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.
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.
Atomic Glue was auditing the site daily and updating plugins weekly. The risk never went away.
Rebuild the foundation without a separate rebuild process.
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.
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.
Here’s what changed.
- 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.
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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's plugin-heavy security model. Payload architecture with modern authentication and a 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.
Here’s what changed.
- 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