We are proud to welcome Imarc as a new WordPress VIP Silver Agency Partner. They have more than 25 years of experience in the digital space helping more than 300 clients do business better. Today, Imarc continues to be a premier digital agency that attracts top talent and creates smart solutions for forward-thinking brands.
To date, their 60-person+ team, located across 13 US states, has won more than 200 awards for their work, including a prized Nielsen Norman Group award for UX expertise.
Imarc offers strategy, creative, engineering, performance marketing, and digital transformation services, focusing on building deep, strategic relationships with clients to drive results that matter. Their sweet spots include technology, healthcare, nonprofit, professional services, and talent acquisition—but they choose to remain “industry agnostic by design,” as they are energized by new challenges.
Notable Imarc clients include JetBlue, Marriott, Breezeline, ASC Engineered Solutions, Beacon Hill Staffing Group, Aspentech, BlueVoyant, Red Bull, and Bright Horizons.
Their favorite recent wins include:
Collaborating with ASC to produce interactive, client-forward tools, including their VEP Product Selector, Submittal Manager, and Seis Brace® Fire Protection Seismic Design Tool.
“Becoming a WordPress VIP partner means that we can offer a wider menu of options to suit the evolving needs of our web design clients. We are experts in creating attractive, accessible websites that convert. This designation is further proof of our commitment to being on the cutting edge of platform advancements.”
How the State of CA Embraces Open Source for the Public Benefit
Takeaways from the WordPress for Government Summit
The digital revolution has been gradually sweeping across sectors, leaving a transformative imprint everywhere. The government sector, often perceived as a slow adopter, has been making impressive strides, turning to open source solutions.
WordPress VIP’s recent WordPress for Government Summit in Washington, D.C. served as a testament to this transition, offering insights into the inherent challenges, potential solutions, and the transformative power of such digital interventions to run the government web.
Open source: a tool for equal access
At its core, WordPress, the most popular open source CMS on the planet, represents more than just a platform—it symbolizes democratization and equal access.
The shared ideals between WordPress and the public sector emphasize community collaboration, decentralization, and making digital resources accessible to all. This aligns seamlessly with public service’s very essence, which emphasizes equity and inclusivity.
The undeniable push towards cloud adoption, particularly within the government sector, promises transformative changes. Embracing public sector programs like FedRAMP not only augments efficiency but also ushers in significant cost savings and robust security. By harnessing cloud technology, governments can revolutionize processes, fortify data security, and provide superior services to their citizens.
Navigating the digital quagmire
Transitioning to digital platforms isn’t devoid of challenges. But the state of California has been a trailblazer in the public sector digital space.
As Blaine Wasylkiw, Deputy CTIO of the Department of Technology for the State of California (CDT), noted during the WordPress for Government Summit, obstacles range from the intricacies of managing disparate hosting platforms to standardizing diverse platform plugins.
Moreover, changing deep-rooted internal processes and integrating them with newer, more efficient systems often necessitates a paradigm shift for the public sector.
Recently, the CDT formalized a digital strategy vision, aiming to influence and improve statewide digital services by uniting 200 state departments and 70+ disparate websites under a unified digital experience. The goal, Wasylkiw noted, was to ensure that digital state services are continually evolving and meeting residents’ needs by combining technology with a human-centric design approach—ensuring that public services are accessible, efficient, and responsive.
Website consolidation in the Golden State
Over the years, the State of California’s digital landscape had run into numerous digital challenges (and migrations) due to technological evolution and shifting focus. These transitions meant the state’s CAWeb team had to manage 74 distinct websites across multiple hosting platforms, which presented a significant challenge for the resource-strapped organization.
With no standardization, each site had its unique design and utilized various plugins for similar functionalities. This variability increased the workload, with the team continuously resolving plugin updates, conflicts, and other related issues.
“We had these 70ish websites spread across multiple platforms and it was a logistical nightmare.”
— Blaine Wasylkiw, Deputy CTIO, Department of Technology for the State of California
The ultimate goal was to consolidate these websites under a unified WordPress-based platform and ensure smooth migration without any disruptions or downtimes.
This consolidation was also imperative for maintaining and improving security, especially given escalating cyber threats. Additionally, by achieving hosting stability and reducing day-to-day technical concerns, the CAWeb team could focus on their core mission: enhancing the state’s digital ecosystem.
However, achieving this objective wasn’t without its challenges. Beyond the logistical nightmare of scattered hosting platforms, plugin compatibility across so many sites was an ongoing concern as well.
“At WordPress, we talk a lot about democratizing publishing, democratizing access to communication. Philosophically and fundamentally, [we believe] a well-informed citizenry is a foundation of strong democracy.”
—Nick Gernert, CEO, WordPress VIP
Running the government web
The emphasis became shifting the CAWeb team’s focus from routine hosting and maintenance issues to empowering state departments by standardizing on a WordPress-based platform. CAWeb hoped the move would better serve California residents, the ultimate end-users.
And it did.
With the transition, there was a staggering 71% improvement in response times across all migrated websites, underscoring the efficiency gains inherent in such digital transformations, according to Wasylkiw.
Strategies for public sector digital mastery
Drawing from California’s playbook, several strategies emerge for governments aiming for similar digital efficiency:
Collaborative ventures: Partnering with experts in implementing WordPress at scale (and for the public sector) can ensure smoother transitions for federal and state agencies.
Phased migration: A calculated, step-by-step digital migration approach reduces risks, allowing for challenges to be addressed progressively.
User focus: Technology should always prioritize the end-user. By adopting user-centric designs and strategies, governments can ensure that technology serves its citizens, not the other way around.
Looking forward
With open source platforms promising democratization, heightened efficiency, and fortified security, the future of public services looks promisingly digital.
The focus should be on constant evolution, refining digital strategies, and placing users at the helm. Emphasizing performance, security, and fostering collaborations is also crucial. By providing platforms and resources for entities lacking technological expertise, governments can ensure inclusivity in the digital era.
Americaneagle.com and WordPress VIP Upgrade Mecum Auctions
A collaborative partnership leads to a successful site launch.
Digital transformations are monumental undertakings that test the mettle, talent, and determination of those involved. WordPress VIP Gold Featured Agency Partner, Americaneagle.com, recently shared details about their successful work with Mecum Auctions in a testament to the power of partnership, innovation, and relentless dedication.
A high-octane collaboration
Mecum Auctions, the world’s leader for in-person car auctions, felt the limitations of their decade-old digital platform and knew it was time to shift gears. Mecum needed a solution that would not only cater to their current needs but would be resilient and scalable for the future. Americaneagle.com—a team of award-winning innovators specializing in digital experiences—was the best choice for guiding this transformation.
Operating at the intersection of deep strategic insight, intricate enterprise architectural design, and the transformative force of digital solutions, Americaneagle.com delivered “beyond expectations.” They managed to design, build, and deliver a custom platform tailored to Mecum’s robust requirements, all while keeping the project within scope, on time, and within budget.
A scalable, future-ready solution
With Americaneagle.com at the wheel, Mecum’s digital platform underwent a transformation that prioritized:
Automatic generation of car lot pages
A reduced time-to-market for content
Unparalleled end-user performance
At the heart of this transformation was a plan to harness the best tools and technologies available:
WordPress VIP: Chosen for its robustness, flexibility, and capacity for unbeatable content creation, our platform and expertise played a pivotal role in delivering the backend infrastructure.
Salesforce: Eliminated the need to build a separate inventory system.
Algolia: Leveraged for world-class search capabilities.
At the core of all this technical innovation was the strategic decision to go headless, emphasizing speed, performance, and scalability.
Numbers that ignite
Mecum’s transformation isn’t just about the tools or the team, but the tangible results. The handling of 275,000 lots, 8 million+ assets, daily updates in the hundreds, and an annual view count of 120m stands as testimony to the robustness of the new platform.
Celebrating a grand launch
The successful transformation of Mecum Auctions showcases what partnerships can achieve—a celebration of technical brilliance, teamwork, and trust.
WordPress VIP is elated to have been a part of this solution, and we tip our hats to the teams at Americaneagle.com and Mecum for making this vision a reality.
We are proud to welcome Mavlersas a new agency partner. Based in India, Mavlers is a full-service digital marketing agency with a team of 100+ WordPress experts and 800+ marketing mavericks. Their 10+ years in business showcase their ability to create scalable, optimized, easy-to-manage, tailored websites for clients across industries.
Why Mavlers?
With capabilities and expertise that go beyond web design and development, Mavlers is a favorite choice when it comes to executing marketing automation and email marketing, SEO, SEM, social and paid advertising, UI/UX design, and hiring managed marketing teams.
The agency firmly believes in a holistic and best-practice approach to design and development. Accessibility, usability, and information architecture are at the core of all the WordPress projects they deliver. Their adept WordPress team is passionate about technology and leaves no stone unturned when it comes to delivering engaging user experiences.
Mavlers specializes in:
API integration
Migration
Headless CMS
Gutenberg Site Editor
Multisite and multilingual site development
Custom WordPress development
Ongoing website maintenance
WooCommerce
Backend and frontend architecture
Mavlers has a clientele spread across 50+ countries, including Disney, National Geographic, Ogilvy, Incubeta, Oracle, and Weight Watchers.
Their ‘everything digital marketing’ blog is a repository of well-researched articles on digital marketing and technology to inspire the maverick in you. Also check out their case studies to learn how they’ve helped clients up their marketing game.
“We’re elated to be a WordPress VIP Silver Agency partner. We’ve always focused on delivering exceptional experiences and services. With this partnership, we feel even more confident about becoming the most coveted WordPress agency for enterprises, delivering solutions woven through expertise.”
— Jaymin Bhuptani, Mavlers CEO
About Mavlers
Mavlers is a full-service digital marketing agency with a team of 800+ marketing mavericks helping brands and agencies scale their digital marketing efforts by building flexible teams and delivering impeccable projects.
We are proud to welcome CreedAlly as WordPress VIP Silver Agency Partner! A proven leader in creating solutions for WordPress at scale, they embrace a philosophical approach to development and design, boundaries and unlocking creativity. They believe “true innovation emerges when diverse perspectives collide.”
CreedAlly’s journey began with a spark of innovation and a passion for helping others achieve greatness. Founded in 2019, CreedAlly emerged from humble beginnings with a clear mission: empower individuals and businesses to thrive in an ever-changing world. With its diverse team of talent and expertise—from designers and developers to testers and technical staff—they provide comprehensive solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs. Their commitment to excellence, creativity, and client satisfaction fuels their growth while inspiring them to keep pushing boundaries.
“We pride ourselves on being more than just an agency. We are strategic partners in our clients’ digital journeys.”
— Nirmal Desai, CEO & Founder, CreedAlly
CreedAlly’s team is driven by a profound passion for technology and innovation. Their aspirations are simple yet profound—to leave an indelible mark on the world by delivering projects that resonate with hearts and minds shaping a future where creativity knows no bounds.
Leading the way: A dynamic agency redefining the tech landscape
CreedAlly has successfully served high-profile clients in 19 countries, including PayPal, Hello Bank, European Association of Dental Technology, Auto-Grid, Stratus Technologies (SGH Company), and many more.
As a WordPress VIP partner, CreedAlly takes pride in its focus on enterprise and large-scale websites, offering enterprise-grade scalability, hosting, security, performance, and flexibility. CreedAlly has emerged as one of the foremost white label service providers, specializing in delivering on-time, mission critical WordPress digital experiences for WordPress VIP partners and enterprise publishers. They offer a wide range of solutions, including DXP , editorial workflow customization, platform migration, API integration, and ecommerce.
One impressive case study highlighting CreedAlly’s tech savvy is their recent API-driven integration involving PayPal, HubSpot, and WordPress to facilitate ecommerce for publishers’ stores and sites by leveraging leading third-party platforms. It’s another example of CreedAlly’s proficiency in meeting a wide range of business needs and earning a reputation as a dependable and forward-thinking agency.
“We are thrilled to become a WordPress VIP partner. This partnership means a lot to us as it validates our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our clients. With the power of WordPress VIP, we can now offer unparalleled benefits to our client’s enterprises and large-scale websites, driving transformative growth and success for their businesses.”
How Times Media Leverages WordPress for Inspirational Storytelling
Our customers explain how WordPress VIP set them up for success.
In the fast-paced world of media, embracing digital transformation is essential. Times Media, a prestigious publication group with a legacy spanning over two centuries, has harnessed the power of WordPress to revolutionize their storytelling capabilities.
Harnessing the power of WordPress
Times Media needed a powerful content management system (CMS) to captivate audiences with inspirational content across diverse formats.
Their digital evolution centers on their strategic adoption of WordPress, specifically through WordPress VIP, which has simplified their publishing workflow by 62%.
With WordPress VIP’s platform, Times Media editors now plan, publish and organize articles far more effectively, captivating and engaging audiences better than ever before.
The flexibility of WordPress enables Times Media to expand beyond traditional article formats, optimizing content for the web, apps, and even future platforms, all in the name of connecting users with the content they want.
Versatile storytelling formats
Visual appeal is paramount in effective storytelling. Times Media’s emphasis on compelling imagery and engaging content creates an immersive experience for readers.
WordPress VIP allowed them to create four different article templates and new types of storytelling, all compatible with platforms like Google Web Stories, Google Showcase, and Live News. With these templates at their disposal, editors can effortlessly craft stunning visual narratives that leave a lasting impact.
Data-driven workflows
Times Media relies on data and metadata to drive decision making within their organization. Here, WordPress VIP goes beyond an intuitive interface by seamlessly integrating with their planning and decision-making tool Desk-Net.
They’ve also integrated their own Times Public API (TPA), used by Times Media websites, mobile apps, and other backend services to provide article and edition information.
For even more data, Times Media unlocked and improved meta tagging functionality within WordPress, with news story tagging options and flexibility to support commercial initiatives, including content search and discovery across their sites. This functionality auto-suggests tags during the publishing process and further simplifies time-to-publish for journalists.
By capturing critical information early in the content creation process, Times Media ensures that editors have the necessary data to make informed decisions on article commissioning. This collaborative approach enhances overall content quality and enables strategic content distribution across multiple platforms—all done in the user-friendly WordPress VIP interface.
That customizable and flexible UI has led to a 34% faster time-to-publish, thanks to 62% fewer clicks in the workflow.
Continuous improvement
Times Media’s adoption of WordPress has transformed their approach to storytelling while refining their content creation process, digital presence, and data-driven approach to decision making.
As Times Media evolves and innovates, they set a shining example of how WordPress empowers media organizations to engage audiences and shape the future of digital storytelling.
For more information about Times Media, read our full News UK case study.
Launching a New Business with RS Components and Box UK
When RS Components was set on launching a new venture, they knew they needed a strong digital foundation.
At BigWP London, WordPress VIP customer RS Components shared a compelling story about creating an impactful tech business from scratch, using WordPress and WooCommerce to build a robust, scalable platform.
Unleashing the power of WordPress and WooCommerce
RS Components knew they needed a strong digital platform to launch and support their new OKdo maker community, a place where people who love building and tinkering with tech could connect and share ideas.
Traditional tech solutions weren’t going to cut it—they needed something powerful, flexible, and adaptable.
Enter WordPress and WooCommerce, a dynamic content management and ecommerce duo that would allow them to move swiftly, and accommodate rapid growth and change.
Creating a foundation for success
After selecting WordPress and WooCommerce, RS Components, partnered with Box UK to implement their vision, and also leveraged the vast WordPress ecosystem of plugins and expertise to create a truly custom solution for their business.
The OKdo platform was not just about front end beautification. The integration with NetSuite, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider, would help manage their complex supply chain and distribution across Europe and beyond.
Moving swiftly
In just eight months, RS Components launched a fully-responsive, multi-region, multi-currency platform featuring a full range of products, showcasing the power of WordPress and WooCommerce to start and grow a business. And it doesn’t end there.
From launching their single board computer Rock in 2022, to introducing customized hardware services in 2023, RS Components continues to evolve their business.
In 2023, they even used their platform to inspire the engineers of the future by giving away micro:bits for free to schools in the UK and US.
Built for the future
RS Components’ journey is testament to the transformative power and flexibility of WordPress and WooCommerce, a combination that helped launch a successful business in less than a year, and one that continues to adapt and evolve to meet the changing needs of their industry.
WordPress VIP is proud to be a part of that journey, offering guidance, code reviews, and other support.
Inspired to create your own venture using WordPress and WooCommerce? We can help, just reach out.
WordPress VIP delivers the most secure, scalable, and high-performance platform to run WordPress applications. Cloudflare is consistently rated as a leader in cloud security. What if you could pair these two solutions into one great package?
Now you can. We are proud to welcome Cloudflare as a new Featured Technology Partner! Cloudflare joins our expanding roster of partners with proven excellence implementing solutions for WordPress at scale.
“With this partnership, WordPress VIP customers can quickly and confidently secure their websites and applications with Cloudflare’s security expertise and advanced threat intelligence. This pre-built integration requires no manual configuration or onboarding, making it simple and accessible to all WordPress VIP users. We’re excited to team with WordPress VIP to protect customers’ business-critical applications with our global network.”
John Graham-Cumming, Chief Technology Officer, Cloudflare
With this partnership, WordPress VIP customers have access to a suite of best-in-class security features from Cloudflare. These enhance the built-in capabilities of the WordPress VIP platform by delivering:
An extra layer of security
Configurability at the edge
Support for more network topologies
Threat protection strengthened by Cloudflare’s global network
The Cloudflare Enterprise Plan for WordPress VIP also includes Reverse Proxy functionality, a configurable Web Application Firewall (WAF), transparent DDoS mitigation, and Premium Success support.
The WordPress VIP team will provide integration support in collaboration with Cloudflare and our customers. Both companies will partner to deliver seamless support of our platforms from deployment through day-to-day operations.
For organizations who want to deploy the integrated solution, all components can be purchased through WordPress VIP. Existing WordPress VIP customers should contact their RM or TAM to learn how to add Cloudflare to their environment. New customers can contact WordPress VIP for a demo of the joint offering.
We are proud to welcome Studio Science as a new agency partner.
Recently named a “2022 Most Promising Digital Experience Solutions Provider” by CIO Review, they are a modern design consultancy that works with industry-defining enterprise and technology companies to solve business challenges through human-centered design.
For more than 25 years, Studio Science has helped clients like Salesforce, Simon Property Group, and Cummins achieve remarkable growth by identifying opportunities to design better brand, product, and ecommerce experiences.
From brand design to visual communication and digital product design to B2B ecommerce solutions, Studio Science works as an extension of their clients’ teams, taking a holistic approach to designing every touch point across the customer journey.
Their diligent, three-fold methodology—evaluate and identify client needs as step one, develop human-focused solutions, efficiently launch those solutions—saves organizations vast time and resources.
Studio Science core WordPress VIP offerings:
Journey and experience design
User experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design
Information architecture
Wireframes and user testing
Visual design and style guides
Digital technology integration strategy and design
Technology platform architecture
“As a WordPress VIP partner, we join a community that understands it’s not the features of a website that differentiate companies in the market, but the entire end-user experience. This relationship allows us to help companies provide better digital experiences that drive scalable growth.”
—Chris Belli, Vice President of Marketing, Studio Science
We are proud to announce Fruition as a new Silver Agency partner!
A website development and digital marketing company based in Denver, Colorado, Fruition builds, grows and protects enterprise private and public sector clients using WordPress and other open-source technologies. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Fruition leverages WordPress to deliver secure, scalable, and usable websites.
Fruition delivers on time and within budget
Being a WordPress VIP partner recognizes Fruition’s ability to deliver enterprise projects on time and within budget. Fruition’s operational model of continuous improvement includes applying the modern use of headless WordPress to extend the platform further.
Fruition’s ability to deliver for public and private sector companies creates lasting relationships with its clients. For example, Fruition’s longest-tenured client dates back to its founding 20 years ago. Since then, they’ve grown with Fruition from a regional operation into a public company.
Team member-owners create lasting relationships with clients
Fruition’s team is anchored through an employee ownership program, open to every team member.
As they demonstrate the highest expertise in their focus area, team member-owners also strongly adhere to Fruition’s core cultural values. Ultimately, this leads to a highly engaged team—capable of providing the best outcomes for clients, especially business growth. In turn, this successfully fuels Fruition’s own growth as an organization.
Fruition’s notable clients include some of the largest airports in the world, high-traffic consumer sites, and many large industrial and public sector clients. Fruition’s strong development and marketing talent is augmented by its focus on security.
Recently, Fruition was called upon to defend named targets during foreign-led cyber attacks. Fruition applies the same level of security to its private clients as it does to its government clients.
“At Fruition, we continue to find that WordPress solves many of our client’s technology requirements to easily produce, store, and serve large amounts of content securely at scale to multiple endpoints. We are excited to enter our 20th year of operations, joining WordPress VIP as a partner.”
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