In our last post, we explained why WordPress is no longer the best choice for many businesses. If you’re ready to move on but aren’t sure what the next step looks like, you’re in the right place.
Craft CMS is one of the most flexible and user-friendly platforms available today. It’s fast, secure, and built for content-first websites without all the plugin bloat. Best of all, it can be customized to fit your business, not the other way around.
Here’s how to move your WordPress site to Craft the right way.
Take Stock of What You Have
Start by reviewing your current WordPress site:
- What pages, posts, and features do you want to keep?
- What content is outdated or no longer relevant?
- What plugins or tools are critical to your business?
Map Your Content Structure
WordPress relies on posts, pages, and plugins. Craft, on the other hand, is built around custom fields and content types.
We help you map your WordPress content to a cleaner, leaner structure in Craft, so your editors have exactly what they need without the clutter of unnecessary fields or plugins.
Design with Purpose
Moving platforms is the perfect time to rethink your site’s design. Instead of simply copying your old WordPress layout, we help you create something faster, clearer, and more user-focused.
Mobile-first, accessible, and built for speed. Your new design should reflect your business today, not where it was five years ago.
Migrate Your Content
We carefully migrate your content from WordPress to Craft. This includes:
- Copying over pages, posts, and metadata
- Rebuilding forms and functionality
- Updating internal links
- Testing everything to ensure it works as expected
No automated tool does this perfectly, that’s why we do it manually to get it right.
Optimize for SEO and Performance
We tune your new Craft site for:
- Fast load times
- Clean URLs
- Proper metadata
- Structured data
- XML sitemaps
We also set up redirects from your old WordPress URLs to preserve your search rankings.
Before going live, we run full quality assurance checks on desktop and mobile. Once everything passes, we handle the DNS updates and make your new site live...usually with zero downtime.
We also provide training so your team feels confident using Craft going forward.
Moving from WordPress doesn’t have to be painful. With the right process, and the right partner, it’s an opportunity to create a website that’s faster, easier to manage, and built for the future. At Rudder Digital, we’ve migrated multiple sites from WordPress to Craft CMS, carefully mapping structure, preserving SEO, and future-proofing content.
Let us help you choose the best path forward. Contact us and let’s talk about your next move.
Stay tuned for upcoming posts on how to move WordPress content to other content management systems.
