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WordPress to Static Site Migration — Faster, Safer, Cheaper to Run
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WordPress to Static Site Migration — Faster, Safer, Cheaper to Run

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Your WordPress site works. But it’s costing you more than you think — in hosting fees, plugin subscriptions, security patches, and most critically, page speed. Slow sites lose visitors before the first scroll. Google notices. Conversions suffer. A static site eliminates those costs at the root, and I’ve completed 25+ migrations to prove the results are real.

What changes when you go static
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A static site serves pre-built HTML files directly to your visitors. There’s no database to query, no PHP to execute, no plugin chain to slow things down. The performance difference is immediate and measurable — typical load times drop to under one second, Core Web Vitals improve across the board, and your Google Search rankings reflect that. Beyond speed, attack surface shrinks to near zero: no login page, no CMS vulnerabilities, nothing for bots to probe.

What you get
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  • Full site audit and content inventory before migration begins
  • Static build using a modern framework suited to your site’s structure and traffic patterns
  • Complete migration of all existing pages, blog posts, images, and redirects (301s preserved to protect your SEO equity)
  • GA4 and Google Tag Manager implementation — every event tracked, every conversion goal confirmed firing before handover
  • On-page SEO audit and technical fixes applied during build (meta tags, structured data, sitemap, robots.txt)
  • Hosting setup on a CDN-based platform (Netlify, Vercel, or Cloudflare Pages) with HTTPS included
  • Post-launch monitoring period with documented performance benchmarks

Typical results
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Clients routinely see 60–90% reductions in page load time, hosting cost reductions of 70% or more (many move from $30–80/month to near zero), and measurable improvements in bounce rate and organic traffic within 60–90 days of launch.

Who this is for
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This service is built for business owners and marketing managers who are spending too much keeping WordPress alive — on hosting, developers patching plugins, or security incidents — and want a site that works harder with less overhead. It’s especially strong for lead-generation sites, portfolio sites, and content-heavy business sites that don’t require a CMS login every week.

Why work with me
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I’ve been building on the web for over 10 years, and static site migration has been a core specialism for the last several of those. With 25+ successful migrations completed, I’ve seen every edge case: complex redirect structures, e-commerce spin-offs, multilingual content, custom post types that need to be rethought for a static architecture. I work methodically — nothing goes live without a full pre-launch checklist — and I hand over documented, maintainable code, not a black box. You’ll know exactly what was built and why.

I also wrote about why I moved from WordPress to a static site generator — it covers the thinking behind each migration decision in more detail.


Get in Touch
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Daniel Sjö
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Daniel Sjö
Software Developer with 10+ years of experience. I’m creating safe, ad-free games rooted in Biblical values to bless families and point people toward what is good, true, and eternal.