CMS Migration Services that make your content work in its new home
We move content, media, and their relationships into a CMS your team can use, with the mapping, editorial requirements, and URL changes planned before the final transfer.
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CMS migration: moving the content model as well as the content.
CMS migration transfers content from one content management system to another. The systems may organize pages, authors, categories, media, and reusable components differently, so a successful move needs more than a direct import. It requires a destination structure that preserves useful information and supports how your team will publish afterward.
Legacy publishing platforms
Older publishing systems can contain years of articles, embeds, and custom formatting. Migration makes that archive usable in a new CMS while accounting for the relationships and URLs attached to it.
Teams changing editorial tools
A new CMS may offer a better way to manage pages, review drafts, or reuse content. The move needs to reflect those workflows so editors receive a useful working environment.
Traditional to headless CMS moves
Moving to a headless setup usually means turning page-based content into structured fields and reusable records. The migration must account for how the separate frontend will use that information.
Large archives and media libraries
A long-established site may include multiple content formats, inconsistent metadata, and missing assets. An inventory and transformation plan help distinguish what can move automatically from what needs attention.
Multiple sites becoming one platform
Consolidating websites can bring duplicate articles, conflicting categories, and overlapping authors. The destination model needs clear rules for retaining, combining, or retiring that material.
Custom fields and content relationships
Directories, resource libraries, and other structured sites depend on more than body text. Related records, taxonomies, authorship, and field values need to retain their meaning in the new system.
Real projects. Real results.
St. Louis Magazine moved three decades of content from a legacy CMS into WordPress, with archives converted to Gutenberg while preserving URLs, media, and accumulated SEO value.
Teton Gravity Research moved more than 10,000 articles from ExpressionEngine to a headless WordPress platform, bringing Shopify products and video into the publishing workflow.
We moved Keck School of Medicine of USC’s newsroom into a new WordPress setup, converted legacy articles to Gutenberg, and mapped old article URLs to their new locations. Testing covered each stage of the move before production.
What our CMS migration services cover.
- 01
Content Inventory and Source Assessment
We inspect the source CMS, available exports, content types, assets, and relationships. This reveals inconsistencies and dependencies that affect the migration approach.
- 02
Destination Content Modeling
We define how the existing material maps to the new CMS, including fields, taxonomies, components, and relationships. The model reflects both the archive and future publishing needs.
- 03
Content Transformation and Cleanup
We convert formats and normalize agreed fields so content fits the destination. Rules for duplicates, obsolete material, broken embeds, and missing information are established with your team.
- 04
Migration Scripts and Trial Imports
Repeatable imports move the content and make it possible to test representative samples before the full transfer. Trial runs help identify mapping problems while there is still time to resolve them.
- 05
URL and Metadata Preservation
We account for slugs, redirects, titles, descriptions, internal links, and other search-related information. The objective is to preserve useful signals while supporting the new site structure.
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Editorial Validation and Handover
We check imported content with your team and test how it is edited, previewed, and published. Handover covers the new structures and any remaining manual cleanup.
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"Their project manager was among the best I've worked with. They migrated 1,000+ articles, handled testing through production, and let our team focus elsewhere without micromanaging."
"Refact's response speed is fast, and answers or solutions come as fast. Site speed went from a D to a B+, themes were safely updated, and we did not need an in-house webmaster."
"They redesigned our website and moved our data from Metro Publisher to WordPress. The team kept the work within the agreed schedule and budget."
How we work.
Everything stays connected under one team from the earliest conversations. The people who help define the project are the same people who design, build and support it, ensuring important decisions are not lost between separate partners and the work stays consistent throughout.
Discovery
We understand your current state, define the future state, and shape the right solution, resulting in a clear project blueprint that guides the work ahead.
Design
We translate the agreed direction into user journeys, screens, and interactive flows your team can review before development begins.
Build
Senior engineers turn the approved direction into a fast, reliable and maintainable digital product, thoroughly tested across the devices and environments your users rely on.
Partnership
After launch, we can continue to maintain, improve, and extend the product as your organisation, users, and priorities evolve.
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What clients usually want to know before starting a CMS Migration project.
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