Musadiq Mehmood
Engage

CASE STUDY · WORDPRESS · Education / religious platform

Hawza Online

Knowledge platform with structured resources and custom Gutenberg blocks for publishing.

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TECHNICAL PUBLICATION

How it is built

USE CASE

Business challenge

Editors needed flexible educational/religious publishing without a one-off page per article.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Architecture & data

WordPress with custom Gutenberg blocks and plugins for structured resources.

BACKEND

API design & authentication

WordPress editorial roles.

IMPLEMENTATION

Implementation & stack

Block-based publishing, structured content sections, and a responsive reading layout.

SCALING

Performance & operations

Performance and responsive work for readers on mixed networks.

STACK

As shipped

Delivery packages

3 components

What this system runs on

The stack as deployed for Hawza Online — chosen for the system's constraints, not for fashion.

Livehawzaonline.org
WordPressCustom pluginsGutenberg blocks

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