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WordPress for Media and Publishers
Publish, stream and grow your audience on a platform you own.
Media teams juggle years of archives, video, many brands or languages, and an audience that expects an app. We build newsrooms, video hubs, fan communities and apps on open source WordPress, so your editors publish fast and your team owns the platform without license fees or vendor lock-in.
Who it is for
Newsrooms and editorial teams
Corporate newsrooms, blogs and publishing networks that run many sites, regions or languages and need a decade of archives to come along.
Video and broadcast brands
Video hubs, show pages, live streams, video on demand and schedules, on the web and in iOS and Android apps.
Fan communities and audiences
Members only communities, membership tiers, live watch parties, merch stores and badges that turn viewers into regulars.
What you get
- A custom WordPress site, or a Multisite network when you run several brands, regions or languages
- Migration of your archives from a proprietary system by script, with redirects that protect search traffic
- Editorial tools your team will use: custom content types, layouts for video and long form, and filters by topic and product
- Video hubs and galleries tied to the video platform you already use, plus live streams and video on demand in your apps
- Audience features: BuddyPress communities, WooCommerce memberships and merch, badges and leaderboards
- iOS and Android apps built on your WordPress content, with push notifications for new episodes and stories
- Hosting, updates, security and support after launch
WordPress Multisite · Website Localization · Platform Migrations · Mobile Apps
How we work
- Audit. We review your current platform, archives, video setup, integrations and how your editors publish today.
- Plan. We map content types, sites, languages and URLs to WordPress and agree on scope, priorities and budget.
- Build. We design and develop the site, community and any app, and move your archives over by script.
- Launch. We test, redirect old URLs, train your editors and go live without losing search traffic.
- Support. We host and manage the platform, keep it updated and secure, and extend it as your audience grows.
Media work
'Ōlelo Community Media
For Hawaii's community media nonprofit we built an app that streams four public access channels live, with video on demand by category, a full broadcast schedule and push notifications.
All the World
We developed the app for All the World, a weekly educational show with live-action videos for children. The app was featured in the Apple App Store.
Bundy Club
A Married... with Children fan club with David Faustino: a members only BuddyPress community, live Zoom watch parties with past sessions on demand, WooCommerce membership tiers and a merch shop.
Microsoft News Center (leadership experience)
Brian's team relaunched Microsoft's newsroom on WordPress Multisite, moving about ten years of press content from 38 country and language sites in 16 languages, with a brand compliant custom theme.
MotorTrend Roadkill (leadership experience)
Brian led the first official site for Roadkill, the YouTube hit from the publisher of MotorTrend: a Kaltura video hub, hubs for spinoff shows and the RK Nation BuddyPress fan community.
Discovery Communications (leadership experience)
Brian led the custom corporate WordPress site for the company behind Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, with a newsroom, a Mapbox network map and iCIMS careers search. Webby nominee, 2016.
Media FAQs
Can you move years of archives off our current system?
Yes. We migrate content, authors, media and URLs by script and redirect every changed address. Brian's team moved about ten years of Microsoft News Center content from 38 sites into WordPress. See Platform Migrations.
Can one platform run many brands, regions or languages?
Yes. WordPress Multisite gives each brand, region or language its own site under one network with shared users and central control. Microsoft News Center runs 38 sites in 16 languages that way. See Website Localization.
Will it work with our video platform?
Usually, yes. Roadkill's video hub was built on Kaltura, and the 'Ōlelo app streams four live channels plus video on demand. Tell us which video platform you use and we will plan the integration.
Can we add a mobile app later?
Yes. We build iOS and Android apps on top of your WordPress content, so the site and the app share one place to publish. 'Ōlelo and All the World are examples.
How do we start?
Tell us about your publication through the contact or quote form. A specialist will follow up to schedule a call and put together a free quote.
Why teams choose AlphaWeb
Veteran owned WordPress specialists
Mission driven, not trend chasing
AlphaWeb is a U.S. veteran owned business. We plan, build, secure and support WordPress sites and mobile apps with the same discipline Brian learned as a Marine Corps programmer.
We wrote the book on WordPress apps
Brian Messenlehner co-authored O'Reilly's Building Web Apps with WordPress, has led WordPress teams since 2008, and went on to become owner of AppPresser and co-found SchoolPresser.