Hosting Websites

Where should my Stanford website live?

There are a few options available for hosting your Stanford websites.

Stanford sites

Just starting out with a new website?

Get started quickly with the free, self-service, centrally-supported Stanford Sites content management platform. Your site will be compliant with all Stanford policy requirements out of the box. Websites are hosted in the cloud on a system designed for fast performance and high availability.

Learn more about Stanford Sites (self-service)

Drupal 8 is the new framework for Stanford Sites and is now available. The feature set for this version is ideal for public websites with static content and Stanford University branding.

Drupal hosting

University IT offers a cloud-based platform to web developers and administrators building and maintaining complex, highly customized websites using Drupal.

Learn more about Drupal hosting through UIT

See available Stanford Drupal themes.

WordPress hosting

University IT will be offering access to cloud-based WordPress hosting. Keep up-to-date about this on our Web Content Management Program pages.

See available Stanford WordPress themes.