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Lenawee Community Foundationlenaweecommunityfoundation.com

A blazing fast site
with tools that matter.

A full WordPress rebuild for Lenawee Community Foundation, powered by nine custom Stark Create plugins: the Lenawee County Databook (migrated from a Nuxt app), a funds directory, a jobs board with applications, and bilingual resource tools.

Type
Full Website Redevelopment
Stack
WordPress · Hello Elementor
Custom Dev
9 Custom Plugins
Engagement
Active · Maintenance
// Strengthening Our Community

Investing in Lenawee County
Since 1990

Grants · Scholarships · Community Data Resources

Explore Grants
$2M+
Granted annually
18
Databook entries
30+
Years serving
Lenawee County Databook
Economic Environment
Demographics & Health
Additional Data
// what we built

A complete rebuild — and tools nobody else was building.

LCF needed more than a website refresh. They needed a platform that could house their community data resources, manage grants content, and perform at the highest level.

// rebuild

Full website redevelopment

The entire LCF site rebuilt on WordPress with Hello Elementor — optimized for speed, accessibility, and easy content management. Blazing fast page loads with a clean, trustworthy design appropriate for a community foundation.

// databook_plugin

Lenawee County Databook

A custom WordPress plugin housing 18 community data entries across two categories — Economic Environment and Demographics & Health — migrated from a Nuxt app. SVG infographics, PDF download, and full admin control.

// migration

Nuxt-to-WordPress migration

A custom migrator plugin parsed the Nuxt Content markdown source, uploaded 18 SVG infographics and the Databook PDF to the media library, and created all WP posts with full metadata — safely and repeatably.

Hello Elementor
Lightweight theme · blazing fast
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9 Custom Plugins
all built by Stark Create
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5 CPTs · 4 Taxonomies
custom content models
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7 Shortcodes
+ ~10 custom endpoints
// the databook plugin

18 data entries. Fully managed. Built right.

The Lenawee County Databook was previously a separate Nuxt app on Azure Static Web Apps. We moved it all into WordPress — giving the LCF team full control without needing a developer for every update.

lcf-databook v1.1.0
Lenawee County Databook Plugin
Custom Post Type databook_entry with full taxonomy, meta boxes (subtitle, SVG upload, caption, WYSIWYG resources, sort order), and admin columns.
Custom URL routing: /databook/, /databook/{category}/, /databook/{entry}/, and an Additional Data page for grouped external resources.
Settings page for PDF upload, CTA text, and landing page intro. Design matches LCF's brand colors and Montserrat font. Fully responsive.
Migration companion plugin parsed 18 markdown files from the Nuxt source, uploaded all SVGs and the Databook PDF to WordPress, and created all posts with metadata — duplicate-safe, re-runnable.

Active maintenance relationship

Site maintenance ongoing — no content creation (social or blog), but the platform remains healthy, up to date, and fast.

// the full plugin suite

Nine custom plugins. One community platform.

Beyond the Databook, we built a connected suite of plugins that runs the foundation's day to day — funds, careers, stories, awards, and bilingual documents. Each is a custom content system, not an off-the-shelf add-on.

// content systems
lcf-funds v0.1.0
Funds Directory
funds custom post type with two hierarchical taxonomies — Fund Types and Causes — for flexible classification.
Pretty-permalink routing at /funds/{fund-type}/{fund-name} via custom rewrite rules.
[funds_directory] renders a filterable directory with an A–Z index, keyword search, and dropdown filters.
lcf-jobs v1.1.1
Careers & Applications
Two custom post types — lcf_job and lcf_application — with job-category and employment-type taxonomies.
[lcf_jobs] and [lcf_job_board] shortcodes with full-width single and archive templates.
An “Apply Now” form captures every submission as a record in WordPress — a lightweight applicant tracking system, no third-party service.
impact-stories v1.0.0
Impact Stories
impact_story custom post type for donor and community impact stories.
[impact_stories] renders a responsive front-end slider with its own script.
award-winners v1.3.0
Award Winners
Custom Award Winners post type for honoring community award recipients year over year.
[award_winners] slider shortcode with its own front-end script and styling.
// documents & resources
resource-guide-manager v1.1.0
Resource Guide Manager
Bilingual by design — manages both English and Spanish resource-guide PDFs from one admin screen.
Stable endpoints /resource-guide/ and /resource-guide-es/ always route to the current active PDF, so shared links never break.
annual-report-manager v1.0.0
Annual Report Manager
A stable /annual-report endpoint that always points to the current report PDF.
Media-library AJAX picker in admin — swap the active report in two clicks, with no re-linking anywhere on the site.
// utility
latest-articles-grid v1.1
Latest Articles Grid
[latest_articles] renders recent posts in a responsive card grid.
Configurable per placement — post count, category, and title/excerpt lengths as shortcode attributes.

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