Laravel development agency.

Laravel is a PHP framework used to build secure, scalable, and custom web applications. It provides clean code structure, built-in tools for authentication and databases. This often means faster development of complex features with bespoke security. At We Create Digital, we use Laravel when clients need bespoke functionality beyond what standard CMS platforms offer.

View a more comprehensive answer in our ‘What is Laravel’ blog post. 

Laravel is ideal for custom web applications where flexibility, scalability, and long-term maintainability are important.

We Create Digital often utilise it for projects such as bespoke platforms, booking or membership systems, dashboards, integrations, and complex workflows that go beyond what standard CMSs can handle. Laravel’s modern framework makes it easier to build secure, high-performing applications that can evolve as your business grows.

See a full breakdown explaining why Laravel is a great fit for your next web project. 

We build security into every stage of development and support. That means:

• Keeping Laravel, PHP, and all dependencies up to date
• Strong authentication with roles, permissions, and optional two-factor login
• Validating and sanitising all inputs, with CSRF protection and rate limiting
• Using encryption, HTTPS, and secure headers to protect data in transit and at rest
• Running automated checks in CI to catch vulnerabilities early
• Monitoring logs and performance for unusual activity
• Maintaining reliable, tested backups with fast restore options

This combination of secure coding, infrastructure best practices, and ongoing monitoring helps keep Laravel applications stable, reliable, and safe over the long term.

We support a wide range of integrations, from single sign-on (SSO) to third-party services such as CRMs, payment gateways, APIs, and marketing platforms. Our approach focuses on:

• Using secure standards (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect) for authentication
• Mapping roles and permissions in Laravel to match your organisation’s needs
• Connecting to third-party APIs and webhooks with proper validation and retries
• Keeping integrations reliable with queues, monitoring, and error handling
• Protecting data with strict security controls and secret management

This ensures your Laravel application can connect seamlessly to the tools you rely on, while remaining secure, stable, and future-proof.

We focus on performance from the ground up, combining smart development practices with the right infrastructure. On the application side, that means writing efficient code, preventing database bottlenecks, and making full use of Laravel’s caching layers for routes, queries, and views. We offload heavier tasks such as emails or API calls to queues, keeping the user experience fast and responsive.

At the infrastructure level, we optimise PHP, database indexing, and caching with tools like Redis, and use CDNs for assets and media. Front-end performance also matters, so we deliver optimised images, streamlined assets, and modern build pipelines. Finally, we monitor applications in production with profiling and APM tools, so issues can be spotted and fixed quickly. The result is a Laravel build that remains fast, stable, and scalable as it grows.

After launch, we can provide ongoing support to keep your website or application running smoothly and evolving with your needs. This includes proactive updates to Laravel and server dependencies, regular security checks, monitoring, and automated backups.

We also handle performance reviews, accessibility and compliance audits, and continuous testing on new releases. Beyond fixes, we can make small enhancements, content changes, and design tweaks, ensuring your site or app remains secure, stable, and up to date long after go-live.

Laravel is an excellent choice for eCommerce, especially around security and creating a unique setup. As a framework there are no limitations on features and it allows for deep linking with other systems. eCommerce systems created with Laravel systems are structured for purpose, however there are some considerations around development time, scope, maintenance and scale which should be considered.

As a Laravel website agency we deal with organisations of various sizes. For those who are looking for a quick eCommerce solution at a lower budget then WooCommerce works well. For large organisations who have a highly complex product catalog we suggest Magento because this is designed for enterprise grade organisations. The key difference between these and a Laravel solution is that they are essentially an eCommerce layer, bolted onto a website. A custom Laravel solution is a true eCommerce solution – designed, at every level, to accommodate product sales and integrate with other systems.

This approach can offer unparalleled scalability (with improved database indexing, caching and events) and bespoke logic around pricing rules, customer types and checkout flows. Laravel is also often more optimised at the back end as a headless website and can have great data workflow control with other systems through APIs (only passing required information rather than more bloated systems which may pass unnecessary data).

The downside is that all of this bespoke setup requires development time, which incurs a cost. In some cases a hybrid approach can be configured to offer custom functionality and take advantage of existing third party tools for the checkout and catalogue and the capacity for custom portals, integrations, pricing, or subscriptions.

Laravel is a bespoke system and so every project is different. There are some reasonable expectations for websites and web applications – these are often guided by the organisation size, ranging from a few weeks to create a brochure website through to 12 months+ for an enterprise solution.

When considering Laravel development projects, especially of significant size, we often break up development into phases with clear deliverables and timeframes for each phase. Each phase, if applicable, has full testing to reduce any technical debt as the project continues and ensures smooth rollout from start to finish. In our experience there are some key areas which can affect the projects delivery, notably a lack of clarity in the initial scope, the speed of feedback and sign offs and website content readiness.