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Do You need a CMS? Why most business websites still do

Do You need a CMS? Why most business websites still do

8/18/2026
Spend enough time on LinkedIn at the moment and you will see a familiar kind of post. Someone has taken their company website, removed the “bloated” CMS, rebuilt the whole thing as a static site using AI tools, and now everything is apparently faster, simpler, cheaper and easier to manage.
category = CMS
Why enterprise-ready CMS features matter at any size

Why enterprise-ready CMS features matter at any size

8/12/2026
Enterprise-ready is a description of how a platform is built: how it handles security, how content gets managed as more people touch it, and whether it stays reliable when traffic and complexity grow.
category = CMS
WordPress security in 2026: AI, wp2shell and the race to patch

WordPress security in 2026: AI, wp2shell and the race to patch

8/7/2026
WordPress patched 14 Core vulnerabilities in three weeks. We look at wp2shell, AI-assisted security research and what it means for WordPress in 2026.
category = WordPress
How headless websites can improve page speed

How headless websites can improve page speed

8/4/2026
Going headless does not make a site fast on its own. It removes the structural limits that hold traditional setups back, which is a different thing. The speed comes from the decisions made during the build, not from the architecture by itself.
category = CMS
What the WordPress legal dispute means for your website

What the WordPress legal dispute means for your website

7/27/2026
Events of the past year exposed something many website owners had probably never thought about before. WordPress is open source in licensing terms, but some of the infrastructure millions of websites depend on is controlled by a much smaller group of people than many assume.
category = WordPress
From CMS to content infrastructure: what we learned at JoyConf 2025

From CMS to content infrastructure: what we learned at JoyConf 2025

7/17/2026
What does a CMS need to do in the age of AI search and agents? We share what JoyConf 2025 taught us about structured content, AX and better content foundations.
category = Storyblok
Is Storyblok Good for SEO? What You Need to Know Before You Build

Is Storyblok Good for SEO? What You Need to Know Before You Build

7/15/2026
Storyblok will not hurt your SEO just because it is headless. How the front-end is built, how content is modelled, how redirects are handled, and whether the standard technical SEO foundations were set up properly from the start are what actually effect SEO.
category = Storyblok
Why we built our own site on Storyblok (and what we'd do differently)

Why we built our own site on Storyblok (and what we'd do differently)

7/13/2026
When we finally committed to rebuilding the Hekla site, Storyblok was the obvious choice. We are a Storyblok development agency. We recommend it to clients. We build on it regularly. There really wasn't any other alternative we seriously considered.
category = Storyblok
Storyblok localization for multi-market content

Storyblok localization for multi-market content

7/7/2026
For many teams, the setup they are working with makes it harder to manage content across multiple markets: duplicated page trees, translations that fall out of sync, and regional editors who have stopped trusting what they see in the CMS.
category = Storyblok