Craft CMS migration
Move Beyond Your Current CMS. Not Your Brand.
Document sections, custom fields, asset relationships and localization. Recreate the content model and editor previews deliberately, whether Craft remains a backend or the project replaces it.
Where Craft CMS sites get stuck
Specialist dependency
Craft is a capable CMS, but Twig templating and plugin development knowledge can be harder to find than general React expertise.
Licence and upgrade cycles
Major Craft versions can require coordinated updates across plugins and templates, which adds planning overhead to small changes.
PHP hosting requirements
Self-hosted Craft sites need a maintained PHP runtime, database and server configuration that someone must keep current.
Who this is for
Craft CMS Migration: what we migrate.
For well-structured Craft sites where sections, entry types and Matrix blocks deserve a front end that is easier to staff and extend.
Keeping Craft as your content backend and changing only the public site? Compare our approach to website modernization.
Scope 01
Schema mapping
Sections, entry types, fields, categories and globals are documented and mapped one-to-one into the destination content model.
Scope 02
Matrix and Neo blocks
Flexible content blocks become typed React components, so editors keep the same building-block approach.
Scope 03
Twig to components
Templates, macros and includes are translated into components with equivalent markup and responsive behaviour.
Scope 04
Headless or replatform
We compare keeping Craft headless through its GraphQL API against moving content to a different CMS, and recommend one with reasons.
Benefits of modernizing
What you gain.
- Keep your Matrix and entry structure
- Recreate Twig templates as components
- Preserve URLs and metadata
- Choose a modern editing experience
- Reduce server-side runtime dependencies
- Broaden your developer pool
Features we preserve
What comes with you.
Migration process
How a Craft CMS migration runs.
- 1
Inventory
We crawl and catalogue your Craft CMS pages, templates, media, forms and integrations so nothing is left to memory.
- 2
Map
Every existing URL is paired with its new destination, metadata and redirect rule before a single component is built.
- 3
Rebuild
Your design and content are recreated as typed React components on a modern framework, with an editing workflow that suits your team.
- 4
Verify
Forms, redirects, responsive layouts, metadata and analytics are checked against the original inventory.
- 5
Launch
We coordinate DNS, hosting and post-launch monitoring with you, on a schedule agreed after project review.
Migration considerations
What we plan for before building.
Image transforms
Named Craft transforms are replaced with modern responsive image handling. Focal points are carried across where available.
Relations between entries
Entries, categories and assets relationships are preserved by ID during import so related listings still work.
Commerce and plugins
Craft Commerce, Formie, Freeform and custom modules are each reviewed in discovery for rebuild or replacement.
Deliverables
- Content model map from Craft fields
- Component equivalents for Matrix blocks
- Asset volume transfer with transforms
- SEOmatic metadata and redirect export
- Multi-site and locale routing plan
- Editor walkthrough before launch
Not promised
- Fixed timelines before template review
- Recreating unused fields
Interactive assessment
See what your Craft CMS site is made of.
A read-only, preliminary look at public signals. Takes a few seconds.
A migration plan built around your website
Document sections, custom fields, asset relationships and localization. Recreate the content model and editor previews deliberately, whether Craft remains a backend or the project replaces it.
Analyze, plan, rebuild, verify, launch
We review publicly visible signals first, then confirm content, design and functionality requirements with you. We inventory URLs, map integrations and agree acceptance criteria before rebuilding. Verification covers responsive layouts, important journeys, forms, redirects and SEO essentials. Launch is coordinated with the people responsible for hosting and domain access.
What we aim to preserve
Your branding, useful content, media, important URL paths and business-critical functionality are reviewed individually. Not every plugin or feature has a direct equivalent. We explain what can be recreated, what should change and which third-party services need separate configuration.
Clear expectations
Discovery determines scope, pricing and timing. We do not promise guaranteed rankings, automatic performance gains or a completion date before review. Ongoing maintenance and security responsibilities remain part of the plan.
Plan your next step
Request a personalized migration assessment at /start. We will review your existing website and requirements before proposing scope, pricing or timing.
FAQ
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