Crafted With Code: Performance Showcase

This year’s Crafted With Code showcase has already highlighted five projects recognized by the Webby Awards and WP Engine, each featuring beautifully designed, highly accessible digital experiences. 

Now, Crafted With Code is shining a light on some of the most performant projects submitted to the Webbys this year.

The Webby Awards exist to honor excellence online, and for the past five years, WP Engine has partnered with the organization to curate Crafted with Code: a digital showcase that provides a deep dive into the stories and strategies behind WordPress-powered, Webby-recognized websites.

Through video interviews with the teams responsible for these projects, Crafted With Code provides a backstory to explain the whos, hows, and whys that go into building top-tier websites using WordPress.

“Performance is the top priority for our customers when building a website, and it’s the cornerstone of what we do at WP Engine,” said WP Engine Director of Brand Regina Yuan. 

“We take immense pride in delivering that level of excellence and are excited to partner with the Webby Awards to highlight WordPress sites that exemplify this commitment to performance.”

Second edition: Digital performance

Crafted With Code has already released the first batch of recognized projects for 2024, each being lauded for excellent use of design principles and accessible navigation.

Now, we have entered the second phase of the Crafted With Code showcase, which features projects that represent the theme of performance. Each of these digital experiences is designed to deliver lightning-fast load times, seamless user experiences, and optimized content delivery, all powered by WordPress.

Later in the year, the showcase will release its final collection, which will explore the theme of innovation by highlighting sites using cutting-edge WordPress technology to tell their stories.

This year’s high-performing projects

To give you a taste of what’s in store, here are a few of the projects highlighted by this year’s Crafted with Code showcase that were built on WP Engine’s world-class WordPress hosting platform.

These sites do more than perform well—they serve as prime examples of how WordPress can be leveraged to create digital experiences that are fast, responsive, and robust enough to meet the demands of today’s internet users.

Check out the full showcase to see all the projects we’ve highlighted so far this year, or learn about a few of the WP Engine-hosted sites from the showcase below!

Clooney Foundation for Justice by Redback Solutions

The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) is a nonprofit organization founded by George and Amal Clooney that works toward global justice by providing free legal support to victims of abuses of power.

In order to tell a story that captures the breadth of the injustices CFJ works to dismantle, they tapped the experts at Redback Solutions to help them build a fast, performant website where they can share updates on key initiatives, collect donations, and showcase high-quality images and videos to tell the stories of the individuals they serve. 

With solid Core Web Vitals scores and lightning-fast page speeds, the site was nominated for a Webby Award for Features & Design in the Best Visual Design – Function category.

LUMA Vision by WONDR

LUMA Vision is a medical company that’s creating the future of interventional cardiac imaging. The company’s goal is to improve patient health outcomes but equipping cardiologists with the tools they need to gain a fuller, evidence-based understanding of their patient’s hearts.

To build a site that captures the essence of a company on the cutting edge of medical innovation, LUMA Vision sought out WordPress experts at WONDR. The teams collaborated to create the new site, which quickly gets to the heart of the company’s message while serving up content quickly for all users.

This year, the LUMA Vision site was recognized as a Webby Honoree for General Desktop & Mobile Sites in the Health & Wellness category.

Harvard Law Review by 10UP

As one of the most prestigious names in academia, Harvard has a reputation to uphold. When The Harvard Law Review, a more than 100-year-old student-run publication, was looking to refresh its content in a new digital space, agency experts at 10UP were able to help make that vision a reality.

The new media publishing site is well-organized, easily searchable, and highly performant, achieving a Core Web Vitals Performance score of 98!

The site earned a Webby nomination this year for General Desktop & Mobile Sites in the Law category.

Tune into our Crafted Future event to learn more

Want to learn more about these projects or pose a question to the creators who built them?

Register now for the Crafted Future event in September to hear the stories behind these sites straight from the mouths of the experts whose insight and experience made them possible!