Cora Sites
The perfect website starting point
Start ahead
A proven WordPress foundation with industry-ready architecture, content models and 60+ features in place on day one. Your team loads content fast, and the site keeps getting better with managed monthly updates.
Built by Vital · 15 years of custom builds, distilled
Industry-ready
Start from a site built for how your sector actually recruits, sells and informs.
Built on WordPress
The world’s most-used CMS, with the editing ease of a page builder.
Better every month
Managed plugin updates bring new features to your site, no rebuild required.
Sound familiar?
Most websites start losing value the day they launch.
Months of discovery and a custom build, then a big launch. After that, plugins drift out of date, features stall and the content model never quite fits. Three years later you’re back at a blank page, paying for the same groundwork again.
Cora Sites break the cycle.
How it works
From starting point to launch in three steps.
Skip the months spent rebuilding what every site needs. Start from architecture that already works, then spend your time on what makes you different.
Step 1
Pick your starting point
Choose the industry starter closest to your organization. Each one comes with page templates, navigation and sample content built for that audience.
Which starter fits your organization?
Step 2
We set up the architecture
Vital configures the content models, templates, forms and analytics your team needs, so every page has a place and every piece of content has a home.
Setting up your content architecture…
Step 3
Your team loads content, fast
Enter a program, a person or an event once and it appears everywhere it belongs. Patterns and Cora Compose handle the pages in between.
Add a new program page?
Every Cora Site is a standard WordPress site you own.
Why is it so fast?
Content goes in once and shows up everywhere it should.
Cora Sites are built on structured content, not one-off pages. Programs, people, events and resources each have their own fields and templates, so your team fills in a form instead of designing a page. Listings, cards and related content update themselves.
Structured content
Purpose-built post types for the things you publish most, with the fields already defined.
A pattern library
Pre-designed sections in your brand. Drop one in, swap the words, publish.
Agentic first drafts
Cora Compose turns a short brief into a native page built from your own blocks.
Why WordPress? Why Cora?
Page-builder ease. WordPress scale.
Hosted builders are great for small teams but hit limits as you grow. A typical custom WordPress build scales, but starts from zero and stops improving at launch. Cora Sites give you the best of both.
Hosted builders
Wix · Squarespace · Webflow
- Easy editing
- Caps on content as you grow
- Hosted only on their servers
- Small app ecosystem
- Pricing climbs with seats
Custom WordPress
A new theme, built from scratch
- You own it
- Scales with you
- Starts from a blank theme
- Plugin and update debt
- Features frozen at launch
Cora Sites
Start from a proven foundation
- Turn-key editing
- WordPress scale & ownership
- Industry-ready architecture
- Managed monthly updates
- New features every month
Built for your industry
Five starting points. Ready on day one.
Each starter is packed with the templates and tools that sector needs. Start with the closest fit and make it yours.
Education
Program pages, campus life and admissions workflows built for enrollment.
SaaS & tech
Product tours, pricing and demo requests that convert.
Manufacturing & industrial
Catalogs, specs and dealer finders that stay easy to update.
Finance & wealth
Advisor profiles, insights and compliance-friendly content.
Professional services
Expertise, case studies and lead generation in one place.
Gets better every month
A website that gains value instead of losing it.
Managed plugin updates
We test and roll out updates across Cora’s plugin set every month, so your site stays current and secure without anyone babysitting it.
New features, automatically
New blocks, patterns and agentic tools arrive as part of your plan. The site you launch is the least capable it will ever be.
Still yours
It’s a standard WordPress site on a GPL theme and plugin set. If the relationship ends, your site keeps working.
Not ready for a full site?
Start with landing pages. Grow into a website.
Cora Compose builds on-brand landing pages from a short brief. Everything you build with it, from blocks to brand to pages, carries straight into a full Cora Site when you’re ready.
Bring your sitemap. Watch it take shape.
A short working session, not a slide deck. Bring your current site or sitemap and we’ll show you how it maps onto a Cora starter, live on the call.
Cora is available through a Vital engagement.
How long does a build take?
It depends on scope, but starting from a proven architecture removes months of groundwork. We’ll map a realistic timeline with you on the call.
What does hosting & maintenance include?
Managed hosting, monthly plugin updates, support and a monthly AI credit allowance. Compare plans.
Can we bring our existing content?
Yes. Cora is WordPress, so posts, pages and media move over with standard tools. We plan your structured content as part of setup.