WordPress to Sitefinity Migration

For organisations that have outgrown WordPress.
Scattered sites, plugin sprawl, no unified governance.

Sitefinity consolidates everything.
Eveliko gets you there.

10+ Years Migration Experience
4+ Platforms with Active Tooling
Early Access WordPress Migration Open Now

Why Organisations Move from WordPress to Sitefinity

WordPress is capable. It is also open, plugin-dependent, and increasingly difficult to govern at enterprise scale. The organisations that reach out to us typically share one or more of these:

Governance has broken down.

Multiple sites, multiple teams, no consistent editorial workflow. WordPress multisite works - until it doesn't. Sitefinity's multisite architecture is built for this from the ground up.

Security and compliance are a growing concern.

Enterprise security teams, government procurement, and regulated industries (aviation, finance, healthcare) increasingly require platforms with formal audit trails, role-based access, and managed cloud. WordPress's open plugin ecosystem creates a wide attack surface that is hard to control at scale.

Marketing needs more than WordPress can give.

Personalisation, A/B testing, audience segmentation, and integrated analytics are bolt-ons in WordPress. In Sitefinity they are part of the platform - configured, not assembled.

The developer dependency is unsustainable.

Every content update requiring a developer is a sign of a platform that has outgrown its original purpose. Sitefinity's editor experience is built for marketing teams, not developers.

The Hidden Cost of a Scattered WordPress Estate

This one deserves its own section - because it is the problem most growing organisations do not fully see until they try to fix it.

WordPress sites accumulate. A brand site here, a campaign microsite there, a regional subsidiary that stood up its own hosting, a partner portal on a different domain, a third agency managing a fourth instance. Each one made sense at the time.

The result is an estate that looks like this:

  • 5 to 50+ WordPress instances across different hosting providers and tenants
  • No shared content - a press release published in one site has to be manually copied to three others
  • No shared design system - every update to brand guidelines means chasing down every instance separately
  • No unified security patching - each site has its own plugin versions, its own WordPress core version, its own update cadence. One missed patch is one breach waiting to happen
  • No consolidated compliance posture - when a regulator or enterprise procurement team asks "show me your CMS security controls", there is no single answer
  • No shared user management - editors, roles, and permissions are managed instance by instance, and offboarding a departing employee means logging into every site separately

This is not a WordPress failure. It is what happens when a capable tool is used beyond the scope it was designed for.

Sitefinity is built for exactly this scenario.

One platform. One codebase. One update cycle. One compliance posture. Multiple sites - sharing content, design, and infrastructure - managed from a single interface.

Content sharing in Sitefinity works across sites natively. A product description, a press release, a regulatory document - authored once, published across every site that needs it, with permissions controlling who can edit what and where.

Security updates hit one platform, not fifty instances. Plugin sprawl disappears. The answer to "show me your CMS security controls" becomes a single, coherent response. For organisations that have reached this point with WordPress - whether 20 sites or 200 - consolidation onto Sitefinity is not just a migration. It is a structural fix.

What the Migration Involves

A WordPress to Sitefinity migration is not simply a content export and import. Here is what Eveliko covers end to end:

Content and Structure

Pages, posts, custom post types, taxonomies, categories, tags, and media libraries - mapped to Sitefinity's content types and dynamic modules.

Custom Fields and Plugins

Advanced Custom Fields, custom plugins, and third-party integrations are assessed and replicated in Sitefinity's extensible architecture.

SEO Continuity

URL mapping, 301 redirects, meta data, and structured data - preserved so your search rankings are not disrupted by the migration.

Design and Templates

Your front-end is rebuilt on Sitefinity's template and widget system - either matching your existing design or taking the opportunity to modernise.

Infrastructure

We can move you to Sitefinity Cloud (Azure-hosted, managed by Progress) or your own Azure/on-premise environment.

Go-Live Support

Pre- and post-go-live monitoring, content team onboarding, and operational SOPs so your team is self-sufficient from day one.

Chameleon - Assessment Before Commitment

Before any migration begins, Chameleon scans your WordPress site and produces a structured scope report: page count, content types, media volume, custom field complexity, and plugin dependencies.

This turns a guess into a concrete number - before you commit to anything.

Early Access Project
Chameleon's WordPress connector is being built. Early clients get direct engineering involvement and a reduced-scope assessment while we validate the tooling. If you have a WordPress estate you are evaluating, now is the right time to talk.

What Sitefinity Gives You That WordPress Cannot

Capability WordPress Sitefinity
Multisite governance Plugin-dependent, fragile at scale Built-in, single platform
Cross-site content sharing Manual copy or complex plugin setup Native - author once, publish everywhere
Unified security patching Per-instance - one missed patch per site Single codebase - one update, all sites
Compliance posture Scattered across tenants and hostings Single, auditable environment
Shared design and templates Manual propagation across instances Inherited from one shared design system
Unified user management Per-instance login and role management Centralised - one set of permissions
Personalisation engine Plugin-dependent Built-in (Sitefinity Insight)
Managed cloud Third-party Sitefinity Cloud (Azure)
Multilingual + RTL support Plugin-dependent Built-in
.NET enterprise integration Complex Native

Frequently Asked Questions

We have 20+ WordPress sites across different hosting providers. Can you consolidate them into Sitefinity?

Yes - and this is one of the strongest reasons to make the move. Sitefinity's multisite architecture is designed to run multiple sites from a single platform, with shared content, shared design, and a single update and compliance cycle. We assess each WordPress instance, map the content and structure, and plan the consolidation in phases so operations are not disrupted.

Can you really migrate WordPress to Sitefinity?

Yes. WordPress content - pages, posts, custom post types, media, taxonomies - maps to Sitefinity's content model. The complexity depends on how heavily customised your WordPress installation is. Chameleon surfaces this before you commit.

How long does a WordPress to Sitefinity migration take?

It depends on content volume, plugin complexity, and whether the front-end is being rebuilt alongside the migration. Focused content migrations can complete in 2-4 weeks. Full enterprise migrations with custom development typically run 2-4 months. Chameleon gives you a concrete scope before timelines are agreed.

Is Sitefinity more expensive than WordPress?

WordPress itself is free - but the total cost of ownership at enterprise scale includes hosting, plugin licences, developer time, and security overhead. Sitefinity's licensing is a known, predictable cost with a managed cloud option. For organisations spending heavily on WordPress maintenance and custom development, the gap is often smaller than expected.

Do you handle the full migration or just the technical side?

Full delivery - content, code, infrastructure, SEO continuity, and go-live support. We also embed operational SOPs into your Sitefinity instance so your team is self-sufficient after handover.

Our WordPress site is heavily customised. Can you still migrate it?

This is exactly what Chameleon is built to assess. Custom post types, Advanced Custom Fields, WooCommerce, membership systems - we map what exists before committing to what is possible.

Ready to Scope Your WordPress Migration?

We are taking early WordPress to Sitefinity migration projects now. Chameleon's WordPress connector is in active development - early clients get direct engineering involvement and a detailed scope report before any commitment.