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We build cool stuff.

Handcrafted. Mother approved.
Need Drupal? WordPress? Want to break up with an archaic CMS? Or, like us, you need to craft a custom application which meets your specific needs, can ensure security and keep your site(s) safe and running? You've found the right team.

Development

Your idea, our code. Off-the-(virtual)-shelf software rarely does exactly what you need. That is why we listen to your needs and can build just about any web based application. Or if you prefer a Drupal or WordPress solution we can accommodate!

Hosting

Serious solutions without fancy marketing or arcane overage charges. From web clusters to private email to files, productivity and messaging suites we have hosted solutions to keep you productive and your information private.

Privacy

If something is free you are the product. All of our services are free of data mining so your information is protected. We provide secure, private open source solutions that keep your data safe.

Not your average development agency

More than just Design & Development
We also host complex site and database clusters and provide hosting for open-source email, collaboration, office/productivity, file sharing, password hosting, version control and much, much more.

wmd.social on Mastodon

Goodbye Xitter or whatever it's name is.
wmd.social runs on Mastodon which provides the best of another micro-blogging platform without the evil. And we are also on BlueSky but rarely post on either of them.

Mastodon puts social media decision-making back in your hands. Each Mastodon server creates their own rules and regulations, which are enforced locally and not top-down like corporate social media, making it the most flexible in responding to the needs of different groups of people. Join a server (join our server!) with the rules you agree with, or host your own.

October 04, 2024

The drama between Matt Mullenweg and WPEngine is a sh*tshow of epic proportions. This is not good for the WordPress nor open source community. It is damaging to WordPress developers, plugin developers and providers and others who host WordPress sites. 20 years of good has been trashed in a single week.

July 10, 2024
@lcasdev: So, Google Chrome gives all *.google.com sites full access to system / tab CPU usage, GPU usage, and memory usage. It also gives access to detailed processor information, and provides a logging backchannel....…

WMD DNS

Revolutionary DNS Management
To protect the privacy of our clients we can not give just anyone access to all of the domain names that we manage. That is why we invented WMD DNS and DNS Passes: limited access to any DNS records we manage! Currently supporting CloudFlare, DigitalOcean, DNS Made Easy, GoDaddy, NameCheap and Vultr!
And we made a standalone site for the public at wmddns.com

Our Clients

Wave Motion Digital works with businesses and organizations of all sizes. From small businesses and non-profits to worldwide advocacy groups and membership organizations.

All Clients

Client Tools

WMD has built an easy-to-use suite of tools for our clients to manage their own digital properties. Manage everything related to your site and domain. Or access agreements, pay invoices or get in touch with us for urgent support.

Manage Your Stuff

  • Manage Servers
  • Manage Uptime Monitors
  • Access and Manage Matomo Site Stats
  • Register/Manage Domains
  • Manage DNS
  • WordPress Sites and Development Clones

Manage WMD Stuff

  • Manage/pay Invoices
  • Urgent Support
  • All of the WMD Tools*:
    • File Drop
    • wmd.to
    • CryptoNotes
    • Message Vault

* Tools are pre-populated and contain enhanced features for authenticated clients

Latest Blog Posts


Hosting, Privacy, Security
The Domain Registrar Dark Pattern Hall of Shame

I was recently tasked with finding a good home for someone’s domain name and Network Solutions was mentioned which made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I recently searched for a few domain names at Network Solutions. Not to buy them — just to check availability and to see if they […]

Announcements, Hosting
Upgrading all CentOS 7 servers to AlmaLinux 9

Since RedHat decided to kill off the CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) and replace it with the Fedora releases we have been looking at alternative Linux operating systems to power our servers. We have been very happy with the efforts of AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Both are nearly identical, except for branding and both products […]

Hosting, wordpress
Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a ‘cancer to WordPress’ and urges community to switch providers

Updated 9/26/2024 Article: Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a ‘cancer to WordPress’ and urges community to switch providers We have know for a long time that WPEngine has been really good at marketing and not so good at providing a decent product. WP Engine has a long history of bait-and-switch tactics with their customers. We […]

Trusted.

Our clients trust that they are in the best of hands. We see ourselves as partners with our clients because their success is our success.
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Real quotes, fake people and cats.

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The random photos of non-existent cats and people were used during development and we thought it was better than nagging folks to submit a photo, so we rolled with it. Check back each day for new photos of cats and people that do not exist. If you don't find this even slightly funny or amusing we're sorry you are that way.

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