Our Process
Here’s how we work.
From first conversation to live site — what happens, when, and what we need from you along the way.
Discovery Call
We talk through your site, your goals, and your timeline. We’ll want to understand your current WordPress setup, what’s working well and what isn’t, and what you’re hoping changes with a move to Statamic. You should come with whatever questions you have about us or the process. It’s a conversation to figure out whether there’s a good fit here, and there’s no pressure either way.
Audit & Proposal
We go through your WordPress site in detail: content types, custom fields, plugins, URL structure, media library, integrations, SEO metadata. The goal is to understand the full scope of what needs to move and how it’s currently wired together. From that audit, you get a fixed-price proposal that reflects what we actually found rather than a rough estimate that shifts later.
Content Architecture
We design how your content will be structured in Statamic — collections, blueprints, fieldtypes, taxonomies. Getting this right is important because it determines what the editing experience feels like for your team going forward. If a redesign is part of the project, the content architecture and design direction happen alongside each other during this phase.
Migration
We write custom scripts to move your content programmatically — posts, pages, custom post types, custom fields, media, users, SEO metadata, redirects. Every WordPress site stores things differently depending on who built it and what tools they used, so the migration scripts are always tailored to your specific build rather than using a generic tool.
Build & QA
The Statamic site comes together and goes through thorough testing. We check across browsers, validate redirects, review migrated content, and make sure forms, integrations, and any interactive elements are working correctly. Your team gets access to the staging site during this phase to flag anything that doesn’t look right.
Launch
We handle the cutover: DNS, SSL, cache configuration, and monitoring. The goal is for launch day to be uneventful for your team, with us managing the infrastructure side of things.
After Launch
We provide screencast-based training material tailored to your site so your team can get comfortable with the Statamic control panel at their own pace. This is also where we typically set up an ongoing support agreement — someone who knows your site inside and out, available when you need development help, hosting management, or just a question answered quickly.
What’s the timeline?
Most migrations land in the 6–12 week range. Redesigns and complex content structures can push that out, and we’ll be upfront about that in the proposal. The timeline you get from us is one we’re confident we can hit if we work together.
Your part in this
We handle the bulk of the work. Here’s what we need from your side:
- Access to your WordPress admin and hosting environment
- Input on content architecture decisions
- Review and approval at key milestones
- About 2 hours a week during active migration
That’s a pretty light lift on your end — we take care of everything else.
The first step is a conversation.
Book a discovery call and we’ll walk through your situation — what you have, what the migration looks like, and whether it’s the right move.
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