Built from scratch. Never from a template.
Custom MODX sites designed around how your team publishes. No WordPress, no pre-made themes.
- Layouts designed for your content
- Editing screens your team understands
- Clean, hand-written code
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Ready when you are
Unleash the energy of your website.
Faster, safer and easier to run.
Built on MODX.
15+ years. One platform. Total control.
MODX websites engineered to outrun the rest.
I’m Yanni Sanmiguel, a freelance MODX developer in the UK. I build your site, host it and look after it, so it stays fast, secure and easy to edit.
Fast by design. Protected in layers.
Cached pages, top Google scores and a multi-layer defence on the server that hosts your site.
What is MonsterFPC?My full-page cache for MODX. Each page is saved as a static file, so repeat visits skip PHP and MySQL completely.
Visit→Static file→Page
Google PageSpeedAverage of 4 live MODX sites, mobile, 20 Oct 2026
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A11y
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Multi-layer security
- 1Firewall. Stops connection floods.
- 2MODX rate limits. Slow down bots and spam.
- 3Web firewall. ModSecurity and OWASP rules block SQL injection, XSS and file scans.
Broken, stuck or outdated? Fixed.
MODX 2 to 3 upgrades, broken extras, rebuilds that never finish. I find the cause, fix it and tell you the price before I start.
- Upgrades without downtime
- Fixed price before work starts
- Any job your site needs, £40 an hour
Hosting I manage myself. One WhatsApp away.
Your site runs on hosting that I administer myself, built only for MODX sites and 100% tuned to run them. If something goes wrong you talk to me, not a call centre. Send a WhatsApp and I take care of the rest.
From £200 / yearMODX-only hosting and care, all in one price
WhatsAppOne message and I handle the rest
Security maintenanceFirewalls, updates and monitoring kept current, so attacks stop before they reach your site
Daily backupsA recent copy to restore, always
Four steps. One person. No agency layers.
You talk to the person who builds your site. See the full process.
1
Discover
We map your goals, your content and what slows you down today. Then I send a clear quote and timeline.
2
Design
I design the key pages, layouts, colours and components, and we refine them together.
3
Build
Built on a private link you can log into any time. Fast by default, tested on real devices.
4
Launch and care
Training so you can edit with confidence, then go-live, backups and support when you need it.
Pricing
Clear prices. No surprises.
You always know the cost before work starts.
New site
from £1,200
A custom MODX website
Designed and built from scratch around your brand.
- First year of hosting included
- 50% deposit to start
- Private build link and training
Hosting
from £200 / year
Hosting for MODX sites only
Full hosting that I administer myself, 100% tuned to run MODX and looked after by the developer who builds on it.
- MODX only, tuned end to end
- Security maintenance
- Daily backups
- WhatsApp, straight to me
Fixes and upgrades
£40 / hour ($45 USD)
Whatever your site needs
Fixes, updates, new features, speed work or upgrades. If your MODX site needs it, I do it.
- Any job, big or small
- Estimate before we start
- Billed every 5 to 10 hours
- Warranty on my own work
Custom builds
Need something bigger than a website?
MODX is a solid base for full systems too. These are products I built and run myself, real software in production, not mockups.
Booking platform
letmebookyouin.com
Book anything. A booking platform for teachers, studios and small businesses who want to take reservations and payments online without a heavy booking suite.
Each business gets its own space where members book classes and services, pay a deposit or use credits, and manage their bookings. Owners add the booking widget to their own site, send courtesy places and get an installable app with notifications.
- Deposits and class credits
- Embeddable booking widgets
- Installable app with push notifications
Multi-businessPaymentsBuilt on MODX 3
Visit letmebookyouin.comLIVE
IoT platform
mrsanmiguel.com
A real-time IoT platform. Devices connect securely over MQTT, their data is stored as time series and shown on live dashboards, and a rules engine reacts to readings the moment they arrive.
It is multi-tenant, so each customer sees only their own devices, and it includes user management and a support ticket system. The portal itself runs on MODX.
- Secure MQTT device connections
- Live dashboards and a rules engine
- Separate space for every customer
MQTTRules engineLive dashboards
Visit mrsanmiguel.comIf you need something like this, get in touch and I will show you how it could work for you. Tell me what you need →
MODX extras
Two extras that make MODX faster and easier.
Built by me, used on my own sites.
Tools I build for MODX and use on my own sites. Both are available from monsterextras.ysanmiguel.com.
Request Cache HIT
PHP + MySQL 0 calls
Server load −90%
MODX extra · Speed
MonsterFPC
A full-page cache for MODX. The first visit builds the page, then every repeat visit is served as a ready-made static file, without waking PHP or MySQL.
Your pages load faster, your Google scores improve and your server stays calm when traffic spikes.
- Cached pages skip PHP and MySQL completely
- Up to 90% less server load
- Made for MODX sites like yours
Full-page cachePerformance
Explore MonsterFPCSearch hme pgae
Home page Fuzzy match
Home page template Prefix match
MODX extra · Manager
MonsterSearch
A smarter search inside the MODX Manager. It understands prefixes and forgives typos, so you and your team find what you are looking for on the first try.
Less time hunting through trees and lists, more time getting the work done.
- Prefix matching as you type
- Fuzzy matching that forgives typos
- Built right into the Manager
Manager searchFuzzy matching
Explore MonsterSearchProof, not promises
Sites that Google likes.
Every site I build is measured with Google PageSpeed. These are real mobile results from live MODX sites.
Average of my sites
Averages in the green.
Google scores every page from 0 to 100. Anything from 90 up is green. This is the average of the three sites below.
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1van1man.com
Removals company in York since 2008, with 482+ five-star reviews. A MODX site that has to load fast and rank for local searches.
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A11y
Best
SEO
Mobile · PageSpeed Insights · 20 Oct 2026
Visit sitejoinmeonthemat.com
Online yoga classes with bookings, class credits and payments, all on MODX.
Perf
A11y
Best
SEO
Mobile · PageSpeed Insights · 20 Oct 2026
Visit sitewhatifcreative.co.uk
A creative studio website built on MODX 3.2 and launched in October 2026.
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A11y
Best
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Mobile · PageSpeed Insights · 20 Oct 2026
Visit siteWhy it matters
Speed keeps visitors
People leave a slow site. Google also prefers fast ones, so a fast site is easier to find and more likely to turn a visit into an enquiry.
SEO is how Google understands you
Every page gets a clear title, one main heading, sensible sub-headings, descriptive image text and tidy links. Google then knows what each page is about and shows it to the right people.
Clean code keeps it fast
A website has three simple parts. HTML is the content and structure, CSS is how it looks and JavaScript is what it does. I write each by hand, keep them separate and small, and load only what a page needs. Less code means a faster, safer site that is easy to change later.
Google PageSpeed Insights, mobile, home pages, run on 20 Oct 2026. Scores can move a few points between runs.
About
Meet the developer behind your site.
Born in Colombia, living in Greater Manchester since 2013. I have worked remotely since 2008 with clients across the UK, the USA, Costa Rica and Colombia. I choose MODX because it stays out of the way: secure, flexible and fast when it is set up well.
15+years building for the web
2008working remotely since
£40per hour, clear quotes
MODXthe only platform I build on
Get a quote
Ready for a faster site?
Tell me what you need: a new site, hosting or a fix. You get a straight answer and a clear quote, usually within one working day.
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