Website modernization
Less software to maintain. More business from your website.
Migrate from WordPress to a high-performance website built with Astro or Next.js. Faster delivery, stronger conversion paths and simpler long-term maintenance, with your search traffic protected.
Performance first
Pages are rendered ahead of time and served as plain files, so they load fast on any connection and pass Core Web Vitals without a caching plugin.
Smaller attack surface
For most business sites there is no PHP application, database or plugin stack running behind the public pages. Less to patch, less to break, less to pay someone to watch.
Built to convert
Clear messaging, a structure search engines can read, lead forms and campaign landing pages, with analytics around the actions that matter.
Your website should be an asset, not a maintenance project.
The October 2026 PHP security advisory is a reminder that the technology behind your website deserves the same scrutiny as the rest of your business infrastructure.
WordPress remains a legitimate platform when it is properly maintained. But for businesses relying on an aging theme, a long list of plugins or an expensive maintenance arrangement, there is a better approach: a site that is built for the job, served as fast static pages, and simple to keep secure.
Security should be the baseline. Performance should be the advantage. We build modern websites designed to work harder for your business, and we plan every migration so that nothing you have earned in search is lost on the way.
A modern alternative to traditional WordPress.
We build with Astro and Next.js, selecting the architecture that fits your business rather than forcing your business into a template.
- Less unnecessary infrastructure
- For sites that publish content and take inquiries, static architecture removes the need for a continuously running PHP application and database just to show public pages.
- Speed designed into the foundation
- Optimized HTML, little client-side JavaScript, efficient hosting and a focus on real-world Core Web Vitals rather than a lab score.
- Conversion-focused from the beginning
- We plan the site around what a visitor should do: call, book, request a quote or buy. Navigation, forms, landing pages and tracking follow from that.
- Search visibility protected
- Every migration starts with an inventory of your URLs, traffic and links, and ends with redirects, metadata and monitoring so the rankings you have earned come with you.
Which architecture, and when staying is the right call.
A static site has a smaller server-side attack surface, but no stack is maintenance-free. JavaScript dependencies, build pipelines, forms and hosting still need attention. The honest comparison is below.
| Approach | Best fit | Practical advantage |
|---|---|---|
| Astro, static deployment | Service businesses, professional firms, publishers and blogs | Minimal client-side JavaScript by default. No running PHP backend behind the public site. |
| Next.js | Interactive sites, web applications and advanced lead funnels | Flexible React architecture with static or dynamic rendering, chosen page by page. |
| Maintained WordPress | Businesses that depend on its editorial workflow or a specific plugin ecosystem | A familiar publishing routine, kept current and hardened, without rebuilding everything. |
If you run a complex WooCommerce store, a membership system or business-critical plugin integrations, the right recommendation may be to stay on WordPress or to migrate in phases. That judgment is part of the assessment, not an afterthought.
Proven in production
LeVan, Sprader, Patton & Plymire
A single-page site for an insurance defense firm founded in 1998, built to read as established and to stay fast.
The objective was not to add features. It was to build exactly what the firm needed, exceptionally well: one statically rendered page with no runtime dependencies, launched on the firm's own domain.
PageSpeed Insights, desktop: 100 in every category
Performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO. Our own desktop audit at launch; no recorded date.
Scores change over time. Run a current audit of lsplaw.net.
How a migration keeps your search traffic.
We follow the same steps Google recommends for a site move with URL changes, and we treat them as deliverables rather than good intentions.
- 1Inventory every URL that matters: sitemaps, top pages by traffic, and pages other sites link to.
- 2Map each old URL to its new address, including images and downloads.
- 3Rebuild the content and the conversion paths on the new architecture, then test on a staging domain.
- 4Launch with permanent redirects, self-referencing canonicals and a fresh sitemap submitted to Search Console.
- 5Monitor indexing, rankings and conversions for the following weeks, and keep the redirects in place for at least a year.
What the assessment covers
We call it a website modernization assessment, not a vulnerability scan. A public URL does not reveal your PHP version or patch status; the assessment looks at the things we can measure and the things you can tell us.
- Page speed and Core Web Vitals on the pages that earn you business
- Maintenance burden: themes, plugins, hosting and who patches what
- Existing search traffic, rankings and the URLs that carry them
- Conversion paths: forms, calls, bookings and how they are tracked
- Hosting and integration dependencies that affect how a migration is sequenced
- A clear recommendation: migrate, migrate in phases, or stay and modernize in place
Ready to move beyond WordPress?
We will assess your current website, identify its technical and commercial limitations, and recommend whether modernization makes financial sense. If upgrading your existing platform is the better option, we will tell you.