1&1 MyWebsite → WordPress · End-to-end migration
1&1 MyWebsite to WordPress Migration Service
- Full WordPress rebuild with design, features and plugins tailored to your business
- All pages, blog posts and images transferred with no content loss
- Domain transfer from IONOS and new WordPress hosting set up for you
Great work and really good communicator. Would recommend for web site build as was a fast, friendly service and happy to accommodate last minute changes.
Steve Beber
CEO, AssetSpire
Why Move From 1&1 MyWebsite To WordPress?
WordPress gives you full ownership of your website and hosting. Where 1&1 MyWebsite offers a self-contained set of built-in features on IONOS infrastructure, WordPress is open-source, runs on any hosting provider, and has over 60,000 plugins to add virtually any feature your business needs.
Host Your Site Anywhere
WordPress runs on any hosting provider, giving you complete freedom over where your site lives and what you pay for it. Move hosts at any time for better performance, pricing or support, without rebuilding your site from scratch.
Access 60,000+ Plugins
Whatever your business needs next, there is a WordPress plugin for it. From booking systems and membership areas to advanced SEO and ecommerce, most features are a quick install away, often free or low cost, with no custom development needed.
Advanced SEO Tooling
Plugins like Yoast SEO and RankMath give you granular control over titles, meta descriptions, schema markup, XML sitemaps and 301 redirects across every page of your site. WordPress makes technical SEO straightforward for any team.
A Platform That Scales
WordPress powers everything from small business brochure sites to large enterprise platforms. As your content, traffic and feature requirements grow, WordPress grows with you, adding pages, products, users and integrations without hitting any ceiling.
Why us
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How it works
How Does Our 1&1 MyWebsite To WordPress Migration Service Work?
A 1&1 MyWebsite to WordPress migration runs in three stages. We start by rebuilding your site’s design and functionality as a WordPress theme on a private staging server. We then extract your pages, blog posts and images from the live 1&1 MyWebsite and import them into WordPress. Once everything is in place and approved, we handle the go-live and coordinate the domain transfer away from IONOS.
Rebuilding Your 1&1 MyWebsite Design In WordPress
We begin by recreating your site’s layout, design and functionality as a WordPress theme, built on a staging server away from your live 1&1 MyWebsite. WordPress gives us full control over every design decision, so we can match your existing look precisely or improve on it where needed. You review and approve the design before we move on to content migration.
Content Mapping
1&1 MyWebsite does not provide a standard content export, so we extract your pages, text content, blog posts and images directly from the live site. We restructure this material into WordPress pages, posts and the media library, preserving formatting, internal links and image files throughout.
Testing & Going Live
With all content in place on staging, we carry out a structured QA pass before launch. We check every page on desktop and mobile, confirm that contact forms submit correctly, and verify all navigation links and calls to action. We then coordinate the domain transfer away from IONOS, apply 301 redirects to protect your search rankings, and switch the site live.
Our customers rate us EXCELLENT.
The team
The Team Behind Your 1&1 MyWebsite To WordPress Migration
James is the owner of Square Internet and is responsible for making sure everything runs like a well oiled machine.
Danilo is a skilled senior full stack WordPress developer with years of experience building, debugging and optimising WordPress sites.
Martin is a certified ScrumMaster (CSM)® and has 8 years experience in the software industry. He is responsible for managing our WordPress support projects and ensuring that work is completed in full to deadline.
From our end, customers have been very happy with the sites your team put together. Quite a few have had zero requested revisions and had us immediately update their DNS. We really appreciate your help and high-quality work.
Pre-launch checklist
1&1 MyWebsite to WordPress Migration Checklist
Is your 1&1 MyWebsite migration running on a staging environment, completely separate from your live IONOS site? Keep the original 1&1 MyWebsite live until the new WordPress site has been fully reviewed and signed off.
Check that all pages, blog posts, images and other media have been correctly migrated from 1&1 MyWebsite to WordPress. Pay particular attention to any contact forms, embedded content and third-party widgets that were part of the original site.
Does your WordPress site have the same design and functionality? Check that all functionality works as it should, it could be different on WordPress
Is your newly migrated site fully mobile responsive? If it wasn’t before, should it be now?
Use view page source by right clicking with your mouse on a page or post to check that the meta data is correct and matches your old site
Ensure that you are using the correct domain prefix, if you are using www on your old website, your new site on WordPress should do the same
Check that any scripts used for marketing, analytics or embedding third party services have been placed in the correct place on your new WordPress website, or these services may break
Frequently asked questions about 1&1 MyWebsite to WordPress migrations
Yes. Your domain can be transferred away from IONOS to a new registrar, or pointed at your new WordPress hosting while staying registered with IONOS. We manage the DNS changes and domain transfer as part of the migration, so your live URL stays the same with no disruption to your visitors.
No — protecting your search visibility is one of the main reasons to migrate properly. We preserve your existing URL structure, page titles and meta data, and put any required 301 redirects in place so that link equity carries over. This is exactly where automated tools fall down, and exactly where a hand-built migration protects you.
No. We build and test your new WordPress site on a separate staging environment, completely away from your live site and your customers. Your current 1&1 MyWebsite stays online and untouched the entire time. We only switch over to the new website once it has been fully tested and signed off by you.
No. Automated tools are unreliable and struggle even with the simplest sites. They routinely mangle content, site structure and meta data. We write a bespoke script that maps your 1&1 MyWebsite pages and content to the correct fields in WordPress, so pages, posts, images and meta data all land in the right place. Your new site is then built on top.
We can work with whichever framework you’re comfortable with. For most clients we recommend Elementor as the most cost-effective and easy-to-maintain option, but if you prefer Gutenberg, a custom theme or another builder, we’re happy to build to that.
Every site is different, so we price each migration individually based on the number of templates, the volume of content and the complexity of functionality. Most projects fall between the £2,000 to £5,000 range. Fill in the form below with a link to your current site and we’ll get back in touch to provide a quote.
Due to our thorough testing process, your site will go live seamlessly. However, we will be on hand to assist should any teething issues arise, and many clients choose to move onto one of our ongoing WordPress maintenance plans for updates, backups, security and support.
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