$250 fixed price Delivery: up to 3 weeks

Replace an eligible WordPress website with a modern, performance-focused Payload CMS website.

This service is for small businesses with a straightforward informational WordPress site that want to move to a more maintainable platform. I’ll rebuild the agreed website in Payload CMS, migrate the approved content, configure the technical foundations, test the build, and hand it over.

Payload CMS gives you a flexible admin experience for routine content and cosmetic updates without depending on WordPress plugins or PHP-based maintenance.

WordPress can still be a workable CMS when it is actively maintained, patched, and kept lean. The practical issue is that many business websites accumulate years of plugins, themes, PHP dependencies, admin accounts, and hosting configurations. That makes routine maintenance harder and widens the surface area that needs to stay secure.

A recent example is PHP2Shell, a name used for 2 critical vulnerabilities in the PHP runtime itself: CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. These vulnerabilities affect PHP, rather than WordPress alone. Since WordPress commonly runs on PHP, an unpatched PHP environment can expose a WordPress site even when the WordPress core, theme, and plugins appear up to date.

The reported impact is serious: researchers demonstrated that vulnerable PHP environments may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code on the server or access sensitive information held in PHP worker memory. Depending on the site and server setup, that could put credentials, API tokens, session data, or other sensitive configuration at risk.

The immediate response to a PHP runtime vulnerability is to patch the affected server environment as soon as possible. A migration is not an emergency replacement for patching. If you think your website may be affected, update the PHP runtime, review your hosting provider’s guidance, rotate credentials where appropriate, and consider a professional security review.

Longer term, moving a simple marketing or informational website away from a PHP-based WordPress stack can reduce dependency on the traditional WordPress ecosystem of themes, plugins, and PHP hosting configuration.

Payload CMS is a strong modern alternative for teams that want:

A structured, API-first CMS built around TypeScript and Node.js

A custom admin experience for managing content

More control over the website architecture and content model

Fewer third-party plugin dependencies for core website functionality

A flexible foundation for future integrations, including AI features if they become relevant later

A modern development stack that can be tailored to the actual site requirements

Payload CMS still needs ongoing updates, secure hosting, access control, and sensible engineering. No CMS removes security responsibility. The goal is a simpler, more intentional website setup that is easier to maintain over time.

Rebuild of 1 informational WordPress website

Up to 10 public-facing pages

Payload CMS setup and configuration

Migration of agreed page content and media

Responsive, performance-focused website build

Technical SEO foundations, including page metadata and crawlable structure

GA4 setup where access is provided

Cloudflare setup where access is provided

SSL, CDN, and hosting configuration where access is provided

An AI-ready technical foundation, designed so future AI integrations can be considered without rebuilding the website architecture

Testing of agreed pages and core user journeys

Handover and guidance for making routine content or cosmetic changes in Payload CMS

The website will be built with the goal of achieving a 90+ Lighthouse performance score. Final scores depend on hosting, supplied media, third-party scripts, fonts, analytics tools, and the agreed functionality, so a specific score cannot be guaranteed for every page or environment.

This fixed-price service does not include:

More than 10 public-facing pages

Large, complex, or heavily customized WordPress sites

Custom PHP applications or bespoke legacy systems

WooCommerce or other e-commerce implementations

Complex data, user, or content migrations

Advanced integrations, member portals, dashboards, or custom application features

Brand strategy, extensive design work, copywriting, or new content creation

Emergency incident response, malware cleanup, or forensic work

Paid third-party software, domains, licenses, or platform fees

AI agents, automations, or custom AI features

If the site needs any of the above, I’ll review the requirements and provide a separate quote before work begins.

After launch, ongoing support is available for the supported Payload CMS website.

The monthly plan includes:

Routine security patching for supported components

Hosting, SSL, CDN, Cloudflare, and GA4 upkeep within the agreed setup

Minor cosmetic and content changes that can be completed through Payload CMS

Basic technical guidance for the supported site

Complex changes, new features, redesigns, integrations, and development work are quoted separately before work begins.

Share your current website URL and relevant access.

I confirm whether the site fits the fixed scope.

We agree the page list, migration content, and technical setup.

I build, test, and prepare the Payload CMS site for handover.

You receive access and guidance for ongoing content management.

A new Payload CMS website replacing 1 eligible informational WordPress site, with up to 10 public-facing pages.

Technical SEO foundations, plus GA4, Cloudflare, SSL, CDN, and hosting configuration where required access is available.

Testing of the agreed site scope, launch-ready handover, and guidance for managing routine content updates.