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Website accessibility: why we don’t give a choice
Accessible websites help everyone use your services. Indigo Tree builds accessibility into discovery, design, development, testing and content. The result is clearer, faster websites that reach more people.
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WordPress 7 AI features explained: a guide for site owners
WordPress 7 brings new AI features: the Abilities API, AI Client and MCP Adapter. Here’s what they mean for WordPress site owners
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Why we’re heading to WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków
Indigo Tree will attend WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków from 4 to 6 June. The team plans to join sessions on accessibility, AI, business, security, development, and community
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AI for agencies: what a year of honest AI adoption looks like at Indigo Tree
Indigo Tree cut client reporting to 10 minutes per client and saved 1.5 days a month by fixing workflows before adding AI. Teamwork, Claude, Fathom, Copilot and clear AI rules…
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Our key takeaways from ESTU’s AI innovation course
Louise and Kelly learned practical ways to use AI at ESTU’s course. Teams can start with repeated tasks, such as reports, data entry, site checks, and content moves. Broad AI…
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Why Indigo Tree is serious about security with Cyber Essentials
Indigo Tree is Cyber Essentials certified. The UK-backed scheme verifies key controls like firewalls, secure configuration, access control, malware protection and patching. Clients benefit through secure development, ongoing monitoring, regular…
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Indigo Tree sponsors Intellectual Curiosity Award at University of Hertfordshire Business School
Indigo Tree sponsored Hertfordshire Business School’s Dean’s Awards Intellectual Curiosity Award, celebrating students who question, explore, and innovate. The event highlighted how curiosity drives progress in business and fast-changing digital…
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Louise shares sustainability insights on Pinkham Blair’s business growth blog
Indigo Tree Director Louise Towler contributed to Pinkham Blair’s business growth blog, explaining why sustainability is now essential for small businesses. She outlines practical, low-cost steps, including measuring carbon footprint…
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Mentoring the next generation of women in WordPress
Louise shares how mentoring with WP Includes has deepened her appreciation for the WordPress community. She sees mentoring as listening and encouraging women to find their own path, and views…
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What makes a successful website for your business?
Build a high-performing website by setting clear goals, understanding your audience, and delivering a smooth user experience across devices. Support it with valuable, SEO-friendly content, fast and secure hosting, strong…
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WordCamp Europe 2025: Ideas, inspiration, and community in Basel
Louise and Kelly spent a brilliant few days in Basel for WordCamp Europe 2025. As a WordPress agency, keeping up with the latest WordPress features and tools is essential, and…
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Teamwork, WordPress, and a lot of fun at our 2025 Annual Event
Last week, our Indigo Tree team swapped screens for face-to-face time at our 2025 annual company event, hosted at our office in Tring. As a remote and hybrid WordPress agency,…
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Why we’re heading to WordCamp Europe 2025 in Basel
WordCamp Europe 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland, from June 5–7. As a key event for WordPress enthusiasts, it offers WordPress agencies a valuable opportunity for networking, learning modern…
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Do you need a website privacy notice?
A website privacy notice is required under UK GDPR for any organisation handling personal data. It explains what data you collect, why and how you use it, your lawful basis,…
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How to use GA4 analytics
Google have some helpful resources to help marketing managers and business owners understand this new way of looking at the analytics and visitor traffic on their website.
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Digital sustainability: The benefits for business and the environment
Louise spoke at WordCamp Europe in June about digital sustainability. Her talk covered why it important to start thinking about digital sustainability now.
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Indigo Tree Team Event – May 2023
In May, the team met for a 2-day event in Tring. Remote and office staff worked in 2 groups on real business challenges and shared ideas to improve client services.…
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Most searched on Google 2022
We always enjoy looking at the reports on what has been most searched on Google, and they have published a great summary for 2022.
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What is a web API?
Many businesses have a WordPress website and sometimes it is important to the business to integrate their website with third party services.
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How to raise funding
Our Managing Director, Louise Towler was invited onto the Word On The Street podcast, talking to Katie Street about running an agency and raising finding from grants and awards.
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How to improve Core Web Vitals on your WordPress website
Core Web Vitals are designed to measure the speed and visitor experience of your website. to help with your SEO and user experience.
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Louise is a Women in Innovation Award Winner!
Our Managing Director, Louise Towler has been named one of top female game-changing innovators and business leaders in UK, with a national award win.
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Hospice of St Francis Corporate Partner Network Event
We are hosting the next Corporate Partner Network event on Tuesday 8th March.
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How to easily reset WordPress password
WordPress provides a quick way to reset your WordPress password without any technical assistance.
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What do your customers value?
When we talk to our clients about their websites, they are often very clear on what services they offer, but this is different from the value they provide to their…
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Help to Grow with a Business Model Canvas
I am now half-way through a ‘Help to Grow’ Management Programme which has given me some great ideas on how we can innovate and improve on what we do at…
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Time flies when you are having fun!
Hi, I’m Rob and I’ve been working at Indigo Tree as a Web Developer for a month now. I’ve worked as both a developer and a designer for several other…
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Codebar Unconference 2021 – Review
Codebar is a charity that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running free regular programming workshops for minority groups in tech. Recently, Codebar had its annual unconference…
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We went Yellow for DENS!
Team Indigo went Yellow for the day on Friday 25th June in Support of GO Yellow for DENS week. We met virtually for a cuppa sporting our ‘something’ yellow –…
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Remote working survival kit
The Indigo Team have adapted really well to working remotely. To help us manage in these unusual circumstances, every team member received a Remote Working Survival Kit this week kindly…
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We’ve Moved to Tring!
Last week was an exciting one for Indigo Tree as we finally moved to our new office! Our amazing team is expanding and we needed a bigger space to work…
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Employment Award for Indigo Tree
Thanks to our hosts at Dacorum Borough Council for a lovely afternoon of celebrating with our fellow winners at the Dacorum Business Heroes Awards. We are very proud to have…
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Indigo Tree wins Dacorum Business Heroes 2019
We are delighted to announce that we’ve won a Dacorum Business Heroes Award within the category of Employment Hero. We were nominated for this award based on a range of…
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Tech(K)nowDay Conference for International Women’s Day 2019
Louise attended the TechKnowDay Conference on Saturday 9th March, a conference for Women interested in Technology, timed to celebrate International Women’s Day.
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Rebuilding “The Bagnall Centre” With The JAMstack
Recently, we were asked to take over The Bagnall Centre website and migrate the site away from their previous agency’s proprietary CMS. The old website was flaky and unreliable, so…
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How We’re Using WordPress as a Headless CMS
The following is a transcript of the talk on Using WordPress as a Headless CMS, that developer Benjamin Read gave at WordCamp London 2018. The talk covered: 1. What is…