Case Study: World Book Day achieves 100% site uptime during 3.5 million pageviews with WP Engine

Keeping Education Online For World Book Day

World Book Day is the world’s largest annual celebration of books and reading, with a website that provides teachers, parents and children interactive resources and activity ideas. In the run-up to and on the day itself, surges from schools and trending social media referrals create massive traffic spikes, so Complete Control and World Book Day needed guaranteed uptime and performance during the busiest period.

They partnered with WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting, load testing and scalable infrastructure to handle peak loads. The site stayed online 100% during the campaign, serving 201,830 sessions and 3.5 million pageviews around the event, while the team praised WP Engine’s responsive support and hassle-free service.

World Book Day

Kirsten Grant

Director