Wordpress Development Project

In 2024, I completed a full-scale migration of a client’s website from Craft CMS to WordPress, focusing on maintaining the unique design elements and functionality while optimizing for WordPress’s flexibility and scalability. This project included building custom templates based on precise Figma designs to achieve a seamless, on-brand user experience across devices.

The main objectives of this migration project were to:

Transition seamlessly from Craft CMS to WordPress, retaining all essential content, functionality, and user experience.

Build custom WordPress templates that closely match the client's Figma designs, ensuring design fidelity.

Enhance backend usability for the client’s team, allowing them to manage content effortlessly in WordPress.

Implement modular components for flexible future content updates without compromising the custom design.

1. Complete Content and Data Migration

Solution: I utilized custom scripts and WP All Import/Export tools to export data from Craft CMS and map it directly into WordPress, ensuring a seamless transfer of page content, blog posts, media assets, and metadata.

2. Custom Template Development from Figma Designs

Solution: I built custom templates from scratch, utilizing HTML5, CSS3, and PHP, to ensure each element matched the Figma designs, including custom typography, color schemes, and layout components.

3. Modular Layouts for Dynamic Content Management

Solution: Using ACF and Gutenberg blocks, I built modular content blocks tailored to each unique design section, allowing the client to modify specific sections without altering the core design.

4. Custom Header and Footer with Advanced Navigation

Solution: I created a responsive, sticky header with drop-down mega menus and a dynamic footer based on Figma designs, focusing on user experience, accessibility, and smooth animations.

5. Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

Solution: I created custom post types and taxonomies for sections like “Case Studies,” “Blog,” and “Team Members,” allowing the client to categorize and display content as per their structure.

6. Custom Forms and Integrations

Solution: I developed custom forms using Gravity Forms with styling that matched the Figma designs and integrated them with the client’s CRM for streamlined lead management.

7. Comprehensive Quality Assurance and Testing

Solution: I conducted thorough cross-browser and cross-device testing to ensure consistency and usability, identifying and resolving compatibility issues to maintain the integrity of the Figma design across all platforms.

CMS: WordPress (migration from Craft CMS)

Backend: PHP, MySQL

Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (jQuery)

Custom Fields & Content Management: ACF, Gutenberg blocks

Form Handling: Gravity Forms with custom styling and CRM integration

Design Tools: Figma for original designs, translated directly into custom WordPress templates

The migration from Craft CMS to WordPress not only ensured a user-friendly backend for the client but also provided a fully customized, brand-aligned frontend. By maintaining design fidelity with the original Figma files, I delivered a visually stunning website that’s easy for the client’s team to manage. This project showcases my expertise in complex migrations and custom template development, resulting in a modern, functional website ready for future growth.