Migration Difficulty Estimator

Migrate from Shopify to WordPress

Stop guessing. Calculate the exact technical difficulty score for moving your specific infrastructure from Shopify to a modern WordPress stack.

Platform Baseline Friction

Moderate (5/10) - Migrating from Shopify involves extracting content from a Monolithic architecture. Our process handles the mapping of Shopify's proprietary data structures into clean, structured content ready for WordPress.

Start Fresh (Pros)

  • ✓ Eliminates Shopify pain points like "monthly app fees".

Migration Risks (Cons)

  • ⚠ Potential SEO risk: Shopify handles native SEO easier than WordPress.
  • ⚠ New layout challenge: Plugin bloat.

Data Transferability Matrix

✅ Blog Posts & Pages
Automated
Full Automated Export
✅ Images & Media
Automated
Migrated to CDN
❌ Visual Design
Manual
Recreated as Custom Code
❌ Apps & Logic
Manual
Replaced with Native Features
✅ SEO Rankings
Automated
Preserved via 301 Redirects

* Shopify data structure requires full automated export.

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Platform Comparison

Shopify
  • Export Difficulty: 5/10
  • SEO Capability: 8/10
  • Speed Score: 7/10
  • Current Limitations:
    • • Monthly app fees
    • • URL structure limitations
    • • Liquid template complexity
    • • Transaction fees
VS
WordPress
  • Export Difficulty: 3/10
  • SEO Capability: 7/10
  • Speed Score: 5/10
  • Why Switch?

    Moving to WordPress eliminates Shopify's key weaknesses, specifically: Monthly app fees and URL structure limitations.