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Move to a faster, better CMS without losing your rankings

You've outgrown your CMS because it's slow, awkward to update or fights you every time you want to change something. Moving still feels riskier than staying, because you could lose the rankings and traffic you spent years building. Done properly, a migration carries all of that across and leaves you with a faster site that's easier to run.

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Your rankings, intact

Same traffic, different (better) CMS

Every migration carries the same risk: rankings drop, a form stops working, and nobody notices until a customer complains. We map every URL before anything goes live, so search engines and visitors land exactly where they expect to.

  • Every page redirect mapped before launch, rather than patched afterwards
  • Traffic and rankings tracked throughout the entire switch
  • Forms, integrations and content tested before the new site goes live
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When your CMS has become the thing holding the website back

Almost nobody migrates for fun. Most people researching a migration have already hit a wall on their current platform.

  • You've run into something your current CMS can't do, no matter which plugin or workaround you try.
  • Every update feels like a gamble, because something else on the site usually breaks along with it.
  • Editing content means fighting the page builder instead of simply writing.
  • You're paying for extra tools your platform doesn't include, because it wasn't built for what your business needs today.
  • The site has become slower every year, and nothing you've tried has fixed it for good.
  • You want to move, but you're worried that a migration will cost you your Google rankings or lose content along the way.
  • Changing a page or adding a post involves workarounds, a developer or a process that's far too complicated.

What makes our migrations safe

A migration only feels risky when it's handled carelessly. Ours follows a checklist rather than a leap of faith, and here's what we check every time.

  • Your rankings come with you

    Every old page points to its new address, with its search information carried over, so Google doesn't have to start from scratch and the traffic you've spent years earning doesn't reset on launch day.

  • Nothing gets lost in the move

    We account for every page, post, image and form field before we touch anything live, because we migrate your content, not just your design.

  • Live with next to zero downtime

    We build and test the new site alongside the old one, so your current site keeps working right up until the new one is ready to take over.

  • A CMS you can actually use

    We hand over an editor that makes sense, with clear fields and a simple setup, so changing a headline never turns into a struggle.

  • Tested before you ever see it broken

    We check every redirect, form and connection before launch, so a customer never finds the problem first.

  • A proper handover, not a disappearing act

    We walk you and your team through the new CMS, so the first day on the new platform doesn't feel like starting over.

Migration doesn't have to be complex

You've outgrown your platform because it's slow and hard to update, yet moving feels riskier, since you could lose the rankings and traffic you spent years building. Most migration horror stories aren't platform problems. They're planning problems, where nobody listed every page before switching over.

What's included in our CMS migration service?

Moving your site to a new CMS involves far more than the switch itself, and here's everything we take care of along the way.

  • Full site audit

    A clear assessment of what's working, what's breaking and what needs to carry over exactly as it is.

  • URL & Content mapping

    We map out every page and content type, so nothing gets lost and your search rankings stay intact.

  • Content & Media migration

    Your pages, posts and media move across cleanly, with their layout and formatting preserved.

  • Integration reconnection

    We reconnect your forms, email tools and analytics, then test each of them on the new platform.

  • Redirect setup

    We redirect old links properly, so visitors and search engines land exactly where they should.

  • Post-launch monitoring

    We watch the site closely after launch to catch anything that slipped through and fix it quickly.

Process

Our CMS migration process

A migration isn't one big leap. It's a sequence of checks carried out in order, so nothing catches you off guard on the other side.

  • 1

    Audit

    We review your current site to understand what works, what's broken, what's slow and what must move over exactly as it is.

  • 2

    Migration plan

    We map every page so nothing gets lost, and we plan how to protect your Google rankings once the new site is live.

  • 3

    Build & Migrate

    We set up the new platform and move your content, products and data across, rebuilding properly anything that was held together with workarounds.

  • 4

    Reconnect & Test

    We reconnect and test your payments, email tools, analytics, forms, redirects and checkout.

  • 5

    Launch

    The new site goes live with everything checked and working before your customers ever see it.

  • 6

    Post-launch monitoring

    We watch the site closely after launch to catch anything we missed, and we stay available for fixes while you settle in.

Switch Platforms Without Losing a Thing

We move your existing site to a better platform without losing your rankings, your content or a single night's sleep.

  • Full content audit before we touch anything

    We map every page, post and asset before the migration starts, so nothing gets lost in the move.

  • Zero-downtime migration, no site blackout

    Your site stays live and reachable for the entire time we're moving it.

  • 301 redirects to protect your SEO

    We redirect old URLs to their new addresses, so your rankings and backlinks carry over.

  • Media & asset transfer, fully organized

    Images, files and documents are moved across and properly organised rather than dumped into one folder.

  • Data integrity checks on every record

    We check every record against the original, so nothing ends up missing or broken.

  • Custom field mapping for complex content

    We map custom fields and content types one to one, even on complicated builds.

  • Multi-language migration where needed

    Every language version is moved and linked correctly, not only the default one.

  • Feature parity checks against your old site

    We compare the new site against the old one, feature by feature, before we call the job done.

  • Staging environment testing before go-live

    We test everything on a private staging site first, so the live migration holds no surprises.

  • Post-migration SEO audit & cleanup

    A final SEO check after launch catches anything the migration might have missed.

Questions we get about CMS Migrations

Protecting them is the whole point of our process. Every URL gets a 301 redirect mapped before the switch, and we monitor indexing and rankings closely in the weeks that follow.

Get a 2nd opinion

Let’s have an intro call

Tell us which CMS you're using and what it's costing your business, and we'll take it from there.