Professional Website Migration to WordPress in Calgary
A WordPress site on shared hosting with outdated plugins or no backups can create avoidable security and recovery risk. We can review the current environment, plan a move to the selected managed host, harden the agreed configuration, and define ongoing maintenance.
North Star provides this work remotely across Canada; physical work is scoped from its Grande Prairie and Prince George dispatch locations. A Calgary office is not implied.
Everything you need, none of the upsell.
Real deliverables, with the boundaries written down. So you know what you're paying for and what counts as extra.
Moved to managed hosting.
Migration to the selected managed WordPress host with agreed security and backup configuration. DNS cutover includes documented recovery steps where feasible.
Remove what you don't need.
Every plugin reviewed: active, inactive, and abandoned. Outdated and redundant plugins removed. Remaining plugins updated and verified compatible.
Configuration tightened.
File permissions corrected, XML-RPC disabled, login URL changed, and application-level firewall configured. Not a one-click security plugin, actual configuration.
Monthly maintenance included.
Monthly core, plugin, and theme updates applied to staging first. Backup verified. Uptime monitoring active. Rolled into a care plan.
The order we work in.
A clear sequence so you can budget time, money, and risk against the work.
Audit.
Current WordPress install reviewed: plugins, themes, user accounts, file permissions, and hosting config.
Migrate.
Site copied to managed hosting on staging. DNS prepared.
Harden.
Security configuration applied: permissions, login protection, firewall rules, and backup verification.
Launch.
DNS cutover. Old host on standby for forty-eight hours. Site enrolled in monthly care plan.
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How long does it take to migrate website to wordpress calgary?
Migration timing depends on content volume, hosting access, plugins, integrations, testing and the approved change window. Some sites can be completed in days while others require longer; a short timeline and uninterrupted service are not guaranteed. Define the launch checks and security tasks in the written scope.
Will my search engine rankings be affected during the migration?
SEO preservation can include URL inventory, redirect mapping, metadata review and before/after checks. These steps reduce avoidable errors, but rankings, indexing and traffic depend on the implementation, search-engine processing and the wider site.
Do you provide security updates after the WordPress migration?
Ongoing WordPress maintenance can include agreed security updates, plugin and theme review, backups and monitoring for the selected environment. Coverage, tools, response targets and any dark-web monitoring depend on the written agreement; 24/7 coverage and a particular security outcome are not automatic.
Can you migrate e-commerce stores to WordPress?
E-commerce migrations to WooCommerce can be assessed for product, customer, order, payment and shipping data, subject to source access, platform limits, privacy requirements and vendor support. The quote should name the transfer scope, validation checks and integration testing; complete data integrity and a particular performance outcome are not guaranteed.