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BoardingArea.com becomes a top travel traffic destination
BoardingArea.com grew into a top travel destination for frequent fliers, powered by WP Engine’s managed hosting.
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500K+
average daily readers, up from 318 on day one
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125+
articles published per day on average
Client ProfileA travel blog network outgrows its roots
- Client Site
- boardingarea.com (opens in a new tab)
- Industry
- Media & Publishing
BoardingArea.com is a network of travel and frequent-flyer blogs founded in 2008, reaching readers in more than 230 countries.
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The ChallengeSelf-hosting couldn’t keep up
BoardingArea initially tried hosting WordPress itself, but plugin conflicts across roughly 1,000 plugins on 115 installs meant hours of manual troubleshooting every time something broke.
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The SolutionManaged hosting, built for scale
Moving to WP Engine in 2015 gave BoardingArea managed hosting and Smart Plugin Manager, letting the team focus on content instead of server maintenance across its growing network of blogs.
ResultsGrowth the team didn’t have to manage alone
BoardingArea now reaches readers in more than 230 countries, with daily traffic spiking as high as 1.4 million during peak periods. Offloading server and plugin management to WP Engine has freed the team from the hours once spent chasing conflicts.
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230
countries reached
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40-60
estimated hours saved per month on maintenance
If I call WP Engine and say, ‘I’ve got a problem,’ they’re going to say, ‘We’ll figure this out together.’ That’s a partnership.
Founder, BoardingArea.com
