WordPress to Next.js Migration Service, Backed by 62,609 Tracked Switches

• The flow runs 12.3 to 1 toward Next.js. Since May 19, 2026, TechnologyChecker.io's crawl has seen 62,609 domains drop WordPress for Next.js and 5,084 go the other way.
• Next.js is the top destination for sites leaving WordPress. It takes 2.2× as many WordPress leavers as Astro, the next most common destination.
• 14.3% of the companies that moved are technology firms, against 3.4% of all WordPress companies (software, IT services and internet; 42,392 movers matched to a company).
• 60.4% of movers have 1–10 employees, against 66.1% of WordPress's base.
• WordPress runs on 13× as many live domains as Next.js (9,555,391 vs 731,970), and companies with 501+ employees make up 3.5% of Next.js's users against 1.6% for WordPress.
• 39,722 domains run both today, often a Next.js app on one host and the WordPress marketing site or blog on another, a headless setup, or a move still in progress.

WordPress runs more of the web than anything else, and most of those sites are fine where they are. Teams move to Next.js when the website has to work like part of the product, or when plugins and updates take more time than the site itself.

They work at different layers. WordPress is where editors write and how most sites are served; Next.js is a React framework that builds the public site and any app around it, from files, a CMS or WordPress itself. That is why a move can retire WordPress or keep it behind the scenes.

Dimension	WordPress	Next.js
What it is	CMS: editors write in wp-admin and the theme renders each page	React framework for websites and web apps, from static pages to full products
Rendering	PHP on every request, unless a caching plugin or the host serves a copy	Static, server-rendered or refreshed in the background, chosen page by page
JavaScript	Theme, plugin and page-builder scripts on most pages	React on every page; Server Components keep much of the code on the server
Editing	The block editor in wp-admin, for anyone on the team	Headless WordPress, a CMS such as Sanity or Contentful, or Markdown files
Extensions	A plugin for almost everything, each one more code to update	Packages and services written into the site and reviewed in code
Hosting	A PHP host with a database, often managed WordPress hosting	Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, or any Node.js server or container
Security and updates	Core, theme and plugin updates, and a login page on the public site	No wp-admin on the public site; framework and package updates in the repository
AI agents	AI plugins and assistants inside wp-admin	Any coding agent in your repository: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex
Best for	Sites run by editors, and stores or member areas built on plugins	Sites that are part of a product: logins, dynamic pages and custom features

We read G2's published numbers for both listings on Nov 5, 2026: WordPress 4.4/5 from 9,556 reviews, Next.js 4.7/5 from 17. Of WordPress's 4 most-mentioned complaints, moving to Next.js solves 1, softens 2 and leaves 1 where it was.

How G2 reviewers score each

Meets requirements

WordPress

8.8 (8,466)

Next.js

9.1 (16)

Ease of use

WordPress

8.3 (8,517)

Next.js

8.9 (16)

Ease of setup

WordPress

8.2 (4,654)

Next.js

9.0 (16)

Quality of support

WordPress

7.8 (6,842)

Next.js

8.2 (14)

Stated preference and revealed preference point the same way. G2 reviewers score Next.js higher on 4 of 4 shared criteria, on too few answers to call; our crawl shows the move itself, 12.3 domains leaving WordPress for Next.js for every one going back. For scale, WordPress's own G2 reviewers report 1 months to implement WordPress itself (2623 responses).

Counted by TechnologyChecker.io's crawl. Switched = dropped WordPress on every host we track since May 19, 2026 and currently runs Next.js. A drop is a tag disappearing from our crawl, not a confirmed cancellation. 39,722 domains run both today. Counts are domains, not accounts.

We matched 42,392 of the 62,609 domains that moved to a company record. Technology firms lead at 14.3%, 4.2× their share of WordPress's base, followed by advertising services, construction, and business consulting and services. By size, 60.4% have 1–10 employees against 66.1% of WordPress's base.

Next.js is the most common destination for domains that drop WordPress: 62,609 since May 19, 2026, against 28,583 for Astro, the next most common.

Next.js

62,609

Astro

28,583

Wix

7,119

Squarespace

6,107

Webflow

5,821

Price follows the size of the site, counted in pages from your sitemap, CMS items included. Each package covers the rebuild, the content import, redirects, testing and launch. Stores, member areas, logins, multilingual plugins such as WPML and custom plugins are scoped on the call, because that is where WordPress estimates go wrong.

Does it pay back? It rarely does on hosting alone. It pays when developer control, performance and workflow speed are worth more than WordPress's convenience. For reference, WordPress's G2 reviewers report 10 months to see a return on WordPress itself (1793 responses).

The right method depends on whether you have React developers and whether marketing still needs to publish without them.

Costs and timelines are typical market ranges for planning, not figures from our data. Our own price for your site comes from the calculator above.

• Page-builder and shortcode markupPosts built with Elementor, Divi or WPBakery export as builder markup and shortcodes, not clean content. A converter copies the clutter across.

  Each builder layout becomes a React component that matches the design, and every post's content is cleaned of builder markup and shortcodes.

• Plugins doing real jobsForms, SEO metadata, redirects, search and analytics often come from plugins, and each one stops working the day the theme goes.

  We list every active plugin on the scoping call and replace each job: a form handler, metadata from the CMS, redirects in the Next.js config, a search index.

• WordPress URLs and archivesDate-based permalinks, category and tag archives, /page/2/ pagination, feeds and attachment pages all have URLs Google already knows.

  We keep every URL we can, 301 the rest, rebuild the RSS feed and the sitemap, and check every old URL against the new site before launch.

• Images in /wp-content/uploads/Posts point at images in /wp-content/uploads/, often in several sizes, and other sites link straight to them.

  We move the media library, serve images through Next.js image optimisation, and keep or redirect the old upload paths so links and image search don't break.

• Too much JavaScript on mobileA React site can ship more JavaScript than the WordPress theme it replaces, and pass Core Web Vitals less often on phones.

  Pages stay static unless they need data, components render on the server by default, and every template is tested on a mid-range phone before launch.

• Editors losing wp-adminWriters who publish in wp-admin every day need somewhere to write after the move.

  We pick the editing setup with you: WordPress as a headless CMS, a CMS such as Sanity or Contentful, or Markdown with an AI agent. The team is trained before launch.

You don't have to retire WordPress. In a headless setup, editors keep writing in wp-admin while Next.js serves the public site from the WordPress REST API or WPGraphQL, with WordPress moved to a subdomain such as cms.yoursite.com. Visitors only ever load the Next.js site.

Our crawl sees 39,722 domains running WordPress and Next.js at the same time (Nov 5, 2026). Some are partway through a move; many are a deliberate split.

If your editors won't leave wp-admin, we build the Next.js front end on your WordPress first and move the content later, or never.

Ask any partner these questions before you sign, us included. A fixed price before anyone has looked at your interactions and CMS is a guess you pay for later.

1. 01
   EstimateEnter your site's address. The calculator counts your posts, pages and archives from the sitemap WordPress or your SEO plugin publishes.
2. 02
   Scoping call and fixed quoteWe go through your plugins, page builder, forms and editing needs, agree a full move or headless, and send a fixed price and timeline.
3. 03
   BuildOur engineers rebuild the templates first, using AI agents for the repetitive parts such as content clean-up, then move the content and check every page against the live site.
4. 04
   LaunchWe switch DNS, watch errors, speed and Search Console, and hand over the repository and the editing setup.

TechnologyChecker sells this migration. The switching numbers come from the same crawl that powers our technology profiles and are not adjusted for this page.