Community Platform

Mumbler

The hyper-local parenting community, online.

Mumbler website shown on a MacBook - the hyper-local parenting community platform
The project

From Facebook group to multi-city platform

Mumbler started life as a Facebook group. Harrogate Mumbler - a hyper-local parenting community sharing recommendations, advice and support - grew rapidly and organically, built entirely on word of mouth. When the community outgrew what Facebook could offer, they needed a proper home online.

We built the technical platform from scratch - a custom WordPress framework with an events calendar, personal advertisements, and a local directory for parents and carers across the Harrogate district. Mumbler's team lead the design direction and content. We look after the platform architecture, hosting infrastructure and security.

That framework now powers 16 locations across England, serving over 5.3 million page views a year to a community of more than 257,000 followers. The annual Mumbler Awards run on a custom voting system we built, and we design the awards night presentation and sponsor a category each year. It's been a proper long-term partnership.

Community PlatformEvents CalendarDirectoryWordPressResponsiveCustom Voting System
Scope of work

The technical backbone

Mumbler's internal team own the design direction, content and community. We look after the technical infrastructure - the platform, the hosting, and the security that keeps it all running.

Each new location runs on the same proven framework, hardened through Cloudflare Pro - so the team can focus on their community, not their server logs.

Custom WordPress platform
Custom events calendar
Comprehensive local directory
Personal advertisements feature
Custom voting system (Mumbler Awards)
Multi-site network expansion
Managed hosting, security and maintenance

Wonder Media have looked after Harrogate Mumbler from the start, and we have no hesitation in recommending them. From brand design, website development and on-going support the team at Wonder Media always go above and beyond expectations. We wouldn't use anyone else.

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Sally Haslewood
Harrogate Mumbler
Mumbler website shown on mobile devices - fully responsive parenting community platform
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