Move your WordPress website with a clear transfer plan
Move your WordPress website without losing what works
Moving a WordPress website is a smaller job than moving a store, but the same test applies. Visitors need the links and forms to keep working, staff need to be able to log in and edit, and any connected system, such as your CRM or booking tool, needs to keep receiving the right information after the move.
Check the website before choosing the transfer method
The theme, the plugins and the hosting requirements decide how the site can run at its destination. An existing fault or a plugin that no longer receives updates will travel with the site, so we look for those before the move.
We review the setup and your access, then separate the transfer itself from any repairs, redesign or redevelopment. A hosting change keeps the current website as it is, while a rebuild is a different project with its own scope.
Kept separate in the quote
The transfer itself
This project
Repairs to existing faults
Separate scope
Redesign or redevelopment
Separate scope
Include the connections around the site
Domain settings send visitors to the website, and the same settings often control email. The plan names who manages those settings and which records change, since a mistake there can stop your email at the same moment it moves your site.
We also check forms, scheduled tasks and external connections, test the destination with suitable access and backups in place, and prepare the recovery steps before you approve the release.
Example: domain settings
The record that points to the website
Changes
The records that run your email
Stay as they are
The plan names who manages them and which records change
Follow important actions through to completion
The checks can cover:
- Pages, images and downloads.
- Editing, logins and permissions.
- Forms and actual enquiry delivery.
- Links, redirects and search settings.
- Connected functions included in the move.
- Loading and live-release checks.
A store needs extra attention to product and transaction data, including orders placed while the new environment is being prepared. Read about WooCommerce migration.
What this does not include
The move carries the site as it stands. Repairs to known faults, redesign, redevelopment and email hosting are quoted separately when you want them.
Questions about WordPress transfers
Can the current website address stay?
In most cases it can. We check domain access and URL requirements during the review, and the plan records what stays and which redirects are needed.
Can existing problems be repaired during the move?
Yes, if you want them fixed, and we quote that repair work explicitly, because moving the site on its own does not resolve a problem that was already there.
Who looks after the site afterwards?
The proposal names the launch checks, the defect period and any ongoing care arrangement. Your business keeps the responsibilities agreed for content and external accounts.
Send us the website and where it is going
Include the functions that matter and any deadline. We will get back to you.