27th Annual Awards Winners Announced This Week webby awardwhich includes more than 60 innovative digital projects that make up the fourth. Created in code: A unique, interactive showcase of some of the best Webby-approved websites, brought to you by the Webby and WP Engine marketing teams.
The Webby Awards are meant to recognize excellence on the internet, and since 2020, WP Engine has taken that mission a step further by hand-selecting Crafted with Code with The Webbys to highlight the most innovative awards of the year. It honors the designers, developers, and marketers behind some of the best websites. .
40% of all Webby Award winning projects built on WordPress used WP Engine as their platform of choice.
Crafted with Code is also a unique resource for researching the tough problems facing these designers and developers. So we hope that the stories uncovered at Crafted with Code will inform and inspire the next generation of great web creators.
In preparation for this year’s showcase, WP Engine took a hands-on role, working with The Webby Awards team to: Digital experiences made with code. The goal was to provide an inspiring interactive experience for designers, developers and marketers while providing easy access to her best-in-class repository of websites.
New design features include:
- Improved UX with upgraded navigation, filtering capabilities, scroll effects, and more.
- Crafted with Code projects you participate in will be displayed prominently.
- Featured projects within Heroes that introduce sites recognized as innovation, design, performance, and Using WordPress.
- Project a story to spotlight and support dozens of sites.
- Dedicated site innovation module “Brought to You by WP Engine”. Guide visitors to thought leadership content, developer resources, and more.
Now in its fourth year, the Crafted with Code showcase reveals some of the goals, plans, processes, and technologies required to create Webby’s nominated projects.
While many Webbys projects, and therefore Crafted with Code projects, are built using technologies other than WordPress, WordPress-powered projects span both, have won numerous Webby awards in various categories, and have been awarded by Crafted We provide an insightful backstory through our with Code profile. . This year, 40% of all Webby Award winning projects built on WordPress used WP Engine as their platform of choice.
“A great website tells a great story, but it takes a village of very talented people to get there,” said Sachin Puri, Chief Marketing Officer at WP Engine.
“These people, the tools they use, and the processes they follow are the inspiration behind Crafted with Code. I can tell the full story.”
This year’s Crafted with Code attendees represent a wide range of industries, from arts and entertainment to activism, technology and more, including projects built for global brands such as: It was Star Wars, gucciand ESPNto name a few.
To give you an idea of what’s coming, here are some of the WordPress-built projects featured in this year’s Crafted with Code.
![Screenshot from the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards website](https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ms-foundation-1024x302.png)
For the past 50 years, The Ms. Foundation has used its annual Vision Awards to honor and celebrate women who are empowering themselves and making strides to drive meaningful social, cultural and economic change. . To mark her 50th annual awards ceremony this May, the organization has hired a creative technologist. New York City DD Build a Webby-recommended site.
![Screenshot from the Warner Music Group website](https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/wmg-1024x608.png)
This global collective of music lovers is active in over 70 countries, and its impact on the industry is undeniable. The new website was built by agency experts. CMYKwhich now reflects its effect and has an undeniable impact on visitors.
![Screenshot from the University of Wellington website](https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/wellington-1024x535.png)
The University of Wellington is one of the highest performing schools in the UK and around the world. They worked with experts to make sure their digital footprint matched their academic achievements. web kitchen For building Webby award-winning websites.
By explaining the processes, tools, and technologies used to create these digital experiences, Crafted with Code provides a framework for other builders to look to other experts in the field for inspiration. Offers. This framework helps us all work together to build better, more beautiful, and better things. Powerful web environment.
One of the most common trends we saw at this year’s Crafted with Code showcase was the adoption of headless technology. A significant percentage of this year’s Webby winners use headless architectures.
We’ll continue to see this and other trends in the coming months, with a focus on additional Crafted with Code projects, especially those built with WordPress.
WP Engine would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Crafted with Code showcase and hope that builders from all walks of the web will find inspiration in these beautiful, performant and interactive sites. hope you get
As the showcase continues to grow, we look forward to continuing to delve deeper into some of the most impressive projects Webby has nominated.
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