Migrate from Framer to WordPress
Keep the design quality you built, add a real CMS underneath it. Migrations typically run 3-8 weeks and start at $3k.
Framer is a genuinely good design tool, and if you built your site there, it probably looks great. Where it gets tight is once you need a real CMS, more than one person editing content, or an integration Framer’s plugin ecosystem hasn’t caught up to yet. When that happens, we move you to WordPress and the design comes with you.
Why WordPress
Why WordPress after Framer
Every migration should end with a site that’s better than what you had, not just different. Here’s what WordPress gives you that Framer doesn’t.
No per-site subscription.
You own the site outright.
Real CMS your team can update without opening a design tool.
SEO parity.
Every technical lever you had on Framer, plus more.
Bigger ecosystem.
Any integration or plugin you’d want, WordPress has it.
Easier to hand off.
Any WordPress developer can pick up where we leave off.
Why us
Why teams leave Framer
Framer’s strength is visual design, and that’s not a knock. It just means the parts of a website that matter after launch, real content management, team editing, integrations, weren’t the priority.
Thin plugin and integration ecosystem.
Framer is newer than WordPress or Webflow, and its third-party ecosystem is still small. If you need a specific integration, there’s a real chance nobody’s built it yet.
Content model hits a ceiling.
Framer’s CMS collections work fine for straightforward use cases, but once your content gets more complex, you feel the limits of what the platform was designed for.
Team editing gets clumsy.
Framer was built around a designer working in the canvas. Handing content updates to a non-designer teammate isn’t as smooth as it is in a real CMS.
Smaller talent pool for support.
Since Framer is newer, there are fewer developers and agencies with deep experience on it than there are for WordPress, which narrows your options when you need help.
Services
What we handle in the migration
Content and collection migration.
We move your pages and any Framer CMS collections into WordPress, restructuring them as proper custom post types where that’s the better fit.
URL mapping and 301 redirects.
Every existing URL gets mapped to WordPress and redirected, protecting the SEO you’ve already earned.
SEO preservation.
Titles, meta descriptions, and alt text move over intact, and we clean up anything that was quietly holding you back before.
Design rebuild.
We rebuild your Framer design in a modern WordPress theme, matching the visual quality you already have rather than starting over.
Forms and integrations.
Whatever’s connected to your Framer site, booking tools, email signups, contact forms, we account for it and rebuild it on WordPress.
Process
How we handle Framer-specific gotchas
The main one is animation. Framer’s interaction system is one of its real strengths as a design tool, but none of it exports as portable code, so we rebuild the interactions that actually matter using standard web animation techniques that’ll keep working long after any platform trend fades.
The second one is the CMS collections. They’re simpler than what WordPress can do, but structured differently. We review your collections during the audit and remodel them as WordPress custom post types with proper fields, which usually gives your content more flexibility than it had in Framer, not less.
Step zero
Start with a free scoping call
Before we quote anything, we hop on a free 20-30 minute call. We look at your current site together, ask a few questions, and give you a real timeline and price — not a range pulled out of the air. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so on that call. No hard sell.
Timeline & investment
What to expect
We’ll give you a real number once we’ve actually looked at your site, not a guess. Every quote comes after a free 20-30 min call.
Timeline
- Small Framer sites: 3-4 weeks
- Sites with CMS collections and interactions: 4-6 weeks
- Larger or heavily animated sites: 6+ weeks
Investment
- Migrations start at $3k. Simple brochure sites usually land here.
- Larger or custom projects go up from there. We quote after we look at your site, not before.
- Everything’s fixed-fee. No hourly billing, no surprises.
Is this right for you?
Who WordPress migration is (and isn’t) a fit for
We’d rather turn down a bad fit than sell you the wrong thing. Here’s the straight cut.
You’re a fit if
- You launched on Framer and you’re hitting content-model limits
- You need real CMS collections and taxonomies, not simplified ones
- More than one non-designer needs to edit content without friction
- You need an integration or plugin Framer’s ecosystem doesn’t cover
- The site has grown beyond a landing page or portfolio
You probably don’t need this if
- You’re a solo designer who wants Framer’s visual editing more than a real CMS
- It’s a tiny site that rarely changes
- You love Framer’s animation and prototyping workflow and use it often
- You launched it, it’s doing its job, and you’re happy to leave it alone
If that’s you, we’ll say so on our first call. No hard sell.
Keep exploring
What to look at next
The Optik Method
Our 8-step process for every build and migration, including a 75-point QA checklist before anything goes live.
Read the method
WordPress care after launch
Hosting, updates, backups, monitoring, and human support so your new WordPress site actually stays fast and safe.
See care plans
Migrating and redesigning?
Some clients use the migration as the excuse to finally redesign. If that’s on the table, here’s how we handle both together.
Explore redesign
Ready to leave Framer?
Book a free 20-30 min call. We’ll look at your site, tell you what the migration would involve, and quote a real number.