Migrated the Leading Entertainment and Celeb News Platform from Django to WordPress

Wonderwall.com – The Largest and Most Popular Entertainment and Celeb News Platform Migrates from Django to WordPress New

Wonderwall.com, a leading entertainment and celebrity news platform, sought to enhance its editorial workflow and media management UI by migrating from Django to WordPress. Faced with managing over a million media items and thousands of articles, they needed a robust CMS and enterprise-level hosting for better performance, security, and stability. The Multidots engineering team provided a seamless transition to WordPress, streamlined their content management and editorial processes, addressing the limitations of their existing framework.

The Client

Wonderwall.com is a leading entertainment and celebrity news platform, offering the latest in Hollywood news, exclusive interviews, and pop culture coverage. With an estimated revenue of $7.2 million, Wonderwall attracts millions of visitors monthly and boasts a vast content library of over one million media items and 74,068 articles. The company has a team of 44 employees. The company is one of Whalerock’s key digital media properties, serving as a go-to destination for comprehensive entertainment industry coverage for over a decade. 

Whalerock, founded by entertainment industry veteran Lloyd Braun, is a media company with television, digital, and creative services divisions, creating TV shows, digital apps, and web properties in partnership with the world’s most impactful companies, celebrities, and networks.

The Challenge

  • The existing Django framework made it difficult to manage and edit Wonderwall.com’s extensive content and media effectively.
  • The site housed over one million media items and 74,068 articles, necessitating a robust content management system.
  • With nearly one million monthly visitors, the site required a high-performance CMS to handle significant traffic smoothly.
  • The editorial team required an improved, usability-centric interface for more efficient content creation and management.
  • Migrating and managing over one million media items demanded advanced media management capabilities.

The Solution We Delivered

  • We suggested a far better CMS than Django and migrated Wonderwall.com to WordPress.
  • A data-driven enterprise-class website needs a cutting-edge hosting platform; we migrated their hosting to WordPress VIP.
  • Migrated almost one million+ media and 74,068 articles using a command-line interface.
  • We implemented Gutenberg Blocks for an enhanced editing experience for their media-rich pages and posts.
  • We built a custom interface for WP Media using REACT JS for faster search and accelerated media management.
  • Transitioned Wonderwall.com from Django to WordPress to provide a more advanced and capability-rich content management system.
  • Migrated their hosting to WordPress VIP for superior performance, security, and stability.
  • Utilized a command-line interface to successfully migrate nearly one million media items and 74,068 articles.
  • Implemented Gutenberg Blocks to improve the editorial experience for media-rich pages and posts.
  • Developed a custom interface for WP Media using REACT JS to facilitate faster search and media management.
  • Created a backend interface focused on usability to achieve a seamless workflow for the editorial team.

The Result

  • A much improved and advanced editorial workflow and content creation experience.
  • Faster media management.
  • Enhanced site speed with better security.
  • The migration resulted in a much more efficient and advanced editorial workflow, enhancing content creation and management processes.
  • Integration of advanced media management capabilities using REACT JS significantly accelerated media handling and search functions.
  • Implementation of Gutenberg Blocks provided an improved and more intuitive editing experience for media-rich pages and posts.
  • The transition to WordPress VIP hosting improved site speed, contributing to a better user experience.
  • Enhanced security measures ensured greater protection for the website and its vast content library.

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