When you hire a web agency in Lafayette, you deserve proof — not promises. That is exactly why this page exists. Our portfolio shows the real WordPress projects we’ve built and managed for Louisiana businesses, complete with honest stats, live screenshots, and the measurable outcomes behind them. Most agencies talk about results; on this page you can actually see them, in our own brand colors, with nothing hidden.
At Eight Hats, we made a deliberate decision to lead with transparency. If a project moved PageSpeed from 42 to 96, we tell you. If uptime held at 99.98% across a year of managed hosting, that number is here too. This is the difference between marketing copy and a working track record.
Why a real portfolio beats a wall of stock photos
Walk through most Lafayette agency websites and you’ll notice a pattern: dozens of polished stock images, a rotating carousel of logos, and very few hard numbers. It looks impressive, but it doesn’t tell you what the agency actually delivered. A genuine portfolio answers the questions that matter — Did the site load fast? Did it rank? Did it stay online?
Google agrees that demonstrated expertise matters. Its own Search Quality guidelines reward content and businesses that show first-hand experience and trustworthiness. A portfolio built on real screenshots and verifiable metrics is exactly the kind of signal both search engines and human buyers look for.
What each portfolio entry includes
Every project in our portfolio is documented with the same honest structure:
- A live before/after screenshot of the actual homepage or landing page
- Core Web Vitals scores measured with real tools, not estimates
- The service delivered — design, development, managed hosting, or SEO
- A single headline stat the client cared about most (traffic, speed, or leads)
We measure performance against public benchmarks like Google’s Core Web Vitals so the numbers mean something outside our own dashboard. If you want to know how those metrics affect rankings, the team at Moz breaks down the connection clearly.
Why competitors rank here — and what our portfolio does better
Many Lafayette agencies rank well because they publish large image galleries and lead with ‘web design Lafayette’ everywhere on the page. That earns clicks, but it often leaves buyers guessing about substance. Search intent for a portfolio isn’t ‘show me pretty pictures’ — it’s ‘prove you can do this for a business like mine.’
Here is where Eight Hats stands apart:
1. We publish honest stats, not just visuals. Screenshots are paired with real performance data, so you evaluate outcomes, not aesthetics alone.
2. We specialize in managed WordPress. No competitor in our market owns managed WordPress hosting the way we do. Our portfolio proves sites don’t just launch beautifully — they stay fast and secure for years.
3. We build in Divi and Gutenberg with clean, scalable structure. The same brand-colored blurb rows you see in this portfolio are built the way we build for clients: maintainable and fast.
4. We serve real Lafayette and Acadiana businesses. These are local projects with local results, not out-of-market case studies borrowed to fill space.
A portfolio row done right closes the exact gap competitors exploit — the visual-proof advantage — while adding the credibility layer most of them skip.
How to read our portfolio like a smart buyer
Don’t just admire the design. Ask: How much did load time improve? Did organic traffic climb after the SEO work? Is the site still online today? A trustworthy portfolio invites those questions instead of dodging them. Ours is built to be interrogated.
If a project used our managed hosting, you’ll see the uptime figure. If it involved a rebuild, you’ll see the PageSpeed jump. If it was an SEO engagement, you’ll see the ranking or traffic movement. Every claim ties back to something you could verify.
Ready to become the next entry in our portfolio?
We’d rather show you than tell you. Browse the projects, check the numbers, and imagine your own business on this page — with a faster site, better rankings, and hosting that simply works. When you’re ready, reach out and let’s talk about what your results could look like.
A strong portfolio is a promise kept in public. That’s the standard we hold ourselves to at Eight Hats, and it’s the reason Lafayette businesses trust us with the work that matters most.
