The client
National World is a media group publishing over 100 local newspaper sites, magazines and a national newspaper. The Scotsman’s Food and Drink section is its national magazine site for restaurant reviews, recipes, producers and whisky.
The build
I worked on it as a Senior WordPress Developer in a small team responsible for the group’s whole online estate, from 2019. The work was ongoing rather than a one-off build: custom themes and plugins, and integrations with the many data and content sources a newsroom depends on. Changes were tested for accessibility and usability before release, and the same team supported every title in the group, so components were built to be reused across sites.
Tools
WordPress, custom themes and plugins, ACF, PHP, JavaScript, Vue, SCSS, Jira, Bitbucket, accessibility and UX testing.