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WordPress to Astro
Zero JS DefaultLighthouse 10090% CSS Reduction

Migration WordPress vers Astro

Votre Site WordPress Perd de la Vitesse Avant Même que Google le Note

100
Lighthouse Score
All four categories
90%
CSS Reduction
67KB → 6.6KB
0ms
Total Blocking Time
Zero render-blocking JS
0.18s
Page Load
Down from 3.2s
What Actually Ships When You Move WordPress to Astro — And What Gets Left Behind

Your content exports from WordPress as structured Markdown files with frontmatter metadata. Every page builds into static HTML with zero runtime JavaScript. Images auto-generate five responsive sizes during migration. The whole site deploys to edge CDN nodes in 47 cities—so a visitor in Mumbai gets the same sub-300ms load time as someone in Virginia. Your MySQL database? Gone. Your plugin update treadmill? Gone. What you keep: full Git history on every post, perfect Lighthouse scores, and a hosting bill that drops from $80/month to $11. The architecture isn't clever—it's just brutally simple. Static files don't have database queries to slow them down or attack vectors to patch.

Où les projets échouent

WordPress dumps 13+ KB of JavaScript and 67+ KB of CSS on every single page — even when nothing on that page is interactive Google's watching your Core Web Vitals, and slow scores are dragging your organic rankings down right now, every day.
25+ plugins is a maintenance treadmill Constant update cycles, things breaking when plugins don't play nice together, security gaps you don't find out about until it's too late. Unpatched plugins are the #1 WordPress attack vector. One breach and you're not just dealing with cleanup costs — you're dealing with customers who don't trust you anymore.
Every page request fires a database query, so your TTFB falls apart the moment traffic spikes Your site goes down exactly when it can't afford to — a product launch, a press mention, the moment someone important is looking.
WordPress themes ship full CSS frameworks you're probably using 10% of A mobile user on a 3G connection is gone before your hero image finishes loading. You never even knew they were there.
Managed WordPress hosting costs $30–200/month for performance that's still mediocre Static edge hosting makes that bill nearly disappear.
Your content is locked in a MySQL database — no version control, no Git history, no clean exit path One corrupted backup and years of writing are gone with nothing to recover from.

Conformité

Automated Content Export

We pull everything out — posts, pages, categories, tags, media — via WordPress REST API and WXR export. Custom scripts handle internal link reconstruction and frontmatter metadata generation automatically. You don't have to touch it.

Zero-JS Architecture

Astro ships zero client-side JavaScript by default, which means render-blocking scripts are just gone. Interactive islands load only when they're actually needed, keeping Total Blocking Time at 0ms.

Sharp Image Pipeline

Every image runs through Sharp 0.33.5, gets converted to WebP with fallbacks, and is generated at five responsive sizes from 320 to 1440px. Lazy loading kicks in automatically for anything below the fold.

Type-Safe Content Collections

Zod schemas validate every piece of content at build time. Broken frontmatter gets caught before it ever touches production — not after it's been quietly degrading your performance for weeks.

301 Redirect Mapping

Every WordPress URL maps to its Astro equivalent with server-side 301 redirects. No link equity lost. Your existing backlinks keep passing authority exactly where they should.

Edge CDN Deployment

Static HTML deploys to Cloudflare Pages with global edge caching. No database queries, no server processing. TTFB drops below 70ms from anywhere in the world.

Ce que nous construisons

Ships 13+ KB of unused JavaScript on every page—even static about pages with zero interactive elements

Version-controlled Markdown files with frontmatter—your content lives in plain text with full Git history and zero lock-in

Forces 25+ plugin updates every month, each one a potential compatibility break or unpatched security hole

Automated responsive image generation creates five optimized sizes per asset during migration with zero manual resizing

Fires database queries on every single page request, so your TTFB collapses the moment traffic spikes above normal

Semantic HTML with proper heading hierarchy, ARIA labels, and structured data that actually earns rich search results

Loads full CSS frameworks where you're using maybe 10% of the selectors, bloating mobile paint times by seconds

Auto-generated XML sitemaps and robots.txt at build time so crawlers stop wasting budget on pagination junk

Costs $30–200/month for managed hosting that still delivers mediocre Core Web Vitals under any real load

CSS purging strips unused selectors and inlines critical styles—typically a 90% reduction in what actually ships to browsers

Locks your content inside MySQL with no version control, no rollback history, and one corrupted backup away from total loss

Lighthouse CI blocks any deploy below your score thresholds, so performance regressions never make it to production

Notre processus

01

Audit & Export

We start by crawling your WordPress site and cataloging every URL, plugin dependency, and content type. Content comes out via REST API using automated scripts that keep your metadata and internal link structure intact.
Week 1
02

Convert & Structure

Posts and pages become Markdown files with Zod-validated frontmatter. Images run through Sharp for WebP conversion and responsive sizing. Internal links get rewritten to match the new URL structure.
Week 1-2
03

Build & Optimize

Then we build your Astro site — content collections, semantic markup, structured data, optimized font loading. Every page is targeting Lighthouse 100 across Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO. That's the goal, not a stretch target.
Week 2-3
04

Redirect & Deploy

301 redirect maps cover every legacy URL. The site deploys to Cloudflare Pages with edge caching, and visual regression tests confirm the new build matches the original design at the pixel level.
Week 3
05

Monitor & Support

After launch, we monitor Core Web Vitals, crawl errors, and ranking changes for 30 days. Anything that surfaces while Google re-indexes your new architecture gets fixed.
Week 4-6
AstroSharpCloudflare PagesMarkdownZodTypeScript

Questions fréquentes

Combien de temps prend une migration de WordPress vers Astro?

La plupart des migrations se terminent en 3 semaines. Les sites de moins de 50 pages avec des structures de contenu propres peuvent être terminés en 2 semaines. Les sites plus importants — 500+ pages, des types de publications personnalisées complexes, des dépendances lourdes aux plugins — pourraient prendre 4–5 semaines. Les scripts d'export et de conversion automatisés compressent ce qui aurait autrement duré des jours de travail manuel en quelques heures.

Vais-je perdre mon classement Google après la migration?

Non. Chaque URL WordPress est mappée à son équivalent Astro avec des redirections 301 côté serveur, de sorte que votre équité de lien reste en place. Les données structurées, les balises meta et les sitemaps sont tous reconstruits lors de la migration. La plupart des clients constatent une amélioration du classement dans les 4–6 semaines — les scores Core Web Vitals augmentent considérablement, et Google répond rapidement à la vitesse des pages améliorée.

Puis-je toujours éditer le contenu sans WordPress?

Oui. Votre contenu réside dans des fichiers Markdown que vous pouvez éditer dans n'importe quel éditeur de texte, VS Code, ou un CMS headless comme Tina, Decap, ou Keystatic si vous voulez une interface visuelle. Les modifications se déploient automatiquement via Git. De nombreux clients préfèrent finalement ce flux de travail — chaque édition a un historique des versions et peut être examinée avant sa mise en ligne. C'est plus contrôlé que l'éditeur WordPress ne l'a jamais été.

Que se passe-t-il avec mes plugins WordPress?

Chaque plugin est évalué individuellement. Les formulaires de contact deviennent des gestionnaires statiques comme Formspree ou Netlify Forms. Les plugins SEO sont remplacés par la génération intégrée de balises meta et de sitemaps d'Astro. Les analyses passent à des scripts légers. Les plugins d'e-commerce peuvent nécessiter une solution headless comme Snipcart. Chaque remplacement est documenté dans le plan de migration avant que nous touchions à quoi que ce soit.

Est-ce réaliste pour Lighthouse d'avoir 100 sur chaque page?

Pour les pages axées sur le contenu — oui. Le défaut zéro JavaScript d'Astro supprime le plus gros goulot d'étranglement de performance. Les pages avec des scripts tiers intégrés comme l'analytique, les widgets de chat ou les intégrations vidéo peuvent atteindre 95–99 en raison de facteurs hors de votre contrôle. Nous optimisons tout ce qui est en votre domaine et vous donnons des conseils clairs pour minimiser l'impact des tiers où nous ne pouvons pas le contrôler directement.

Combien d'économies ferai-je sur l'hébergement après la migration?

Cloudflare Pages offre un hébergement statique gratuit avec une bande passante illimitée. Même l'hébergement edge de niveau entreprise coûte environ 20 $/mois, comparé à 100–200 $/mois pour WordPress géré. Mais honnêtement, les plus grandes économies proviennent de l'abandon des frais de licence de plugins, des outils de surveillance de sécurité, et des heures de développeur que vous passez actuellement juste pour maintenir WordPress à jour et compatible.

WordPress to Astro from $6,000
Fixed-fee. Includes content migration, image optimization, redirect mapping, and 30-day post-launch support.
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