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WordPress to Astro

Zero JS DefaultLighthouse 10090% CSS Reduction

WordPress naar Astro Migratie

Je WordPress-site verliest snelheid voordat Google het zelfs scoort

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.

Waar projecten falen

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.

Compliance

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.

Wat we bouwen

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

Ons proces

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

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

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

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

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

Veelgestelde vragen

Hoe lang duurt een WordPress naar Astro migratie?

De meeste migraties zijn in 3 weken klaar. Sites met minder dan 50 pagina's en schone content-structuren kunnen in 2 weken af. Grotere sites — 500+ pagina's, complexe custom post types, zware plugin-afhankelijkheden — kunnen 4-5 weken duren. De geautomatiseerde export- en conversie-scripts comprimeren wat anders dagen handwerk zou zijn tot een paar uur.

Verlies ik mijn Google-rankings na migratie?

Nee. Elke WordPress-URL wordt met server-side 301-redirects aan het Astro-equivalent gekoppeld, dus je link equity blijft behouden. Structured data, meta-tags en sitemaps worden allemaal opnieuw gegenereerd tijdens migratie. De meeste klanten zien eigenlijk ranking-verbeteringen binnen 4-6 weken — Core Web Vitals-scores stijgen significant, en Google reageert snel op snellere pagina-ervaringen.

Kan ik content nog steeds bewerken zonder WordPress?

Ja. Je content is opgeslagen als Markdown-bestanden die je in elke teksteditor kunt bewerken, VS Code, of een headless CMS zoals Tina, Decap of Keystatic voor een visuele interface. Wijzigingen worden automatisch via Git gedeployd. Veel klanten geven uiteindelijk de voorkeur aan deze workflow — elke bewerking heeft versiebeheer en kan worden beoordeeld voordat het live gaat. Het is meer beheerst dan de WordPress-editor ooit was.

Wat gebeurt er met mijn WordPress-plugins?

Elke plugin wordt afzonderlijk geëvalueerd. Contactformulieren worden statische handlers zoals Formspree of Netlify Forms. SEO-plugins worden vervangen door Astro's ingebouwde meta-tag en sitemap-generatie. Analytics verplaatsen naar lichte scripts. E-commerce-plugins hebben mogelijk een headless-oplossing nodig zoals Snipcart. Elke vervanging staat gedocumenteerd in het migratieplan voordat we iets aanraken.

Is Lighthouse 100 realistisch voor elke pagina?

Voor content-gedreven pagina's — ja. Astro's geen-JavaScript-standaard verwijdert meteen het grootste prestatieknelpunt. Pagina's met ingebedde scripts van derden zoals analytics, chat-widgets of video-embeds landen mogelijk op 95-99 vanwege factoren buiten je controle. We optimaliseren alles binnen je domein en geven je duidelijke begeleiding bij het minimaliseren van impact van derden waar we het niet direct kunnen beheren.

Hoeveel bespaar ik op hosting na migratie?

Cloudflare Pages biedt gratis statische hosting met onbeperkte bandbreedte. Enterprise-tier edge hosting kost ongeveer €20/maand, vergeleken met €100-200/maand voor beheerde WordPress. Maar de grotere besparingen komen van het afschaffen van plugin-licentiekosten, beveiligingstolosing en de uren die je nu besteedt aan het bijwerken en compatibel houden van WordPress.

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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