NASA's Strategic Decision: Revamping Flagship Website with WordPress
NASA has chosen WordPress as the content management system (CMS) for its revamped flagship website, replacing Drupal. The decision was based on factors such as the accessibility of resources, a plugin ecosystem that offers real-time content analysis, and the ease of use of the content authoring environment. The flexibility of WordPress's block editor was also a key factor, allowing NASA to create custom editor blocks for sharing discoveries and telling stories. The project involved migrating 68,698 pages and creating 3,023 new landing pages. NASA plans to open source some of its custom blocks and other project components to contribute to the WordPress community.