WordPress to Astro Migration
Lighthouse 100. Zero JavaScript. Three Weeks.
We migrate WordPress sites to Astro with automated content pipelines, edge deployment, and Lighthouse scores that actually hit 100. That database-driven bloat you're dealing with? It becomes static-site speed.
A WordPress-to-Astro migration swaps out your PHP/MySQL setup for a static site generator that ships zero JavaScript by default. Content gets exported via REST API or WXR, converted to Markdown with frontmatter metadata, and pushed to edge CDN. What you end up with: page loads under 0.3 seconds, perfect Lighthouse scores, no database to babysit, and your content sitting in plain text files with full Git history.
Your Current Site May Be a Liability
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
How We Build This Right
Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.
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.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Markdown Content Layer
All your content lives as version-controlled Markdown files with frontmatter. No database. Full Git history. If you ever want to move platforms again, you can.
Responsive Image Generation
Automated scripts generate five image sizes per asset during migration, so every device gets the right file without any manual work on your end.
Semantic HTML Markup
Every page outputs clean semantic HTML — proper heading hierarchy, ARIA labels, structured data for rich search results. The stuff that should've been there all along.
Sitemap & Robots.txt
Astro generates optimized XML sitemaps and robots.txt at build time, so search engine crawl budgets aren't getting wasted on junk.
CSS Purging & Inlining
Theme bloat is gone. Only the CSS each page actually uses gets shipped — typically a 90% reduction in stylesheet size. That's not a rounding error, that's almost everything.
Build-Time Performance Audits
Lighthouse CI runs on every pull request and blocks any deploy that falls below whatever score thresholds you set. Nothing slips through.
Built on a Modern, Secure Stack
Our Development Process
From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.
Audit & Export
Week 1We 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.
Convert & Structure
Week 1-2Posts 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.
Build & Optimize
Week 2-3Then 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.
Redirect & Deploy
Week 3301 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.
Monitor & Support
Week 4-6After 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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200+ employee company? Complex multi-tenant, auction, or multi-location requirement? We have a dedicated enterprise capability track.
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