{"id":41113,"date":"2018-08-14T14:52:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T19:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=41113"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:34:43","slug":"wp-engine-recognized-gartners-2018-magic-quadrant-web-content-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-engine-recognized-gartners-2018-magic-quadrant-web-content-management\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Engine Recognized in Gartner&#8217;s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gartner has recognized WP Engine in its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/wp-engine-recognized-as-2019-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-for-web-content-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2018 Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management<\/span><\/a>\u2014<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the first time the company has appeared in this assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gartner breaks the definition of Web Content Management* (WCM) into four core components: (1) controlling content, (2) across one or more digital channels, (3) using specific management solutions, (4) based on a core repository. So WCM solutions encompass far more than the simple publication of web pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The WCM industry is quickly evolving in response to the imperatives of customer experience\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strategies, which include digital transformation and continuous optimization using, for example, AI. While WCM remains at the heart of the technology stacks that support customer experience\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">initiatives, native WCM capabilities are expanding beyond their traditional boundaries, and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">integrations with adjacent technologies are driving expansion into the area of DXPs. According to Gartner, WCM is more important than ever for digital transformation and optimization, so there is increasing pressure for businesses of all kinds to &#8220;get it right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three forces are fueling this evolution of WCM. They arise from:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The path to digital business that many organizations are taking, and from what they are\u00a0<\/span>struggling with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The need for better interoperability, flexibility and integration\u2014attributes that directly\u00a0<\/span>influence the success of digital business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The requirement for better and more practical AI-driven content management capabilities, as these can quickly lead to measurable business results.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The combination of these forces is providing an opportunity for WP Engine\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WordPress Digital Experience Platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which gives companies of all sizes the agility, performance, intelligence and integrations they need to drive their business forward faster. WP Engine is meeting this market opportunity through a combination of tech innovation and its award-winning team of WordPress experts. Today, more than 80,000 companies across 135 countries rely on and trust WP Engine to help them with world-class digital experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAppearing in Gartner\u2019s Magic Quadrant for WCM is a wonderful recognition of our customers\u2019 success using our platform,\u201d said WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner. \u201cIt\u2019s a testament to how they\u2019re using WP Engine to move their businesses forward faster.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Our placement in the Magic Quadrant is also a validation of the fact that we continue to be the digital experience platform of choice for a growing number of mid-size and enterprise organizations as they look for a partner to help them win online, with WordPress.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gartner&#8217;s IT industry analysts conducted research for the Magic Quadrant and evaluated WCM providers based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/wp-engine-recognized-as-2019-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-for-web-content-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Download a complimentary copy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the \u201c2018 Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management\u201d to get the results from Gartner\u2019s report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: \u201cGartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management,\u201d by Mick MacComascaigh and Jim Murphy, July 30, 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. 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