Before you convert
Freeze content changes, take a full snapshot, and record what a correct page looks like so you can compare afterwards.
- Confirm the page renders correctly at your published Durable site URL in a clean browser profile
- Screenshot every template at mobile, tablet and desktop widths
- Export the current URL list and note which paths get traffic
- Record current titles, descriptions and canonical tags
- Note any third-party embeds: forms, chat, analytics, maps
During the conversion
Run Themify on each page while it is fully loaded — lazy-loaded media and generated section layout and stock media handling need to be on screen before capture.
- Open the page you want to convert in Chrome.
- Click the Themify extension icon in the toolbar.
- Press Generate theme and wait for the capture to finish.
- In wp-admin, go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
- Upload the .zip, activate it, and the page is live on WordPress.
After activation
Work through the site as a visitor before announcing anything.
- Every internal link resolves inside WordPress
- Forms submit and confirmations appear
- Analytics and consent scripts fire
- Redirects are in place for changed URLs
- Sitemap and robots.txt are regenerated
Rollback plan
Keep the Durable project live on its original URL until the WordPress version has run clean for a week. Reverting DNS is far cheaper than rebuilding under pressure.
Frequently asked questions
- How long does a Durable to WordPress migration take?
- The conversion itself is minutes per page. Realistically, budget a day for QA, redirects and DNS on a small site.
- Will I lose SEO rankings?
- Not if URLs are mapped, redirects are in place, and titles and descriptions are carried across. The rendered content stays the same, which is what matters most.
- Should I migrate everything at once?
- Convert the highest-value pages first, verify them, then work down the list.