WEBSITE TRANSFORMATION

Headless WordPress

Lightning fast, beautifully designed, always evolving

Transform how visitors experience your museum online. Keep using the WordPress content system your staff already knows, but deliver a modern, fast website that matches the quality of your institution. No need to retrain your team—the backend stays familiar while the front-end becomes extraordinary.

Visitor Experience Pages load 2-5x faster, making every digital visit smooth and engaging. Frustrated visitors become satisfied visitors.

Familiar admin experience Your team keeps using the same WordPress dashboard they already know. Update exhibits, post events, add collections—nothing changes on their end.

Ready for AI Features Easily integrate our conversational collection tools and other modern features without disrupting your existing workflow.

Traditional WordPress

Monolithic Architecture

WordPress Backend

REST API
Familiar content management interface

Modern Frontend

React / Next.js
Static Generation
Fast, responsive, optimized user experience

Performance Metrics

Page Load Speed
85%
Mobile UX
90%
SEO Score
95%
"Implementing headless WordPress transformed our digital presence. Page load times decreased by 68%, and our team still uses the familiar WordPress interface they know and love."
MH
Dr. Maria Hernandez
Digital Director, Pacific Maritime Museum

REAL MUSEUMS, REAL RESULTS

See How These Museums Serve Visitors Better

Discover how cultural institutions are attracting more online visitors, reducing bounce rates, and modernizing their digital presence—without retraining staff.

The Guggenheim Museum

MODERN WEBSITE
WORDPRESS BACKEND

The Guggenheim Museum transformed their digital presence by modernizing their website while keeping the familiar WordPress system their team already knew. The result? Lightning-fast pages that match the quality of their in-person exhibitions and happier visitors exploring their collection online.

Real Impact:

  • 68% faster page loading—visitors now spend less time waiting, more time exploring
  • Easier for staff to update exhibitions and events using the same WordPress they already know
  • Virtual tour attendance increased by 40% with smoother online experiences

Pacific Maritime Museum

MODERN WEB PLATFORM
LIGHTNING-FAST LOADING

This maritime museum modernized their online presence to bring their ship logs, historical documents, and interactive exhibits to life on the web. Their team continues updating content just as easily, while visitors enjoy a dramatically improved experience exploring naval history online.

Real Impact:

  • 95% more visitors finding their collection through Google searches
  • Researchers now easily discover 150-year-old ship logs and maritime documents
  • Virtual exhibit visitors tripled—now families explore maritime history from home

National Cultural Heritage Center

12 Languages
MODERN FRONTEND

Serving visitors from around the world, this heritage center needed to present their cultural artifacts and stories in 12 languages without overwhelming their small multilingual team. They modernized their website while keeping WordPress for easy content management, making their heritage truly global.

Global Impact:

  • 12 languages managed easily by a small team through familiar WordPress
  • 3D artifact viewing brings ancient objects to life for online visitors
  • 54% more international visitors now explore their cultural heritage

Ready to transform your institution's digital presence?

Like these museums, you can create a modern website that loads instantly, looks beautiful, and grows with your collection—without retraining your staff. Keep using WordPress exactly as you do now, while delivering an experience that matches the quality of your institution.

ABOUT HEADLESS WORDPRESS

Decoupled Architecture for Modern Institutions

Headless WordPress separates your content management system (the "back end") from your visitor-facing website (the "front end"), creating a more flexible, powerful digital presence while maintaining the familiar WordPress editing experience.

For museums and cultural institutions, this approach unlocks new possibilities for presenting collections, engaging visitors, and integrating advanced technologies like AI—all while improving performance, security, and accessibility.

Key Benefits for Cultural Institutions

Visitors Stay Longer Websites load in under 3 seconds, keeping visitors engaged with your content. When pages load instantly, people explore more exhibits online, donate more frequently, and recommend your museum to others. Plus, Google shows your site to more people when it loads quickly.

Grow With Your Needs — Easily integrate AI, personalization, and interactive elements as your digital strategy evolves

Your Team Already Knows How Zero retraining needed. Your staff continues using WordPress exactly as they do today—updating events, posting news, managing collections. The familiar dashboard they love stays the same, but the website visitors see becomes extraordinary.

Protect What Matters Shield your valuable digital collections, donor information, and visitor data. The advanced security architecture prevents common museum website threats without constant maintenance or security expertise from your team.

Why Museums Say 'Finally, a Website That Works'

Most museums struggle with the same digital dilemma: creating beautiful, fast websites that showcase their collections while working within tight budgets and limited IT staff. You need a website that:

  • - Loads fast enough to keep visitors exploring
  • - Makes your collections accessible to everyone
  • - Works perfectly on every device and browser
  • - Gives your team the tools they need without overwhelming complexity

Headless WordPress solves this perfectly. It's powerful enough to showcase your institution's full potential online, yet simple enough for small teams to manage. Best of all, it grows with you—from adding virtual exhibits today to integrating AI features tomorrow.

Traditional WordPress

WORDPRESS BACKEND
WORDPRESS FRONTEND
Content management bound to presentation
Limited frontend flexibility
Page Load:
Slower

Headless WordPress

WORDPRESS BACKEND
REST API / GraphQL
MODERN FRONTEND
React
Next.js
Static Generation
Familiar admin
Modern frontend
Page Load:
Faster

Visitors Explore More

Pages load in under 2 seconds, keeping visitors engaged instead of abandoning slow-loading collection pages. More time spent viewing your exhibits, higher donation conversion rates, and Google shows your museum to more online searchers.

Enhanced Security

Your digital archives, donor information, and membership data remain secure from cyber threats. Built-in protection without the need for security expertise or constant updates that drain your IT resources.

Connect Everything Simply

Add virtual tours, AI collection search, membership portals, and donation systems without complex coding. Your museum website grows with your needs—today's basic site becomes tomorrow's digital experience hub.

Beautiful Collections Online

Showcase your artifacts with custom galleries, interactive timelines, and immersive displays that match your physical exhibits. No more settling for cookie-cutter museum website templates that don't reflect your unique institution.

Perfect on Every Device

Whether visitors use phones in your galleries or tablets at home, your content looks stunning and loads instantly. Capture engagement from the 70% of museum website visitors using mobile devices.

Invest Once, Evolve Forever

Add new features and adapt to changing visitor expectations without expensive redesigns or retraining your staff. Your website investment grows more valuable over time instead of becoming outdated.

How We Transform Your Museum Website in 4 Simple Steps

01

Understanding Your Museum's Needs

We start by learning about your unique collection, visitor types, and digital goals. Together, we create a roadmap that addresses your current pain points—whether it's slow loading times, poor mobile experience, or limited exhibit visibility online.

02

Preserving What Works

Your staff continues using the WordPress dashboard they know and love, while we upgrade the invisible architecture that makes your website run. Think of it like renovating your building's foundation—visitors see the beautiful new exterior, but your staff keeps working in the familiar spaces.

03

Bringing Your Vision to Life

We create a stunning digital experience that showcases your collection perfectly. Interactive galleries, quick-loading pages, and beautiful layouts that work flawlessly on every device. Your museum's digital home gets the same care and attention as your physical galleries.

04

Empowering Your Team

We train your team on any new features (spoiler: most things stay exactly the same). Plus, you get ongoing support to ensure your website continues delivering excellent experiences. No technical headaches—just a reliable partner who understands museums.

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The transition to headless WordPress transformed our digital presence. Our page load times decreased by 68%, and our team still uses the familiar WordPress interface they know and love.
MH
Dr. Maria Hernandez
Digital Director, Pacific Maritime Museum

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