WordPress Domain Migration Services

Keep your hard-earned traffic.
Switch domains with confidence.

Switch to a new domain and keep your hard-earned web traffic and emails, all without downtime. If you’re rebranding, you can keep all your pages, content, images, backlinks, and site authority. All your existing users will seamlessly move across to your new site without even realising.

Zero Data Loss Continuous Uptime Stress-Free Migration

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The Safety Net

Core Deliverables

Everything you need for a safe, invisible, and flawless domain transition.

Traffic Protection

Search engines are safely redirected to your new domain, ensuring you don’t lose your hard-earned Google rankings.

Zero Broken Assets

Every image, script, and internal link is meticulously mapped so your new site functions perfectly from day one.

Seamless Experience

Visitors clicking old links are instantly and invisibly forwarded to the correct page on your new site without even realising.

Google Handover

We officially notify Google of the move so they can update their search results quickly and correctly without any manual effort.

01. The Rebuild

The Physical Transfer

I dismantle, transport, and reconstruct your digital home on a new server environment.

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Old Host

Raw Files &
Serialized Data

MySQL Export/Import

Database Migration

Exporting your entire database logic. Every user account and setting is carefully moved.

/wp-content/uploads

Media Library Transfer

Physically moving 100% of your assets. No missing PDFs or broken image icons.

Serialized Arrays

Search & Replace

Running precise queries to update internal links without corrupting serialized data.

wp-config.php

Server Config

Manual configuration of server files and PHP environments for the new host.

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New Host

Clean, Configured
& Live

root@wp-core ~ /.htaccess

1# Initializing Site Audit...

2Scrape https://old-domain.com/* [200 OK]

4# 301 Permanent Redirect Engine

5RewriteEngine On

6RewriteBase /

7RewriteRule ^old-post$ https://new.com/new-post [L,R=301]

8# Wildcard Catch-All

9RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://new.com/$1 [R=301,L]

11# Content Purge & Verification

12Redirect 410 /old-podcast/

13Ping Google_Search_Console --force-index

02. The Safety Net

The SEO Protection

Moving files is only half the job. Without this logic engine, your traffic hits a wall.

EXEC :: AUDIT_PROTOCOL

Comprehensive URL Map

I crawl your old site to generate a map of every URL that currently exists. We don't guess; we know exactly what links need saving.

EXEC :: ROUTING_ENGINE

The .htaccess Engine

I code the custom file to intercept old traffic and instantly route it to the exact correct page on your new domain.

EXEC :: INDEX_HANDSHAKE

Google Verification

I use the Change of Address tool in Search Console to officially notify search engines, forcing an index update and transferring authority.

PeopleShift SEO Traffic Graph showing retained impressions and clicks

Featured Case Study

Migrating 500+ Pages Without Dropping a Single Rank

Domain Transfer Custom Theme SEO

PeopleShift are experts in creating happy, motivated, and high-performing teams. When it was time to move their massive digital footprint to a new domain, the stakes were incredibly high.

This advanced project involved migrating over 500 heavily-trafficked blogs to a brand-new custom theme, mapped and redirected flawlessly to retain their millions of historic impressions.

30k+ Monthly Clicks

2.5M+ Monthly Impressions

500+ URLs Redirected

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03. Initiate Transfer

Keep your business running without missing a beat.

Changing your domain shouldn't mean starting from scratch. We handle the entire technical transition so your search traffic, customer experience, and daily operations carry over seamlessly to your new brand.

Maintain your search authority. We tell Google exactly what's happening, transferring your hard-earned SEO trust to the new domain so you don't lose rankings or compete against your old site.
Uninterrupted communications. We manage the transition of your email accounts and inboxes, ensuring you never miss a client inquiry during the switch.
A flawless customer journey. Anyone clicking an old link, bookmark, or social post is instantly and invisibly routed to the exact right page on your new website.