Website migration service: migrate to WordPress without lost rankings or downtime

Not if the migration is done properly. Keeping URLs where possible, redirecting the ones that change, and carrying over titles, descriptions and content is what protects rankings. A short wobble while Google recrawls is normal, but traffic should settle back quickly.

No. The new site is built and tested on staging first, and the old site keeps running until the switch is confirmed. Visitors are never shown a broken or missing site.

Yes. I move sites to WordPress from Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Weebly, GoDaddy Website Builder, Joomla, Drupal, Blogger and hand-coded HTML. Sites on other platforms can’t simply be copied across, so they’re rebuilt in WordPress with the content moved over and every old URL redirected. It takes longer than a WordPress-to-WordPress move, and I’ll quote it separately. Moving a shop from Shopify? See WooCommerce development.

First I list every page, post, image and URL on the old site, because most platforms only export part of your content: Squarespace exports pages and blog posts, Webflow exports its CMS collections, and Wix has no full export at all. Then I design and build the WordPress site on staging, move the content across, and match each old URL to its new one. Once you’ve checked it, the domain is switched over, redirects are tested and Google Search Console is updated, with the old site kept until the new one is confirmed working.

Wix and Squarespace suit small, simple sites you want to set up yourself with a monthly fee that covers everything. WordPress suits sites that need to grow: custom design and features, an online shop, lots of content, or full control over SEO. You own a WordPress site outright and can move it to any host or developer, whereas on Wix or Squarespace you’re tied to their platform. Most businesses that move to WordPress do so because they’ve outgrown what those platforms allow.

Yes. Like Wix and Squarespace sites, they can’t be copied across directly, so the design and content are rebuilt in WordPress and every old URL is redirected. You end up with a site you can edit yourself, on hosting you control.

Yes. Products, customers and orders all move across, and payments are tested on staging before your shop goes live on the new setup.

Email often shares DNS with your website, so I check where it’s hosted before changing anything and make sure your mailboxes keep working through the move.

Yes. For Pinney Talfourd I moved thousands of pieces of content, keeping posts linked to the right solicitors and solicitors linked to the right offices.

Usually your WordPress admin, hosting control panel and domain registrar logins, plus Google Search Console if you have it. I’ll give you a short checklist before we start.

Full backups are taken before anything changes and the old site stays in place until the new one is confirmed working, so it can be rolled back quickly.

Yes. If you need a new home for your site, I offer managed WordPress hosting with updates, backups and security included.