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How to Execute a Contao to WordPress Migration Without Losing Data, SEO, or Your Mind: Top Agencies That Get It Right in 2026

DEV Community·Oliver Pitts·29 days ago
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A Contao to WordPress Migration without a proper content architecture audit, URL redirect mapping, tl_content table restructuring, metadata transfer, and staging validation is a production incident waiting to happen. This post covers the full technical workflow and the agencies verified to execute it correctly in 2026. Why Developers Keep Getting Handed This Migration Your client has been running Contao since 2014. The site works. The content is there. The SEO is solid. But the editor interface makes the content team send support tickets every week. The extension library has not kept pace with WordPress. The developer pool for Contao customizations is shrinking every year. And the client wants WooCommerce for a new eCommerce component that Contao simply cannot match. The decision is made: migrate to WordPress. Now the migration is yours to execute. And here is the first thing you learn: Contao stores its content in one of the most architecturally unusual ways of any major CMS.…

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