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Drupal to WordPress Migration Services

Over time, it's natural for one technology to overcome another in terms of capabilities, functionality, and adaptability to ever-changing market demands. This evolution often outlines the need to migrate your website from one Content Management System (CMS) to another. Although website migration might sound like a challenge at first glance, it is a common process in the web development world.

DRUPFAN IT talent agency has both WordPress and Drupal experts onboard available for offshore and nearshore outsourcing. We collaborate closely with your teams to deliver cutting-edge WordPress migration solutions with no loss to data or functionality and at zero downtime. Ready to make the switch?

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Reasons to Migrate Drupal Website to WordPress

Both Drupal and WordPress are powerful Content Management Systems with strong community support and a wide range of modules/plugins for functionality extension and third-party integrations. However, the urge for WordPress from Drupal migration might appear in certain business situations. Let’s review why migrating Drupal to WordPress can be beneficial for your business.

Drupal becomes too complicated to manage

As your website goes, you might end up not understanding how to further manage content. Drupal’s advanced features and custom functionality often require some technical understanding of Drupal CMS, making it complex for non-tech specialists to manage a website. By migrating to WordPress, you receive a more user-friendly interface and intuitive navigation that allows you to manage a website more easily.

You experience performance outages

A slow website can significantly reduce your conversions and SEO rankings. If your Drupal website experiences slow web page loading speed, you should consider switching to WordPress. WordPress is famous for its streamlined performance, ensuring your website handles high traffic even during hot seasons.

You are looking for a more cost-effective solution

Maintaining a Drupal website might hit the pocket. WordPress is a more budget-friendly alternative with the same level of functional quality. With lower maintenance costs and access to a great variety of free plugins and themes, WordPress is a more affordable solution for businesses that want to keep their budget in check.

FAQ about Migration from Drupal to WordPress

Migration from Drupal to WordPress - Frequently Asked Questions

WordPress migration is the process of moving a website from its current Content Management System or framework to WordPress. Here at Drupfan, we provide the full set of WordPress migration services at zero downtime.

Migrating from Drupal to WordPress can be beneficial for businesses looking for a friendlier interface, simpler content management, numerous plugins to enhance website capabilities, and a variety of free theme choices for different industries. Moreover, if your website is currently running on an outdated version of Drupal, switching to WordPress may not only be beneficial but also necessary to ensure the security, functionality, and bug-free operation of your website.

Absolutely. Any Drupal website can be migrated to WordPress without any loss of data and content. Such a smooth transition can only be made after a detailed analysis of an existing platform and data restructuring within a new architecture.

After the successful WordPress migration to the same domain name, your old Drupal site becomes unavailable and replaced by a new WP version. If you still want to keep it for any reason, the Drupal site can be moved to a different domain and hidden with an http auth configuration.

The timeframes of the migration from Drupal to WordPress differ based on the website’s size and complexity. A simple migration may take up to a few days or a week while more complex projects with custom functionalities require several months.

Drupal modules can not be directly migrated to WordPress. Don’t worry: WordPress offers a huge repository of plugins and in most cases, an analog can be easily found. If your custom Drupal module offers unique functionality that can’t be matched by a WordPress plugin, Drupfan’s team of professionals will develop a custom plugin to fulfill all your needs and requirements.

Security is our top priority. Our specialists are experienced with both Drupal and WordPress allowing them to follow best practices for data migration. All the data remains safe and uncompromised during the migration from Drupal to WordPress. Besides, our team always does a website backup to be able to roll back any changes if necessary.

If your website is currently built on an unsupported Drupal version, migrating to WordPress is a great opportunity to improve your site’s functionality, enhance web security, and turn your platform into a more user-friendly environment.

Yes, user accounts can be easily migrated from Drupal to WordPress CMS, including roles and permissions. Exporting the data from Drupal and importing it to WordPress is a common task during the migration process. After completing data migration, our team conducts thorough testing on the new website to ensure that all data has been successfully transferred.

A structural and properly handled migration from Drupal to Wordpress is performed with minimal to no downtime. The website is thoroughly tested and confirmed to function as expected in the staging environment before deploying to production. Re-release testing on a staging environment is crucial to identify and address any potential bugs and issues before they can affect the end-users. To minimize or eliminate downtime during the migration process, it is also crucial to thoroughly plan the new architecture and data structure. The detailed mapping of the site’s content, users, and functionalities eliminates the risk of fixes after the website is released.

The Drupal theme can’t be directly migrated to WordPress. However, WordPress offers over 30,000 themes on its official website, simplifying the search for analog to substitute the Drupal theme. If you struggle to find the right web design solution, web developers can create a custom WordPress theme or tailor an existing one to meet your project’s needs and requirements.

Well-performed migration to WordPress from Drupal will not decrease your website’s rankings in search results. Instead, WordPress as an SEO-friendly CMS out of the box, can even improve your website’s search engine optimization, making it skyrocket in search engine results page. WordPress offers many built-in features for SEO, as well as special plugins for expanding search engine optimization capabilities.

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