Bringing clarity to your cause(s)
Having multiple websites for the same organisation can chew up time, money, and your team’s patience. If you’re juggling more than one platform, you’ll know the feeling:
Logging into a daily tangle of WordPress multisite plugins and themes that never play nicely
Branches, departments, or regions creating a maze of sites, systems, logins, and languages
Inconsistent branding across different audiences and purposes
A once-manageable setup that’s morphed into an untamed beast doing its own thing
A tailored multisite CMS, combined with proactive digital care, can bring everything back under one roof. We specialise in Wagtail multisite support for think tanks, charities, nonprofits, and educational organisations – unifying splintered sites into one single, simple dashboard all your teams can use.
When simpler is smarter
Our goal isn’t to add complexity – it’s to strip it away. We never jump into multisite construction unless it genuinely supports your mission, your teams, and your organisation’s future.
During discovery, we help you step back and evaluate your full digital ecosystem. Often, we find opportunities to unify, simplify, or restructure your web architecture – keeping the good bits and fixing what’s holding you back.
So, first up, do you actually need a multisite?
Let’s play a quick game. Drop a finger for every yes:
- You manage several sites under the same organisation
- You plan to launch multiple web platforms in the future
- The same team runs your whole web portfolio
- You publish content in different languages
- You want brand consistency across regions or departments
If your hand’s now a fist right now, you’re probably due a multisite
(and maybe a cuppa).
When you might not need one:
- You’re only ever going to have a single site
- Each site is managed and hosted completely separately
Multisite isn’t for everyone. But if it is for you, it can make managing multiple web platforms faster, cleaner, and far less stressful.
When multisite makes sense
Trying to manage sites through separate installs or disparate platforms leads to head-in-hands moments – we’ve seen it. Multisite hosting and support shouldn’t mean juggling a CMS circus of login credentials and maintenance schedules.
Through almost two decades building platforms for charities, nonprofits, think tanks, and educational orgs, we’ve found the best way to host multiple websites is with a unified multisite CMS that lets you:
Seamlessly share assets, resources, templates, and workflows across sites without duplication
Keep your brand unified while giving each site room to express its specific focus
Roll out changes across all web platforms from a single codebase
Cut hosting expenses and technical overheads significantly
Provide a brain-easy interface that works how your team naturally works
Manage users, plugins, and updates across all platforms from one place
Grow your setup as your organisation’s impact expands
We believe Wagtail is the best multisite CMS for mission-driven work
From WordPress to Drupal multisite platforms, we’ve tried every CMS going. Each has its strengths, and our clients have always been happy with what we built. But for high-stakes platforms that need flexibility, security, and long-term maintainability, Wagtail stands head and tails above the rest.
What makes Wagtail multisite platforms different:
Django multisite foundations that developers trust for scalability
Granular control over what’s shared and what’s unique between sites
StreamField blocks (basically Lego for content) that let editors be editors, not developers
Secure permissions for complex editorial workflows across teams
Active open source community growing 30% year-on-year, with no licensing fees
Multisite language switcher that handles translations while keeping teams in full control
Think your situation’s too big and complex?
Wagtail is the CMS of choice for the NHS, NASA, and Google. In expert hands, there’s nothing it can’t handle – whether you’re a charity with regional branches needing localised sites, a university with multiple schools or research units, or a think tank running separate microsites for projects and campaigns.
For instance, when ODI Global came to us with research scattered across disconnected microsites, we used Wagtail’s multisite powers to turn digital frustrations into a system that flows. Each branch – ODI Europe, ODI Global Washington, and ODI Global Advisory – now has its own dedicated space with shared templates, assets, and logins. Editors can breathe again – rolling out fresh content and new microsites faster within a shared CMS (and without the tension headaches).
See how we did it for ODI
Multiply your impact, not your to-do list
We’re not a generic web agency dabbling in multisite templates. We’ve spent almost 20 years building tailored digital platforms for organisations like yours. We get your challenges, compliance requirements, and stakeholder pressures.
From campaign donation sites to global member platforms, we craft multisite platforms that solve genuinely complex content challenges. And crucially – we stick around to look after them, long after launch.
When you’re juggling high content turnarounds for different teams and divisions, fragmented multiple website hosting is like putting your day on hard mode. Our Wagtail multisite platforms let everyone get in, do their job, and move on with their day.
