Website & Application Migration in London
We specialize in migrating from WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Angular, Vue and other technologies to Astro and Next.js. Every project is executed with zero downtime, full SEO preservation, content integrity and feature parity. Our team has years of experience across both legacy and modern tech stacks.
Specific Context: High compliance requirements (GDPR/FCA), high traffic scalability, and integration with legacy enterprise systems.
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Migration to Next.js & Astro in London
We migrate sites from monolithic WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and other CMSs to modern Headless architecture powered by Astro or Next.js. In London we execute zero-downtime migrations, your site stays live throughout the entire process.
We migrate applications from Angular, Vue, legacy React, jQuery, PHP and static generators (Hugo, Jekyll, Gatsby) to Astro or Next.js. You gain better performance, SEO and easier long-term development.
A migration to Astro or Next.js in London reaches PageSpeed 95-100 and a sharply lower TTFB, because pages are served from the edge rather than assembled per request. A static front-end eliminates common attack vectors and drastically lowers hosting costs.
Every migration includes full URL mapping, 301 redirects, meta tag and structured data transfer. Your Google rankings don't just hold, they typically improve thanks to better Core Web Vitals.
Teams in London move content and logic off WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or legacy frameworks onto a lighter Astro or Next.js frontend when Core Web Vitals, hosting cost or attack surface stop being defensible. This page explains how WPPoland runs Astro and Next.js migration: URL mapping, SEO preservation, staged cutover and handover to the local team.
When migration is the right call
Migration pays off when the current CMS blocks performance, security or editorial work - not when plugin hygiene and caching would be enough. Common signals: TTFB over a second on shared hosting, an admin slower than the front, no pre-release tests, and editors afraid to publish in peak season.
For lead sites and stores in London, local payments, VAT and EU data residency still apply. Headless does not remove those constraints - it makes them explicit in the API and frontend layers.
Delivery steps
- Inventory URLs, redirects, schema and critical content.
- Choose Astro (content-heavy) or Next.js (interactivity, auth, SSR).
- Staging with a 1:1 301 map and meta parity checks.
- Section-by-section cutover, or big-bang only on small sites.
- Watch Search Console and Core Web Vitals in the first weeks.
SEO and risk control
Every URL change is a written decision, not a generator side effect. Canonicals, hreflang and structured data move with the content. After launch we fix indexing dips before a local campaign in London loses traffic.
Handover
Repository, env vars, deploy pipeline and a short runbook stay with the client. Hypercare covers critical fixes and a performance review after the first traffic spike.
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Teams in London move content and logic off WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or legacy frameworks onto a lighter Astro or Next.js frontend when Core Web Vitals, hosting cost or attack surface stop being defensible. This page explains how WPPoland runs Astro and Next.js migration: URL mapping, SEO preservation, staged cutover and handover to the local team.
When migration is the right call
Migration pays off when the current CMS blocks performance, security or editorial work - not when plugin hygiene and caching would be enough. Common signals: TTFB over a second on shared hosting, an admin slower than the front, no pre-release tests, and editors afraid to publish in peak season.
For lead sites and stores in London, local payments, VAT and EU data residency still apply. Headless does not remove those constraints - it makes them explicit in the API and frontend layers.
Delivery steps
- Inventory URLs, redirects, schema and critical content.
- Choose Astro (content-heavy) or Next.js (interactivity, auth, SSR).
- Staging with a 1:1 301 map and meta parity checks.
- Section-by-section cutover, or big-bang only on small sites.
- Watch Search Console and Core Web Vitals in the first weeks.
SEO and risk control
Every URL change is a written decision, not a generator side effect. Canonicals, hreflang and structured data move with the content. After launch we fix indexing dips before a local campaign in London loses traffic.
Handover
Repository, env vars, deploy pipeline and a short runbook stay with the client. Hypercare covers critical fixes and a performance review after the first traffic spike.
WordPress projects in London and Great Britain
Explore selected projects supporting our clients' success.
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WordPress Support & Development in London
Methodology guides (SEO, GEO, compliance)
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What Makes London Unique
Local expertise: - Migration to Astro & Next.js in London, Great Britain - From WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and legacy frameworks - Staged migrations with redirect mapping and SEO checks Our team understands the London market and tailors solutions to local business needs. The biggest advantage is combining technical quality with London's local business context.
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Where does the web development community meet in London?
#WPLDN London WordPress is the local meetup, at https://www.meetup.com/london-wordpress/. Ask there before you sign with anyone, including me. A room of people who have already hired locally is a faster reference check than any portfolio page.
What anchors the tech scene in London?
Silicon Roundabout & Canary Wharf Fintech. That matters for a build brief in one concrete way: it tells you which stacks local hires already know, and a handover only survives if someone in the city can pick the codebase up.
How do you preserve SEO and redirects during a migration?
We map every old URL before we start and match it one to one on the new site, with 301s wherever an address changes. Titles, meta, structured data and canonicals move across, and after launch we watch Search Console to catch indexing drops early. Any URL change is a decision we write down on purpose, not a side effect.
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