Website Conversion To WordPress FAQ
Find the answers to most questions I received from clients who asked me to convert their website to WordPress. Most questions are common but feel free to send me a message if you have questions that is not listed below.
Why Convert Your Website to WordPress?
Migrating your site to WordPress gives you complete control over your content, design, and SEO. Unlike closed platforms, WordPress is flexible, scalable, and supported by a global community. With thousands of themes and plugins available, you can easily add new features as your business grows without being locked into a single provider.
SEO & Performance Benefits
A properly handled migration ensures that your existing rankings and traffic remain intact. I follow a step-by-step process to preserve your URLs, set up proper 301 redirects, and configure SEO plugins so your website continues to perform well in Google search. I also optimize loading speed, mobile responsiveness, and security — all essential for conversions and user experience.
My website is really old and uses a custom CMS, can it be converted to WordPress?
Absolutely! It would be good to use WordPress rather than custom CMS which will have a lot of threats security-wise.
How can I share access with you?
I mainly use a password management tool called Lastpass that way I have access to the website without knowing the password.
Why does e-commerce website conversion take a lot more time?
There will be a lot of exporting and importing of data for e-commerce websites, products, old orders, customer access etc. which is why it will take several weeks or even months to convert your e-commerce website to WooCommerce.
Can pages be excluded?
Yes, pages can be excluded just include which pages do you want to be excluded when you send me a message.
Can I select a theme to use when you convert my HTML website?
Absolutely! You can give any input for your new website without extra cost.
I don't have a hosting for the new website, can you help?
I offer website hosting too so no need to worry about WordPress website hosting.
My website is now converted to WordPress, now what?
Converting your website to WordPress is the first step, now it is time to focus on your website. Updating your website plugins and themes from time to time is a good practice. If you want me to manage your website and update it every month feel free to check my WordPress website maintenance service.
How can I manage my new WordPress website?
Managing a WordPress website (adding a new blog post, page, editing or even removing) is easy! I will provide free training after the website conversion so you can easily manage the website yourself.
We are an agency, can we outsource all our website conversion to you?
Yes! I am always looking for long-term partners and all my services can be white-labeled.
What if I want to add new pages after my website is live is it possible?
Yes, it is possible. You can add unlimited pages but if you want me to add it for you I might need to ask for an hourly fee or if you get my WordPress website maintenance service you get a free hour of technical work.