PORTFOLIO — AUTOMOTIVE

Pro Tuning

Mauritius's premier online destination for automotive accessories and performance parts.

WordPressCustom PHP Filters
Originally Built
2018
Revamped
2026
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Project Overview

Pro Tuning is one of Mauritius's most established online destinations for automotive accessories, performance parts, and car care products. Webmate originally built the platform in 2018 and was engaged in 2026 to execute a comprehensive revamp — modernising the design, improving site performance, and significantly enhancing the product filtering and search capabilities to match the growing catalogue and increasingly demanding user expectations.

The core technical challenge of this project was the advanced multi-filter category system. Car accessories are a uniquely complex product category — a customer looking for a specific part needs to filter simultaneously by vehicle make, vehicle model, year of manufacture, product category, brand, and price range. We built a fully custom PHP filter engine on top of WooCommerce that allows customers to narrow down thousands of products to exactly what fits their specific vehicle in seconds, without page reloads.

The 2026 revamp addressed both the visual identity and the technical foundations of the platform. The design was brought in line with modern e-commerce standards — cleaner product listings, improved mobile experience, faster page load times, and a more intuitive navigation structure. The underlying WordPress and WooCommerce installation was fully audited, outdated plugins were replaced, database queries were optimised, and the hosting environment was reconfigured for significantly better performance.

The result is a platform that serves the Mauritius automotive community with a professional, fast, and easy-to-navigate shopping experience — whether a customer is searching for a specific performance upgrade for their vehicle or browsing the latest car care range.

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Project Details

By the numbers.

2018
Originally Built

First developed by Webmate in 2018 as a foundational e-commerce platform for the Mauritius automotive market.

2026
Fully Revamped

Comprehensive redesign and rebuild in 2026 covering UX, performance, security, and advanced filtering capabilities.

5,000+
Products Catalogued

An extensive product catalogue managed through a custom-built multi-filter search and category system.

Technologies Used

WordPress
PHP
MySQL
WooCommerce
Custom Filter Engine
Responsive Design
cPanel Hosting
SSL & Security

What Was Delivered

Full website revamp

Complete redesign of the visual interface to modern e-commerce standards.

Advanced multi-filter system

Custom PHP engine filtering by vehicle make, model, year, category, brand, and price simultaneously.

Mobile optimisation

Fully responsive experience tested across all device sizes.

Performance improvements

Database query optimisation, image compression, and hosting reconfiguration for faster load times.

WooCommerce enhancement

Product catalogue restructured with improved category hierarchy and product page layouts.

Security hardening

Full plugin audit, removal of vulnerable code, SSL configuration, and firewall setup.

SEO foundations

Clean URL structure, meta tags, and structured data configured across the catalogue.

Ongoing maintenance

Site placed under Webmate's monthly maintenance plan post-launch.

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Live since 2018 — Revamped 2026

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