Case Study: Shenandoah University achieves a scalable, accessible digital campus with Web Development Group

Shenandoah University migrates 50+ subsites with zero downtime using Web Development Group

Shenandoah University came to the Web Development Group with a sprawling and fragile digital landscape built on an outdated WordPress platform. Their website, reliant on over 100 plugins and rigid layouts, was slow, complex, and vulnerable. The university needed a scalable solution that would empower its non-technical marketing and communications teams to publish content efficiently and keep pace with the institution's growth.

The Web Development Group executed a full digital transformation, modernizing the WordPress platform and establishing a component-based, multi-site design system. They utilized their WDG Migrate framework to successfully transfer over 50 subsites with zero downtime, converting 80% of legacy content into new blocks and cutting plugin dependency by half. This empowered Shenandoah's staff to publish content in less than 24 hours, creating a streamlined, accessible, and high-performing foundation for future strategic growth.

Shenandoah University