Blog, news & publishing websites
Blog and news websites that publish, rank and grow
Professional blog, news and publication website development for Sri Lanka. From a WordPress blog from Rs.35,000 to a custom Next.js publishing platform: a clean writing experience, multiple authors, newsletters, strong SEO and real ways to earn from your content.
- Rich editor & schedulingMulti-author
- Newsletter & RSSSEO & structured data
- Live blogsSubscriptions & paywall
Built for every kind of publisher
- News portals
- Digital magazines
- Niche blogs
- Business blogs
- Food & lifestyle
- Community & nonprofit
- More
Two ways to publish
Choose Your Platform.
Whether you want a proven WordPress blog live in weeks, or a custom Next.js publishing platform built to scale, we build content websites that publish, rank and grow with you.
WordPress Blog & News
Choose this if you want a professional content site, live in weeks.
The WordPress block editor set up for you: write, format, add images and embeds, save drafts and preview, all from a familiar dashboard your whole team can learn quickly.
A clean, mobile-friendly theme styled to your branding, with article pages, category and author archives, and a homepage that surfaces your latest and featured stories.
Reader comments with spam protection, social share buttons with Open Graph previews, and ad slots ready for Google AdSense or direct sponsors.
On-page SEO set up with Yoast or RankMath (meta titles, descriptions, sitemaps, social previews), Google Analytics 4 connected, and 6 months of post-launch support.
Starting from
Custom Next.js
Choose this if publishing is your business.
A publication designed and coded in Next.js with no theme limits, on a headless CMS chosen for you, such as Payload or Sanity, so your content model and reading experience match exactly how you publish.
Unlimited writers, editors and contributors with custom roles, an approval workflow (draft, review, schedule, publish) with version history, and breaking, featured and editor’s-pick controls over what leads each page.
Run live coverage of elections, sports or breaking events on a timestamped timeline that updates on its own, with pinned key updates and no page reload for readers.
Let readers create an account to bookmark and save stories for later, and serve each one a personalised “For You” feed based on what they read and follow.
Earn directly from readers with memberships and a metered or hard paywall, with secure checkout through PayHere, PayPal or Stripe.
Optional AI features we have built: automatic article summaries, instant translation between languages, and a natural-language “Ask” that answers reader questions from your own coverage. We work with leading models such as Claude, GPT, Gemini and Groq, chosen per project.
Publish the same story in Sinhala, Tamil and English with built-in localization, language switching, and the correct SEO tags for each language version.
Built for speed you can check yourself in Google PageSpeed, on the same kind of stack infodm.lk runs on, with a full year of priority support and a dedicated project manager. We do not promise fixed numbers before scoping your build.
Scoped after a free discovery call.
Custom publishing platforms are quoted to your scope and chosen tools.
What's included
Everything Your Blog or News Site Includes.
Every blog and news website we build includes these core capabilities, designed to publish, rank and grow with you.
Content Editor & Media
A clear writing experience with drafts, previews, scheduling and an organised media library, so publishing is quick and consistent.
Categories, Tags & Authors
Organise everything into sections, categories and tags, with author profiles and archives that help readers explore your work.
Scheduled Publishing
Write now and publish later. Queue posts for a date and time, perfect for an editorial calendar and steady output.
Newsletter & RSS
A newsletter signup to grow a subscriber list you own, plus RSS feeds so readers and aggregators never miss a story.
SEO & Structured Data
Meta tags, sitemaps, clean URLs and Article structured data, so search engines understand and surface your content.
Social Sharing & Open Graph
Share buttons and automatic Open Graph and Twitter Card previews, so every article looks right when it's shared.
Comments & Moderation
Let readers join the conversation, with spam protection and moderation tools to keep discussion healthy.
Built-in Site Search
Fast, friendly search so readers find the story, author or topic they're after across your whole archive.
Analytics & Reading Time
Google Analytics 4 connected at launch, with reading-time estimates and the numbers that show what your readers love.
Monetization-Ready
Ad slots for AdSense or direct sponsors, labelled sponsored content and affiliate links, ready when you are.
Mobile-First Reading
Built for phones first, where most readers are, with comfortable typography and layouts that read beautifully on any screen.
Migration & Redirects
Moving from WordPress, Blogger, Medium or Wix? We bring your content over and set up 301 redirects so rankings carry across.
A clear writing experience with drafts, previews, scheduling and an organised media library, so publishing is quick and consistent.
Organise everything into sections, categories and tags, with author profiles and archives that help readers explore your work.
Write now and publish later. Queue posts for a date and time, perfect for an editorial calendar and steady output.
A newsletter signup to grow a subscriber list you own, plus RSS feeds so readers and aggregators never miss a story.
Meta tags, sitemaps, clean URLs and Article structured data, so search engines understand and surface your content.
Share buttons and automatic Open Graph and Twitter Card previews, so every article looks right when it's shared.
Let readers join the conversation, with spam protection and moderation tools to keep discussion healthy.
Fast, friendly search so readers find the story, author or topic they're after across your whole archive.
Google Analytics 4 connected at launch, with reading-time estimates and the numbers that show what your readers love.
Ad slots for AdSense or direct sponsors, labelled sponsored content and affiliate links, ready when you are.
Built for phones first, where most readers are, with comfortable typography and layouts that read beautifully on any screen.
Moving from WordPress, Blogger, Medium or Wix? We bring your content over and set up 301 redirects so rankings carry across.
Side-by-side comparison
Compare Plans Side by Side.
Every line in plain language, so you can choose with confidence. Tap a row to see the honest details and limits.
WordPress
from Rs.35,000
Custom Next.js
custom quote
WordPress: The build price for your WordPress blog or news site. Extra features are quoted as you grow.
Custom: Scoped after a free discovery call and quoted to your features and chosen tools.
WordPress: We agree a clear timeline at kickoff, based on your design, pages and how ready your content is.
Custom: Scoped per project, depending on features like live blogs, subscriptions and integrations.
WordPress: WordPress with original, licensed themes and plugins only. No pirated software, ever.
Custom: A Next.js front-end on a headless CMS scoped to you, such as Payload or Sanity.
WordPress: Publish as many articles as you like; we set the site up ready to grow.
Custom: No limits, with fast search and navigation even across very large news archives.
WordPress: The WordPress block editor: write, format, embed media and preview.
Custom: A custom editor on a headless CMS (Payload or Sanity), modelled to your content.
WordPress: Draft and pending-review states; full approval chains need a plugin.
Custom: Draft, review, schedule and publish with approval chains and version history.
WordPress: Sticky posts, categories and featured images cover most needs.
Custom: Dedicated breaking, featured and editor’s-pick flags that control what leads each page.
WordPress: Multilingual through a plugin such as WPML or Polylang.
Custom: Built-in localization with language switching and per-language SEO tags.
WordPress: Built-in WordPress comments with Akismet spam protection.
Custom: Custom comments or Disqus/Giscus, with moderation tools.
WordPress: Not in a standard WordPress blog; needs a membership plugin.
Custom: Readers sign in to bookmark and save articles to read later.
WordPress: Not available.
Custom: A feed tailored to each reader from what they have read and followed.
WordPress: Ad slots ready for Google AdSense or direct sponsors.
Custom: Custom ad slots, house ads and direct-sold campaigns with reporting.
WordPress: Sponsored posts and affiliate links, managed manually.
Custom: Labelled sponsored content and managed affiliate links built in.
WordPress: Possible with a membership or paywall plugin.
Custom: Native memberships and a metered or hard paywall with PayHere, PayPal or Stripe.
WordPress: Meta tags, sitemaps and social previews via Yoast or RankMath.
Custom: SEO built into the code: automatic meta, sitemaps and clean URLs.
WordPress: Basic Article schema via plugin.
Custom: Automated Article/NewsArticle and breadcrumb schema, with the clean markup and sitemaps Google News and Discover look for.
WordPress: Achievable with optimised images, caching and a lean plugin set.
Custom: Performance you can verify yourself in Google PageSpeed.
WordPress: Shared hosting can slow during a viral story or news surge.
Custom: Cloud hosting and caching scale automatically when a story takes off.
WordPress: Not in a standard WordPress build.
Custom: Automatic article summaries and instant translation between languages, powered by leading AI models such as Claude, GPT, Gemini or Groq.
WordPress: Not available.
Custom: A search assistant that answers reader questions from your own coverage, using the AI model you prefer.
WordPress: We recommend and configure managed WordPress hosting tuned for content and traffic.
Custom: We provision cloud hosting with a managed Postgres database, object storage and a CDN.
WordPress: Daily backups, SSL and a CDN, included when you host with us.
Custom: Automated backups, SSL and a global CDN as part of the platform.
WordPress: We set up a firewall and DDoS protection. No website can be guaranteed completely safe.
Custom: Firewall, DDoS protection and security headers. No website can be guaranteed completely safe.
WordPress: Bug fixes and updates for 6 months after launch.
Custom: A full year of priority support, with a dedicated project manager.
Built for your readers
Built for Your Kind of Publishing.
However you publish, we shape your website around your content and the way your readers like to read it.
News Portals
Fast, scannable news sites with section fronts, breaking-news banners and live blogs for real-time coverage.
- Breaking & live
- Section fronts
Digital Magazines
Beautiful long-form layouts with photo essays, issues and premium pieces for editorial and lifestyle brands.
- Long-form
- Photo essays
Niche & Hobby Blogs
Focused blogs with clean reading, categories and a newsletter that turns first-time visitors into regulars.
- Newsletter
- Categories
Business & Corporate Blogs
Content hubs that rank in search, support your brand and feed your sales and marketing with leads.
- SEO hub
- Lead capture
Food, Travel & Lifestyle
Image-led storytelling with recipe or guide layouts, galleries and affiliate-friendly links for creators.
- Galleries
- Affiliate-ready
Community, Nonprofit & Membership
Member areas, gated stories and discussion that turn a loyal audience into an engaged community.
- Memberships
- Gated content
Hosting & infrastructure
Hosting, Set Up the Right Way.
A content site needs hosting that stays fast when a story takes off. We recommend, set up and configure the right hosting for whichever path you choose.
- For WordPress
Managed WordPress hosting
We set you up on managed WordPress hosting tuned for a content site: room for your traffic, with SSL, a global CDN, caching and daily backups when you host with us.
- SSL & CDN
- Daily backups
- Caching tuned
- For Custom Next.js
Cloud platform hosting
For custom builds we provision cloud hosting that scales with a viral story: a Next.js front-end, a managed Postgres database, object storage for media and a global CDN.
- Auto-scaling cloud
- Managed Postgres
- Media CDN
How we work
Our Strategic Workflow.
From the first conversation to launch day, here is the proven process we follow to design and build your website.
Deep dive into business goals and user personas
We begin by immersing ourselves in your business ecosystem. Our team conducts intensive stakeholder interviews to define clear objectives.
- Stakeholder Alignment
- Competitive Auditing
- User Persona Dev
Sitemap and lead-flow mapping
Structure is the foundation of authority. We map out conversion-centric sitemaps that guide visitors intuitively toward your calls-to-action.
- SEO Roadmap
- User Journey Map
- Wireframe Systems
Crafting the premium identity
We translate your brand values into a stunning digital identity. Every pixel is placed with intention, creating a sophisticated interface.
- Visual Identity
- Interactive Prototypes
- Design System
Clean, performance-first coding
Our developers build with a performance-first mindset. Using Next.js or high-end WordPress architectures for scalable, secure growth.
- Next.js/WP Build
- API Connections
- Speed Tuning
Rigorous cross-device testing
Safety and stability are non-negotiable. We subject your website to a battery of stress tests and security audits.
- Stress Testing
- Security Hardened
- SEO Meta Audit
Final optimization and deployment
We handle everything from production server setup to DNS management, ensuring your new digital asset is live and thriving.
- Server Config
- DNS & SSL Setup
- Post-Launch Audit
Our toolkit
The Technology We Build With.
We build on proven WordPress and a modern, headless Next.js stack, and pick the right tools for your project after a discovery call. Need something specific? We can add it.
WordPress Blog & News
- WordPress
- Gutenberg
- Yoast SEO
- ACF Pro
- Elementor
- Cloudflare
- More on request
Custom Next.js Publishing Stack
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Payload CMS
- Sanity CMS
- PostgreSQL
- Tailwind CSS
- Framer Motion
- Vercel
- More on request
Integrations
Connect Your Platform.
Email, marketing, payments and analytics, all connected to your publishing platform. These are just a few; we are not limited to this list.
- Many more
Need a custom payment, newsletter or data integration?
On our custom Next.js builds we connect almost any system: payment gateways, email and SMS providers, ad servers, your CRM or a wire and data feed, through secure custom integrations.
Your questions, answered
Frequently Asked Questions.
Everything you need to know about our blog, news and publication website development service in Sri Lanka.
A professional WordPress blog or news website starts at Rs.35,000. That build price includes a responsive theme set to your brand, the WordPress editor, categories, tags and multiple authors, a Mailchimp newsletter, on-page SEO, Google Analytics 4 and 6 months of support. A custom Next.js publication platform, with features like live blogs, subscriptions and AI summaries, is scoped to your project after a free discovery call and quoted separately.
WordPress is the world's most popular publishing platform, ideal for getting a professional blog or news site live affordably from Rs.35,000 and managing it yourself. A custom Next.js platform is designed and coded from scratch for speed, live blogs, reader accounts, subscriptions, AI features and very large news archives, on a headless CMS such as Payload or Sanity chosen for how you publish.
Yes. On custom builds we add breaking-news banners, section fronts and live blogs: a timestamped timeline that updates on its own with pinned key updates, ideal for elections, sports or breaking events, with no page reload for readers.
Yes. We migrate content from WordPress, Blogger, Medium, Wix, Squarespace and others, keeping your articles, images, categories and authors, and we set up 301 redirects so you do not lose your search rankings.
Both paths include a newsletter signup: WordPress connects to Mailchimp, while a custom build can use any provider with custom flows and segments. Custom platforms can also add paid memberships and a metered or hard paywall, with payments through PayHere, PayPal or Stripe.
You can run display ads, including Google AdSense, and labelled sponsored content on both paths. Custom builds add native subscriptions, a metered paywall and managed affiliate links, so you can earn from advertising and from readers directly.
Both paths include on-page SEO, XML sitemaps, clean URLs and Open Graph previews for social sharing. WordPress uses Yoast or RankMath, while a custom build has SEO in the code with automated Article and NewsArticle structured data and the clean markup Google News and Discover look for.
Yes. WordPress sites can be made multilingual with a plugin such as WPML or Polylang, and custom builds have built-in localization with language switching and the correct SEO tags for each language version.
Custom Next.js sites are built for speed you can verify yourself in Google PageSpeed, and built to follow WCAG accessibility standards, the same standards we apply to infodm.lk. For WordPress, real-world speed depends on your theme, plugins and images, which we optimise carefully, and we do not promise a fixed score.
Our focus is building and setting up your platform, not writing your content. We set up your categories, author accounts, editorial workflow and SEO basics, and give you guidelines so your team can publish well from day one. We can also recommend trusted content writers in Sri Lanka if you need them.
Ready to start publishing?
Let's build your publishing platform.
Book a free consultation. We'll help you choose the right plan and map out your content, newsletter and the way you want to grow.