NTL DEPLOY: Try the new AI workflow →

The fastest

WordPress sites

Build and deploy WordPress sites using a modern Jamstack approach, on Netlify's all-in-one platform for web development

Request demo

  • 8×

    Faster Page Loads

  • 10×

    Higher Productivity

Smashing Magazine cat illustration

Faster sites and fewer outages by moving Smashing's WordPress sites to Netlify

Before moving to Netlify, Smashing's site was slowing down under the weight of over 20K comments and thousands of articles

  • Over 10x faster page loads
  • Fewer network outages
  • Easy way to authenticate users to a subscription plan
Read the Smashing Magazine case study

More speed. Less spend.

Netlify brings a modern web architecture without losing the WordPress experience

A win for users
Fast, global edge performance
Sites load in a fraction of the time because they're pre-rendered and served directly from Netlify's High-Performance Edge network.
A win for developers
Adopt modern workflows & tools
Get setup faster and ship more often with Netlify's modern developer workflows. Build compelling experiences in any templating engine or frontend framework.
A win for the CTO & CFO
Way lower cost and complexity
Absorb huge traffic bursts without ever burdening your origin infrastructure. Netlify prerenders and caches web pages across our global network.
Request demo
The time to first load is so much faster than before… before we had to wait for the HTML file being served for 800ms and now it's 80ms
Avatar of Markus Seyfferth
Markus Seyfferth Former CEO, Smashing Magazine
Read the case study
How it works

Familiar but faster

Ace your Lighthouse scores

WordPress power meets Netlify performance

Keep WordPress as a best-in-class CMS for managing content, managing sites and component libraries, and enabling personalization.

  • The WordPress content editing experience you know
  • Up to 8x faster pages and instantaneous scaling — with less cost & complexity
  • Deliver secure web properties without the need for WordPress scaling

A seamless integration

Run WordPress as a headless CMS with Netlify building your site and delivering it to end users.

  • Netlify listens for any changes from WordPress and new content is fetched using the WordPress APIs
  • Netlify prerenders your entire site using any tools and frameworks you configure
  • Once generated, your site is deployed across Netlify Edge in a single atomic update

Render WordPress pages with modern frontend tools

Bring your own framework to modernize development

The WordPress APIs feed content to Netlify's build & deploy automation allowing your team to create rich, immersive experiences in the modern development framework of your choosing

  • React
  • Gatsby
  • Nextjs
  • VueJS & Nuxt
  • Astro
  • Many more…
module.exports = () => { return { name: "netlify-plugin-image-optim", onPostBuild: async config => { const files = {}; Optimize images during your builds Image optim plugin Analyze & optimize your web fonts usage Subfont plugin Notify and stop build if a11y checks fails A11y plugin

Use build plugins from the community or create your own

Customize your projects with your own build tools or microservices

Netlify discovers and installs your project dependencies and allows you to write powerful plugins that hook into any stage of the build process.

Explore integrations or create your own
Request demo
Low predictable costs
Reduce the cost and complexity of your content delivery infrastructure
Streamlined developer workflow
Deliver new web properties faster with better developer workflows
Fast engaging sites
Higher search rankings, lower bounce rates, & higher conversion
Instant scaling when traffic surges
Effortlessly handle massive traffic with site content cached across the globe

Learn more about using WordPress with Netlify

We'll show you what it takes to make the shift

Request Demo