Should you migrate off WordPress? A reality check

The "replatform away from WordPress" pitch is everywhere. Static site generators, headless CMS, Next.js, SvelteKit. The pitches are usually honest about the upside — faster sites, better DX, fewer plugin explosions — but they skip the part where the migration itself is harder than the new site.

When it's worth it

Three cases where we recommend moving:

• Your site is under 500 pages and content changes infrequently.
• You have real developers on staff who will maintain it.
• Performance is a conversion-critical metric (e-commerce, SaaS marketing).

When to stay

Three cases where WordPress is still the right answer:

• Your content team publishes multiple times a week and depends on the WP editor.
• You rely heavily on plugins (memberships, LMS, forums) that don't have headless equivalents.
• Nobody on your team wants to learn a new stack.

The part nobody tells you

The new platform isn't the hard part. The hard part is redirecting 8 years of URLs, preserving your SEO, rebuilding your forms, and not breaking the email integrations. Budget twice as much time for the migration as for the rebuild itself.

We've done this migration with dozens of teams. If you're considering it, we'd rather talk you out of it than into it if the math doesn't work.