WordPress to Astro Migration
100/100 PageSpeed. Zero Plugins.
I migrate WordPress sites to Astro and the results are always the same: 100/100 PageSpeed scores, no plugins to update, no security patches, no PHP upgrades. Just a fast, clean website that you own completely — built by one person with 26 years of doing this.
What WordPress Is Actually Costing You
WordPress was the right choice ten years ago. The web moved on. Your hosting bill, your plugin subscriptions, and your PageSpeed score are telling you.
Slow Page Loads
Every WordPress page load triggers PHP processing, database queries, and plugin execution. Add Elementor, WooCommerce, and a caching plugin trying to fix the problem they created, and you're looking at 3-6 second load times. Google notices. Your visitors notice more.
Constant Security Risk
WordPress core, themes, and plugins all need patching. Miss an update and you're exposed. Every plugin is an attack surface — and the average WordPress site runs twenty of them. That's twenty things that can go wrong, written by twenty different developers with twenty different security standards.
Endless Maintenance
Plugin updates that break other plugins. PHP version upgrades that break themes. Hosting renewals that creep up every year. You didn't start a business to babysit a content management system. You started a business to serve customers — and WordPress is stealing that time.
What You Get After the Migration
Every WordPress to Astro migration I deliver follows the same pattern. The numbers don't vary because the technology doesn't compromise.
100/100 PageSpeed scores
Not 90. Not "close to 100." Every Astro site I build scores 100/100 on Google PageSpeed Insights. Astro ships zero JavaScript by default — pure HTML served from a global CDN. There's nothing to slow it down because there's nothing unnecessary in the way.
No plugins, no security patches, no PHP
An Astro site is static HTML files. There's no database to hack, no admin panel to brute-force, no plugins to exploit. The entire attack surface that makes WordPress vulnerable simply doesn't exist. You'll never see another "critical security update" notification again.
Version-controlled content
Every change to your site is tracked in Git — a complete history of what changed, when, and why. If something goes wrong, I can roll back to any previous version in seconds. Try doing that with WordPress. This isn't just a developer feature — it's an insurance policy for your business content.
SEO that improves, not just survives
Every migration includes full 301 redirect mapping, structured data rebuild, and SEO foundations baked into the new site. But the real gain is speed — Google's Core Web Vitals directly influence rankings, and a 100/100 PageSpeed score puts you ahead of every WordPress competitor in your space.
The transformation, every time
WordPress (before)
- PageSpeed: 35-65/100
- Load time: 3-6 seconds
- Plugins: 15-30 installed
- Security updates: weekly
- Hosting: £10-40/month
Astro (after)
- PageSpeed: 100/100
- Load time: under 1 second
- Plugins: zero
- Security updates: none needed
- Hosting: free on Netlify
Real example: I migrated my own site from WordPress and Elementor to Astro. The full story — including what I learned about WordPress's hidden performance costs — is in my WordPress to Astro migration case study.
How the Migration Works
Your WordPress site stays live throughout. The switch happens only when you've reviewed everything and given the green light.
Audit Your WordPress Site
I map every page, every URL, every piece of functionality. This audit tells me exactly what needs migrating and where the SEO value lives.
Build on Staging
I rebuild your site in Astro on a staging URL. Content, design, forms, structured data — everything transferred. Your WordPress site stays live the entire time.
You Review
Walk through every page on the staging site. Test the forms, check the content, compare it against your WordPress original. Adjustments happen here, not after launch.
Switch and Monitor
Domain points to the new Astro site. 301 redirects catch every old URL. I monitor search performance for 30 days to make sure rankings hold and improve.
Why I'm the Right Person for This
I'm not an agency with a WordPress department and an Astro department. I'm one developer who's done both for 26 years and knows exactly where the bodies are buried.
One Person, Start to Finish
I do the audit, the build, the SEO mapping, and the launch. No handoffs between departments, no project managers relaying messages. When you call, you speak to the person who migrated your site.
I've Done This Before
I've migrated client sites from WordPress, EKM, and other platforms. I've also migrated my own sites — including webuildstores.co.uk. I know what goes wrong because I've fixed it on my own projects first.
Honest Recommendation
If WordPress is genuinely the right platform for your situation — complex ecommerce, membership sites, heavy dynamic content — I'll tell you. I'd rather keep you on the right platform than sell you a migration you don't need.
Already know you want to move? Start with a pay monthly website from £49/month on Astro, or talk to me about a custom website build. Either way, the days of plugin updates and security patches are over.
Everything Transfers. Nothing Gets Lost.
A migration is only as good as the detail. Here's what I move across.
Content and Design
- All pages and blog posts
- Images and media (optimised)
- Design and brand styling
- Navigation and site structure
Functionality
- Contact forms (rebuilt natively)
- Analytics and tracking
- Newsletter integrations
- Custom features (case by case)
SEO and Technical
- 301 redirects for every URL
- Meta titles and descriptions
- Structured data (Schema.org)
- XML sitemap and SSL setup
WordPress to Astro Migration — Frequently Asked Questions
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"Tony & Monica at Webuildstores have been absolutely exceptional from start to finish. From the initial brief through to final delivery, their thorough understanding of eCommerce, design, and conversion-focused strategy was clear at every stage."
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Eco-Sol / Fireproof Spray
20 Mar 2026
"Tony and the Team at We Build Stores have been invaluable in upgrading and streamlining our online presence. We needed a complete overhaul and they delivered."
David Behan
5 Jun 2021
"Tony from webuild stores was a pleasure to work with. He seemed to understand what I needed even when I didn't. He was patient, polite and professional. He really went the 'extra mile' in finding a solution to a particular issue I had."
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