Migration Service
WordPress to Astro Migration — UK Agency
We migrate WordPress sites to Astro without losing SEO rankings, URLs or content. Keep what works, leave the slow, insecure plugins behind.
What a typical migration delivers
Why migrate from WordPress to Astro?
Astro's static-first architecture produces dramatic performance, security and cost wins for most WordPress sites.
Astro ships zero JavaScript by default. Pages hydrate only where needed, so first contentful paint and largest contentful paint are usually 3–10x faster than a comparable WordPress site.
Static HTML has no PHP runtime, no database, no plugin attack surface. That eliminates most of the common WordPress exploits, brute-force login risks and plugin vulnerabilities.
An Astro site runs on Cloudflare Pages, Netlify or Vercel for little or nothing per month, instead of managed WordPress hosting at £30–£200+ per month.
Astro sites routinely pass Core Web Vitals out of the box. That translates directly into Google ranking benefits, especially for competitive commercial queries.
What we migrate
What we migrate and what we preserve
All page content and blog posts
Every page, post and custom post type is ported to Astro content collections or your chosen CMS.
URL structure (301 redirects for any changes)
We preserve URLs wherever possible and 301 redirect anything that does change. Nothing 404s.
SEO metadata and structured data
Titles, meta descriptions, canonicals, OG tags, schema.org data — all ported and verified.
Images, optimised
Media library migrated with responsive sizes, modern formats and lazy-loading built in.
Contact forms and integrations
Forms re-wired to a modern service (Web3Forms, Formspree or your CRM) with spam protection.
Our migration process
A structured, low-risk path from WordPress to Astro.
Audit your WordPress site
Full crawl, inventory of templates, plugins, forms and integrations. Identify what stays and what goes.
Plan URL mapping and SEO
Every existing URL mapped to its target. Redirect plan produced before a line of code is written.
Build the Astro site
Templates rebuilt in Astro with your existing design (or a refresh). Fast, accessible, SEO-clean.
Migrate content
Pages, posts, authors and images ported into content collections or headless CMS.
SEO verification
Pre-launch staging checks, redirect tests, structured data validation, Core Web Vitals baseline.
Go live with zero downtime
Blue-green cutover on a weekend window. We monitor rankings and errors for 30 days post-launch.
Migration FAQs
Answers to the questions we get most often from WordPress owners considering Astro.
How long does a WordPress to Astro migration take?
Most migrations run 2 to 6 weeks end-to-end. A small content site with standard pages can complete in two weeks; a large site with complex templates, memberships or WooCommerce usually takes four to six. We always scope precisely before committing to a date.
Will I lose my SEO rankings during the migration?
No — preserving rankings is a first-class requirement of every migration we run. We crawl the existing site, build a URL map, and ship 301 redirects alongside the new build. Metadata, canonicals, structured data and internal links are all ported. After launch we monitor search rankings and Core Web Vitals for regressions.
Can my team still edit content easily after migration?
Yes. For teams that need a visual editor we pair Astro with a headless CMS such as Sanity, Contentful or DecapCMS. For technical teams we keep content in Git as Markdown or MDX. The right choice depends on how your team works — we recommend an approach during discovery.
How much does WordPress to Astro migration cost?
Simple brochure-site migrations start from around £1,200. Most medium marketing sites land between £2,500 and £5,000. Larger migrations with membership, WooCommerce or heavy template logic are scoped individually. Pricing always includes URL mapping, redirects and SEO verification.
What happens to our WooCommerce store?
For e-commerce we usually keep the transactional back-end (WooCommerce, Shopify, or a headless commerce platform) and rebuild only the storefront in Astro. That keeps checkout and order management stable while you get the performance and SEO gains on the customer-facing side.
Do you host the new site?
Astro deploys beautifully to Cloudflare Pages, Netlify and Vercel. We typically deploy to Cloudflare Pages for global edge delivery and zero egress fees. We can host on your behalf or hand over full ownership.
Ready to migrate?
We will run a free migration audit on your WordPress site and give you a clear scope, timeline and fixed price — no strings attached.