ARSA Platform

The Problem

A national professional association with nearly five decades of history needed a digital platform that could serve multiple organizational divisions under one roof — with unified membership that works seamlessly across every sub-site. Off-the-shelf membership plugins assume a single-site model and break down in Multisite environments.

The Solution

The platform runs on WordPress Multisite with a custom membership layer that synchronizes user roles and access across the entire network. Five custom post types handle the association's content structure — from publications to events to member directories. Each sub-site maintains its own editorial independence while inheriting membership data from the network level.

Why It Matters

Building for an organization established in 1977 means building for institutional complexity — legacy processes, multiple stakeholder groups, and content structures that do not fit neatly into templates. The unified cross-site membership is the technical centerpiece, solving a problem that most WordPress developers avoid entirely.

Stack Used

• Platform: WordPress Multisite
• Page Builder: Elementor (for editorial team content management)
• Custom: 5 custom post types, unified cross-site membership layer
• Database: MySQL (network-level user synchronization)

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