{"id":71182,"date":"2026-10-06T07:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/wpinterface.com\/?post_type=wpi_service&p=71182"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:27:40","slug":"wordpress-migration","status":"publish","type":"wpi_service","link":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/wpinterface.com\/services\/wordpress-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WordPress migration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Move to WordPress without losing a reader, a ranking or a day online.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

WordPress migration from Blogger, Medium, Ghost, Wix, Substack or another host. We move every post, map every old URL to a 301 redirect, check SEO parity page by page and switch over with no downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plan my migration<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
How the move happens<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2 days\u20133 weeks<\/strong>typical delivery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 weeks<\/strong>of 404 monitoring after launch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Old site stays live<\/p>\n\n\n\n

301 for every URL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEO parity checks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  1. OK<\/span>crawl \u203a 1,842 URLs<\/code>Every post, page, image and feed on the old site listed<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  2. OK<\/span>import \u203a 1,206 posts<\/code>Posts, authors, categories, tags and comments moved<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  3. WARN<\/span>images \u203a 37 hot-linked<\/code>Images still served from the old platform \u2014 re-uploaded<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  4. OK<\/span>redirects \u203a 1,842 \u2192 1,842<\/code>Every old URL answers with a 301 to its new address<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  5. WARN<\/span>dns \u203a TTL 86400<\/code>TTL lowered a week before cutover so the switch spreads fast<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  6. OK<\/span>parity \u203a titles, meta, schema<\/code>Old and new pages match, template by template<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  7. OK<\/span>security scan<\/code>Nothing malicious carried over<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t
  8. OK<\/span>cutover<\/code>DNS switched \u2014 old host kept until its traffic reaches zero<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t
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    The rules of a site move<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Rankings survive a move when the redirects are right.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Google publishes exactly how it wants a site move done. Most lost traffic after a WordPress migration comes from skipping one of these steps \u2014 not from WordPress itself, which already runs 40.1% of all websites (W3Techs<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    301<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    or 308 \u2014 the permanent, server-side redirects Google treats as \u201cthis is the new address\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Google Search Central \u2014 Redirects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    1 year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    the minimum Google suggests for keeping redirects in place \u2014 longer if you can<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Google Search Central \u2014 Site moves with URL changes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    redirect hops is where Google\u2019s crawlers stop following \u2014 we keep every chain to one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Google \u2014 HTTP status codes and crawling<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    180 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    that Search Console\u2019s Change of Address tool forwards signals to a new domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Search Console Help \u2014 Change of Address<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/linearGradient><\/radialGradient><\/defs><\/g>Old host<\/text>PHP 7.4<\/text><\/g><\/g>New host<\/text>PHP 8.3, HTTP\/3<\/text><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/g>Zero downtime<\/text><\/g><\/g><\/g>Migrating site<\/text>84%<\/text>DNS<\/text>SSL<\/text>Redirects<\/text><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Where you\u2019re coming from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Blogger to WordPress, Wix to WordPress \u2014 or just a new host.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    We have handled WordPress migration for blogs and publications of all sizes. The goal is simple: readers and search engines notice nothing except a better site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n