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Standard CMS
Prefer a familiar CMS? We design, build, host and manage it — kept fast, secure and continuously updated.
Not every site needs to go headless. When your team wants a familiar, self-service platform, we design, build, host and manage it on the leading standard CMSs — with the same managed care as our headless builds.
What Standard CMS delivers
Secure & patched
Core, themes and plugins kept current — no stale, exploitable code.
Fast & SEO-ready
Tuned for speed and search, on reliable managed hosting.
Backups & uptime
Monitored, backed up and restorable — surprises engineered out.
Edits & support
A responsive team for the changes your in-house tools can't.
KPIs we move — measured, owned, reported
Every KPI is tied to a named owner and a target agreed up front — so this service is accountable to outcomes, not activity, for every stakeholder who consumes the value.
Capability Maturity — we walk you up the five levels
Operated at Level 4 · Quantitatively Managed — measured, predictable and owned. We track this rank and raise it over time. See the five levels →
Five platforms — matched to how you work
WordPress
Open source · most popularThe world's most-used CMS — a vast plugin ecosystem and familiar editing, designed, built, hardened and fully managed by us so it stays fast and secure.
Best for · Content-rich sites
Drupal
Open source · enterpriseSecure and powerful for complex content models, fine-grained permissions and multi-site estates — built and managed to enterprise standards.
Best for · Large, structured sites
Joomla
Open source · flexibleMultilingual and access control built in — a robust middle ground between WordPress and Drupal, fully managed.
Best for · Membership & multilingual
Wix
Hosted SaaS · all-in-oneThe fastest route to live — hosting, drag-and-drop editing and templates built in. We set it up right and manage it for you.
Best for · Small business, quick launch
Webflow
Visual · designer-builtPixel-perfect, code-quality sites built visually — without the plugin sprawl. Ideal for marketing sites where design is the edge.
Best for · Design-led marketing sitesWhy this matters
Functional value, value-stream value — and why it can't be ignored.
Designs, builds, hosts and manages a familiar CMS such as WordPress — kept fast, secure and continuously updated.
The same conversion-and-trust surface for teams who want a familiar editor: it keeps the value stream's shop window performing without the maintenance burden landing on you.
A neglected CMS is the most-attacked software on the web — an unpatched plugin is a breach waiting to happen, and a slow, outdated site quietly costs you trust and conversions every single day.
One data layer · measured & owned
Every service creates data — captured, measured, owned.
Standard CMS doesn’t just run — it generates signal. We land that data in one warehouse and turn it into live KPIs tied to a named owner, so performance is attributable and acted on, never trapped inside a single tool.
Data warehouse
Supabase
Snowflake
Keboola
BigQuery KPIs, dashboards & apps
Plotly
Retool
Apache Superset Platform-agnostic — we connect what you already use and add a warehouse only where it earns its place.
How we select technology
We choose technology last — for the outcomes it has to earn.
Never tech for its own sake. A tool joins the stack only where it measurably protects value, cuts cost or unlocks speed — fit to a designed system, owned where it counts, and measurable from day one. How we select technology →
Speed
Modern, edge-served stacks are sub-second. Slow surfaces cost conversion and SEO every single day.
Cost
Cut licence, hosting and per-task SaaS fees — pay for capability, not lock-in or idle enterprise tiers.
Security
Flat, edge architecture with almost nothing left to attack — fewer moving parts, smaller surface.
Ownership & no lock-in
Composable and self-hosted where it counts — you own the system, not rent someone else’s.
Measurability
Clean data and KPIs baked in — you cannot improve, automate or apply AI to what you cannot measure.
Fit to process
The right tool for a designed system — selected against process readiness, so it amplifies, not adds friction.
How we deliver · DMAIC
Every Standard CMS engagement runs on DMAIC.
Define the goal and its value, measure the baseline, analyse the real constraint, improve with a proven build, then control the gains — so results are predictable, repeatable and defensible, not down to luck.
Agree the goal, value, budget & timescale up front.
Baseline the KPIs above — current state, not guesswork.
Diagnose the real constraint and the solution needed.
Build the chosen solution; prove the uplift.
Lock in the gains; monitor and sustain them.
FAQ
Common questions
What is Standard CMS?
Not every site needs to go headless. When your team wants a familiar, self-service platform, we design, build, host and manage it on the leading standard CMSs — with the same managed care as our headless builds.
Why does Standard CMS matter?
A neglected CMS is the most-attacked software on the web — an unpatched plugin is a breach waiting to happen, and a slow, outdated site quietly costs you trust and conversions every single day.
How does Sentry deliver Standard CMS?
Designs, builds, hosts and manages a familiar CMS such as WordPress — kept fast, secure and continuously updated.
What do I get with Standard CMS?
Secure & patched: Core, themes and plugins kept current — no stale, exploitable code. Fast & SEO-ready: Tuned for speed and search, on reliable managed hosting. Backups & uptime: Monitored, backed up and restorable — surprises engineered out. Edits & support: A responsive team for the changes your in-house tools can't.
Start here · the free first step
Standard CMS starts the same way every engagement does: with Discovery.
Two distinct moves — a free, no-obligation Discovery Session to find your value at stake, then the Discovery & Blueprint: 14 structured outputs — value model, roadmap and business case — before a pound of delivery is committed.
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