We’re a WordPress and AI Readiness consultancy based in Reading, Berkshire, working with small and medium businesses across the UK and US. We’ve been building and maintaining WordPress and WooCommerce sites for over a decade. Much of that work has involved solving the problems other developers leave behind.
Yellow Hippo Media started as a focused web development practice built around one goal: helping small and medium businesses keep their sites working — technically sound, fast, and increasingly, visible in AI search.
Our best client relationships are the long-term ones. We like understanding a business well enough to flag problems before they become expensive, to know which WooCommerce plugin update is likely to cause trouble, and to give honest advice rather than billing hours for its own sake.
The AI readiness work grew directly out of client questions. Site owners were hearing about ChatGPT and AI search and asking whether they needed to do something. Most did. The technical groundwork (schema markup, crawler access, content structure) is exactly the kind of work we’ve always done. It just now matters in a new context.
Based in Reading, Berkshire, with roots in Chicago, which is why we work with clients on both sides of the Atlantic. We serve small businesses across the UK, with a particular focus on Reading, Berkshire, London, and the Thames Valley corridor.
If your WordPress or WooCommerce site has been causing you quiet anxiety, or you’re wondering whether AI search is going to affect your business, get in touch.
Not the quick hack that holds for three months. We want to understand why something broke before touching it, and leave it in better shape than we found it.
You’ll always know what we’re working on and why. No hiding behind technical complexity or using jargon to make simple things sound impressive.
A retainer relationship means we know your site well enough to notice when something’s changing. Better a heads-up from us than a support ticket from a customer.
If something is outside our specialism, we’ll say so and point you toward someone who handles it better. We’d rather lose a piece of work than deliver something mediocre.
Our best work happens when we know a business well. Most of our clients have worked with us for years, not weeks.
AI search, including GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation), is genuinely changing how customers find businesses online. But we won’t sell you something you don’t need or overstate the urgency. We’ll tell you honestly what matters for your specific site and what can wait.
WooCommerce membership and subscription site for a North American sports organisation. Custom switch logic, upgrade system, and subscription management tooling.
WordPress-based editorial publication covering the clean energy transition. Custom RSS feed infrastructure, newsletter integration, and content distribution tooling.
WordPress plugin for automated post republishing and content recycling.
WordPress plugin for geolocation-based content customisation.
This site, built as a demonstration of the AI readiness services it describes. Schema, chatbot, GEO, all live.
Get in touch with your URL and what’s been causing trouble. We’ll have a look at the site and come back with an honest assessment, no sales pitch.