Akashdeep Sharma
WordPress is an easy-to-manage and most powerful CMS (content management system). With over millions of active users, it is undoubtedly, a perfect CMS that serves various purposes. Based on PHP and MySQL, it supports over 35 percent of websites currently, including some of the popular fortune 500+ companies like Facebook, Google, Disney, and more. This CMS is well-known for its flexibility and scalability of its default structure.
Well, if you are a startup and are still deciding between the multiple options available, consulting WordPress developers for hire is a bountiful choice to make. On the contrary, if you own a website already on some other CMS and are facing trouble like,
a slow page load speed, complex admin architecture, lower SEO ranks, paying for software, etc,
then, it is high time to migrate to WordPress. Because it is a sole solution that can help you overcome the aforementioned website issues. Apart from these, some common reasons behind individuals migrating to WordPress are listed below:-
– WordPress offers a great hosting and cost-effective too,
– Lesser or no downtime, mobile responsive,
– Numerous templates and theme (free as well as premium),
– Great community support and improved SEO scope,
– And, a lot more.
Migrating is a complex process, so it is recommended to seek technical expertise while performing it. However, there are some major considerations that you can also ensure on your behalf while initiating the migration on your own or with technical assistance. Let’s start with the list below:
Keep a website backup ready with you!
Whenever you plan to migrate an existing website to a new server, then there are fair chances that you may face small bugs, or you may encounter a failed migration and miss on different crucial features or functionalities of the website.
In such a scenario, if you do not have a backup of the old website, there are narrow chances that you can gain the whole website access back. Therefore, it is important to have a backup of your database, themes, or plugins installed, essential content, users’ data, or information, or any other thing that you feel is important to operate your website accurately.
Probing further, making the present SEO consistent is another major consideration that you need to look for.
Whenever you migrate your website to a new WordPress server, it will offer you a new URL structure. And, you will be faced with a whole new website containing your old content & functionality.
A whole URL structure plays a crucial role in website flexibility, SEO, and restoring your old website authority on the web. So, if you are migrating your old website URL to a new URL structure, you need to perform a proper redirection without any chance to lose the current SEO score or to have a minimal loss of web traffic.
In case you fail to migrate the old URL to the new URL properly, then you are prone to lose on SEO. To prevent this, it is always recommended to opt for 301 redirection.
The list of considerations before, during, and after the migration is quite long. However, here I have tried to come up with the basic requirements that need to be assured at your end before starting the migration process. I am hopeful that you find this post useful in context with your website migration to WordPress endeavors.
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