Case Study: Georgian College achieves sub-second site speed and top Core Web Vitals with WP Engine Headless WordPress

Georgian College outperforms the Ivy League with WP Engine and 90+ Core Web Vitals scores

Georgian College, a higher education institution in Ontario, Canada, needed to improve its website performance and SEO to gain an edge in the competitive post-secondary sector. Their challenge was to reduce build times while maintaining content autonomy for their internal teams. To address this, they partnered with vendor WP Engine and utilized its Headless WordPress solution.

WP Engine implemented a headless WordPress architecture for Georgian College, which included a Gatsby frontend. This solution unlocked blazing-fast site speed, resulting in "Good" Core Web Vitals scores across all 1800+ URLs and a perfect 100 PageSpeed Insights performance score. The performance benefits improved the college's search engine rankings, helping prospective students find the site more easily and even outperforming top university websites. Most importantly, the site now loads with sub-second page speeds, providing a fast and secure digital experience.

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