Case study

From legacy WordPress to a faster, safer website foundation.

How Atomic Glue helped ORDR — a cybersecurity company that helps organizations discover devices and mitigate threats — modernize its website without waiting for a separate rebuild budget.

41 → 100 Lighthouse score

~4 weeks Concept through launch

650+ Pages migrated

0 Downtime at launch

The challenge

ORDR had outgrown WordPress.

ORDR's WordPress site was no longer serving the needs of the business. The site technically worked, but every change carried friction.

The marketing team needed to move quickly around events, field marketing campaigns, ABM motions, partner campaigns, and changing product messaging. Instead, they were slowed down by an editing experience that made everyday updates harder than they needed to be.

Behind the scenes, the technical foundation had become equally limiting. The site carried years of technical debt, plugin bloat, hosting complexity, and content organization problems.

Most importantly, the WordPress security profile was not acceptable for a cybersecurity company. Atomic Glue was auditing the site daily and updating plugins and themes weekly. Even with that level of attention, the number of dependencies meant there were often vulnerabilities to patch.

The issue was not simply that WordPress was old. It was that ORDR's website had become harder to trust, harder to change, and harder to scale.

Before — homepage Lighthouse

41 Performance

6.4s First Contentful Paint

18.9s Largest Contentful Paint

61 SEO score

Atomic Glue was auditing the site daily and updating plugins weekly. The risk never went away.

The approach

Rebuild the foundation without a separate rebuild process.

A modern, open-source stack

Atomic Glue chose Payload CMS, Next.js, and MongoDB — removing plugin dependency, eliminating WordPress-specific security exposure, and giving ORDR a modern foundation without vendor lock-in. Payload added MFA by default and SSO integration support.

Rethinking content and information architecture

Atomic Glue migrated 650+ pages of content. Some was imported directly, some rebuilt. The overall information architecture was rethought — especially around ORDR's resource center — making it easier for marketing to manage content and stay aligned with current messaging.

Using AI where it made sense

AI accelerated QA, supported lower-level production work, sketched early design directions, and reduced repetitive manual effort. Human experts still owned strategy, design decisions, development quality, and final delivery. AI reduced the burden of repetitive work so the team could spend more time on the decisions that required judgment, taste, and experience.

Building in better measurement

Atomic Glue rebuilt ORDR's analytics foundation using PostHog, adding journey tracking for CTA clicks, form starts, and form submissions. The site was also integrated with ORDR's broader marketing stack — Marketo, 6sense, and ZoomInfo — giving ORDR better visibility into how web activity connects to demand generation.

The results

A perfect Lighthouse foundation.

Dramatically faster performance

Before the rebuild, the homepage had a Lighthouse Performance score of 41. After launch, the site reached 100 across all four major Lighthouse categories.

0.4sFirst Contentful Paint

0.8sLargest Contentful Paint

30msTotal Blocking Time

100SEO score

A safer platform for a cybersecurity company

By eliminating WordPress entirely, Atomic Glue removed the plugin-heavy security model that had created constant maintenance pressure. The new Payload-based architecture gave ORDR a cleaner foundation with fewer moving parts, modern authentication options, and a more controlled security posture.

For a cybersecurity company, that mattered. The website no longer felt like a mismatch with the company's own standards.

A faster workflow for marketing

The new site gives ORDR's marketing team the ability to move at the speed of the business. They can respond faster to major events, support partner campaigns, launch ABM motions, and update messaging without the same operational drag.

The website can now keep pace with how ORDR talks in the field.

A better delivery model

ORDR needed a new website, but waiting for a separate rebuild budget would have slowed everything down. Atomic Glue delivered the work through the existing monthly partnership — turning what could have been a delayed capital project into a fast, focused modernization effort.

Key outcomes

Outcome	Result
Platform	WordPress eliminated entirely
New stack	Payload CMS, Next.js, MongoDB
Content migrated	650+ pages
Timeline	About four weeks from concept through launch
Launch	Zero downtime
Lighthouse	100 / 100 / 100 / 100 after final optimization
Security	Reduced WordPress/plugin exposure
Analytics	PostHog journey tracking
Marketing integrations	Marketo, 6sense, ZoomInfo
Tracking	CTA clicks, form starts, form submissions
Budget model	Delivered without a major upfront rebuild investment

ORDR needed the kind of website a cybersecurity company should have: fast, secure, flexible, and easy for marketing to manage. The real challenge was delivering that without forcing them to wait for a separate rebuild budget. That's where our ongoing partnership model made the difference.

Jeff Walden Atomic Glue

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# Case Study: ORDR — From legacy WordPress to a faster, safer website foundation

How Atomic Glue helped ORDR — a cybersecurity company that helps organizations discover devices and mitigate threats — migrate from WordPress to Payload CMS, Next.js, and MongoDB. Reaching perfect Lighthouse scores in about four weeks.

Lighthouse score: 41 → 100
Timeline: ~4 weeks from concept through launch
Content migrated: 650+ pages
Downtime at launch: 0

## The challenge

ORDR’s WordPress site was no longer serving the needs of the business. Every change carried friction. The marketing team was slowed by an editing experience that made everyday updates harder than needed. The site carried years of technical debt, plugin bloat, hosting complexity, and content organization problems. Most importantly, the WordPress security profile was not acceptable for a cybersecurity company — even with daily audits and weekly plugin updates, there were always vulnerabilities to patch.

Before: Lighthouse Performance 41 · First Contentful Paint 6.4s · Largest Contentful Paint 18.9s · SEO score 61

## The approach

A modern, open-source stack — Payload CMS, Next.js, and MongoDB. Eliminated plugin dependency, WordPress security exposure, and vendor lock-in. Payload added MFA by default and SSO integration support.
Rethinking content and information architecture — 650+ pages migrated. Information architecture rethought, especially around ORDR’s resource center.
Using AI where it made sense — AI accelerated QA and reduced repetitive manual effort. Human experts owned strategy, design, development quality, and final delivery.
Building in better measurement — Analytics rebuilt with PostHog: CTA clicks, form starts, form submissions. Integrated with Marketo, 6sense, and ZoomInfo.

## The results

Dramatically faster performance — Lighthouse 41 → 100. FCP: 0.4s. LCP: 0.8s. Total Blocking Time: 30ms. SEO: 100.
A safer platform for a cybersecurity company — Eliminated WordPress plugin-heavy security model. Payload architecture with modern authentication and controlled security posture.
A faster workflow for marketing — Team can respond faster to events, partner campaigns, ABM motions, and messaging updates without operational drag.
A better delivery model — Delivered through the existing monthly partnership without a separate rebuild budget.

## Key outcomes

Platform: WordPress eliminated entirely
New stack: Payload CMS, Next.js, MongoDB
Content migrated: 650+ pages
Timeline: About four weeks from concept through launch
Launch: Zero downtime
Lighthouse: 100 / 100 / 100 / 100
Analytics: PostHog journey tracking
Marketing integrations: Marketo, 6sense, ZoomInfo
Budget model: Delivered without a major upfront rebuild investment

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