Case study · US Harbors
Weekly outages ended. Migrated in two weeks.
A mission-critical WordPress migration and performance optimization for the site 1,400 harbors rely on for tides, weather, and local knowledge.
About the client
Tides, weather, and local knowledge for 1,400 harbors.
US Harbors provides tide, marine weather, boating, and fishing information for over 1,400 harbors in 30 coastal states. With many users coming to the site for tide information, forecasts, data, webcams, and resources, it was important for US Harbors to reach their audience reliably.
US Harbors partnered with Digital Polygon to improve the operations of their website so the team could stop worrying about the site going down.
The problem
Constant outages, weekly server upgrades.
When US Harbors approached Digital Polygon, they were facing constant site outages requiring weekly server upgrades to keep the site operational. This was affecting their ability to gain the trust of an expanding userbase looking to build a community around their local harbors, and ultimately impacting the bottom line.
The solution
Audited, migrated, and relaunched in two weeks.
US Harbors partnered with Digital Polygon to audit, remediate, migrate, and relaunch its flagship WordPress website, usharbors.com, on Pantheon. Understanding the significant impact to the business, our team completed the site remediation, migration, and relaunch in just two weeks.
Since the relaunch, US Harbors has not had a single outage and the site has supported a 2x traffic increase, currently serving around 100k unique visitors and 2.5M requests daily.
“Digital Polygon was an absolute pleasure to work with. From the initial kickoff through the site relaunch, Digital Polygon exceeded our expectations in all areas. The results are better than we could have imagined, allowing us to continue supporting our community and providing Tides, Weather, and Local Knowledge to our users.”
By the numbers
Stability the team can count on.
2 weeks
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2x
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