WordPress Migration
We move WordPress sites between hosts without downtime, broken links or lost data. Planned, tested and switched over at a quiet hour.
Why DIY WordPress Migration Goes Wrong
Most WordPress migration UK disasters come from underestimating what’s involved. The technical migration is the easy part. The hard parts are the surrounding details: email routing, DNS TTL, SSL certificates, third-party integrations, search engine indexing, customer-facing communications. Each one can cause hours of downtime if mishandled.
Four Pillars of WordPress Migration UK
Four pillars define proper WordPress migration UK. Skipping any one creates problems that surface days or weeks after the migration appears successful.
Pre-Migration Audit
Every migration begins with an audit of the current site: hosting, DNS, email, plugins, forms, redirects and anything custom. Knowing exactly what is there before we move it is what makes the cut-over boring, which is the point.
Zero-Downtime Cutover
Zero-downtime cutover means we stage your site on our infrastructure, test it thoroughly, then switch DNS at a low-traffic time. Customers experience seconds of downtime, not hours. We’ve done this for hundreds of UK businesses without a customer-visible outage.
SEO Preservation
SEO preservation means every redirect from the old setup carries over correctly. Permalinks stay intact. We submit the updated sitemap to Google Search Console once we go live. Most migrations cause SEO drops because redirects aren’t carried over, ours don’t.
Post-Migration QA
Post-migration QA covers two weeks of intensive monitoring after cutover. We watch for 404s, broken images, slow pages, email routing issues. Anything that turns out to be broken, we fix immediately. Most agencies stop the day of cutover; problems surface a week later when nobody’s looking.
WordPress migration UK done right means you barely notice it happened. Done wrong means weeks of downtime, lost SEO, and angry customers. We’ve done a lot of both, and have strong opinions about how to avoid the second.
Our WordPress Migration UK Process
Our WordPress migration UK process is documented and repeatable. Audit phase (1-2 days). Staging setup (3-5 days). Pre-cutover testing (1-2 days). DNS cutover (1 hour). Post-cutover QA (2 weeks). The total elapsed time is usually 2-3 weeks for a typical UK business migration.
| Feature | Typical migration | Local Exposure |
|---|---|---|
| Audit | None | Full site, DNS and email audit |
| Downtime | Hours to days | Minutes, scheduled out of hours |
| Redirects | Forgotten | Mapped and tested |
| Often broken | Preserved and verified | |
| Aftercare | None | 30 days of checks included |
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Managed WordPress Topics
WordPress migration UK is typically the entry point to our managed WordPress UK service. Once migrated, the site sits on our managed hosting with maintenance and security included.
WordPress hosting UK is where migrated sites land. Our hosting is tuned specifically for WordPress, which is part of why migrations to our platform deliver immediate speed improvements.
WordPress security UK applies the moment migration completes. New site, new server, immediately under our managed security umbrella.
What Goes Wrong With Cheap WordPress Migration UK
WordPress migration UK projects fail in predictable ways, and almost all of the failure modes are preventable with a thorough pre-migration audit and disciplined execution. The patterns are consistent enough across hundreds of migrations that we now treat the audit phase as more important than the technical move itself.
The most common failure is broken redirects. The old site had 50 custom URL rewrites, the migration carries over 47 of them, and three pages start 404ing immediately after cutover. Google sees the 404s, drops the affected URLs from the index, and the SEO traffic disappears with them. Google’s official redirect guidance is clear about what’s needed; following it properly is what prevents this.
The second most common is email disruption. The MX records pointed to the old host’s mail server. DNS changes, suddenly emails stop arriving, or worse, go missing for hours before anyone notices. UK business emails contain sensitive customer communications; losing any is a serious problem. Proper WordPress migration UK plans email separately from the website move, ensuring continuity.
The third pattern is SSL certificate mismatches. The new server doesn’t have a valid certificate for the domain at the moment DNS switches over. Browsers show big scary security warnings, customers panic, the business looks compromised. Properly executed WordPress migration UK provisions the certificate on the new server BEFORE the DNS change, so the moment traffic arrives, everything works. Unglamorous detail, business-critical impact.
Follow Local Exposure
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WordPress That Just Works, Quietly
Get a free migration audit. We’ll review your current setup, quote the migration cost upfront, and explain exactly what’s involved. No commitment until you’re happy with the plan.
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