Wagtail for governments
Why Wagtail CMS is a top choice for public sector institutions
Open source content management systems (CMS) like Wagtail CMS can help address key challenges faced by public institutions, such as budget constraints, accessing talent, and the need to create websites that are secure, customizable, and accessible for people with a wide variety of needs. Here are just a few of the reasons Wagtail works great for governments and public institutions:
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Empowers content creators
Wagtail has an extremely user-friendly interface that makes it easier for people with minimal technical knowledge to create and manage content on their website
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Designed for teams
Wagtail offers many of the same features more expensive proprietary solutions offer for facilitating content collaboration between government employees, including version control, content locking, editorial workflows, and customizable user groups and permissions.
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Centers accessibility
The Wagtail CMS project understands that public organizations are often required by laws like Section 508, Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulation, and the European Accessibility Act to make their content accessible. That's why our software comes with built-in accessibility tools, like our accessibility checker for editors, to help content teams make all aspects of their website from the code to the content as accessible as possible.
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Strong security
Wagtail incorporates the best practices of the Django project to ensure websites built on Wagtail are protected from some of the most common attacks. Additionally, Wagtail offers built-in reports and a robust user permission system to help governments optimize their website security.
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Open source transparency
As an open source project built with Python, one of the fastest growing and most well-supported programming languages, Wagtail CMS offers governments and the public sector a level of code transparency that proprietary solutions can't offer.
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Scalable and flexible
Wagtail can grow and adapt along with your institution's needs, whether you need to manage a few pages of content or several thousand pages of content. Because Wagtail is open source and you have full control over the code, you will also have more flexibility to change hosts or vendors and seek out the best technology partners for your institution.
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Highly customizable
Wagtail is designed to be customized to the specific needs of your agency or service. You can extend Wagtail to add as much or as little customization as you need. Because Wagtail is written in Python, it can also be used to manage data and support complex data handling.
Governments and public sector agencies that use Wagtail
Built-in accessibility tools from code to content
Meet Section 508, WCAG, ATAG, and other standards with Wagtail
Wagtail CMS comes with default tools to make your content as accessible as possible. Using our customizable accessibility checker feature, you can set accessibility standards for your content and your code to catch issues with alternative text, headers, missing element labels, and more. This is on top of our commitment to making Wagtail one of the leading options for publishing accessible content.
“Moving from 5 websites and several thousand web pages to one single website made this a complex challenge. It was equal parts content project, web design project, technology project, and a major change management initiative. In short, it was a critical transformation to establish the online presence for Children's Health Ireland and improve access to information for patients and their families.”
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Collaborate with agencies and partners from around the world
From small to large agencies as well as a community of freelancers, there are Wagtail experts available who can help you with your project goals.