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WordPress Site Audit & Migration Roadmap

Diagnose the rot. Quantify the cost of staying.

47%
Avg Plugin Bloat
Found in WordPress audits
3.2s
Avg LCP Reduction
Post-migration
72hr
Audit Turnaround
Full report delivered
$0
Surprises
Fixed-fee audits
What Is a WordPress Site Audit with Migration Roadmap?

A WordPress site audit with migration roadmap is a technical assessment that catalogs every performance bottleneck, security vulnerability, SEO regression, and plugin dependency in your current WordPress installation. Then we model the total cost of ownership for staying on WordPress versus moving to a modern headless framework like Astro, Next.js, or Nuxt. You get hard numbers to make the decision — not gut feelings.

Waar projecten falen

Plugin sprawl adding 800ms+ to every page load Each additional plugin is an unaudited dependency — one bad update can take your site offline or open a backdoor.
Core Web Vitals failing on mobile with LCP over 4 seconds Google demotes pages that miss CWV thresholds, and competitors who pass them are eating your organic traffic right now.
Ranking decay you can't explain with content changes alone Technical SEO debt compounds quietly — by the time you notice the traffic drop, you've already lost months of indexing authority.
Security vulnerabilities from outdated plugins and PHP versions WordPress powers 43% of the web and it's the #1 target for automated attacks. One unpatched plugin is all it takes.
Monthly hosting and maintenance costs that keep creeping upward Managed WordPress hosting, premium plugin licenses, and developer hours for updates can easily exceed $2K/month — with nothing to show for it performance-wise.
No clear data on whether migration is actually worth it Without a cost model comparing stay vs. migrate, you're making a six-figure decision on instinct.

Compliance

Plugin Dependency Audit

We inventory every active and inactive plugin, map their dependencies, flag redundancies, and identify which ones are abandoned or vulnerable. You get a kill list with a safe removal order.

Core Web Vitals Deep Dive

Field data from CrUX plus lab data from Lighthouse and WebPageTest across your top 50 URLs. We pinpoint exactly which elements are causing LCP, CLS, and INP failures.

SEO Regression Analysis

We correlate Google Search Console data with technical changes to identify when and why rankings dropped. Crawl budget waste, thin content, and canonical issues all get surfaced.

Security Gap Assessment

PHP version audit, plugin vulnerability cross-reference against WPScan databases, file permission checks, and authentication hardening review. Every finding gets a severity score.

Total Cost of Ownership Model

We calculate your real WordPress TCO — hosting, plugins, developer hours, downtime costs — then model the equivalent on Astro, Next.js, or Nuxt with headless CMS. Numbers, not opinions.

Migration Roadmap Document

A phased migration plan covering URL mapping, content model design, redirect strategy, SEO preservation checklist, and timeline estimates. Ready to hand off to any development team.

Wat we bouwen

Full Plugin Inventory & Risk Matrix

Every plugin scored by performance impact, security risk, and replacement availability in a headless stack.

Page-Level Performance Heatmap

Your top 50 pages ranked by CWV performance with specific bottlenecks called out per template.

Crawl Budget Waste Report

A clear picture of how much Googlebot time is wasted on parameter URLs, thin pages, and redirect chains.

Framework Recommendation with Justification

Astro, Next.js, or Nuxt — we recommend the right framework based on your content model, team skills, and traffic patterns.

CMS Selection Guide

Sanity, Contentful, Strapi, or WordPress as headless — we weigh each one against your editorial workflow.

ROI Projection Spreadsheet

An editable model showing break-even timeline, projected performance gains, and hosting savings post-migration.

Ons proces

01

Discovery & Access

We collect credentials for hosting, Google Search Console, Analytics, and your WordPress admin. A 30-minute kickoff call gets us aligned on your biggest concerns and business goals.
Day 1
02

Technical Crawl & Data Collection

Automated and manual crawls of your entire WordPress installation. We pull CrUX data, run Lighthouse across templates, inventory plugins, and scan for vulnerabilities.
Days 2-4
03

Analysis & Cost Modeling

We correlate performance data with SEO metrics, build the TCO model for WordPress vs. headless, and draft the migration roadmap with phased milestones.
Days 5-7
04

Report Delivery & Walkthrough

You get a detailed audit document, the TCO spreadsheet, and the migration roadmap. We walk through everything on a 60-minute video call and answer every question.
Days 8-9
05

Decision Support

If you decide to migrate, we scope the project with fixed-fee pricing. If you stay on WordPress, the audit and remediation checklist are yours — no strings attached.
Day 10+
AstroNext.jsNuxtLighthouseScreaming FrogGoogle Search ConsoleWebPageTest

Veelgestelde vragen

Hoe lang duurt een WordPress site audit?

De meeste audits worden binnen 10 werkdagen afgeleverd. Sites met meer dan 10.000 pagina's of complexe multisite-configuraties kunnen tot 15 dagen duren. We bevestigen de planning bij onze kickoff call zodra we je setup kennen en toegang hebben geregeld.

Moet ik migreren na de audit?

Nee. De audit en roadmap zijn van jou, ongeacht wat je besluit. Veel klanten gebruiken de bevindingen om onmiddellijke WordPress-problemen op te lossen terwijl ze een langetermijnmigratie plannen. Anderen geven de roadmap aan hun interne team of een ander bureau. Er is geen lock-in.

Welk headless framework beveel je meestal aan?

Dat hangt af van je content model, team capabilities en traffic patterns. Astro is de juiste keus voor content-zware sites met minimale interactiviteit. Next.js handelt complexe applicaties met dynamische data af. Nuxt is de betere keus als je team al in Vue werkt. We bevelen aan op basis van jouw situatie, niet onze voorkeur.

Beïnvloedt de audit de prestaties van mijn live site?

Nee. Onze crawls zijn vertraagd zodat ze geen druk op je server zetten, en we halen field performance data uit Google's CrUX dataset in plaats van synthetische load tests tegen je productieomgeving uit te voeren. We coördineren timing voor server-side checks die admin-toegang nodig hebben.

Hoe berekenen jullie de kosten van blijven op WordPress?

We tellen je hosting fees, premium plugin licenties, developer maintenance hours, geschatte downtime costs en de opportunity cost van organisch traffic verloren aan slechte Core Web Vitals op. Vervolgens modelleren we equivalente kosten op een headless stack over 12, 24 en 36 maanden in een bewerkbaar spreadsheet.

Kunt je een WordPress multisite of WooCommerce installatie auditen?

Ja. Multisite en WooCommerce audits zijn gebruikelijk. WooCommerce voegt echte complexiteit toe rond product data migratie, payment gateway compatibiliteit en checkout performance — we behandelen dit allemaal specifiek in de roadmap. Deze audits landen meestal aan de hogere kant van onze prijsstelling.

WordPress Audit & Migration Roadmap from $3,500
Fixed-fee. Full report in 10 business days. No retainer required.
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