WordPress → Sanity

WordPress to Sanity Migration

We migrate WordPress sites to Sanity, swiftly, cleanly, without disruption, and without losing what you've built.

Signs your WordPress site is ready for Sanity

Your CMS and frontend are too tightly coupled. In a properly built Sanity setup, editors make content changes without touching the frontend at all.

Every WordPress plugin adds weight. Sanity has no plugin dependency — your frontend talks directly to a clean content API, so performance is determined by your code, not your CMS.

This is a confidence problem caused by a fragile implementation. Sanity Studio is configurable enough that editors only see what they need — reducing the risk of accidental breakage significantly.

Security patches, plugin updates, hosting issues — WordPress maintenance is a full time job. Sanity is fully managed, so your developers focus on building.

Sanity is frontend-agnostic. Your content model lives independently of your design — so a future redesign means rebuilding the frontend, not starting from scratch on the CMS too.

Why teams migrate from WordPress to Sanity

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    For editors

    Sanity Studio is fully configurable. We build it around your team's workflow, not the other way around. Real-time previews, clean interfaces, no developer on standby.
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    For developers

    No more fighting with themes, plugins, or WordPress's database. Sanity's content API is clean, fast, and works with any frontend — Next.js, Astro, or whatever your team prefers.
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    For the business

    Faster pages. Lower maintenance overhead. No weekly security patches. A content model you actually own.

What we migrate

We migrate

  • All pages, posts, custom post types, and media
  • Categories, tags, and content relationships
  • Authors and user roles
  • Forms and integrations (HubSpot, Mailchimp, etc.)
  • SEO metadata, canonical URLs, and redirects

We protect

  • Your SEO structure and rankings
  • Your URL structure (or managed redirects where changes are needed)
  • Your editorial workflows — mapped into Sanity before we touch anything
  • Your frontend design (we’ll rebuild the theme with Next.js or Astro)

How our WordPress to Sanity migration works

Frequently asked questions

Not if it's done properly. We map all URLs, implement redirects, and validate metadata before going live.

You don't need to redesign — but the frontend does need to be rebuilt in code. We use your existing design as reference and rebuild it in Next.js or Astro. If you want a redesign at the same time, we can handle that too.

How long does it take? Typically 6 to 12 weeks for a mid-market site. We'll scope this clearly after the audit.

We audit every plugin dependency upfront and replace or rebuild what's needed — no surprises mid-project.

Yes. The audit and content modelling phases are more involved, but the process is the same.

For day-to-day content — no. For structural changes, yes — same as any CMS.

Ready to move off WordPress?

Tell us what you're running and what's not working. We'll give you an honest assessment of what a migration involves and whether it's the right call.

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