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CMS Support and Availability
LightCMS recently announced that the platform will be terminated on 31 October 2020, along with all of the sites it hosts. This essentially means that everyone utilizing it will have to migrate to a new platform and content management system (CMS) that offers excellent technical support and won’t reach its termination date anytime soon. There has never been a better time to migrate from LightCMS to WordPress.
Both WordPress and LightCMS have played a big role in the support and management of websites over the last decade and have proven themselves to be superb platforms. Migrating from one system to another is often not readily considered unless the move will considerably improve the overall performance and management of your website. However, LightCMS users have no option but consider an alternative now, and quickly.
WordPress currently has over 60.4% in market share value and is powering 33.5% of all online websites. As it is so widely supported, there is little chance of the platform sun setting in the foreseeable future.
Excellent technical support and online community forums also make this platform effortless to navigate. Seeing as WordPress is open source and constantly being updated and modified, new versions of the software are easy to come by and won’t ever require you to migrate your entire website.
Price
Although the price of LightCMS is not going to matter after May 2020, it will be comforting to know that WordPress offers an affordable service you can rely on. While a free trial version of the former allowed you to investigate the features and maybe even design and build a mock web page, the use of the platform was not free. If you were starting small, an entry-level account cost $19 monthly. This allowed you to create up to ten webpages. For $99 per month, you could create an unlimited number of pages on your website.
On the other hand, WordPress is open source. This means that the software doesn’t belong to any one person or company and can, therefore, be downloaded and installed completely free of charge. The only real expenses that come with creating a WordPress website is the monthly hosting costs, which normally amounts to $7.99, and the annual domain name fee which usually adds up to around $14. From there, you have access to a vast library of free and paid themes and plug-ins. Unless you want something specific, you may be able to get away with using free add-ons.
If you are starting out small and want to test the waters before making any major investments, then WordPress will be the best platform and CMS to host your website. Compared to LightCMS’s most affordable subscription option, WordPress still manages to offer more for less.
Features
As the name suggests, LightCMS was a very simple content management platform that specialized in ‘light’ support. Compared to other platforms, this system did not offer a ton of features and was mainly used to manage content and create new web pages. Although LightCMS allowed users to add custom elements to webpages, its editing manageability was limited to drag and drop functionality, which also hindered custom web layouts.
The lack of features and layout options made LightCMS best for putting together very simple sites. Additionally, this platform was also better suited to web designers who were solely focused on webpage creation and did not necessarily fit the needs of a global enterprise. Furthermore, LiteCMS did not support iPhone or Android devices.
However, when it comes to WordPress, you have access to advanced features that enable you to effortlessly manage your eCommerce, social networking, blogging, and multimedia. WordPress offers easy integration and can host your website both on mobile and desktop devices. For companies that need absolute control over advanced features and software integration, WordPress is probably the best route.
Open-source vs Commercial Software
LightCMS was a web-based software platform, sold as commercial software and often used to build websites like online stores. Although commercial software offers a bit more security when it comes to the protected nature of the platform’s coding, it also has a lot of downsides. Firstly, the software was created by only a handful of developers, which means that it might not be able to match the quality of an open-source platform.
Furthermore, big companies are known to take open-source software coding and tweak it to fit their specific website needs. With LightCMS, this was not possible as their commercially sold software coding was not freely available to the public.
However, seeing as WordPress is open-source, all of the above-mentioned benefits apply to its users. Open-source software is also much better at adhering to open standards compared to proprietary software. Businesses that value interoperability with other businesses and don’t like the idea of being limited by proprietary data formats will also prefer WordPress over LightCMS.
What We Move
Everything critical comes with you.
We don’t leave content behind. Every asset type is inventoried, mapped, and migrated with precision.
Pages & Landing Pages
All page content, structure, templates, and layout components fully preserved.
Blog Posts & Taxonomies
Posts, categories, tags, and author mappings transferred without data loss.
Media Library
Images, PDFs, and documents migrated with clean URLs and alt text intact.
Forms & CTAs
Form logic, lead routing, and conversion modules rebuilt and tested.
SEO Metadata
Titles, descriptions, canonicals, schema, and structured data carried over.
301 Redirects
Full URL mapping and launch-safe redirect configuration to protect rankings.
Design Matching
Pixel-perfect theme build that matches your existing site look and feel.
Custom Fields & Data
ACF, custom post types, and structured data models rebuilt in the destination CMS.
Common Questions
Frequently asked migration questions.
Will we lose SEO value during migration?
No. We map URLs, metadata, and redirects to preserve search equity.
Can forms and lead flows be migrated?
Yes. We migrate forms and rebuild equivalent automation paths.
Do you keep our current design?
Yes. We can match your existing design and improve UX where needed.
How long does migration take?
Timelines vary by site size and complexity, typically from weeks to a few months.
Trusted by Teams That Can’t Afford to Get It Wrong
WordHerd did an amazing job with our CMS migration to WordPress. They over-delivered on our expectations and handled the process end to end, on time, and on budget. They had the experience and depth of knowledge to handle our large scale project, which was built on an out of date, clunky CMS. I would highly recommend WordHerd for any development project.
WordHerd has been fantastic to work with. We’re always impressed with their ability to take our goals and ideas, and bring them to life online. It’s hard to find a company that can design and develop, they excel in both and have always delivered an end product that we love.
WordHerd helped convert our website from a proprietary CMS that was being sunset to WordPress. They were by far the most cost-effective solution we could find and completed the work under a tight deadline. They responded to our questions and concerns promptly throughout the project.
Migrating and adapting the Stevenson University website to WordPress through WordHerd has enabled us to have more flexibility with virtually unlimited opportunities for future growth thanks to its available plugins, robust content management dashboard, SEO optimization tools, support of multiple media types, and a helpful community of open-source developers, training, and knowledge base access.
WordHerd did an amazing job with migrating our website from HubSpot to WordPress. They went above and beyond and delivered a website that exceeded our expectations. Easy to communicate with and professional, made the process that much easier.
Our experience working with WordHerd to migrate our previous website from Umbraco to WordPress has been nothing short of exceptional. WordHerd delivered the project on time, and at a great cost, which met all our expectations. We highly recommend WordHerd for any WordPress-related needs due to their professionalism and expertise.