Scaling WordPress for Enterprise & News UK Migration

In Episode 29 of WP Legends, we sat down with Tom Willmot, Co-founder and CEO of Human Made, the world-renowned WordPress agency trusted by Google, TechCrunch, Capgemini, NASA, the United Nations, and News UK.

Tom’s journey began as a self-taught developer experimenting with WordPress in the mid-2000s, and has since evolved into leading one of the most respected enterprise WordPress agencies in the world. From launching Human Made in 2010 to building Altis, an enterprise WordPress platform, his vision has helped redefine what open source can achieve at scale.

In this episode, Tom shares the story of migrating the UK’s largest newspaper to WordPress back in 2014, at the time the highest-traffic WordPress site in the world. He discusses the challenges of scaling WordPress for global media, the evolution of enterprise needs, the rise of headless and hybrid architectures, and why open source gives WordPress an edge in the AI-driven future.

Whether you’re a WordPress developer, enterprise strategist, or agency owner, this episode dives deep into the realities of scaling open source for billion-dollar brands, governments, and global organizations.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Meet Tom Willmot
3:23 - Early WordPress beginnings
7:30 - Founding Human Made in 2010
12:20 - Pivoting from small projects to enterprise
15:50 - WordPress in the next 5 years
16:44 - Partnership with WordPress VIP
22:05 - What “enterprise WordPress” really means
22:30 - Remote-first culture at Human Made
23:40 - The reality of headless & hybrid WordPress
26:11 - The Scale Consortium & marketing WordPress to enterprise
31:36 - Fun questions
35:00 - Final thoughts

Music Credits:
Valdez of Crenshaw by Terrace Martin
Live Like Legends by Ruelle - Nightcore Remix

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