Legacy WordPress Migration

How we took a local agency's flagship site from a 4-second load time to sub-100ms using Headless WordPress and Astro.

BEFORE (Legacy Stack)

load_time 4.2s
lighthouse_score 65

AFTER (AlaskaWeb Edge)

load_time 85ms
lighthouse_score 100

When the client came to us, their legacy WordPress site was failing. During peak season, the database couldn’t handle the traffic spikes, resulting in slow load times and lost bookings.

Furthermore, they were plagued by continuous plugin update conflicts and security warnings—a hallmark of standard Anchorage marketing agency deployments.

The Solution

We severed the frontend from the backend. By converting their WordPress installation to a headless CMS, we allowed their marketing team to keep the workflow they loved while we rebuilt the entire frontend in Astro.

The Results

The site is now deployed as static HTML to Cloudflare’s edge network. It is mathematically unhackable, loads instantaneously anywhere in the world, and eliminated their costly server hosting fees entirely.