Add to Chrome — first conversion freeWhy this conversion is different
The usual ways to recreate an existing website in WordPress are all expensive: rebuild it in a page builder, buy the closest premium theme and fight it, or pay a developer to re-template the design. Each costs days and none returns the original design exactly.
Capturing the rendered page inverts the problem. The browser has already resolved every framework, every stylesheet and every font into concrete pixels; that resolved state is a far better source than the source code.
This is the pillar page for the whole conversion workflow. If you know which technology the site is built with, the dedicated converter pages go deeper into the specific traps.
How it works, step by step
1. Open the page you want to convert
Any public URL, a staging environment or a local production build. Convert only sites you own or are authorised to migrate.
2. Let the page finish rendering, then capture
Scroll from top to bottom so lazy images, embedded media and scroll animations have run, then click Generate theme in the Themify popup.
3. Install the theme and take over content in WordPress
Upload the .zip in Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme, activate, then edit the copy in wp-admin and wire up the parts that need a plugin, such as forms.
What gets converted — and what doesn't
Converted
- Complete page layout and responsive behaviour
- All applied CSS, including frameworks and custom properties
- Web fonts, images, SVG, background media and favicons
- CSS animations, transitions and rendered scroll effects
- Multiple pages folded into a single theme with working navigation
Not converted
- Backend logic, databases and authenticated areas
- Live data that loads after the capture
- Working forms — reconnect them with a WordPress form plugin
- Third-party embeds that require their own script on the WordPress side
A real example
Before
A client's five-year-old marketing site on a platform they cannot edit, with a design they still like.
After
The same design as a WordPress theme, with the client editing text and images themselves in wp-admin.
Home, services, about and contact are captured in turn; forms are rebuilt with a form plugin; the pages are recreated in WordPress using the captured templates.
Benefits
- Works regardless of the original stack — no export required from the source platform
- Minutes per page instead of days of re-templating
- Runs locally in the browser, so nothing is uploaded
- First conversion is free, so you can verify fidelity before paying
Limits to know before you start
- It reproduces a design, not an application
- Pages behind a login must be captured while you are logged in as yourself
- You need the right to convert the site in question
Frequently asked questions
Can I convert any website into a WordPress theme?
Any page that renders in your browser can be captured, provided you own it or are authorised to migrate it. The conversion reads the rendered page, so the original technology does not matter.
Do I need the source code?
No. The rendered page is the input, which is what makes closed platforms with no code export convertible.
How many pages can one theme contain?
Capture as many pages as the site has templates; they fold into one theme and internal links between captured pages keep working.
Is it legal to convert a website?
Convert sites you own, or client sites where the owner has authorised the migration. Do not copy someone else's site.