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Two knowledge platforms upgraded without touching live operations

InfoStride led a critical platform modernization for RS Components, upgrading and stabilizing two high-value digital knowledge platforms — RS Online Expert and Distrelec KnowHow. These expert-driven content hubs support customer education, product guidance and engagement across global audiences. The engagement was more than a routine upgrade: it meant safeguarding complex integrations, preserving multilingual and membership continuity, and future-proofing both platforms through a secure and scalable upgrade strategy.

RS Components

Client

RS Components

Platforms

RS Online Expert, Distrelec KnowHow

Upgrade

WordPress 6.8.2, PHP 8.3

Constraints

Reverse proxy, WPML, memberships

2

Platforms upgraded in place

Both modernized with no disruption to live operations.

100%

Content integrity preserved

Including multilingual translations and gated content.

0

Regressions in routing or auth

Reverse proxy, SEO structures and login flows all held.

Key challenges

  • Upgrading two complex, content-heavy platforms to WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.3 without disrupting live operations.
  • Managing RS Online Expert's reverse proxy environment and ensuring seamless routing and accessibility.
  • Preserving Distrelec KnowHow's multilingual architecture and membership-based access controls.
  • Identifying and resolving compatibility issues across outdated plugins, custom themes and page builders.
  • Ensuring continuity of SEO structures, cookie consent mechanisms and authentication workflows.
  • Mitigating risks associated with WPML translations, role-based access and dynamic content rendering.
  • Maintaining content integrity and platform stability across multiple environments and user journeys.

The InfoStride solution

  1. Comprehensive platform audit
    Plugins, themes, page builders, integrations and infrastructure dependencies reviewed to identify upgrade risks up front.
  2. Cloned staging environments
    Dedicated environments built from cloned repositories so every change was validated before production.
  3. Upgrades with targeted fixes
    WordPress and PHP upgraded with specific compatibility work for custom themes, legacy plugins and page builder components.
  4. Multilingual validation
    WPML translation integrity, language switching and localized content delivery all verified.
  5. Membership and auth testing
    Membership-based access controls, authentication flows and role-based permissions secured and tested for continuity.
  6. In-depth QA
    Backend workflows, frontend rendering, responsive layouts and cross-browser compatibility, plus specialized testing for reverse proxy configuration, cookie consent tools and SEO-critical structures.
  7. Controlled deployment
    Full backups, stakeholder approvals and post-launch validation for a risk-free rollout.

Outcomes

What RS Components has now

  1. Both platforms successfully upgraded to WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.3 with zero disruption to live operations.
  2. 100% content integrity preserved, including multilingual translations and membership-restricted content.
  3. Compatibility risks eliminated across plugins, themes and page builders, improving platform stability.
  4. Uninterrupted functionality of reverse proxy routing, authentication systems and SEO structures.
  5. Platform performance, security and long-term maintainability enhanced through modernized infrastructure.
  6. A future-ready, scalable foundation enabling continued growth, content expansion and feature enhancements.
  7. Full reverse-proxy routing continuity preserved for global technical content hubs.
  8. Zero loss of member subscription permissions across both knowledge portals.

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