For years, I built my websites on WordPress. It’s fast to set up, easy to manage, and you can get a site live in a day. But as I started building more products and landing pages, I wanted more speed, more control, and cleaner design workflows.
That’s when I started moving towards Next.js + Vercel.
I’m not doing a “big migration” all at once. I’m doing it slowly—one site, one page, one feature at a time.
Why I’m moving away from WordPress
WordPress is great, but I kept running into the same problems:
- Too many plugins for simple things
- Random theme limitations
- Performance issues (especially on mobile)
- Security + updates always in the back of my mind
- Small UI changes taking too long
I wanted a setup where pages load fast, are easy to customize, and feel modern.
Next.js gives me that. Vercel makes it easy to deploy.
My new setup: Next.js + Vercel
Here’s what I’m doing now:
- Build the website in Next.js
- Keep styles consistent (simple, clean UI)
- Deploy directly to Vercel
- Connect a custom domain
- Push updates like software: clean and predictable
The biggest difference: I’m treating websites like products, not like “pages in a CMS.”
How I’m converting each WordPress site
My migration process is simple and repeatable:
- Start with the important pages
- Home
- About
- Services / Pricing
- Contact
- Copy the content manually
- I take the text from WordPress and paste it into Next.js components.
- I clean it up while doing this (shorter, clearer, more direct).
- Replace plugins with simple tools
- Forms → simple API route + email service
- SEO → Next.js metadata + sitemap
- Analytics → Vercel Analytics or Google Analytics
- Move blogs later
- Blog migration is the hardest part, so I usually do it last.
- Sometimes I keep WordPress only for blogging until I’m ready.
Why I’m doing it slowly (on purpose)
I’m not rushing because I don’t want downtime or chaos.
Doing it slowly helps me:
- Keep my sites live and stable
- Learn and improve my Next.js patterns
- Rebuild design the right way (not copy-paste messy layouts)
- Focus on what actually drives results (speed + clarity + conversions)
Each new Next.js site becomes a better version of the last one.
Where I’m heading
My long-term goal is simple:
- All marketing sites on Next.js + Vercel
- Fast pages, clean UI, easy updates
- Fewer tools, fewer plugins, fewer things breaking
- A setup that scales with me as I build more products
WordPress helped me move fast in the beginning.
Now Vercel + Next.js is helping me build for the long run.
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