At Socializemy, a WordPress to Astro rebuild starts at $3,500, paid half at kickoff and half at launch. Hosting and security after launch is $200 a month, or $500 a month with the answer engine. The final number depends on page templates, whether a design already exists, how much content moves over, and integrations like a CRM.
What the $3,500 starting point covers
A straightforward site, coded from a design that already exists or from a design I make from your current site and brand, responsive on every device, with forms, analytics, schema and every old address kept or redirected. A typical site takes about a week.
What moves the price up
- More page templates. Pages that share a layout are cheaper than pages that each need their own.
- No design yet. Designing from scratch takes longer than coding a finished Figma or Adobe XD file.
- Content to move. A large blog, a news archive or job listings.
- Integrations. A CRM like GoHighLevel, a booking tool, or file uploads on a careers form.
The first year, all in
| Plan | Build | Monthly | Build plus 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild + hosted & secured | $3,500 | $200 | $5,900 |
| Rebuild + answer engine (includes hosting) | $3,500 | $500 | $9,500 |
Starting prices. There's no separate hosting bill, plugin license or page-builder subscription. Need SOC 2 compliance, an SLA, a WAF and advanced security? That's a custom quote starting at $5,500.
What should carry over in any rebuild
Whoever you hire, ask for this in writing. It's what keeps your rankings and your leads intact:
- A full URL inventory from the old sitemap, and a 301 redirect map for every address that changes
- Page titles, meta descriptions and headings, improved where they were weak
- Structured data (schema) for the business, services, people, FAQs and articles
- The same analytics property, so your history stays in one place
- Every form, tested, with leads going to the same inbox or CRM
- Blog posts, news or job listings, at their old addresses
- A staging preview before launch and a one-click rollback after
Questions to ask any bidder
- Show me two or three live sites you built on Astro or a similar static setup.
- Who will own the domain, the repository and the hosting account?
- Will you send the redirect map before launch?
- What's included each month after launch, and what counts as extra?
- Who else needs to sign off here (IT, a partner), and can you join that call?
When not to rebuild
If your WordPress site is fast, current, secure and bringing in work, keep it. A rebuild earns its cost when the site is slow, the plugins are a worry, the page builder fights every edit, or answer engines can't tell what you do.
Related questions
Is Astro faster than WordPress?
For a marketing site, usually by a wide margin, because Astro builds every page ahead of time into plain HTML and ships almost no JavaScript. A WordPress page is assembled by PHP and a database on each visit unless caching hides it, and page builders add heavy scripts and styles.
Can I keep WordPress as the editor and use Astro for the front end?
Yes, that setup exists, but it keeps the WordPress server, its login and its plugins running, which brings back the patching and security work. For most small and mid-size business sites, editing through email or a simple web editor connected to the repository is the lighter choice.