Yes. Moving to Umbraco from WordPress, or from any other platform, is a migration project we do regularly. Your content is exported and restructured into Umbraco's content model, your URLs are mapped with redirects so search rankings are protected, and functionality is rebuilt properly rather than dragged across as-is. Businesses usually make this move for one of three reasons: plugin fatigue and the security churn that comes with it, a site their marketing team has outgrown, or a need for custom functionality that fights the current platform. The build is scoped and quoted before we start, we have delivered more than 200 Umbraco sites since 2011, and the switch happens without downtime.
A platform migration has two halves: the move itself, which is mechanical, and the decisions around it, which determine whether the new site is actually better than the old one. We help with both.
Content comes across in a structured export: pages, posts, media and metadata mapped into a proper Umbraco content model rather than pasted into free-text fields. URLs are inventoried and redirect-mapped one to one, which is the part that protects your search rankings; a migration that loses your URL structure quietly throws away years of SEO. Forms, integrations and any custom functionality are rebuilt natively in Umbraco, which is usually where the site gets noticeably better, because features that needed three plugins and a workaround become straightforward code.
The pattern we see most is plugin fatigue: a WordPress site that has accumulated dozens of plugins, each a separate security surface, each capable of breaking the site on update. Umbraco is a different model. It is an open source .NET platform where functionality is built rather than bolted on, which suits organisations that want their website to behave like the business system it is. Our about Umbraco page explains the platform honestly, including who it is not for.
It depends on the size and complexity of what is moving, so we audit your current site first and quote a fixed scope. As reference points: our development rate starts at £80 an hour, and a defined project of comparable scale, the Umbraco 13 to 17 upgrade, is £8,999 plus VAT with a 21 day timeline. A straightforward brochure site migration sits below that; a site with heavy custom functionality sits above it, and you will know the number before anything starts.
Start with our migrations and upgrades page, or send us your current site address and we will tell you what the move would involve.
Tell us what you're working on and we'll come back within one working day.
An Umbraco Silver Partner agency in Llandudno, North Wales and the Isle of Man, building and looking after Umbraco and .NET websites for businesses and agencies across the UK and beyond. Simon Antony is a brand of Simplepage Ltd.
Maesgwyn, 3 Claremont rd,
Llandudno, North Wales, LL30 2UF