1123Interactive - Technical Consultancy for Founders
WordPress Migration

WordPress served its purpose. Time to move on.

Your WordPress site is slow, vulnerable, and expensive to maintain. I migrate you to a modern platform that's faster, more secure, and costs nothing to host.

The Problem

Why WordPress isn't working anymore

It's slow

Database queries, bloated themes, and dozens of plugins create load times that hurt your SEO and frustrate visitors.

It's vulnerable

Every plugin is a potential security hole. Constant updates are required just to stay safe. One missed patch and you're exposed.

It's expensive

Hosting costs, premium plugins, security monitoring, backup services. The monthly bills add up fast.

It breaks

Plugin conflicts, theme updates that destroy your layout, PHP version incompatibilities. Something always needs fixing.

10x
Faster load times
$0
Monthly hosting
0
Security patches needed
The Process

How I migrate your site

01

Audit

I analyze your current site: content, URLs, SEO value, functionality. I identify what to preserve and what to leave behind.

02

Extract

Content, images, and metadata are exported from WordPress. I preserve your URL structure for SEO continuity.

03

Rebuild

Your site is rebuilt on modern architecture. Same content, same URLs, dramatically better performance.

04

Deploy

New site goes live with proper redirects. Old WordPress is decommissioned. No SEO value lost.

SEO Continuity

Your rankings are preserved

A botched migration can destroy years of SEO work. I make sure that doesn't happen.

  • URL structure preserved exactly
  • Proper 301 redirects for any changed URLs
  • Meta titles and descriptions migrated
  • Schema markup for rich results
  • XML sitemap submitted to Search Console

What about my blog posts?

All content is migrated: posts, pages, images, categories, tags. Your URLs stay exactly the same, so existing links and search rankings are preserved.

I use automated tools to extract content, then review manually to ensure nothing is lost.

Pricing

What a migration costs, published

Pages are priced by what they are, because a privacy policy is not the same amount of work as a homepage. Count your pages, add it up. That arithmetic is the whole quote.

Page type Each
Homepage The front page. Most design attention, most components. $300
Main page A top-level page, like About or Contact. $145
Section page A page nested under a section, like Services → Wills. $105
Legal page Privacy policy, terms, disclaimers. Long, but pure text. $35
Blog post One template, your content flows into it. $30
  • $750 minimum. That floor only covers the fixed cost of setting up, deploying and cutting over a site at all.
  • 40% deposit to start, the balance on launch.
  • Totals round down to the nearest $50.
  • Hosting is $0 afterward, and setting it up is included.
  • One time. No retainer, because there is nothing left to maintain.

A real migration quote

A recent site, exactly as it was quoted. 14 pages, 6 blog posts, four add-ons. Details changed only to keep the client anonymous.

Homepage 1 $300 $300
Main pages 7 $145 $1,015
Section pages 4 $105 $420
Legal / policy pages 2 $35 $70
Blog posts 6 $30 $180
Qualifying intake form 1 $300 $300
Newsletter signup 1 $100 $100
Blog linking and categories 1 $150 $150
Search Console and indexing 1 $125 $125
Scheduling links repointed to a new provider 1 No charge $0
Rounded down −$10
Total $2,650

Add-ons

Real work that is not a page. Billed only when your project actually contains it.

Contact or newsletter form $100

Moved to a hosted endpoint, wired to its destination, spam-protected and delivery-tested.

Form with conditional logic $300

A multi-step or qualifying form whose branching, validation and routing rules have to be reproduced exactly.

Search Console setup and indexing $125

Property verified, sitemap submitted, indexing requested and coverage monitored after launch.

Internal linking and category structure $150

Cross-linking related posts, building category and tag structure, fixing metadata gaps found in the audit.

Content restructuring $150

Reworking or relocating existing copy so information that is currently buried is easy to find.

Editing interface setup $200

A hosted editing interface for your collections, with your login configured and a walkthrough.

Repointing a third-party service No charge

Sending an existing link or embed to a different provider during the move.

Store or booking system Per project

Never estimated from a page count. Scoped on its own.

These are Conversion rates: your existing design and content rebuilt faithfully. If you want a design refresh or a site rebuilt from first principles at the same time, the full rate card is on the static websites page.

Stuck in Divi specifically?

Divi sites require special handling. The content is locked in a proprietary format that's especially difficult to extract. I have a dedicated process for Divi escapes.

Learn about Divi Escape →
Migration Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

No. I preserve your exact URL structure, set up proper 301 redirects for any changed URLs, migrate all your meta data, and submit fresh sitemaps to search engines. A properly executed migration maintains or improves rankings.

All content is migrated: posts, pages, images, categories, tags. I extract everything from WordPress and rebuild it in the new system. Your URLs stay the same, so existing links keep working.

Yes. I can set up a lightweight content management system that lets you edit text and images without touching code. It's simpler than WordPress, but covers what most sites actually need.

Most WordPress plugins exist to solve problems that modern sites don't have. Forms, SEO, security, caching, these are all built into the new architecture. I'll identify any functionality you actually need and build it properly.

Most migrations complete in 2-4 weeks. Complex sites with lots of content or custom functionality may take longer. I'll give you a realistic timeline after auditing your current site.

For WooCommerce sites, I'd need to evaluate whether migration makes sense. Simple product catalogs can move to Stripe or similar. Complex e-commerce might be better served by a dedicated platform like Shopify.

Pages are priced individually and the rates are published above: $300 for a homepage, $145 for a main page, $105 for a section page, $35 for a legal page, and $30 for a blog post, with a $750 project minimum. A recent 14-page site with six posts and four add-ons came to $2,650.

Yes, that's the point of publishing the rates. Count your pages by type, multiply, and add any add-ons your site needs. The total you get is the quote you'd receive, because a quote here is the sum of visible line items rather than an effort estimate with modifiers stacked on it.

Over any reasonable horizon, yes. A WordPress site commonly runs $1,500 to $4,000 a year once hosting, plugin licenses, security services, and maintenance are counted. Migration is a one-time cost and takes the recurring hosting line to $0, so most sites pass break-even inside two years.

Ready to Migrate?

Let's get you off WordPress

Tell me about your current site and we'll figure out the best migration path.

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