'corePHP' | Creating Effective Digital Solutions.

// Two ways to work with us

Done for you Have us build it. Custom sites, apps, AI, and support, built to how you actually run and handed over. We build it, you own it. Explore Services Software you use · byCORE Use what we built. coreCerebrum, coreDNA, and coreCRM: the tools we made to solve the problems we kept seeing. Free to try, yours to own. Explore byCORE

02 Who we are

25 years. 15,000 sites.
One core belief.

We started in 2000 as a Joomla! shop. Our co-CEO Steven is an original Joomla! co-founder, and code we helped write powers tens of millions of sites. We grew into a CMS-agnostic technology partner for everyone from Main Street to the Fortune 500.

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Websites developed

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Sites hosted in-house

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03 What we build

We speak fluent machine. We think in human.

AI is where we start now: real intelligence in the build, with a human on every decision. Around it, six more capabilities and one team. Hover a node to see how they connect.

// Enterprise platforms

Software that runs the whole business.

In most established companies the systems were never designed, they accumulated. Margin leaks in the gaps between quoting the work, delivering it, and closing the books, and between tools that do not talk to each other. It never shows up as a line item, and it compounds. We build the custom platforms that close those gaps, and you own them.

Operations, scheduling and dispatch

Inventory, orders and fulfillment

Finance, billing and margin reporting

Customer and vendor portals

Native and mobile apps for the field

Integrations with the systems you already run

Talk about your platform How we build applications

dspworkplace, a custom operations platform built by 'corePHP' — dspworkplace: a complete operations platform we built for Amazon delivery companies, with scheduling, dispatch, driver scorecards and reporting. All custom, all theirs to own.

Case study, anonymized from a past engagement

Seven brands. Six months. One owned platform.

Seven acquired brands were running on fragmented systems and shadow spreadsheets. An enterprise suite was quoted near $200K a year. We replaced it with a single custom platform that licenses around $10K a year, built to how they actually run, and theirs to own.

It starts with a fixed-fee diagnostic that puts a hard number on the leak. Then a platform, only if it is warranted.

Find your margin leak

$200K/yr → $10K/yrEnterprise suite versus a platform you own

~$200KBack to margin, every year

5×At a 5x exit multiple, every $100K of recurring cost cut adds about $500K of enterprise value

· the products we built

We did not just build sites. We built the software that builds them.

Most agencies talk about AI. We turned ours into three products you can use today: an AI cost engine, a design engine, and a CRM, each proven on our own client work first. Try any of them free.

coreCerebrum

The AI cost and memory engine. It remembers solved work and serves it back free, cutting token spend up to 80%.

$150 / seatExplore

coreDNA

The AI design engine that composed this very site. Describe a business, export to WordPress, Shopify, or clean code you own.

$300 / seatExplore

coreCRM

A CRM that writes your proposals for you. Pipeline, contacts, and an AI builder that drafts proposals, SOWs, and estimates.

$29 to 59 / seatExplore

See the whole byCORE suite

04 How we work

We build it. You own it.

Full source code, handed over. No strings, no lock-in, no hostage fees. Watch a site come together, then watch it become yours.

Handover manifest Everything that
becomes yours

Full source code, every line

The database and all your content

Design files and brand assets

Documentation and admin access

Domain, DNS and hosting keys

License: none. No lock-in, no hostage fees.

Handover date: on launch day

Full source. Handed over. No strings.

05 People helping people

It is not just about the software.

Every project has a real person on it, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Never an offshore ticket queue. We answer the phone. We know your name. When something breaks at 2am, a human who understands your business picks it up.

Meet the team

Steven Pignataro, CTO and Joomla co-founder at corePHP — Steven Pignataro
CTO · Joomla! Co-Founder

Michael Pignataro, CEO at corePHP — Michael Pignataro
Chief Executive Officer

Ashley Blakemore, Director of Growth and Partnerships at corePHP — Ashley Blakemore
Director of Growth & Partnerships

Joshua Thomas, Director of Marketing and SEO at corePHP — Joshua Thomas
Director of Marketing & SEO

06 Selected work

The work speaks louder than we do.

Real platforms, real stores, real brands. Every one built by 'corePHP' and handed to the people who own it.

// Enterprise & AI

Names you know. Work you can measure.

Applied AI · computer vision

We trained advanced object-detection models on YOLOv8 and GPT-4 Vision so their team could spend its time on higher-value work. Tasks that used to take 30 to 120 minutes now finish in 4 to 5 seconds, saving roughly 600 hours every month. When the company went to market, that engine was part of the story.

9-figure exit. We built the AI that helped get them there.

~600hrssaved every month

120min → 5secper detection task

Enterprise platform

A digital menuboard platform that runs KFC's in-store menus from one backend. Head office controls content, day-parts and regional pricing, and full-HD boards update in real time across franchise locations, with no printed posters and no manual swaps.

Real-timemenu control

Every storeone backend

Government & NGO

A secure, scalable web platform for the World Health Organization, built over a three-year partnership. Multilingual content, hardened security and performance, plus hosting and ongoing support for their Eastern Mediterranean region.

3 yearspartnership

Multilingualglobal reach

Institutional

A bespoke event-management platform for OCLC, the global library cooperative, to run events and operations across their network. We followed through with maintenance, security protocols and scalable infrastructure.

Worldwidelibrary network

Ongoingsecurity & upkeep

// Websites we build

And the sites people own outright.

kitchenproperfoods.comLive preview

Kitchen Proper chophouse site built by 'corePHP'

Kitchen ProperRestaurant

A hand-made chophouse with a live menu, online reservations, and catering. The real site plays as it scrolls into view.

View live

thebourbinn.comLive preview

The Bourb Inn bourbon-trail getaway site built by 'corePHP'

The Bourb InnHospitality

A luxury cabin stay on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, with booking and tours built in.

View live

lightkeepersaga.pages.devLive preview

Heirs of Ash dark-fantasy novel launch site built by 'corePHP'

Heirs of AshAuthor and book

A cinematic launch site for a dark fantasy novel, with an art gallery and pre-order.

View live

laurentaylorhomes.comLive preview

Lauren Taylor HomeInterior design

An interior designer for short-term rentals, with a portfolio and a project inquiry built in.

View live

genfinplan.com

Generations Financial Planning site built by 'corePHP'

Generations FinancialFinancial

A wealth-management firm across West Michigan, with services, commentary, and a client portal.

View live

Start a project of your own

Brands that trusted the core

"They built our platform, handed us every line of it, and still pick up the phone two years later."

Enterprise client · manufacturing

"We came in as a rescue project. corePHP had it stable in a week and modernized in a month."

Rescue project · eCommerce

"Real people, in Michigan, who know our business. That is rare, and it shows in the work."

Retainer client · services

07 Ongoing support

Support, on your terms.

coreAssist keeps your platform healthy after launch: proactive security, performance tuning, and strategic advice, backed by in-house PCI-compliant data centers and 24/7/365 monitoring. No contracts, no lock-in. Scale it up, scale it down, or step away whenever you want. You own the code, so the choice is always yours. Drag the level to see what is covered.

Level 1

$480/mo

no contracts · scale anytime

L1L2L3L4

Proactive security, updates, and monthly reporting for a growing site.

Proactive security & updatesL1

Transparent monthly reportingL1

Real human supportL1

Performance optimizationL2

Priority response windowL2

Strategic consultingL3

Deep uptime monitoringL3

Dedicated infrastructureL4

Named account teamL4

corePHP network · right now

800+sites monitored live

99.9%uptime, holding

24/7malware scans running

04:00ESTbackups verified daily

Let's build something you own.

A real person replies. Tell us what you are building, and we will help you figure out the rest.

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Creating Effective Digital Solutions.

25 years. 15,000 sites.One core belief.

We speak fluent machine. We think in human.

Software that runs the whole business.

Seven brands. Six months. One owned platform.

We did not just build sites. We built the software that builds them.

We build it. You own it.

It is not just about the software.

The work speaks louder than we do.

Names you know. Work you can measure.

And the sites people own outright.

Support, on your terms.

Let's build something you own.

25 years. 15,000 sites.
One core belief.