Re-Platforming, Re-Building & WordPress Migration
You’ve already got a website, but it’s not performing, it’s technically difficult to maintain, it’s slow or you’re not happy with your existing agency’s methods and maintenance? Talk to us about re-platforming to WordPress, or rebuilding and migrating an existing WordPress website.
Not all website platforms and content management systems are created equal: there’s a reason why WordPress powers over 40% of the Internet.
If your current website or platform isn’t giving you the freedom, flexibility or power you need to make your website the best it can be, or you’re stuck in a pricey contract with a proprietary website provider, let’s have a chat about how we can fix that.
Ultimately Better can help you with:
- Migrating from Drupal / Joomla platforms to WordPress
- Migrating from Wix / Squarespace websites to WordPress
- Migrating from various hosted (Shopify) or bespoke PHP cart solutions to WordPress and WooCommerce
- Migrating existing WordPress websites to new servers
Ultimately Better can also help you update or rebuild existing WordPress websites to migrate away from clunky, slow pagebuilders such as Divi and Elementor as part of an overall performance optimisation package.
Replatforming to WordPress Case Study: Beachlets
Beachlets approached us with an existing 15 year old website built on a proprietary content management system. They were keen to refresh and modernise their design, improve the user experience and performance on mobile, upgrade the platform, as well as streamline the backend editing experience.
The existing website had a strong SEO presence which was crucial to the site’s continued success, so needed full migration management and guaranteed URL matching to minimise any loss to existing search engine rankings.
Ultimately Better implemented a full WordPress rebuild and migration with extensive bespoke plugin and theme development.
On completion, Beachlets saw a traffic increase of 20%, a 12% increase in pages indexed by Google, and an increased conversion rate of 40% due to improved UX
I needed a WordPress expert to completely rebuild my 15 year old website from the ground up and Jem and her team really delivered. There was a lot of customisation in the backend and a strong focus on SEO and best practice. I’d highly recommend Ultimately Better to anyone building a WordPress site.
Mark Hutchins
Beachlets
Replatforming from Drupal / Joomla to WordPress
If you currently have a website running on another platform, such as Drupal or Joomla, we can help you rebuild using WordPress. Some of our migration services include:
- Designing a new look and feel, especially for your WordPress site, or migrating your existing look and feel to a new bespoke WordPress theme
- Migrating content, assets and schema, keeping to your existing URL structure to ensure retention of existing search engine rankings (unless you want to start afresh, we can do that too!)
- Supporting staff training to ensure everyone knows how to work with the new website as optimally as possible
Migrating from Wix, Squarespace or Shopify
If your website is locked in to an alternative hosted platform, we can help you migrate to a new WordPress website, giving you the freedom to expand and develop your offering. We can migrate content and data from many of the large hosted providers, including Wix, Squarespace and Shopify.
Rebuilding an existing WordPress website
Not all WordPress websites are created equally. If you’ve got an existing WordPress website and you’re struggling with maintaining your content, adding in functionality, a website that’s not ranking or generally poor website performance – talk to us today about rebuilding your WordPress website.
Benefits of rebuilding a WordPress website include:
- No ‘content cruft’ – starting afresh with the content that you need using our expert WordPress SEO consultancy and guidance
- Fewer plugins – with a setup that’s tailored exactly to your needs, without 100 plugins each claiming to do everything
- A performant theme – let us build a lightning fast theme to match your look and feel without the years of accumulated superfluous styles and scripts in your current website
Convinced?
WordPress build & migration FAQs
Why should I consider migrating to or rebuilding in WordPress?
WordPress’ mission is to democratise publishing, giving users freedom. We believe that this freedom – in both how you use WordPress, and how your website data is stored – opens up worlds of possibilities for websites of all kinds, from businesses to charities and beyond.
Rather than locking your business website into a complex, proprietary system and heavy long term contracts, we give your team the knowledge and the power to create, extend, & maintain your website with as little or as much support as required.
Can you rebuild my existing design in WordPress?
WordPress’ mission is to democratise publishing, giving users freedom. We believe that this freedom – in both how you use WordPress, and how your website data is stored – opens up worlds of possibilities for websites of all kinds, from businesses to charities and beyond.
But will my data be secure under WordPress?
WordPress has a huge community of both employed and volunteer developers creating and maintaining the code that powers it. Lots of eyes on all this code means security issues – which happen everywhere – are found and resolved very quickly, giving your charity web design project peace of mind.
My existing website doesn’t have a content management system, can you still migrate it?
We can migrate content from any platform or system utilising an array of tools, or even manual “copy and paste” style!
What if you get hit by a bus tomorrow, how will I access and maintain my website?
One of the advantages of using WordPress is that it’s the most commonly used content management system in the world. That means that there are hordes of developers, designers, content managers, digital marketers, SEOs and more besides all willing and able to help with your new WordPress website. If something happened to your development team here at Ultimately Better, you’d be in an excellent position to find someone new to help you take care of your website.
Can you train our staff on how to use our WordPress website?
We deliver WordPress training as standard as part of all our website design and development projects. This can be delivered in-house or virtually.
How much does a new WordPress website cost?
The cost of building a WordPress website depends on the scope of the project. For example, a business who needs to integrate e-commerce functionality, event management, CRM or data capture for e-mail marketing can expect to pay more than a business that just needs a mission statement and contact form.
However, Ultimately Better have transparent pricing for projects as standard. We can also offer flexible payment plans and phased project delivery to match your budget and funding timelines for your website design.