ROVQIX migrates WordPress sites to Next.js either headlessly — keeping WordPress as the editor while Next.js renders the site — or as a full rebuild onto a modern CMS. Both include content migration, complete redirect mapping and before-and-after performance measurement.
WordPress is not the problem. Twenty-eight plugins, a page builder and a theme nobody can update are the problem. Migration is worth it when maintenance and performance costs exceed the rebuild.
Keep your editor
Mapped and redirected
Typical speed gain
Nothing to patch weekly
Headless or full rebuild, decided on how your team edits, what plugins genuinely do work, and your budget.
Posts, pages, media, taxonomies and custom fields moved with formatting intact and verified page by page.
Every existing URL mapped and 301'd, tested against a crawl of the live site before launch.
Forms, SEO, caching, galleries and search rebuilt natively — usually faster and with nothing to update.
Headless WordPress or a modern CMS, set up so your team's publishing workflow does not get worse.
Performance and traffic baselined before, measured after, and reported honestly either way.
Headless keeps WordPress as the editor and replaces only the front end. A full rebuild replaces the CMS as well.
| Headless WordPress | Full rebuild | |
|---|---|---|
| Editor experience | Unchanged for your team | New CMS to learn |
| Migration risk | Lower — content stays put | Higher — content moves |
| Ongoing maintenance | Still maintaining WordPress | One system to maintain |
| Cost | Lower | Higher |
| Hosting | WordPress plus front end | Front end plus CMS service |
| Best when | The editing workflow works | WordPress itself is the problem |
| Plugin does | Replacement |
|---|---|
| SEO metadata | Typed metadata system in code |
| Caching | Static generation and CDN, by default |
| Contact forms | Server-validated forms with spam protection |
| Image optimisation | Built-in image pipeline with modern formats |
| Page builder | Component library editors compose from |
| Security hardening | No plugin surface to harden |
| Analytics | Direct integration, loaded efficiently |
The audit lists every active plugin and what it actually does. Typically a third are genuinely needed, a third are replaced natively, and a third have been doing nothing for two years.
Not with proper redirect mapping. Expect a short fluctuation while Google reprocesses URLs, then recovery — often with gains, since the new site is usually substantially faster.
Yes, in a headless setup WordPress remains the editor. Only the public-facing rendering moves to Next.js, and publishing triggers a rebuild of the affected pages.
A headless WooCommerce storefront is possible, though for serious ecommerce we would usually discuss whether Shopify headless is a better foundation. That conversation happens during the assessment.
Two to four times faster on LCP is typical for a plugin-heavy WordPress site, largely from static generation and removing plugin JavaScript. We measure your specific baseline first rather than promising a number.
Indicative ranges in USD. Every engagement is quoted to a written scope before work starts, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
$1,200 – $2,500
1 week
Best for: Deciding the approach and cost
$6,000 – $18,000
5–10 weeks
Best for: Keeping WordPress as the editor
$10,000 – $30,000
8–14 weeks
Best for: Replacing WordPress entirely
How we think about this work, in more depth.
Migration
A 30-minute call, then a written proposal with scope, price and timeline within two to three working days. No retainer required to get a real number, and no obligation if the answer is that we are not the right fit.