The Unexpected Way WordPress.com Transformed Nonprofit Revive & Restore’s Mission Forever
“WordPress wasn’t the problem,” said Marmee Manack, the nonprofit’s director of operations. The developer removed the conflicting plugins, and Revive & Restore moved its hosting to WordPress.com with migration assistance and discounted hosting.
WordPress.com handles the hosting infrastructure, security, and software updates, while the developer focuses on improving the site’s publishing workflow with the WordPress block editor and reusable page templates.
Ryan said: “We are currently migrating all existing content to the streamlined, core WordPress Gutenberg editor. This shift will simplify our operations and ensure a lighter, faster, and easier-to-manage website for the long term.”
Making the website easier to update
Moving its hosting to WordPress.com was one part of the project. Revive & Restore still needed to tackle the problem its team faced every day: creating and updating pages.
For Marmee, this is a familiar challenge in the nonprofit world. Many organizations have “a single comms professional tasked with planning, building, implementing, and maintaining active communications channels, including the website.”
When that person struggles to publish a simple update, it can affect the organization’s entire communications operation.
Working with its developer, the nonprofit began rebuilding its site with a lighter theme, the WordPress block editor, and reusable page templates. The goal was to make routine updates less time-consuming and avoid the formatting problems that had caused its backlog.
With its new page templates ready, Ryan says the team is “well on our way” as they move existing content into the updated layouts. The team hopes to relaunch the updated website this fall.
A better home for their WordPress site
Before making costly changes to a website, it pays to understand what’s actually wrong.
For Revive & Restore, getting expert help meant identifying the underlying issues and finding a clear path forward without starting from the ground up.
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