Move your WordPress site to an AI website builder, with no plugins to update
Pagesmith is an AI website builder that imports your live WordPress site from its public URL, with no plugins, export files, or database work. Keep your current design or let the AI modernize it, then publish pages that load fast for visitors everywhere.
Keeping a WordPress site running means constant updates: plugins, themes, the WordPress system itself, and hosting. Security issues are a growing concern on top of that. In 2026, WordPress shipped a run of security releases, and most reported vulnerabilities sit in plugins.
Updated October 2026
How to migrate a WordPress site by URL
Paste the WordPress URL
Paste the public address of the live site. No plugin, no export file, and no WordPress login.
Choose Preserve or Enhance
Preserve keeps the current design. Enhance keeps the content and applies a modern redesign.
Homepage first, then the rest
After the homepage, Pagesmith finds your other pages and posts from the sitemap and homepage links, shows you the list, and imports the ones you confirm.
Why people are leaving WordPress in 2026
WordPress core is actively maintained, and security fixes ship quickly. As of October 2026, this year's releases have still been a steady load:
- WordPress 7.0.2 July 2026
Fixed a critical SQL injection that could lead to remote code execution. WordPress forced automatic updates for affected sites.
- WordPress 7.0.3 August 2026
Twelve security fixes.
- WordPress 7.0.4 August 2026
Fixed remote code execution on sites using Imagick with Ghostscript, exploitable by a user with Author access or higher.
- WordPress 7.1.1 September 2026
Eleven more security fixes, which also affect the 7.0 branch.
Core is only part of the work. Patchstack reports that about 91% of WordPress vulnerabilities reported in 2025 were in plugins (State of WordPress Security in 2026). That figure counts reported vulnerabilities, not hacked sites. A typical marketing site also runs a page builder, a form plugin, an SEO plugin, a cache plugin, and a backup plugin, and each one has its own updates.
On Pagesmith the public site is built in advance and loads fast for visitors everywhere, with no plugin stack to update. WordPress security risks in 2026.
No WordPress security, caching, or SEO plugins needed
Much of the WordPress maintenance work comes from the plugins that make a site fast, safe, and findable. On Pagesmith all three are built in.
No speed or caching plugins
Replaces WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, image optimizers
Pages are built in advance and load fast for visitors everywhere. Your site does not have to assemble pages from a database on each visit, so there is nothing to cache or tune.
No security plugins
Replaces Wordfence, Sucuri, login limiters
The public site has no plugins and no admin login page for anyone to attack. A secure connection (SSL) is included, and Pagesmith maintains the platform.
SEO tools included
Replaces Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO
Titles, descriptions, search engine settings, a sitemap, and redirects for old links are part of every site. The editor adds an SEO audit with recommendations, a score trend, analytics, and Search Console.
WordPress migration step by step
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Paste your WordPress URL
Paste the public address of the live site. Pagesmith reads the published pages. You do not install a plugin, upload an export, or log in to WordPress. The site has to be reachable without a login. If the site belongs to a client, get permission first.
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Choose Preserve or Enhance
Preserve keeps the current design and structure. Enhance keeps the content and applies a modern redesign. Choose Preserve when the look should stay familiar. Choose Enhance when the content is worth keeping and the design is not.
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The homepage is imported first
Pagesmith imports the homepage first, including the navigation and footer the other pages share. Review that page before you import the rest.
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Confirm the rest of the pages
Pagesmith finds the other pages and posts from your sitemap and from links on the homepage. You see the list before anything is imported, and only the pages you confirm come across. Larger sites come over in batches.
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Make it yours
Look through the imported pages and change anything you like, by asking in chat or with the visual editor.
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Rebuild what plugins did
Plugins do not move across. Ask for the feature you still need: a contact form, a photo gallery, a booking link, a map. Pagesmith writes it into the site, so there is no plugin to update.
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Connect the domain and add redirects
Transfer the domain to Pagesmith, point it to us, or add a CNAME record (a small setting at your domain provider). Make sure old links keep working by adding a redirect for every page address that changed. You can do this in chat or in domain settings. Your email keeps working.
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Launch and check Search Console
Publish, submit the new sitemap, and watch Search Console for crawl errors and missing pages over the following weeks.
What moves from WordPress, and what doesn't
The import reads your public site. It is not a copy of the WordPress database, so anything a visitor cannot see stays behind.
Carries over
- Text and structure of your public pages
- Images, copied into your site storage
- Page titles and meta descriptions
- Blog posts under /blog/, /news/, /articles/, /article/, or /posts/, as editable posts
- Your design, when you choose Preserve
Does not carry over
- Drafts, private pages, and anything behind a login
- WordPress users, comments, and past form submissions
- Plugin settings and plugin features
- WooCommerce products, orders, and customers
- Membership and course logic
Replace WordPress plugins with AI
WordPress plugins do not run on Pagesmith, and you will not miss most of them. Need a contact form or an online store? Ask the AI. The same goes for galleries, sliders, and anything else your site needs.
| On WordPress | On Pagesmith |
|---|---|
| Contact Form 7, WPForms, plus an SMTP plugin | Ask for a contact form and it works right away. Submissions are emailed to you, with spam protection included. To send from your own address, connect a Resend account. |
| WooCommerce | Turn on the built-in online store: products with variants and images, collections, cart, checkout with shipping and tax, discount codes, orders, customers, and order emails, with Stripe for card payments. Products are added again in the store admin, not imported. |
| Gallery, slider, and lightbox plugins | Ask for a gallery, a carousel, or a lightbox. The AI writes it into your site, so there is no plugin to update. |
| Page builder add-ons: tabs, accordions, pricing tables, animations | Describe the section you want and the AI builds it. Refine it in chat or in the visual editor. |
| Booking, map, chat, and newsletter widgets | Ask the AI to build them into your site. If you have an embedded service, paste its embed code. |
| Redirection plugin | Make old links point to your new pages. Add redirects in chat or in domain settings. |
Move your domain and keep your email
You have three ways to connect the domain you already own, and you can also buy a new domain directly in Pagesmith.
- Transfer the domain to Pagesmith. Domain, settings, hosting, and renewals in one place.
- Point your nameservers to Pagesmith. The domain stays where you bought it, and Pagesmith manages its settings.
- Add a CNAME record. Add a small setting at your domain provider to point only the website to Pagesmith.
When Pagesmith manages your domain, your existing email settings are kept, so your email keeps working.
Hosting, SSL, and publishing are included. Cancel the old WordPress hosting once the new site is live and you are happy with it.
Eligible plans can export the site as a standard Astro project and sync it with GitHub.
Keep your SEO when you leave WordPress
Pagesmith sites are fast and SEO-friendly out of the box. The one thing to remember: if a page address changes in the move, ask the AI to add a redirect from the old address.
Fast by default
Pages are built in advance and load fast for visitors everywhere, without any tuning.
Your SEO comes with you
Page titles and descriptions are imported from your WordPress pages. Search engine settings and a sitemap are added automatically.
See how you are doing
Connect Google Search Console in the editor to follow your search traffic, and run the SEO audit for recommendations.
Import your WordPress site
Paste the public address of your site. You get an editable draft to review before anything goes live, and your WordPress site keeps running until you move the domain.
Comparing options first? Read WordPress alternative or Pagesmith vs WordPress.
Questions or need a hand with the move? Email [email protected] or submit a ticket from your dashboard.
No credit card required to start. Review the draft before publishing.