When Agencies Outgrow Drupal
Public-sector teams are being asked to do more with fewer resources, and Drupal can feel heavy to run and hard to evolve. WordPress VIP gives teams a streamlined editing experience that accelerates publishing, plus scalable workflows and an open-source ecosystem that enables innovation.
With fewer upgrade headaches and less reliance on specialized developers, agencies can modernize their sites and publish faster. And with WordPress powering 40%+ of websites, it’s a platform agencies can confidently build on for the long term.
The main difference between WordPress & Drupal
While Drupal demands heavy developer support and complex upgrades, WordPress VIP combines ease of use with built-in security, scalability, and compliance. The result is faster launches, lower costs, and happier IT teams.
Eliminate migration pain
WordPress VIP ensures backward and forward compatibility, so your platform evolves painlessly. Drupal upgrades break things, cost more, and slow you down.
Solve the talent gap
With the world’s largest CMS community, WordPress VIP makes it easy to hire and build. Drupal talent is scarce and increasingly hard to find.
Empower content creators
WordPress VIP’s Gutenberg editor makes content creation modular, visual, collaborative, and lightning-fast. Drupal’s tools are clunky and code-heavy, locking out non-technical users.
Strengthen security and compliance
FedRAMPⓇ Moderate-authorized and used by NASA and The White House, WordPress VIP delivers built-in security and compliance. Drupal requires constant tuning to reach the same standard.
Stay open and flexible
WordPress VIP integrates with top tools and vets plugins for security and performance, while Drupal’s limited ecosystem drives costly custom solutions and vendor lock-in.
Measure what works
WordPress VIP’s built-in content analytics reveal performance in real time. Drupal leaves teams guessing, with no integrated analytics to guide strategy.
“Over time, we realized there was a level of complexity with Drupal that no longer made sense for an organization our size — it was only making it harder for us to develop new capabilities.”
— Cindy Johanson, Executive Director, Edutopia
Edutopia increases speed to innovation with WordPress VIP
For 18 years, Edutopia struggled with a legacy Drupal CMS that slowed content creation, complicated upgrades, and required multiple engineers for even small changes.
After migrating to WordPress VIP, Edutopia accelerated content production, reduced development toil, and built a flexible architecture to support a unique digital experience.
Today, the team publishes 1,200+ pieces annually, cuts content layout time by 80%+, and frees technical resources to focus on new features — all while ensuring security, scalability, and a personalized experience for their audiences.
Why government agencies make the switch
Continuous innovation, hassle-free
Drupal upgrades often feel like full migrations that consume developer time and risk downtime. WordPress VIP removes those blockers with a modular platform, built-in scalability, and reliable performance so teams can ship faster.
Lower total cost of ownership
With WordPress powering 43% of the web, agencies have access to a huge pool of developers and integrations — avoiding costly certifications, steep licensing fees, and vendor lock-in.
Faster publishing, effortlessly
Drupal’s content creation tools are complex and slow, creating bottlenecks for publishers. WordPress VIP’s intuitive interface, collaborative editing, and reusable content blocks let teams publish faster and at scale.
Rebuilding NASA’s flagship website on WordPress VIP
NASA partnered with Lone Rock Point to migrate www.nasa.gov from Drupal 7 to a modern, user-friendly WordPress platform — one of the largest WordPress projects ever built.
Guided by the 21st Century IDEA Act, the new site delivers a cleaner, more accessible experience for the millions who visit during launches, discoveries, and other major moments. To handle everything from everyday browsing to traffic spikes when NASA sends a probe to intercept an asteroid, the team partnered with WordPress VIP for rock-solid performance and security.
The result is a faster, unified digital home worthy of one of the world’s most inspiring organizations.
“Our vision is to inspire humanity through a unified, world-class NASA web experience. NASA’s legacy footprint presents an opportunity to dramatically improve the user experience for the public we serve.
Modernizing our main websites from a technology standpoint and streamlining how the public engages with our content online are critical first steps in making our agency’s information more accessible, discoverable, and secure.”
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