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Migrations & Upgrades

Move sites and apps safely across platforms, versions, hosting providers, and cloud environments.

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Move or upgrade a website, store, CMS, application, or hosting environment without losing business-critical details.

Media Decoding can plan and execute migrations across platforms, hosting providers, CMS systems, commerce versions, databases, themes, and integrations with careful testing and launch support.

Audit current data, URLs, custom code, extensions, integrations, analytics, and hosting.
Create a migration map for content, products, customers, redirects, and technical settings.
Test the migrated platform before cutover and monitor after launch.

Example migration plan

How the work can come together

Audit

Identify what must move and what can be retired.

Map

Plan data, URL, design, and integration changes.

Move

Migrate in stages with testing checkpoints.

Cutover

Launch with backups, redirects, and monitoring.

Platform moves with data and SEO protection

Migrate or upgrade websites, stores, and applications without losing control of content, data, or user experience.

Media Decoding supports migrations and upgrades for commerce platforms, CMS websites, custom applications, databases, hosting environments, and integrations.

We plan the move around content, URLs, SEO, data quality, extensions, themes, integrations, workflows, and launch timing so the transition is controlled.

Best fit for teams that need
Data and content protection
Platform compatibility
Launch transition support

Data and content protection

Plan products, pages, customers, orders, media, redirects, and metadata before moving.

Platform compatibility

Review themes, plugins, extensions, custom code, APIs, and hosting requirements.

Launch transition support

Validate the new environment, run checks, and monitor issues after go-live.

Service depth

Migration and upgrade services.

A migration is more than copying files. It must preserve business functions and improve the platform foundation.

Platform migration planning and scope definition

Planned and implemented with practical business value, maintainability, and launch readiness in mind.

CMS, commerce, database, and hosting migration support

Planned and implemented with practical business value, maintainability, and launch readiness in mind.

Theme, extension, plugin, and custom code upgrade review

Planned and implemented with practical business value, maintainability, and launch readiness in mind.

URL mapping, redirects, SEO metadata, and analytics checks

Planned and implemented with practical business value, maintainability, and launch readiness in mind.

Data mapping, imports, validation, and reconciliation

Planned and implemented with practical business value, maintainability, and launch readiness in mind.

QA, launch support, rollback planning, and post-launch fixes

Planned and implemented with practical business value, maintainability, and launch readiness in mind.

Example engagements

Migration and upgrade projects.

These examples show how Media Decoding can turn the service into practical project work instead of a generic page template.

Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce, or WooCommerce migration

Move products, categories, customers, orders, content, URLs, and commerce settings with launch planning.

WordPress or CMS upgrade

Update themes, plugins, PHP compatibility, content structure, forms, security, and performance.

Hosting or cloud move

Move files, databases, DNS, SSL, backups, environments, and deployment processes to a better setup.

Planning details

Migration details to confirm before moving

The biggest migration issues usually come from hidden dependencies, inconsistent data, missing redirects, and untested integrations.

Create a source-to-target map for data, content, and URLs
Test custom code, plugins, extensions, and theme compatibility
Validate critical forms, checkout, search, filters, and integrations
Keep rollback and backup options available during launch

Delivery flow

Controlled migration sequence

Inventory

List what needs to move, what should be retired, and what must be improved.

Translate

Map content, data, settings, URLs, fields, permissions, and integrations.

Test

Run imports, QA flows, redirects, SEO checks, and stakeholder reviews.

Cutover

Launch with monitoring, support, issue tracking, and cleanup after go-live.

Page-specific FAQ

Questions about this service.

Can you migrate eCommerce stores?

Yes. We can support store migrations involving products, categories, customers, orders, URLs, content, and integrations.

How do you protect SEO during migration?

We plan URL mapping, redirects, metadata, internal links, analytics, search console checks, and post-launch monitoring.

Can you upgrade an existing platform instead of migrating?

Yes. If the current platform is still a good fit, an upgrade may be better than a full migration.

Do you test before launch?

Yes. Testing should cover critical user journeys, data accuracy, integrations, performance, and content.

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