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Your WordPress Site Costs You £4,000/Month Before Anyone Converts

If you're a London growth team watching plugin conflicts kill mobile conversions, we migrate you to Next.js in 14 days -- zero downtime, full SEO carryover.

We move London businesses from WordPress to modern stacks -- Next.js, headless CMS, edge hosting. Zero downtime. Full SEO preservation.

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WordPress to Next.js Migration

WordPress migration is the process of moving your content, routing, and editorial workflows from a WordPress monolith to a Next.js front end backed by a headless CMS such as Sanity or Contentful. The result is a statically generated or server-rendered site deployed on edge infrastructure with sub-100ms TTFB globally. Every URL, meta tag, and structured data element is preserved or improved during the transition.

What is holding your current website back?

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

Plugin conflicts between WooCommerce, caching layers, and page builders cause intermittent 500 errors that ops teams cannot reproduce locally.
Risk: Each unresolved error costs you paid traffic that already landed on the page, and Google crawl logs register the failures within days.
WordPress Lighthouse mobile scores regularly sit below 50 because undeferred third-party scripts and unoptimised images block the main thread on 4G connections.
Risk: Google's page experience signals demote slow pages in mobile SERPs, compounding the conversion loss with a ranking loss on your highest-intent queries.
Your development team spends four to six hours per sprint resolving WordPress core or plugin update breakages rather than shipping product features.
Risk: Engineering velocity drops, release cycles lengthen, and the compounding technical debt makes future migrations progressively more expensive.

How We Build This Right

Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.

Full 301 Redirect Audit

Every existing WordPress permalink, category URL, and attachment page is mapped and redirected before go-live. Screaming Frog crawls run pre- and post-migration to confirm zero orphaned URLs reach Googlebot.

Zero-Downtime Deploy Protocol

DNS cutover is executed via atomic deployment on Vercel or Cloudflare Pages with instant rollback capability. Uptime monitoring alerts fire within 30 seconds of any error rate increase during the cutover window.

Core Web Vitals Baseline and Sign-off

LCP, CLS, and INP are benchmarked on your live WordPress site before migration starts. The project does not close until field data from Chrome UX Report confirms equal or improved scores on the new stack.

What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

Automated 301 Redirect Generation

We crawl your entire WordPress URL structure, cross-reference Google Search Console data for high-traffic paths, and generate a redirect map that is version-controlled and deployed as edge middleware. No manual CSV uploads, no redirect chains.

Headless CMS Content Migration

Posts, pages, custom post types, ACF fields, and media assets are migrated via scripted pipelines into Sanity or Contentful. Editorial teams are trained on the new interface before cutover so publishing workflows are uninterrupted from day one.

Edge Hosting and CI/CD Pipeline

Every push to main triggers a build, runs Lighthouse CI against budget thresholds, and deploys to the edge only on a passing score. Preview URLs are generated for every branch so stakeholders review changes before they reach production.

SEO Metadata and Schema Preservation

Yoast or RankMath metadata is extracted and mapped to Next.js metadata API fields. Existing JSON-LD structured data for articles, products, and local business entities is carried over and validated against Google's Rich Results Test before launch.

Built on a Modern, Secure Stack

Next.jsSanityVercelSupabaseCloudflareWordPress REST API

Our Development Process

From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.

01

Discovery and URL Audit

1 week

We crawl your WordPress site, pull 12 months of Search Console impressions, and produce a prioritised URL map that flags high-value pages, redirect requirements, and content types needing custom schema. You receive a written migration spec before any code is written.

02

Next.js Build and CMS Configuration

1-2 weeks

The Next.js front end is built against your agreed design system, with page templates wired to the headless CMS schema. Lighthouse CI budgets are set at this stage so performance regressions are caught in every pull request throughout the build.

03

Content Migration and QA

1 week

All WordPress content is migrated via scripted pipelines and spot-checked against the original site. Redirects are validated in a staging environment, structured data is tested, and the editorial team completes a sign-off review in the new CMS interface.

04

DNS Cutover and Post-Launch Monitoring

1-2 weeks

Atomic deployment is triggered during your lowest-traffic window. We monitor crawl errors, Core Web Vitals field data, and Search Console indexing status daily for 14 days post-launch and resolve any anomalies within one business day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Most migrations wrap up in 4-7 weeks depending on site complexity. A 50-page brochure site can be done in 4 weeks. Large content sites with 1,000+ pages, custom post types, and complex plugin integrations typically need 6-8 weeks. We give you a detailed timeline during the discovery phase.
Not if done correctly. We map every URL before migration begins and implement server-side 301 redirects for any URL changes. All meta titles, descriptions, structured data, and internal link structures are preserved. After launch, we monitor Search Console daily for 30 days to catch any indexation issues straight away.
Absolutely. We replace WordPress with a headless CMS -- Sanity or Contentful -- that gives editors real-time previews, collaborative editing, and a much cleaner interface. Most content teams prefer it within the first week. No plugin updates, no PHP errors -- just content.
We audit every plugin and rebuild its functionality with modern equivalents. Contact forms become serverless API routes. SEO plugins are replaced by Next.js metadata handling. eCommerce plugins can be swapped for Shopify or Snipcart. Nothing is lost -- it's rebuilt better.
Yes. We work with clients globally, but we have deep experience with London-based businesses across professional services, fintech, healthcare, and eCommerce. We understand UK hosting requirements, GDPR compliance, and we schedule launches around GMT business hours.
Our fixed-fee WordPress migrations start at £5,000 for straightforward brochure sites. Content-heavy sites with 500+ pages typically fall in the £10K-£20K range. Complex sites with eCommerce, membership features, or custom integrations start at £20K. Every project gets a detailed quote after our free discovery audit.
The cost of WordPress migration in London can vary widely depending on the complexity of the website and the specific services required. On average, prices can range from £200 for a basic migration of a small site to over £1,000 for more complex websites with extensive databases, custom themes, or additional plugins. Agencies often offer tailored quotes based on the individual needs of the client, so it's advisable to consult directly with them for a precise estimate.
Yes, WordPress is still worth it in 2026. As an open-source platform, it continues to evolve with regular updates, making it adaptable to changing technology trends. Its vast ecosystem, including a wide array of themes and plugins, offers flexibility for diverse website needs. According to W3Techs, WordPress powers over 40% of all websites globally, indicating its sustained popularity and reliability. Its strong user community also ensures ongoing support and innovation, making it a solid choice for website development in 2026.
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