Canadian Crime Report
A hardened WordPress publishing system for editorial operations, paid access, newsletter growth, analytics, backups, and owner-managed handoff.
At a glance
Engagement
Deployment, security, analytics, and handover
Sector
Digital Publishing
Stage
Subscription media platform
Result focus
The client received a publication system built for paid access, daily editorial operations, and practical self-management.
Client need
A hardened WordPress publishing system for editorial operations, paid access, newsletter growth, analytics, backups, and owner-managed handoff.
Kavora role
Kavora handled deployment architecture, security hardening, analytics setup, monetization support, and owner handoff.
Outcome
The client received a publication system built for paid access, daily editorial operations, and practical self-management.
The challenge
What needed to change
Canadian Crime Report needed more than a standard publication website. The platform had to support daily editorial publishing, paid reader access, newsletter capture, search visibility, operational backups, and routine updates by a non-technical owner. The risk was launching a site that looked complete but still depended on a developer for every article, subscriber change, DNS issue, security check, or recovery step.
Our solution
How we approached it
We shaped the work around the full publishing operation: infrastructure, monetization, editorial workflow, analytics, security, and handoff. The delivered stack uses Dockerized WordPress with Nginx, MariaDB, Redis object caching, SSL support, WP-CLI provisioning, backup scripts, and documented staging/production paths. On top of that, we prepared the metered paywall, Stripe subscription tiers, MailPoet newsletter setup, Zoho email guidance, Google News and SEO preparation, Cloudflare/DNS notes, analytics setup, Fail2ban guidance, security headers, rate limiting, and a practical owner handover guide.
What we delivered
Dockerized WordPress production stack with Nginx, MariaDB, Redis, WP-CLI, and SSL flow
Metered paywall and Stripe subscription setup for paid reader access
Newsletter, email, SEO, Google News, analytics, and Cloudflare/DNS guidance
Backup, maintenance, security-hardening, and troubleshooting documentation for the owner
Stack and systems
The impact
Numbers that moved
Proof and handoff
Evidence of work
- Live public publishing site
- Paid reader access and subscription paths prepared
- Security, analytics, DNS, and backup guidance documented
Handoff artifacts
- Owner publishing guide
- Deployment and maintenance notes
- Troubleshooting and recovery checklist
“Kavora Systems gave us a production-ready publishing stack that was easy to trust and easy to hand off. The subscriptions, backups, analytics, and deployment notes made the whole platform feel stable from day one.”
Case study FAQ
Project questions
What did Kavora deliver?
Kavora delivered the publishing stack, paid access setup, security guidance, analytics readiness, backup flow, and owner handoff material.
Can the client maintain it without a developer?
Yes. The engagement included handoff documentation for publishing, editing, subscriptions, SEO, email, DNS, backups, and basic troubleshooting.
Is the site live?
Yes. The public site is available at canadiancrimereport.com.
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