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SUNY Geneseo

A 7,000-page Drupal estate rebuilt as one governed WordPress platform

InfoStride led a comprehensive digital modernization initiative for the State University of New York – Geneseo, transforming a complex Drupal-based web ecosystem into a unified, enterprise-grade WordPress platform hosted on Pantheon. The engagement went well beyond CMS migration: it modernized governance, improved usability, strengthened accessibility compliance and established a scalable platform for distributed editorial teams while preserving content integrity and SEO performance.

SUNY Geneseo

Client

SUNY Geneseo

Platform

WordPress Enterprise on Pantheon

Migrated from

Drupal 10

Scope

7,000+ pages, 300+ subsites

7,000+

Webpages migrated

Into a single unified WordPress platform.

300+

Departmental subsites consolidated

All under one enterprise CMS architecture.

100%

URL and SEO continuity

Preserved through migration and launch.

Key challenges

  • Migrating a large-scale digital ecosystem of thousands of pages across multiple environments and departmental subsites.
  • Preserving URL structures, metadata and search rankings during migration.
  • Managing fragmented content governance across hundreds of editors and departments.
  • Rebuilding legacy Drupal layouts into a modern, maintainable WordPress architecture.
  • Eliminating duplicate and outdated media assets while maintaining content accuracy.
  • Ensuring compliance with accessibility standards and institutional policies.
  • Supporting a distributed editorial environment with secure authentication and role-based governance.

The InfoStride solution

  1. Discovery and content audit
    A comprehensive audit analyzing taxonomies, metadata, media assets, URL hierarchies and permissions across the whole estate.
  2. Structured migration strategy
    Automated tooling combined with manual validation to guarantee accuracy and SEO continuity rather than trusting a script alone.
  3. Gutenberg block architecture
    Legacy layouts rebuilt on native Gutenberg blocks, giving modular and sustainable content management in place of bespoke templates.
  4. Enterprise governance model
    A WordPress Enterprise architecture supporting centralized governance alongside distributed departmental editorial workflows.
  5. SSO and role-based permissions
    Role-based permission controls integrated with Microsoft Entra ID for automated user provisioning and governance.
  6. Standardized templates and content models
    Consistent design and editorial efficiency across every departmental site, enforced at template level.
  7. Performance optimization
    Caching, image compression and version-controlled deployment environments across the platform.

Outcomes

What SUNY Geneseo has now

  1. 7,000+ webpages successfully migrated into a unified WordPress platform.
  2. 300+ departmental subsites consolidated under a single enterprise CMS architecture.
  3. User accounts reduced from 6,800+ to roughly 600 governed editorial users through SSO and role-based permissions.
  4. 35% improvement in page load performance through optimization and modern infrastructure.
  5. Duplicate content and unused media reduced by 40% through structured content governance.
  6. 100% URL preservation and SEO continuity maintained during migration and launch.
  7. A WCAG 2.2 AA and ADA compliant platform delivered with template-level accessibility enforcement.
  8. A scalable enterprise platform now operating under structured post-launch governance and support.

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