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WordPress Plugin Bloat: How to Measure the Real Performance Cost of Your Plugin Stack
Too many WordPress plugins slow your site in ways caching can't fix. Here's how to measure the real performance cost of each plugin and decide what to cut or rebuild.
cwvperformancewordpresspluginsttfbspeed - 11 min readMigration How-To
robots.txt and Indexing Directives After a CMS Migration: The Settings Nobody Checks
One misconfigured robots.txt can deindex your entire site after a CMS migration. Here's how to audit robots.txt, noindex tags, and crawl directives before and after launch.
migrationrobots-txtindexingnoindexcrawl-budget - 11 min readCommercial / Service
How Much Does a WordPress to Next.js Migration Cost? Pricing Breakdown for 2026
WordPress to Next.js migration costs range from $490 to $50,000+. Here's what drives the price difference and how to budget for a fixed-scope migration with full SEO parity.
commercialpricingmigration-costwordpressnextjs - 13 min readCWV / Performance
LCP Under 2.5 Seconds: A Technical Guide for Marketing Sites
Struggling to hit Google's 2.5s LCP threshold? This technical guide breaks down the 4 LCP phases, WordPress-specific fixes, and how Next.js achieves fast LCP by architecture.
cwvlcpperformancewordpressnextjstechnical-seo - 11 min readMigration How-To
XML Sitemaps for Next.js: How to Generate, Submit, and Validate After Migration
Learn how to generate an XML sitemap in Next.js App Router, what to include and exclude, when to submit to Google Search Console, and how to validate it after migration.
migrationsitemapnextjssearch-consoleindexing - 12 min readMigration How-To
Internal Linking After a CMS Migration: How to Preserve (and Improve) Your Link Structure
CMS migrations silently break internal link structures. Learn how to audit internal links before and after migration to prevent orphaned pages and link equity leaks.
migrationinternal-linkslink-equityseo-auditorphaned-pages - 10 min readPanic Intent
Your WordPress Redesign Agency Didn't Do Redirects: Now What?
Your agency launched your new site without redirects and now rankings are crashing. Here's the 48-hour emergency redirect playbook to stop the bleeding.
panicredirectsagencyemergency404sseo-recovery - 13 min readPanic Intent
Google Deindexed My Pages After Migration: How to Get Them Back
Pages disappearing from Google after a migration? Here are the 4 root causes and a priority-based reindexing recovery plan to get your pages back in search.
panicdeindexedindexingmigrationsearch-console - 12 min readCommercial / Service
Post-Launch SEO Monitoring: The 30-Day Window Where Migrations Win or Lose
The first 30 days after a site migration are critical for SEO. Here's exactly what to monitor in Google Search Console and how to catch regressions before rankings drop.
monitoringmigrationsearch-consoleseo-regressionpost-launch - 12 min readCommercial / Service
Headless WordPress SEO: What Changes When You Decouple the Frontend
Going headless with WordPress changes how SEO works. Learn what shifts with canonical tags, sitemaps, structured data, and crawlability in a decoupled architecture.
commercialheadlesswordpressnextjstechnical-seo - 14 min readCWV / Performance
INP Is Google's Newest Pain Metric: How to Diagnose and Fix Interaction Lag
INP replaced FID as Google's responsiveness metric in 2024. Learn how to diagnose Interaction to Next Paint issues and fix interaction lag on WordPress and Next.js sites.
cwvinpperformancejavascriptwordpressnextjs - 12 min readMigration How-To
Schema Parity: How Rich Results Disappear Overnight During CMS Rebuilds
Rich results disappear when structured data gets lost in a CMS rebuild. Here's how to inventory, map, and validate schema parity for your Next.js migration.
migrationschemastructured-datarich-resultsjson-ld - 12 min readCommercial / Service
WordPress vs Next.js for SEO: A Practical Comparison (2026)
Comparing WordPress vs Next.js for SEO in 2026. Covers Core Web Vitals, canonical tags, schema, sitemaps, and which platform wins for organic search performance.
commercialwordpressnextjsseo-comparisonperformance - 11 min readMigration How-To
Canonical Tags After a Rebuild: The Silent Rankings Killer Nobody Checks
Canonical tag mistakes after a CMS rebuild silently kill rankings. Learn the 5 canonical errors to catch before launch and how to audit them properly.
migrationcanonicalsseo-auditmetadatatechnical-seo - 13 min readCWV / Performance
Why Your WordPress Site Is Slow (Even With Caching and a CDN)
WordPress sites stay slow even with W3TC or WP Rocket because caching masks the real problem. Here's the architectural bottleneck explained and how to fix it.
cwvperformancewordpressttfbcachingspeed - 12 min readMigration How-To
Redirect Maps for Site Migrations: 301 vs 308, Chains, QA, and What Google Actually Expects
Build a complete redirect map for your site migration. Covers 301 vs 308, redirect chains, QA validation, and Google's official guidance on permanent redirects.
migrationredirects301seo-checklistqa - 11 min readCommercial / Service
WordPress to Next.js Migration Service: What's Included, Timelines, and How Pricing Works
What's included in a WordPress to Next.js migration service? Covers the SEO Parity Audit, full rebuild scope, timelines, and fixed-price vs hourly billing.
commercialmigration-servicepricingwordpressnextjs - 12 min readCWV / Performance
Core Web Vitals for WordPress: What Breaks LCP, INP, and CLS (and How Next.js Fixes It)
WordPress fails Core Web Vitals due to architectural bottlenecks. Learn what breaks LCP, INP, and CLS — and why Next.js fixes them structurally, not with plugins.
cwvperformancelcpinpclswordpressnextjs - 11 min readPanic Intent
Traffic Dropped After Your Website Redesign? Here's the Recovery Plan That Actually Works
Lost organic traffic after a website redesign? Here's the proven recovery plan covering redirects, metadata, indexing, and the 30-day rescue window.
panictraffic-lossredesignseo-recoveryredirects - 6 min readMigration How-To
How to Migrate WordPress to Next.js Without Losing Rankings: The SEO-Safe Checklist
Migrate WordPress to Next.js without losing SEO rankings. This 10-step checklist covers redirects, metadata, schema, canonicals, and post-launch monitoring.
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