery Templates
- Modular Editing Blocks for flexible content updates
- Fully responsive layouts for all screen sizes
- Performance optimisation for speed and UX
Results: The relaunched IainGlen.com now offers:
A flexible WordPress CMS that empowers the team to update content independently easily.
Clear presentation of career history, media, and press releases and photography.
Smooth navigation and rich media support for all types and screen sizes.
A modern, scalable solution designed for long-term growth using the default WordPress Block Editor or Full site Editor (FSE).
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