Moving a WordPress site to a new host, server or domain is where things tend to go wrong: lost data, broken pages, days of downtime. We handle the whole move carefully, so nothing breaks and nobody notices but you.
A migration just means moving your WordPress site from one place to another, in one piece. There are plenty of reasons to do it, and we have done them all.
Whatever the reason, the job underneath is the same: take everything that makes up your site, move it somewhere new, and make sure it works exactly as it did before. These are the moves businesses ask us for most.
Stuck on slow, crowded or unreliable hosting? We move your site somewhere it can actually breathe.
Move to our fast, fully managed WordPress hosting in Sydney, and let us look after it from there.
Changing your domain or rebranding? We move the site across and keep your links and search presence intact.
Switching hosting providers or plans? We handle the move between servers so you do not have to.
Still on an unsecured site? We move you to HTTPS with a valid certificate, so visitors and Google trust it.
Got a site built and waiting on a staging address? We take it live properly, with everything pointed the right way.
The reason migrations make people nervous is that there is a lot to get wrong: a missed file, a broken link, a day of downtime, a stack of bounced emails. We move everything in one piece and test it before anyone sees it, so the only thing that changes is where your site lives.
Before anything moves, we take a complete backup of your current site. Every page, post, image, product and setting comes across as one piece, not a hand-picked selection that quietly leaves bits behind.
Your original site stays exactly where it is, live and untouched, until we are completely satisfied the new one is a faithful copy. There is always a clean version to fall back on, so there is never a single moment where your site could simply vanish.
We do the whole move behind the scenes, on a private copy of your site, while your current one carries on serving visitors as normal. Nobody is left looking at a holding page for a day while we work.
When everything is built and tested, we switch over at a quiet time and watch it closely. Done this way the change is close to seamless, and most visitors never notice anything happened at all.
A move to a new host, on its own, should not touch your rankings at all, because your pages and their addresses stay exactly the same. Google sees the same site in the same place, just on faster infrastructure.
If you are also changing domain, that is where care really matters, and where it often goes wrong. We map the old addresses to the new ones with proper redirects, so the search equity you have built up carries across rather than being thrown away.
This is the one people forget, and the one that causes the most grief. Email usually runs separately from your website, on its own mail records, so a careless migration can knock out your inboxes even when the site itself moves across fine.
We treat your email as its own thing. When we move the site we are careful to leave your mail records untouched, so messages keep flowing. If your email is tied to the same hosting, we plan that part of the move with you before we touch anything.
No cowboy cut-overs in the middle of the day. We do it methodically, with a way back at every stage.
A complete backup of your current site before we touch a thing, so there is always a clean copy to fall back on.
We transfer everything to the new home and set it up on a private copy, safely away from your live site.
We check every page, form, link and setting on the new site before anyone else sees it, and fix anything that needs it.
We point your domain across at a quiet time and keep a close watch, so go-live is smooth and uneventful.
A migration is not just a move, it is a chance to fix what was holding your site back. The most common reason people come to us is that their old hosting was slow, unreliable or a pain to deal with, and there is little point moving to more of the same.
So we will happily land your site somewhere genuinely better: fast, Sydney-based managed hosting, looked after by a real team, with the option to tune it for speed and keep it cared for once it arrives.
Move onto our fast, fully managed WordPress hosting in Sydney, and let us keep it quick and reliable from day one.
Pair the move with a care plan, so updates, security and backups are handled for you afterwards.
A migration is the perfect moment for speed optimisation, so your site arrives faster than it left.
A Sydney studio with over twenty years of building and moving WordPress sites, part of the Jimmyweb Group, working right across Australia.
The things businesses usually ask us about moving a WordPress site.
No. We take a full backup of your site before anything moves, then bring everything across in one piece: pages, posts, images, products and settings. We check it all on the new site before going live, and the original stays put until we are certain the move is clean.
It should not. We move and test the site behind the scenes while your current one stays live, then switch over at a quiet time. Done this way, the change is seamless and your visitors barely notice a thing.
A move to a new host should not affect your rankings at all, since your pages and addresses stay the same. If you are also changing domain, we put the right redirects in place so your search presence carries across. A faster, more reliable host can even help over time.
Email usually runs separately from your website, on its own mail records. We are careful to leave those untouched when we move the site, so your email keeps flowing without interruption. If your email is tied to the same hosting, we will plan that part of the move with you too.
Gladly, and it is one of the most common moves we do. We will bring your site onto our fast, fully managed Sydney servers and look after it from there. See our managed hosting. You are also free to move to a host of your choosing.
Yes, nearly always. Most of the sites we move were built by someone else. We start by understanding how the current site and hosting are set up, so the move goes smoothly with no surprises.
In short: we back up your site, copy everything to the new home, set it up and test it privately, then point your domain across once we are happy. You do not need to lift a finger or understand the technical side. We handle the lot and keep you posted.
Most migrations take a few days, depending on the size of the site and how the current hosting is set up. There is also a short wait while the domain change spreads across the internet, which we plan around so it does not affect you.
We are a Sydney team, but we migrate WordPress sites for businesses right across Australia. You do not need to be local to work with us. See the areas we work in.
Tell us where your site is now and where it needs to go, and we will take it from there. No lost data, no nasty surprises, no pressure. Just a clean move handled by people who have done it many times.