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How to Do a Site Migration Without Losing SEO
This query is already sending us clicks. The answer is boring on purpose: don't change what Google already ranked, except to make it faster.
A site migration without losing SEO keeps every URL, copies titles/meta/canonicals/schema, 301s only real changes, preserves internal links, ships equal-or-better speed, and verifies on a staging host before DNS. WordPressEscape does that as a product when the source is WordPress — including sites already off WP that still need schema and speed.
Scan your URL free (60 seconds, no login). You'll get SEO, Performance, and Responsive grades plus a migration spec — then checkout on Stripe if you want us to do it.
Scan my site free →The non-negotiables
Whether you call it a replatform, a redesign, or 'getting off WordPress,' Google only cares if the URL still answers the query with the same signals, faster. Full list: best practices.
Where migrations actually lose traffic
New permalinks. Missing posts. Canonical pointing at the old host. A 302 instead of 301. DNS flip before QA. We've watched all of those. We don't ship them.
If you're already static and still losing
Then you don't need a second migration. You need SEO Upgrade: schema, FAQs, breadcrumbs, OG. Our scan puts those sites on the Watch track instead of selling Mini twice.
WordPress or not, the audit is the same grades. Checkout is Stripe live.
Scan your URL free (60 seconds, no login). You'll get SEO, Performance, and Responsive grades plus a migration spec — then checkout on Stripe if you want us to do it.
Scan my site free →Frequently asked questions
Can you migrate a website without losing SEO?
Yes, if URLs and signals stay put and speed doesn't get worse. That's a process, not a hope.
How long until Google notices a migration?
Crawl can start in hours if the sitemap is submitted. Rankings stabilize over days to weeks if redirects and URLs are clean.
Do you migrate non-WordPress sites?
If WordPress is already gone we don't sell a second migration. We sell speed + SEO Upgrade + Path Cleanup + Watch.
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