Migrations

Move from WP Engine, Kinsta, Pantheon, or your VPS — free.

Migration is white-glove and included on every plan. We pull your site, you review the exact result on a branch environment with a live preview URL, and only then do we cut over DNS. The switch is clean and zero-downtime, with no surprises.

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Free migration Reviewed on a branch first Zero-downtime cutover

acme-store — migration

managed.dev ➜ migrate import --from wpengine acme-store
managed.dev  ▸ copying database + files from source
managed.dev  ▸ importing plugins, themes, uploads
managed.dev  ✓ migrated into branch environment "import"
https://acme-store-import-9f2a1c.preview.managed.dev
managed.dev ➜ env promote import --to production
managed.dev  ✓ promoted — DNS cutover ready when you are

How it works

Three steps, and you sign off before anything goes live.

The difference from a typical migration: you see the finished result on a real preview environment before a single visitor is affected.

We pull your site

Send us read access or credentials and our team copies your WordPress database, files, plugins, and themes onto the platform. White-glove. You do not run a single command.

You review it on a branch

Your migrated site comes up as an isolated branch environment with a live preview URL. Click through it, run QA, and confirm it matches production. None of your visitors are pointed at it yet.

Promote & cut over DNS

Once you sign off, we promote the environment to production and coordinate the DNS cutover so the switch is clean. No maintenance window, no broken in-between state.

From anywhere

Coming from another host? We have done this move.

We migrate WordPress sites off the major managed hosts and off raw infrastructure alike. Standard WordPress in, standard WordPress out.

WP Engine
Kinsta
Flywheel
Pressable
Rocket.net
Cloudways
Pantheon
Raw VPS / cPanel

No risk

Everything that usually goes wrong, handled.

Switching hosts is the scariest part of moving WordPress. Here is why it is not, on managed.dev.

Free, white-glove. Our team does the migration for you, on every plan. No migration fee, and no DIY plugin to wrestle with.
Reviewed on a branch first. You inspect the migrated site on an isolated environment with a live preview URL before it ever serves real traffic.
No downtime. Your current host stays live until you approve; the DNS cutover is coordinated to be a clean, zero-downtime switch.
No lock-in. It is standard WordPress with SSH gateway + WP-CLI access — you can export, script, or move out the same way you came in.

acme-store — cutover

migrate/acme-store preview.managed.dev

Review the migrated copy here. Old host still serving live traffic.

production acme-store.com

Promote when you approve. DNS cuts over with no maintenance window.

Migration FAQ

The questions everyone asks before switching.

Will my site go down during the migration?

No. Your current host keeps serving live traffic the entire time we build the migrated copy. You review the result on a branch environment first, and we only flip DNS once you approve. The cutover is zero-downtime: visitors land on the live site the whole way through.

How much does it cost?

Nothing extra. Free, white-glove migration is included on every plan. There is no per-site migration fee and no “done-for-you” upsell tier. You pay only for the plan you choose once you go live.

How long does it take?

It depends on the size of your site and how many environments you are moving. A single straightforward site is fast; larger or more complex setups take longer. We scope it with you up front so there are no surprises, and your old host stays live until you promote.

Bring your WordPress site home.

Start a 14-day free trial, and our team will migrate your site for free — reviewed on a branch environment before a zero-downtime cutover.

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