How can I migrate my Nasha Mukti Kendra in Sonipat website from PHP to WordPress
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Hi everyone,
I manage the website of Vriddhi Foundation, a Nasha Mukti Kendra in Sonipat, which is currently built on a custom PHP framework. I’m planning to migrate the entire website to WordPress because it will be easier to manage content, publish blogs, and handle SEO in the future.
My biggest concern is preserving existing Google rankings, indexed pages, URLs, meta tags, and search traffic during the migration. I also want to ensure that redirects, sitemaps, and structured data are configured correctly so that there is no loss in local SEO performance.
Has anyone migrated a PHP website to WordPress successfully? I’d appreciate any recommendations, plugins, or best practices to make the transition as smooth as possible while maintaining SEO.
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Moving a custom PHP website to WordPress is usually more of a rebuild than a direct migration, since there may not be a one-click way to import the existing layout and functionality.
A good approach would be to build the WordPress version on a staging site first, then move the content across while keeping the same page URLs wherever possible. You’ll also want to copy over the existing page titles, meta descriptions, image alt text, and structured data.
Before switching the domain, it’s a good practice to make sure to:
- Set up 301 redirects for any URLs that will change
- Generate and submit the new XML sitemap
- Check internal links and images
- Test the site on mobile
- Confirm that Google Search Console and analytics are still connected
Plugins such as Redirection and an SEO plugin like Yoast SEO can help, but the exact migration process will depend on how the current PHP site was built.
It’s also a good idea to take a complete backup before making any changes and, if possible, work with a developer who has experience with custom PHP-to-WordPress migrations.
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