North Dakota State University: Transforming Hundreds of Sites on Pantheon
Home to 12,000 students, North Dakota State University (NDSU) embarked on a bold initiative to modernize its online presence. With nearly 300 legacy workspaces spread across TYPO3 and outdated Drupal platforms, NDSU needed a solution that would unify its digital footprint, enhance performance and empower content creators.
Why we’re deploying a new PHP runtime
Beginning on September 24, we started rolling out the new PHP Runtime Generation 2 to all sites on the platform. This is the first major update to our PHP runtime. This post will dive into what this actually means and why we are doing this.
Aspen Institute’s New Web Strategy: One Platform, Many Voices
The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization. Founded 75 years ago, the Institute is one of the most influential nonprofits in the world, driving change through dialogue, leadership and action programs. The organization relies on its 50 websites to fulfill its mission.
Navigating the Noise: A Look at Bot Traffic on Pantheon
In today's digital landscape, not all website traffic is created equal. The rise of automated bots, from beneficial search engine crawlers to resource-draining scrapers, presents a complex challenge for website owners and hosting platforms alike. Over the past year, some popular bot services have increased by 96 percent.
How Cleveland State University Builds a Scalable, Secure Digital Future
At Cleveland State University (CSU), the website is more than a digital asset – it’s the front door for thousands of students, faculty and alumni. As universities nationwide adapt to new operational challenges, maintaining that central point of connection has become more critical than ever. By 2023, that central point was showing signs of wear.
Scaling Smart: Inside Cambridge’s Web Transformation for 2,000 Sites
The University of Cambridge is no stranger to complexity, academically or technically. With a digital estate spanning more than 2,000 websites, including departments and institutes, the challenge isn’t just modernizing its web presence. It’s building a foundation that can scale, remain secure and reflect the University’s long-standing tradition of innovation.
Modernizing Pantheon's Site Dashboard: A Leap Forward for Developers
Nov. 17, 2025 update: Pantheon has rolled out a modernized Site Dashboard experience to Professional Workspaces across the platform. Personal Workspaces will continue using the toggle to switch back to the legacy site dashboard experience found within the Sites list page. The legacy experience is expected to be retired by the end of the year.
Why We Created a "Push to Pantheon" GitHub Action
Pantheon is pleased to offer a new GitHub Application and a GitHub Action, two different models for deploying to Pantheon.
Over the past few years, Pantheon has seen our ecosystem gravitate toward adopting GitHub Actions. The pull seems largely fueled by a desire to have fewer SaaS companies in between the code on your laptop and your live site.