Content delivery based on an open-source implementation of WordPress
Alexa Bäcker, Léon Brecht · International Journal of Entertainment Technology and Management · 2025
In industry-based information management, there is a shift away from traditional print documentation towards dynamic web delivery enhanced by semantic technologies. This has led to a growing interest in content delivery portal (CDP) and related solutions. A CDP has the advantage that recipients can receive product documentation in a more customer-focused and use-case-oriented manner. Because of the increased demand in CDP solutions, there are several CDP providers on the market. These systems have vendor-specific features, which must be considered by technical writers in the system selection process. In contrast to vendor systems, an open-source and self-managed CDP could have the advantage of offering a high degree of customisation. During this research, a CDP was developed, using the web content management system (WCMS) 'WordPress'. A system solution like this could offer more flexibility eliminating dependency on CDP vendors. Thus, there is no need to compromise on system selection and a greater possibility for individual system extensions. Furthermore, the wide variety of WordPress plugins has the potential to make individual extensibilities easy to implement.