Plenti successfully migrated from WordPress monolith to Next.js on Vercel
Plenti, a fintech company, completed a migration from a monolithic WordPress stack to a composable Next.js frontend hosted on Vercel during their rebrand and IPO preparation. The migration enabled a single developer to manage their entire frontend using Next.js, Strapi, and Vercel's API and Analytics features for real-time performance insights and automated deployments.
is a technology-led consumer lending and investment company that helps borrowers bring their big ideas to life. Established in Australia in 2014, Plenti has funded over $900m of loans to over 55,000 borrowers and has attracted over 22,000 registered investors. Plenti
Consumers hold financial services providers to high standards, so a Vercel and Next.js frontend was instrumental in transforming their brand and giving their users a trustworthy experience.
Because of this, migrating from their WordPress-based monolithic stack and launching a composable Next.js frontend on Vercel was Plenti’s top tech priority as they approached their rebrand and IPO.
And they did this all with a one-developer team.
Previously called RateSetter Australia, the Plenti team knew they needed to update their tech stack when they set off to IPO and rebrand in 2020. As part of the rebrand, everything on their website was redesigned, refactored, and rewritten.
Plenti Software Engineer Matt Milburn managed the tech stack migration, saying “I tried to weigh every option possible, but Next.js ended up being the obvious choice. It just looks so nice, and gets you going so fast. You start building what you want to build right away, with zero configuration.”
Milburn adds, “I’m happy we are no longer messing with our old monolithic WordPress stack. It’s total freedom.”
One of Milburn’s favorite features is the , a REST API that empowers you to gauge the capabilities of the entire Vercel platform including the Integrations. He uses the Vercel API to make a plugin for , Plenti’s Headless CMS provider, which triggers deployments automatically. Vercel APIStrapi
Milburn also values –particularly the feature. “RES helps us narrow down a variety of optimizations we can make proactively,” he says. With RES, Plenti is able to collect web vitals from the actual devices their visitors are using. Because of that, it provides a real grade of how users actually experience what Plenti builds.Vercel AnalyticsReal Experience Score (RES)
But perhaps the most impressive part of Plenti’s successful composable frontend is that it’s managed by a single software engineer: Milburn. “My team is just me…I credit that to using and . I can manage both, all on my own,” he says. Next.jsStrapi
And when it comes to harnessing the power of Vercel in tandem with Next.js, he concludes, “using Next.js and Vercel together? Of course. They make the thing. It’s zero-configuration.”
Total flexibility: Next.js as a cornerstone of Plenti’s rebrand
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