One of WordPress’s greatest strengths is its massive plugin ecosystem. As a team that builds bespoke solutions for clients, we often find ourselves working with plugins that either get us 90% of the way toward a feature request, or end up providing more features than we need, leaving us wanting to disable some. Or, perhaps,…
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Websites need ongoing maintenance to perform optimally. But there comes a point when the constant stream of patches becomes more costly than investing in a complete overhaul. Building a brand new enterprise-level website is a significant investment of both staff time and financial resources. How can you be confident that replatforming is the right move?…
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An underperforming website is a cost no publishing organization can afford. But it can be a challenge to diagnose your website’s problems — and decide what to do about it. By thoroughly understanding your publishing platform’s challenges, you’ll be better equipped to make informed decisions about maintenance, upgrades, or potential redesigns. This guide delves into…
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Many business leaders in the publishing industry find themselves caught in a paradox. They recognize that their technology needs to meet their business goals, yet the lack of digital performance is the very reason they hesitate to invest in a redesign. It feels imprudent to invest when you’re not generating revenue. This hesitation comes at…
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There are many signs that your website has reached its breaking point — some more obvious than others. While integrating new tech like a paywall can lay bare obvious weaknesses in your technology, it’s often a pileup of smaller issues that leads to a website breakdown. In addition to causing technology problems that can directly…
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Once just a tool for bloggers and sole traders, WordPress has rapidly evolved into a leading CMS for enterprise brands, with big names such as The New York Post, Vogue, and the White House now counted among its regular users. To explore why and how large-scale organizations are making use of the publishing platform, we…
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We’re excited to share some significant news about our leadership team that ensures we have the best people in the right roles for the long term success of Alley and its clients. As of October 1st, Bradford Campeau-Laurion, our CEO, will be leaving his role and taking a well-deserved month-long sabbatical. Matthew Boynes, our CTO,…
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Alley recently contributed, along with several other enterprise agencies, to a guide for prospective buyers looking at WordPress as the CMS for their enterprise publishing technology stack. We were happy to join this conversation and help people understand how WordPress has helped some of the biggest brands on the planet simplify their publishing workflow and…
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As developers, we’re often asked to implement features that would be slight variations on features that already exist in WordPress core. Since building things is our forte, it can be reflexive to start from scratch, but that isn’t always the best route, and it can cost you precious time and resources. In fact, there’s a…
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When creating your website, you want a long-term solution that will meet your needs for years to come. Most websites are not static entities and need regular attention — as the content grows and changes, your audience (hopefully) increases, and new and unexpected needs arise. Whether you’re building your site for the first time, relaunching,…
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Not Invented Here syndrome (NIH) is the guilty pleasure that tempts engineering teams into creating bespoke approaches to problems that have already been solved. Even having your eyes opened to the temptation doesn’t immunize you from it. So, how do you know whether a bespoke solution warrants the effort or if it’s just plain hubris?
