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Six to sixteen weeks for typical engagements, with a four-phase shape: discovery, scoping, build and cutover, tuning. The variables are catalogue size, integration count, URL preservation, and editorial team readiness, not framework choice.

A definitive 4-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, real-world Core Web Vitals benchmarks, Astro 7 GraphQL APQ architecture, and a 10-point executive decision matrix for choosing between decoupled and traditional WordPress.

The Shopify Plus vs WooCommerce headless decision in 2026 is no longer a binary "platform vs custom" trade-off. Both can run headless, both integrate AI, both ship at the edge. The real axes are control, total cost over five years, and exit strategy. This article walks the matrix with confirmed platform facts.

Incremental Static Regeneration and Server-Side Rendering are not interchangeable. ISR wins when content changes on a predictable cadence and traffic is high. SSR wins when the page is personalised or session-driven. The choice is per-route, not per-stack.