Website migration to Code23

AI-native websites No CMS, no plugins, no lock-in, no waiting. Outrun everyone.

Give your established business a sharper, faster website. Our website migration rebuilds your WordPress, Webflow or Framer site on Astro, with your content and enquiry routes planned into the move.

We move sites from WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Wix and Squarespace.

Why teams move

The old way is holding you back

"People never wanted a CMS. They want a website," as Yoast founder Joost de Valk put it. The platforms that built the last decade of the web are now what slows ambitious businesses down.

  • The old way

    Every change waits on someone else

    A new landing page or a tweak to a blog post needs whoever knows the theme, the page builder or the platform's quirks. Campaigns wait while the site catches up.

    With Code23

    New pages and changes live in days, not weeks.

  • The old way

    The plugin stack is a standing risk

    Every plugin is someone else's code running on your site, and each one needs updates, licences and patching. Miss one and your site is exposed.

    With Code23

    No plugins & no database to patch.

  • The old way

    The design is stuck in a template

    Themes and page builders decide what your pages can look like. Your pages end up shaped by the template you started from, and a real redesign means starting again.

    With Code23

    A design built around your brand, not a template.

The shift

The web has moved on

The businesses setting the pace aren't patching plugins or paying for seats on someone else's platform. They're on a modern stack, and the biggest names on the web are backing it.

What you get

What changes the day you go live

01

Nothing left to patch

No plugins, no database and no admin login on the live site for anyone to attack. Pages are built before anyone visits, so there's far less to keep updated and far less that can break.

  • Plugins None
  • Database None
  • Live-site admin login None
  • Plugin & theme updates None

02

Change it in days, not weeks

New pages, offers and campaigns go live while the idea is still fresh. We build a new Google Ads landing page in a couple of hours.

03

No CMS. Just ask.

Your team updates pages and builds new ones by asking ChatGPT or Claude, and every page still looks right because it uses your own design system. We train you and leave a written guide.

04

Unforgettable to use

UX, UI and motion designed around your brand rather than squeezed into a template. The kind of site customers remember and rivals study.

  • UI
  • UX
  • Motion
  • Mobile first
  • Accessibility

05

Fast where it counts

Leaving WordPress? Finished pages are served from Cloudflare's network with no database or plugin stack behind them.

95-97

Mobile Lighthouse on tested ansell.ai pages

On phones, only 69.5% of WordPress sites pass Google's main loading-speed check. Source: corewebvitals.io, Q2 2026 (opens in a new tab)

06

Better every month

With your agreement, we review consented visitor data and propose improvements for your approval. Ongoing work is scoped separately. Nothing goes live until your team says yes.

  1. PostHog
  2. Code23
  3. You approve
  4. Live
See how it works

how editing works

Change a page by asking

After launch, most teams have no dashboard to learn and no developer queue. Your team describes the change, checks it and publishes it, the same day the idea comes up.

  1. Ask

    Tell ChatGPT or Claude what you want, the way you'd brief a colleague: "Add our new case study under the hero."

  2. Check the preview

    The change builds on a private preview link first. Your live site doesn't move.

  3. Approve

    When it looks right, approve it. Nothing goes live until someone on your team says yes.

  4. Live, with a history

    It's live in minutes. Every change is saved, so any earlier version can be brought back.

Just fixing a typo? We can add click-to-edit, so your team clicks the text on the page and types over it.

for bigger teams

Bigger team? Add a headless CMS

Most sites don't need a CMS: your team edits by asking ChatGPT or Claude. Bigger marketing teams, with lots of editors, sign-offs or languages, do. For them we add a headless CMS. The CMS sits separately from your live site: your content lives there, and the site is still built before anyone visits and served from Cloudflare, so there's still no plugin stack or admin login on the live site. We use three, and pick the right one with you.

Sanity

Best for: Content-heavy marketing teams

An editing studio we shape around your content, so editors fill in clear fields instead of fighting a page builder. Several people can edit at once and preview a change before it goes live.

  • Edit together in real time
  • Preview before you publish
  • A studio built around your content

Contentful

Best for: Large teams, several sites or languages

An enterprise content platform for teams running several sites, brands or regions from one place, with roles and permissions so the right people sign off each change.

  • Roles and permissions
  • Several languages and regions
  • Several sites and brands in one place

Payload

Best for: Teams that want their content in-house

Open source and built in TypeScript, so your content sits in your own database with no per-editor licence. We tailor the admin to exactly how your team works.

  • Open source, hosted where you choose
  • Your content in your own database
  • No per-editor licence

New to headless? Read what a headless CMS is and how Payload compares with WordPress.

The proof

Built in days. Not quarters.

Don't take our word for the speed. These are our own recent builds, each one designed, built and live at the pace your site will move once it's with us.

ansell.ai

From design to live in two days

The ansell.ai site went from an approved design to live in two days, and it flies on a phone.

Design to live
2 days
Mobile Lighthouse, tested pages
95-97
Read the ansell.ai story
The ansell.ai homepage on desktop, built by Code23
The markko.ai homepage, Code23's marketplace sister brand

markko.ai

A new brand, live in a couple of days

Markko is Code23's marketplace sister brand. We took its site from build to live in a couple of days.

Read the Markko story

Google Ads landing pages

New campaign pages in a couple of hours

A fresh landing page for every campaign, matched to the search and tracked from the first click. Built in a couple of hours, so your ads never wait on your website.

Google Ads with Code23

After launch

A website that keeps moving forward

Keep your site moving with your business. With your agreement, we review consented visitor data and propose improvements for your approval. Ongoing work is scoped separately, and your team decides what goes live.

  1. Visitors

    Visitors use the site

    With consent, visits and clicks help reveal what works.

  2. PostHog

    PostHog shows what they do

    We review consented data to find where people stall.

  3. Code23

    We propose improvements

    A new page, a sharper section, a shorter form.

  4. Your team

    Your team approves

    Nothing goes live until you say yes.

  5. Live

    It's live in days

    Agreed changes are built, checked and released.

Who this is for

Built for businesses that move

Businesses whose website wins enquiries, publishes content and needs to change as fast as their market. Shops, member areas and custom systems can often keep their platform while the marketing site moves.

Best for

  • Business sites on WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Wix or Squarespace
  • Teams who want new pages & campaigns live in days
  • Teams tired of plugin updates & security patches
  • Sites that feel slow, fragile or hard to change

Not the right fit

  • A shop or member area that needs a full rebuild (we'll scope that separately)
  • Anyone who wants to stay on their current platform

two ways to move

Keep your design, or glow it up

Happy with how your site looks? We move it exactly as it is. Want it sharper? We redesign it on the way. Either way, you can keep improving it after launch.

  • Move it as it is

    Same design, same words, same URLs. Just faster, with no plugins to patch.

    • Your design and content, rebuilt on Astro
    • Same URLs, so your rankings come with you
    • Forms, tracking and redirects carried over
    • AI editing set up for your team
  • Move it and glow it up

    Everything in the straight move, with the design sharpened while we're in there.

    • A design glow-up and your own design system
    • Smooth GSAP motion and animation
    • SEO built into the code: titles, schema and clean headings
    • AI editing set up for your team

What comes with you

Everything that matters comes with you

A new platform shouldn't cost you the rankings, leads and data you've already earned. We check every item on this list before your domain moves.

  • Rankings and URLs

    Every page you rank for is mapped before we build, and keeps its address or gets a proper redirect.

  • Redirects

    301s for every URL that changes, tested against your live site before switch-over.

  • Schema and metadata

    Titles, descriptions, canonicals and structured data carried across and checked.

  • Forms

    Every enquiry form rebuilt, tested end to end and still landing where your team expects.

  • Analytics and tracking pixels

    Your analytics, ad conversion tags and tracking pixels firing from the first visit.

  • Content and media

    Pages, posts, images, video and downloads moved across, not left behind.

  • Integrations

    CRM, booking, email and payment tools reconnected and tested before switch-over.

how we check it

Checked at three screen sizes

Comparing whole pages by eye misses things. We compare section by section, on every page, at every size.

  1. Capture every page

    We capture every page of your live site at desktop, tablet and mobile sizes. That's the reference the new site is measured against.

  2. Compare section by section

    Each section of the new build is compared with the reference, and anything that doesn't match is flagged. On a glow-up, we compare against your approved new design.

  3. Recheck after every fix

    Every fix reruns the whole comparison, so a change on one page can't quietly break another.

  4. A person signs it off

    Automation and AI do the heavy checking. One of our team reviews the result and signs it off before your domain moves.

Speed guarantee

Fast, or the migration is free

Your new homepage loads in 0.9 seconds or less and scores 90 or more for performance and best practices on Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop), measured after launch. If it doesn't, you don't pay for the migration, or we refund it.

The guarantee covers the two scores the build controls. Accessibility and SEO scores also depend on the content we carry over, so we tell you what we'd change to lift them.

Rankings promise

Rankings watched for 60 days

For 60 days after launch we watch Search Console and your rankings. If a page that ranked before the move slips, we find out why and fix anything the move caused, at no extra cost.

Rankings move for lots of reasons, so nobody can promise a position. What we promise is to find and fix anything the move caused.

how it works

The move

Four steps from the site you have to the site that leads your market.

Step 1

Talk & scope

We talk through your site, then go through every page, ranking, form and integration you have now and agree what the new site needs to do better.

Scanning market
51.4360°N / 1.0651°W 6 signals

Step 2

Design & rebuild

Rebuilt on Astro as it is, or given a glow-up, with your content moved across and your team able to edit it.

Spec 02 / grid 8px
Scope locked 1390px

Step 3

Test & switch over

Redirects, tracking and forms tested on a private preview while your old site stays live. Then we move your domain across.

Deploy: production Live
Redirects tested Domain moved

Step 4

Keep improving

With your agreement, we review consented visitor data and propose improvements for your approval. Ongoing work is scoped separately, and your team decides what goes live.

Release cadence
v1.0 v1.4 v2.0
Visitor-led Live in days

verified reviews

What our clients say on Google

Real reviews from our Google Business profile.

Google 60+ reviews →

We've recently completed Phase 1 of a bespoke business valuation tool with James at Code23, and I've been extremely impressed. He has taken the time to understand both the commercial and technical requirements, communicated clearly throughout, and delivered a well-thought-out system with a high level of flexibility. The admin dashboard, in particular, gives us full control over the scoring and valuation logic, which was a key requirement. I'm looking forward to working with James on Phase 2 and would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone looking for bespoke software development – Jason Atkins, Director, Lansley Commercial

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Jason Atkins Lansley Commercial

We couldn’t be happier with the service from Code23. They were a pleasure to work with—friendly, professional, and really took the time to understand our needs. They met our brief perfectly, delivering a website that looks great and performs exactly as we envisioned, all at excellent value for money. What sets Code23 apart is their aftercare. Knowing they are on hand to monitor and maintain our website means we never have to worry about its performance. Their ongoing support gives us complete peace of mind, and we’d highly recommend them to anyone looking for a reliable and skilled web development team

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Dan Isterling Premier Community

It has truly been a fantastic experience working with the Code23 team. Every part of the process from the scoping and onboarding down to the design and implementation of our website was handled excellently. The quality of service delivered by the team is globally top standard and I couldn't be more satisfied with the final outcome.

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Samuel Elili Redwire Group

I have worked with Code23 and their team for over 5 years across 3 different projects ranging from mobile app development to custom WordPress websites. Together the team bring a level of expertise and professionalism I have not seen anywhere else... The results achieved have really helped to grow our business. I highly recommend their services to anyone looking for a custom project to be completed on time and in budget.

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Alexander Campbell EnjoyCBD

We worked with Code23 for a complete rebuild of our music related website. Excellent customer service and quality throughout and the build they have now completed is fantastic - exceeded all expectations across the board. Fantastic company with a dynamic and motivated team who are great to work with. Would highly recommend!

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Nathan Fullbrook Jamma Music

Joe and the team at code23 have done a fantastic job helping us design and build our new website. I feel they really captured the quality of the Draks brand. Would highly recommend.

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Louise Sellar Draks
faq

Website migration questions

Will we lose our Google rankings?

We map every URL you rank for before we build. Each page keeps its address or gets a 301 redirect, and titles, descriptions, canonicals and schema come across with it. For 60 days after launch we watch Search Console and your rankings, and if a page that ranked before the move slips, we fix anything the move caused at no extra cost.

Do we need a CMS to edit the site?

Most sites don't. We build your own design system, then your team updates pages and builds new ones by asking ChatGPT or Claude, and every page still looks right. Bigger marketing teams usually do, and for them we add a headless CMS: Sanity, Contentful or Payload, depending on how many editors, sign-offs and languages you have. The live site is still built before anyone visits, so it stays fast with no plugins to patch.

Can you keep our design exactly as it is?

Yes. We can move your site as it is: same design, same words, same URLs. Or we can sharpen the design on the way. Either way, you can keep improving it after launch.

Is there a speed guarantee?

Yes. Your new homepage loads in 0.9 seconds or less and scores 90 or more for performance and best practices on Google PageSpeed Insights (desktop), measured after launch. If it doesn't, you don't pay for the migration, or we refund it.

Is this a plugin for our current site?

No. We rebuild your site as a new Astro site, move your content across and point your domain at it. Once it's live, you can cancel the old platform plan or hosting.

What are we on afterwards?

A standard Astro project, kept in a code repository with a full history of every change and served from Cloudflare. Any developer or AI coding tool can work on it.

Do we need to know how to code?

No. Your team describes a change to ChatGPT or Claude in plain English, checks it on a preview link and approves it. The code is there if a developer ever wants it.

Will pages built with AI look generic?

No. We design your site and build your own design system first: your components, styles and page patterns. New pages are built from it, so they look like your brand, not a template.

Do we keep our domain?

Yes. Your domain stays registered to you. On launch day we point it at the new site and make sure your email and other records keep working.

Are we locked in to Code23?

No. Any engineer or AI coding tool can work on the site, and if you ever want to move it elsewhere we hand it over. You stay with us because the work is good, not because you can't leave.

Will the site go down when we switch?

No planned downtime. The new site is built and tested on a private preview while your current site stays live. On launch day we point your domain at the new site, and visitors move across as that change spreads.

Which platforms can you move us from?

WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Wix, Squarespace and most others. Where a platform won't export everything, we rebuild from your live site and move your content across for you.

Will the new site be faster?

If you're moving from WordPress, usually: pages are built before anyone visits, with no database or plugin stack behind them. How much faster depends on how your current site is set up. ansell.ai scores 95 to 97 for mobile Lighthouse on tested pages. Webflow and Framer sites are usually quick already, so leaving them is about changing it faster and designing without a page builder's limits.

Why Astro, and is it a safe bet?

Astro turns your pages into fast, plain files before anyone visits. Cloudflare acquired the Astro team in January 2026 and Astro stays open source, and developers ranked it top for satisfaction among meta-frameworks in the State of JS 2025 survey. Code23's own site moved from WordPress to Astro in 2026.

Can you move a WooCommerce shop or member area?

Often the marketing pages move while the shop or member area stays on its own platform. When we talk, we'll tell you which parts suit a straight move and which need more planning.

How long does a migration take?

It depends on how many page layouts and integrations the site has. ansell.ai went from design to live in 2 days; larger sites take longer. Your quote includes the timeline, so you know before you agree.

How much does a migration cost?

Every migration is a fixed price agreed before we start, and we set the exact figure after a session about your site. After launch there are no plugin licences or page-builder subscriptions to stack up.

Request a session

Ready to lead? Let's move your site

Send your current website address and platform. We'll arrange a migration session to talk through the move, then quote a fixed price before any work starts.

  • What moves across, page by page
  • What's holding your current site back
  • What we'd build first to pull ahead
  • A fixed price for the move

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