GoDaddy to WordPress Migration

GoDaddy Website Builder to WordPress Migration

We move websites built with GoDaddy Website Builder to WordPress by rebuilding the pages, moving the content and replacing the features that stop working outside the builder. GoDaddy's help describes no way to export a whole builder site for use elsewhere, so we plan a rebuild and never assume a ready-made copy.

Your domain name is a separate matter from the website. We keep the two apart in the plan, so the domain changes only when you are ready.

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01Choose

Choose what you want to change

Do you need the pages moved, the design rebuilt, or the bookings, forms and shop replaced? Tick one part, several, or the whole project, and the plan will show what each involves.

Where this startsOur website is on GoDaddy Website Builder and we want WordPress, but I do not know what can be taken out or what happens to our domain.

Choose one part, several parts or the whole project

Plan the complete GoDaddy to WordPress moveJoin the rebuild, feature replacement and domain steps into one plan.

Inventory of pages, posts, forms, bookings and products
Content moved and WordPress templates built
Booking, form and shop replacements tested
Domain decision, redirects and launch checks
Handover to your editors

Check first: Which bookings, forms and shop features cannot be left out.

Next: Send your GoDaddy address and a list of the features customers use.

Move pages and contentBring your text, images and blog posts into WordPress.
- List every page and blog post worth keeping
- Copy text and download images from the live pages
- Set up WordPress pages, posts and categories
- Check descriptive text on images
Check first: Which pages still earn their place before we copy anything.
Related: Website Migration Services, WordPress Website Design
Next: Send your GoDaddy address and mark any pages you plan to drop.
Rebuild the design and navigationRecreate your layouts and menus as WordPress templates.
- Group pages into a small set of page types
- Build templates, header, footer and menu
- Match your brand colours, fonts and logo
- Check every layout on phone and desktop
Check first: Whether you want a close match to the current look or a fresh design.
Related: WordPress Website Design, Headless CMS Development
Next: Share links to one page of each type and any brand files.
Replace bookings, forms and shopChoose and test a WordPress tool for each feature the builder gave you.
- Pick a booking tool and rebuild the booking steps
- Rebuild each form and set where messages go
- Take products from GoDaddy's product CSV file
- Test a booking, a form and a purchase
Check first: Which features customers use every week, so they are tested first.
Related: WordPress Website Design, Website Migration Services
Next: List your bookings, forms and any shop products, with how they are paid for.
Sort out the domain and launchDecide where the domain lives and switch the site over.
- Confirm where the domain is registered
- Choose to keep it in place or transfer it
- Prepare and test a redirect map
- Change the domain settings on launch day
Check first: Who holds the domain login and where it is registered.
Related: Website Migration Services
Next: Tell us where the domain is registered and who can sign in to it.

In plain terms

CSV file: A simple spreadsheet-style file that holds rows of data, such as products.
Redirect map: A list that sends visitors from each old address to its new one.
DNS records: The domain settings that tell the internet where your site lives.

02If-then

If your GoDaddy site has this, here is what we do

Look at the features you rely on every week. Each one needs its own answer in WordPress.

On your GoDaddy site
Pages and blog posts
In WordPress
Rebuilt as pages and posts, with text and images moved across
On your GoDaddy site
Online store
In WordPress
Products taken from GoDaddy's CSV file (a spreadsheet of product rows), then checked and imported
On your GoDaddy site
Appointment booking
In WordPress
A WordPress booking tool chosen, set up and tested
On your GoDaddy site
Contact and enquiry forms
In WordPress
Rebuilt, with a clear place for each message to arrive
On your GoDaddy site
Domain name
In WordPress
Left where it is or transferred, as a separate decision

03Rebuild

What GoDaddy lets you take, and what we rebuild

GoDaddy's help documents a CSV export for store products. It covers product data only, so other store records need their own plan. A backup download sold as a separate GoDaddy product is not shown to export a builder-made site, so we do not rely on it.

The rest is rebuilt from your live pages. We copy the text, download your images and recreate each layout as a WordPress template (a saved page design that new pages reuse). Your current pages are the reference if you want a similar look. Our WordPress Website Design service covers the build.

04Test

Try a booking, a form and a purchase before launch

We test on a private copy of the site. These are the checks that matter most on a builder site:

Book an appointment as a customer and confirm your team sees it.
Send every enquiry form and check where each message lands.
Add a product to the basket and follow the purchase steps in the shop's test setting.
Open one blog post, one service page and the menu on a phone.
Click every link in the footer and the header.

You approve the wording and layouts before anything goes live.

05Domain

Decide where the domain lives, then switch

Registering a domain and hosting a website are managed separately at GoDaddy, and hosting is charged apart from the domain. We ask whether you want to keep the domain where it is and change its settings (the DNS records that tell the internet where the site lives), or move it to another registrar through GoDaddy's own transfer process.

GoDaddy's transfer steps do not say what happens to the builder site afterwards. So we move nothing until the WordPress site is approved. Before launch we prepare a redirect map (a list sending each old address to its new one) and test it. We then monitor search performance, with no promise that it will stay the same. The wider process is in Website Migration Services.

Questions about leaving GoDaddy

Can GoDaddy export my whole site?

Not that we can confirm. We found no full-site export in GoDaddy's help, so the pages are rebuilt in WordPress.

Do I have to transfer my domain away from GoDaddy?

No. The domain can stay where it is, or move later as a separate step. We agree the choice with you before launch.

Will my online store products move?

Partly. GoDaddy offers a product CSV file, which we check and import. Orders and customer details need a separate plan.

Will my bookings and forms work after the move?

Not automatically. Each one is replaced by a WordPress tool and tested, so the old settings are not carried over.

Start from what your site does today

Send us your GoDaddy address, list the bookings, forms and shop features you use, and tell us who holds the domain login. We will assess the rebuild and plan the switch around them.

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