WordPress Migration

Service UK

Yes. We've handled migrations from Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Squarespace Commerce, old WordPress installs, Joomla, Drupal and bespoke CMS platforms. The process varies by platform but the outcome is the same: all content, redirects and SEO equity preserved.

A standard migration (up to 20 pages) typically takes 2–3 weeks from kick-off to go-live. Larger sites with complex content structures, ecommerce catalogues or multiple content types run 3–5 weeks. We'll give you a fixed timeline after a free scoping call.

No. All migration work is done on a staging environment. Your live site continues to run as normal until the new WordPress site is fully tested and approved. The go-live is a DNS update that completes within minutes — there is no period where your site is inaccessible.

We migrate your existing content in full. If we spot pages that are thin, poorly structured or likely to drag on SEO, we'll flag them in the audit report — but you decide whether to update them. Copywriting is available as an add-on through our content partners.

Migration pricing depends on the number of pages, the complexity of your current platform and whether you want a redesign as part of the migration. A straight content migration (no redesign) starts from £800. A migration with a full custom WordPress theme redesign starts from £1,800. All prices are fixed and confirmed in writing after a free scoping call. The scoping call is free — no commitment required.

Wix sites score 30–55 on mobile PageSpeed in most cases — the platform generates excessive JavaScript that you have no control over. WordPress gives you full control over your code and can consistently hit 90+ scores. Beyond speed, Wix limits your SEO control, charges platform fees indefinitely, and you can never export your site and move it elsewhere. WordPress is open source — you own the code, the content and the database, forever.

Squarespace is a well-designed but restricted platform. The restrictions become significant when you need features it doesn't support: custom functionality, complex shipping rules, B2B pricing, API integrations or SEO control beyond its built-in tools. The other issue is performance — Squarespace sites typically score 60–75 on mobile PageSpeed. WordPress with a custom theme consistently outperforms this. And unlike Squarespace, you own your data — no platform lock-in.

No. You keep your existing domain. The migration changes the platform your site runs on, not the address it lives at. We update the DNS settings to point to your new WordPress hosting after the new site is fully tested and approved. The domain transition is typically invisible to end users — the URL stays identical.

Email is entirely separate from your website hosting and is not affected by a migration. Your @yourdomain.com email addresses continue working as normal throughout and after the migration. If you want to consolidate or update your email setup at the same time, we can advise — but it's not a requirement.

Yes. Host-to-host WordPress migrations are a common task. We handle the full process: database export, file transfer, configuration updates, DNS change and post-migration testing. Most host migrations complete within 24 hours with no downtime. If you're moving because your current host is slow, we can recommend and configure a faster alternative as part of the migration.

Shopify to WooCommerce migrations require migrating: products (with all variants, images and pricing), customer accounts, order history (read-only archive), blog posts and static pages. We use Shopify's native export formats and clean the data before import — fixing encoding issues, duplicate SKUs and broken image references. Full 301 redirect mapping from all Shopify URLs ensures your SEO equity transfers completely. Payment gateways are reconfigured and tested before launch.

Before any migration, we crawl your existing site and document every URL — pages, blog posts, product pages, category pages, pagination. For each URL, we map it to its equivalent on the new WordPress site and configure a 301 (permanent) redirect. 301 redirects pass link equity from the old URL to the new one, preserving your rankings. After launch, we monitor Google Search Console for 404 errors in the first four weeks and fix any missed redirects immediately.