GoldPebble

Custom WordPress Theme + Eventbrite API Integration

Overview

Gold Pebble needed a new website to reflect their evolving brand - bold, confident, and visually layered - while remaining easy for the team to manage internally.

The design was visually ambitious, with angled backgrounds, overlapping sections, and strong typography. Behind the scenes, this required a carefully structured theme architecture to maintain flexibility without compromising layout integrity.

TheBrief

  • Build a fully bespoke WordPress theme from supplied designs
  • Preserve complex visual structure across breakpoints
  • Provide a flexible, block-based editing experience
  • Create structured content types for long-term scalability
  • Automate event management via Eventbrite integration

The goal was not just aesthetic, it needed to be robust, maintainable, and scalable.

TheApproach

I built a custom WordPress theme from the ground up, using Advanced Custom Fields to create modular, reusable content blocks.

The architecture balanced:

  • Visual precision
  • Flexible content editing
  • Long-term maintainability

Custom post types were introduced to support structured content, including:

  • Success Stories
  • Blog Posts
  • FAQs

This allowed content to remain consistent while giving the team editorial control.

EventbriteAPIIntegration

The Events section was designed to eliminate manual duplication.

Using the Eventbrite API and webhooks:

  • Events are created and managed directly in Eventbrite
  • The site automatically imports and updates event data
  • Changes sync without manual intervention
  • Event listings remain consistent across platforms

This reduced administrative overhead and removed the risk of outdated event information.

Results

  • A visually distinctive, responsive site aligned with brand identity
  • Flexible block-based editing for non-technical team members
  • Structured content system supporting long-term growth
  • Automated event synchronisation, reducing manual workload

The project demonstrates balancing strong visual design with clean backend architecture and API-driven automation.

Role&Credits

Built during my time as Lead Developer at Gold Pebble.
Design direction provided by the Gold Pebble team.
Theme architecture, custom development, and Eventbrite integration by Taran Stafford.

Gold Pebble

Gold Pebble

Gold Pebble
2022

Bespoke WordPress build with a flexible ACF-driven content system and automated Eventbrite API integration and webhooks.