WordPress to Astro Migration 100/100 PageSpeed.
Zero Plugins.
A WordPress site costs the business every month in hosting, plugin licences and the developer time spent keeping it patched. Cooper Agency moves WordPress sites to Astro: 100/100 PageSpeed scores, no plugins to update, no security patches and no PHP upgrades, and a fast, clean website that you own outright.
What WordPress Is Actually Costing You
WordPress was the right choice ten years ago. The web moved on, and your hosting bill, your plugin subscriptions and your PageSpeed score all say so.
Slow Page Loads
Every WordPress page load triggers PHP processing, database queries, and plugin execution. Add Elementor, WooCommerce, and a caching plugin trying to fix the problem they created, and you're looking at 3-6 second load times. Google notices. Your visitors notice more.
Constant Security Risk
WordPress core, themes, and plugins all need patching. Miss an update and you're exposed. Every plugin is an attack surface — and the average WordPress site runs twenty of them. That's twenty things that can go wrong, written by twenty different developers with twenty different security standards.
Endless Maintenance
Plugin updates that break other plugins. PHP version upgrades that break themes. Hosting renewals that creep up every year. You didn't start a business to babysit a content management system. You started a business to serve customers — and WordPress is stealing that time.
What You Get After the Migration
Every WordPress to Astro migration we deliver follows the same pattern. The numbers don't vary, because the technology doesn't compromise.
100/100 PageSpeed Scores
Not 90. Not "close to 100." Every Astro site we build scores 100/100 on Google PageSpeed Insights. Astro ships zero JavaScript by default, so the page is pure HTML served from a global CDN, with nothing unnecessary in the way to slow it down.
No Plugins, No Security Patches, No PHP
An Astro site is static HTML files. There's no database to hack, no admin panel to brute-force, no plugins to exploit. The entire attack surface that makes WordPress vulnerable simply doesn't exist. You'll never see another "critical security update" notification again.
Version-Controlled Content
Every change to your site is tracked in Git — a complete history of what changed, when and why. If something goes wrong, the site rolls back to any previous version in seconds. Try doing that with WordPress. It is more than a developer feature: it is an insurance policy for your business content.
SEO That Improves, Not Just Survives
Every migration includes full 301 redirect mapping, structured data rebuild, and SEO foundations baked into the new site. But the real gain is speed — Google's Core Web Vitals directly influence rankings, and a 100/100 PageSpeed score puts you ahead of every WordPress competitor in your space.
The Transformation, Every Time
WordPress (Before)
- PageSpeed: 35-65/100
- Load time: 3-6 seconds
- Plugins: 15-30 installed
- Security updates: weekly
- Hosting: £10-40/month
Astro (After)
- PageSpeed: 100/100
- Load time: under 1 second
- Plugins: zero
- Security updates: none needed
- Hosting: free on Netlify
Real example: one of our own sites moved from WordPress and Elementor to Astro. The full story, including what it showed about WordPress's hidden performance costs, is in our WordPress to Astro migration case study.
How the Migration Works
Your WordPress site stays live throughout. The switch happens only when you've reviewed everything and given the green light.
Audit Your WordPress Site
Every page, every URL and every piece of functionality is mapped. The audit shows exactly what needs migrating and where the SEO value lives.
Build on Staging
Your site is rebuilt in Astro on a staging URL, with the content, design, forms and structured data all carried across. Your WordPress site stays live the entire time.
You Review
Walk through every page on the staging site. Test the forms, check the content, compare it against your WordPress original. Adjustments happen here, not after launch.
Switch and Monitor
The domain points to the new Astro site and 301 redirects catch every old URL. Search performance is monitored for 30 days to make sure rankings hold and improve.
Why Trust Us With the Move
A migration is judged by what survives it. Every one is led by Tony Cooper, the principal, who has built on both platforms and knows where a WordPress site keeps its value.
Senior-Led, Every Project
The audit, the build, the SEO mapping and the launch run as one piece of work under one lead. When you call, you speak to someone who knows your migration.
Done Before, on Our Own Sites First
Client sites have moved from WordPress, EKM and other platforms, and our own sites made the same move first. What goes wrong in a migration was found and fixed on our own projects before it could reach a client's.
The Right Recommendation
If WordPress really is the right platform for your situation, as it can be for complex ecommerce, membership sites or heavy dynamic content, you will hear it in the first call. Keeping you on the right platform beats selling a migration you don't need.
Already know you want to move? Book a call about the migration, or read how we approach a custom website build. Either way, the plugin updates and security patches stop.
Everything Transfers. Nothing Gets Lost.
A migration is only as good as the detail. This is what moves across.
Content and Design
- All pages and blog posts
- Images and media (optimised)
- Design and brand styling
- Navigation and site structure
Functionality
- Contact forms (rebuilt natively)
- Analytics and tracking
- Newsletter integrations
- Custom features (case by case)
SEO and Technical
- 301 redirects for every URL
- Meta titles and descriptions
- Structured data (Schema.org)
- XML sitemap and SSL setup
WordPress to Astro Migration — Frequently Asked Questions
The questions buyers put to us before the first call.
Related Services
What comes next once you've left WordPress
Website Design
Astro websites built for speed and search from the ground up, on the same technology your migrated site will run on.
Learn more →Astro Hosting UK
Once the migration is done, this is where it lives. Netlify-based, free on the typical small-business tier, with a UK CDN edge node.
Learn more →Wix to Astro Migration
Leaving Wix instead of WordPress? The sister migration path with the same approach and the same end result.
Learn more →Squarespace to Astro Migration
Moving off Squarespace? The third sister migration path — own the code, keep the rankings, lose the monthly template tax.
Learn more →SEO Services
A fast site is the foundation. Ongoing SEO builds on that speed advantage with keyword targeting and content strategy from £330/month.
Learn more →5 stars from 14 Google reviews
What clients say about the work, in their own words.
"I've had a great experience working with Tony. He was professional, efficient and understood what I needed. Communication was clear throughout and the result exceeded my expectations. Highly recommended!"
Jeremy Webster
Marbles PR
29 Mar 2025
"Very good work from the moment we joined. We'll continue working with Tony for copywriting!"
Míriam Vélez Mañas
7 Oct 2021
"I have been working with Tony for over 10 years. He's encouraged us to embrace and keep abreast of the latest techniques for promoting our business. Tony & his team have become an essential component of our marketing efforts."
David See
Jana Helps
16 Jun 2026
"Have used Tony and his team for years, great service fantastic value for money, highly recommend!"
Matthew Lauchlan
4 Jun 2021
"Tony and the Team at We Build Stores have been invaluable in upgrading and streamlining our online presence. We needed a complete overhaul and they delivered."
David Behan
5 Jun 2021
"We’ve been working with Tony for over a year now, and his support has been great. Beyond building a great website for us, he has provided continuous marketing guidance and hands-on help whenever we needed it. He is not only a great professional, but also an empathetic person who genuinely understands the daily reality of running a business."
Carlos Escudero
Escudero Auto
14 Oct 2026
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Before we speak, Tony reads your site against what you want to be found for, so the first call starts with what we found. We answer every enquiry within 24 hours on working days.
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