Wagtail Software Development Consultancy

From one Wagtail team to another:

We know what it’s like to manage a giant platform with a small team and big expectations. Tens of thousands of pages, high content turnover, legacy code to look at, and a backlog that just keeps growing. When your people are already stretched, the last thing you need is another Wagtail consultant telling you to rebuild from scratch.

We’re not here to displace your team or derail your roadmap. We’re here to plug into without drama, help you untangle the beast, and give you capacity to keep your mission moving – quietly, carefully, and competently.

Wagtail consultants who integrate, not interrupt

We’re here to back you up, not take over. Our Wagtail support is tailored to organisations in mission-led sectors: charities, nonprofits, think tanks, education, and beyond. So, you get sector-savvy Wagtail design and development experts who share the load, augmenting with your team to drive growth and navigate complexity.

We help you:

Stabilise, modernise, and scale your platform
Deliver complex features with confidence
Plan and add new integrations with ease
Consider the best architectural approaches
Implement accessibility throughout your platform
Apply the best Wagtail hosting and tooling practices
Defog your headspace, so you can focus on your cause

Our Wagtail specialisms

We have a great relationship with Torchbox, the makers of Wagtail, so we’ve seen how they use and build it first hand. As go-to software development consultants and developers for purpose-led teams with complex platforms, our clients can vouch for us when we say we’ve seen and handled it all.

We’re talking:

Team augmentation for huge, content-heavy platforms
Rebuilding site searches burying tens of thousands of pages
Turning out-of-date formats into fun, educational games
Cutting load time for data-heavy pages from more than 10 seconds to less than two

Whether you need help scoping and delivering a rebrand on your existing site, adding multilingual features, or integrating a new CRM, our managed website support and consulting makes your day-to-day decisions less stressful. Plus, we speak fluent Wagtail and Django, so our software and app maintenance consultancy extends to code reviews, backlog help, version upgrades, and any performance tuning needed to keep you moving.

Our relationship is built on trust. Cursive operates as consultants, working in partnership with our technical team to ‘find a way’. They demonstrate a really solid technical understanding and agility in their thinking.

— David Dewey, CEO, Shortlister

How it works

Every organisation runs things a little differently. So before we touch a line of code, we’ll get to grips with how things work on your side – your team structure, responsibilities, sign-off process, deployment setup, and where the real change is needed. Whether you’re an in-house team of developers juggling priorities, or a product owner who just needs a backlog cleared before it eats you alive, we’ll find the cleanest way to slot in.

Get Aligned

We kick off by getting practical on where you’re trying to get to, what’s blocking progress, and what shape your internal resource is in – across UX, design, front end, back end, and dev ops. We’ll get on the same page with your team makeup, everyday and emergency procedures, and who is responsible for reviewing our work and deploying code. This helps us tailor the team on our side and recommend the best type of Wagtail support for your devs.

Make ourselves useful

Often, we start with something like a Wagtail upgrade or a specific technical task that’s been burning a hole in your to-do list for too long. It gives us a solid feel for the site, and gives you a feel for how we work.

From there, we build out a rhythm that makes sense to your team. Typically, this means:

A regular weekly check-in (30 mins max)
A shared board for tickets and progress
A clear point of contact for any urgent asks

Scale up (or down) as needed

We’re here for the long run, and for the Wagtail teams that want dependable design and development experts they can rely on. We’re always faster and more strategic when we’re part of your rhythm, not a bolt-on. So if it’s a long-term partnership, we’ll have deep bespoke knowledge to help shape the roadmap and milestones alongside you.

But if you need a short burst of support, we’ll always get in, do it right, and get out of the way. It’s all about what works best for you.

A partner for your future, not just today’s fixes

Why trust us? We tune in. We share the weight. And we stick around. Real people (not bots) responding to real-time problems, with deep Wagtail expertise. By collaborating with your in-house team, we fully plug in to drive performance, shape sprawling sites, and take as much stress from you as possible. Through our reliable software development consulting, our team can help you bring everything back into shape and move forward – without reinventing everything from scratch. Your Wagtail platform wasn’t built overnight, so untangling it shouldn’t be rushed, and evolving it requires steady, specialist maintenance.