MoveMyWebsites

WordPress website migration service

Love Your Website. Not the Maintenance?

Map themes, page-builder layouts and plugin behavior before rebuilding. Preserve valuable content and URL patterns while selecting a sustainable editing workflow. Commerce, memberships and custom plugin data require explicit discovery.

Where WordPress sites get stuck

The plugin treadmill

Many WordPress sites depend on a stack of plugins, each with its own update cadence, licence and compatibility notes. Keeping them aligned becomes a recurring task.

Theme lock-in

Page builders and premium themes often store layout inside shortcodes or proprietary markup, which makes redesigns and performance work harder than it should be.

Runtime responsibility

Self-hosted WordPress runs on PHP and a database server. Someone has to own runtime updates, backups and hosting configuration.

Who this is for

WordPress Migration: what we migrate.

For WordPress sites built on themes, page builders and a long list of plugins, where the content is worth keeping but the upkeep is not.

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  1. Scope 01

    Content export

    Posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies and ACF field groups are exported through the REST API or WXR files and mapped into a typed content model.

  2. Scope 02

    Theme and builder rebuild

    Layouts from Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Gutenberg blocks or a custom theme are recreated as reusable React components rather than flattened HTML.

  3. Scope 03

    Plugin audit

    Every active plugin is listed with what it actually does on your site, then marked rebuild, replace with a service, or retire.

  4. Scope 04

    SEO plugin data

    Yoast or Rank Math titles, descriptions, canonicals, noindex flags and redirect rules are extracted and carried into the new metadata layer.

Benefits of modernizing

What you gain.

  • Preserve existing design
  • Rebuild important functionality
  • Maintain SEO URL structure
  • Reduce dependence on unnecessary plugins
  • Modernize performance architecture
  • Simplify future development

Features we preserve

What comes with you.

Page designs and brand system
Posts, pages and custom post types
Permalinks and redirects
Media library
Contact and quote forms
Yoast or Rank Math metadata

Migration process

How a WordPress migration runs.

  1. 1

    Inventory

    We crawl and catalogue your WordPress pages, templates, media, forms and integrations so nothing is left to memory.

  2. 2

    Map

    Every existing URL is paired with its new destination, metadata and redirect rule before a single component is built.

  3. 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. 4

    Verify

    Forms, redirects, responsive layouts, metadata and analytics are checked against the original inventory.

  5. 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.

Shortcodes and embedded builder markup

Content stored as shortcodes needs to be parsed, not copied. We identify these early so old brackets never leak onto live pages.

WooCommerce and memberships

Stores and member areas are scoped separately. They may stay on WordPress headlessly or move to a dedicated commerce or auth provider.

Media library hygiene

Upload folders often contain thousands of unused resized copies. We migrate the originals actually referenced by content.

Comments and user accounts

Decide in planning whether comments are archived, moved to a hosted service, or dropped. Passwords cannot be exported in a reusable form.

Deliverables

  • Plugin audit with a recommendation per plugin
  • URL inventory and 301 redirect map
  • Component library matching your current design
  • Editing workflow (headless CMS or headless WordPress)
  • Form rebuilds connected to your inbox or CRM
  • Staging link for review before cutover

Not promised

  • Guaranteed ranking outcomes
  • Copying premium plugin code
  • Exporting user passwords

Interactive assessment

See what your WordPress site is made of.

A read-only, preliminary look at public signals. Takes a few seconds.

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Likely platform
SEO and content
Sitemap and robots
Complexity

A migration plan built around your website

Map themes, page-builder layouts and plugin behavior before rebuilding. Preserve valuable content and URL patterns while selecting a sustainable editing workflow. Commerce, memberships and custom plugin data require explicit discovery.

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

WordPress Migration, answered.

Talk to us

Get hands-on help moving your website.

Need to move quickly? Share your site and preferred timeline. A specialist reviews the requirements and replies with options and next steps. No obligation.

Bring your website address, your essential features and your preferred timeline. We’ll discuss what can move, what needs rebuilding and what requires a separate integration before proposing a scope.

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