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Service Website migration
Move your website without losing the traffic you have earned.
Your rankings survive a platform change when every old address is mapped to a new one and tested before launch. We move sites to WordPress, Astro or Laravel, keep your search data, and make the switch at a quiet hour.
Every old link tested before the switch, not after
Old addresses listed 412 of 412
Redirects mapped and tested 412 of 412
Titles and descriptions carried over 14 pages being rewritten 398 of 412
Staging copy signed off Yes
Cutover window Tuesday, 2am. Search Console watched for 30 days afterwards.
The domain moves only when every line is clear, at a quiet hour, with the old site kept as a fallback.
- Every address Mapped to a new one and tested before launch
- Staging first The old site keeps serving while the new one is built
- Quiet hour A single cutover with the old site as a fallback
- 30 days Of Search Console monitoring after the switch
In short
What are website migration services?
Website migration services move a site from one platform or host to another without losing its content, features or search ranking. We take any site to WordPress, Astro or Laravel: the old addresses are mapped and tested, the content is imported or rebuilt on a staging copy, and the domain is switched at a quiet hour.
- Moves to
- WordPress, Astro (with or without WordPress behind it) and Laravel.
- Moves from
- Wix, Squarespace, Blogger, Weebly, Drupal, Joomla, Ning, another host or a custom site.
- Search protection
- A redirect for every old address, tested before launch, with titles, descriptions and structured data carried over.
- Timeline
- One to two weeks to audit, two to six weeks to migrate and stage, then a single cutover window.
- After launch
- 30 days of Search Console monitoring, with problems fixed inside the migration.
Price Fixed, quoted within 48 hours of a free call. Last reviewed
What a website migration covers
Six pieces of work make a migration safe. Leave one out and the damage shows up weeks later, usually in search. Here is what each does for your business.
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URL inventory
Every address on the old site is listed, so no page that ranked is forgotten.
Pages that earn traffic today still exist tomorrow.
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Redirect map
Each old address is mapped to a new one and tested.
Rankings and inbound links carry over at the switch.
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Content import or rebuild
Content moves where it exports cleanly and is rebuilt where it does not.
No missing pages or broken formatting.
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Staging copy
The new site is built and checked while the old one keeps serving visitors.
Your visitors never see the problems.
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Cutover
The switch happens at a quiet hour, with the old site available as a fallback.
A short switch, not a long outage.
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30 days of monitoring
Search Console is watched, and issues in that window are fixed inside the migration.
Slow ranking drops get caught and connected to the move.
Free host migration or a migration service: what is the difference?
A host's free migration usually moves your files and database to its own servers and stops there. That is useful when the platform stays the same and only the host changes. It is a different job from moving to a new platform, and it does not decide whether you keep your traffic. That is decided by mapping every old address to a new one.
A migration service starts from search, not from files: the inventory, the redirect map, a rebuild where the export is poor, a staging copy, and a month of monitoring afterwards. If you are only changing host and staying on WordPress, a host's free move may be all you need, and we will tell you so.
Where the site is going
Four destinations, one method.
The method is the same whichever way the site goes: inventory, map, rebuild on staging, switch, watch. What changes is the destination, and each has its own page.
- To WordPress From Wix, Squarespace, Blogger, Weebly, Drupal, Joomla, Ning or another host
The most common route. Content that cannot be exported is rebuilt, and the redirect map carries the search ranking across.
WordPress migration - To Astro From WordPress or another CMS
A fast static front end. Editors can keep working in WordPress while visitors get the Astro site.
Astro static sites - To Headless WordPress From An existing WordPress theme
WordPress stays as the editor and a separate front end replaces what visitors see.
Headless WordPress - To Laravel From A site that has become an application
When accounts, a data model and background jobs outgrow a CMS, the product moves onto Laravel.
Laravel development
Proof from our own products
We build the importers we ship.
Moving data between platforms is something our products do every day. Each importer has limits, which its own documentation states.
- Learnomy
An import tool brings courses, lessons and quizzes across from LearnDash, Tutor LMS or LifterLMS, with a dry run first.
- Jetonomy
Importers for bbPress, wpForo and Asgaros Forum read the old tables, match users by ID and can be re-run to catch up while the old forum stays live.
- BuddyNext
A self-serve importer for BuddyPress and BuddyBoss, and a done-for-you migration from Mighty Networks.
- Eventonomy
Events come over from five events plugins, CSV or iCalendar, with a preview, redirects for old event URLs and a full undo.
- Listora
Migrators for five WordPress directory plugins, plus CSV, JSON and GeoJSON imports that run in the background.
- WP Career Board
An importer from WP Job Manager with a dry run, additive so the original data is never edited.
What it costs
What decides the size of a migration.
A five-page brochure site and a membership site with years of history are both called a migration. These are the things that separate them.
What moves the number
- What has to come across Pages and posts are the easy half. Members, orders and activity history decide whether anyone notices the move.
- What the source gives you Some platforms export cleanly and some export nothing, in which case content is rebuilt rather than imported.
- How many addresses change Each changed address needs a tested redirect, and a large site needs the map generated rather than guessed.
- Whether the design changes too A like-for-like move is mapping. A new design at the same time is a build alongside the migration.
A small, well-defined move is often better as an hourly block than a project, and we will say so.
Rough idea to delivery
- You send the details What you want built, roughly, plus budget range and timing. The form asks for all of it
- Same day, Monday to Friday We read it and reply. Nothing is scheduled before we know what it is about
- Then the call Free discovery, booked once there is enough on the table to make it worth your hour
- Within 48 hours of the call A written fixed-price quote you approve before anything starts
How we work
How a website migration runs.
- Free
- first call with the engineers
- 10+
- monthly developer hours
- 48h
- to a fixed-price quote
Ongoing work uses one blended team rate that covers analysis, front end, back end and QA, with every hour logged.
Tell us about your project- Inventory what existsEvery page, address, form, integration and search-ranking signal on the current site is listed, so nothing is found missing after launch.
- Map and rebuild on stagingContent is imported or rebuilt on a staging copy, and the redirect map is tested against it while the old site keeps serving visitors.
- Switch and watchThe domain moves in a low-traffic window with a way back ready, and Search Console is watched for 30 days.
Quick enquiry
Want a quote on this?
Tell us what you need in a line. We reply the same day, Monday to Friday, and the discovery call is free.
Prefer the full form? Tell us about your project
Common questions
Questions before a website migration
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What does website migration involve?
Moving a site from one platform, host or technology to another while keeping its content, its search rankings and its features. The work is a URL inventory, a redirect map, a rebuild or import of the content, a tested staging copy, a cutover at a quiet hour and a month of monitoring afterwards.
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Which platforms do you move websites to?
WordPress, Astro and Laravel. Most moves land on WordPress. A fast marketing site often lands on Astro, with WordPress kept behind it for editors. A site that has become a product with accounts and workflows lands on Laravel.
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Which platforms can you move a site from?
Wix, Squarespace, Blogger, Weebly, Drupal, Joomla, Ning, another WordPress host, or a custom-built site. Each source breaks differently: some give a usable export and some give nothing, so the first week is an audit of what can be moved and what has to be rebuilt.
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How do you keep rankings through a move?
By treating it as a search task first. Every old address is mapped to a new one and tested, titles, descriptions and structured data are carried over, and the switch happens in a low-traffic window. Search Console is watched for 30 days after, and issues in that window are fixed inside the migration.
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Can you migrate a community, course or directory site?
Yes, and we build tools for it. Our own products ship importers for forums, communities, courses, events, job boards and directories, and we use the same approach on client sites where members and history have to survive the move.
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Do passwords come across in a migration?
Usually not. Hosted platforms rarely export password data, so members are moved with their accounts and asked to set a new password at first sign-in. We say so in the plan before the move rather than after it.
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How long does a website migration take?
An audit takes one to two weeks and the migration and staging work two to six weeks, depending on how much content and how many custom features there are. Cutover itself is a single low-traffic window.
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Will the old site stay online during the move?
Yes. The new site is built and checked on a staging address while the old one keeps serving visitors, and the old site stays available as a fallback at cutover.
Where to go next
Related services
- WordPress migration The route most sites take, with the platform-by-platform detail.
- Astro static sites A fast static front end when the move is away from a heavy theme.
- Headless WordPress Keep WordPress for editors and replace what visitors see.
- Laravel development For a site that has become a product with accounts and workflows.
What clients say
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Planning a move?
Tell us what the site runs on and where it needs to go.
The discovery call is free, and a fixed-price quote follows within 48 hours.