Custom Development

Strategy before code

Technical excellence with strategic guidance

Led by a Zend-certified PHP engineer, our development team brings deep technical expertise to the problems organizations can’t solve with an off-the-shelf tool.

The goal is never custom code for its own sake. We look at the larger organizational challenge, then build the application, integration, or workflow that moves the work forward.

Our services

Custom development services

From standalone applications to CMS extensions, we build reliable tools that fit the way your organization actually works and can adapt as your needs change.

Purpose-built tools

Web applications

When an off-the-shelf product can’t support the experience or workflow you need, we build focused web applications around the real job your users and staff are trying to accomplish.

Seamless user experience
Responsive, mobile-friendly solutions
Clean, reliable code
Flexible architecture for future changes

Case study

200+ RSS Feeds Transformed into a Digital Publishing Engine

Learn how Steward built a web application that helped a digital publisher harness a large network of RSS feeds through one streamlined publishing workflow.

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Extend what you already use

CMS customization

We extend WordPress, Joomla, and other content systems so teams can keep familiar publishing tools while adding the workflows, integrations, and functionality their work requires.

Custom WordPress and Joomla plugins
Service and API integration
Streamlined content workflows
Content sync and transfers to other systems

WordPress plugin · Integration

Membes WordPress plugin

A recurring integration problem became a reusable WordPress product that opened a stronger mid-market offer.

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Connected systems

Integration expertise to harness your other data

We specialize in connecting systems and data sources so the information your organization already relies on can move where it needs to without creating another layer of manual work.

Platforms & data sources

US National Library of Medicine databases
Blackbaud Luminate
Google Classroom, Google Fonts & Google Analytics
Shopify

Microsoft Dynamics
Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge
Custom APIs & databases
Salesforce

Case study

4 Software Systems & 1,000,000 Contacts

See how Steward helped the Prostate Cancer Foundation move beyond legacy email infrastructure while connecting the systems and data its team still depended on.

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Experience that reduces risk

A track record solving technical challenges

For over 17 years, Steward has delivered successful development projects for organizations large and small.

Societies & associations
Universities
International communities
US Army

Steward illustration showing a team navigating a technical challenge

A lower-risk way to build

A development approach that minimizes risk

Budget control

Unpredictable

Controlled & optimized

Value delivery

Late

Early & continuous

Problem solving

Surface-level

Deep & goal-aligned

Product quality

Fragmented

Complete & integrated

Scalability

Limited

Built for growth

See how we deliver results

Technical work tied to measurable outcomes

Custom development should make the organization work better. These projects show how strategy, integration, and engineering can remove bottlenecks and create lasting value.