# If I contract a paid service, can Ghost migrate my website? **URL:** \ **Category:** Migrations\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938 "2019-09-06T09:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clemenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clemenza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Clemenza)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/1 "2019-09-06T09:35:25Z")
Hi guys, I have several websites in WordPress, but I always wonder which theme will be faster in mobile, because WordPress is really heavy. I just happened to stumble across Ghost and wow, this sounds exciting. But before I migrate my home page (+500,000 monthly visits), I’d like to try some of my secondary pages (+/- 15,000 monthly mivists). My question is How do I migrate from WordPress to Ghost? I’d like everything to be less like it is, but with Ghost. I wouldn’t want to have to reconfigure all the seo manually (I currently use Yoast by seo), I wouldn’t want to have to reopen each post with its highlighted image, etc… So is there an easy way to migrate from WP to Ghost? Can the Ghost team do this for me if I contract a payment plan? Thanks, Jose ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/2 "2019-09-06T11:48:07Z")
Howdy 👋 Thanks so much for the positivity about Ghost 🌈. I’d recommend starting a free trial to check out Ghost itself and speak to our support team about large scale migrations: > **[Ghost(Pro) - Official managed hosting for Ghost](https://ghost.org/pricing/)** > > The best Ghost managed hosting from the creators of the open source publishing platform. Spend less time on your server, more time on your site. If you’re looking at a self-hosted version then we’ve got lots of documentation and tooling for moving over: [https://ghost.org/faq/migrating-from-wordpress-to-ghost/](https://ghost.org/faq/migrating-from-wordpress-to-ghost/) We’ve also got some great tooling around SEO. You can read up about some of it here along with the differences between Ghost and WordPress: > **[Ghost: The simple, powerful WordPress alternative](https://ghost.org/vs/wordpress/)** > > Trying to find out how Ghost compares to WordPress? We've put together a full rundown of Ghost vs WordPress and the differences between them. I hope this has shed a bit of light on things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and ask more questions 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Clemenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clemenza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Clemenza)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/3 "2019-09-06T14:39:12Z")
Hi DavidDarnes, Thank you for your help. However, I’ve been reading and it seems that the migration program only works with version 1.0 and you have to download locally, then export categories like tags, etc… Honestly, all this is too much trouble for me. I have knowledge of WP, but not of programming. I’ve started to see all the tutorials and I think it’s impossible for someone like me to do a migration, without problems. I really want to try Ghost, but I think it’s still in the development process and it’s complex for people like me, with no knowledge and no free time. I want to ask, is it possible for someone to do the migration for me? Obviously I can pay for it. I’m so eager to see how Ghost works, and see its benefits, that I don’t mind paying someone to migrate one of my secondary websites. And to be able to see how it works with Ghost. I would even like to have an app, I see that there is also that option. Thanks, Jose ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/4 "2019-09-06T14:53:23Z")
No problem! I really think you should at least sign up for a trial of Ghost(Pro) just to see how you find it and whether it’s the right platform for you. It’s best to give it a go before addressing migrations etc ---
**Author:** ![Clemenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clemenza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Clemenza)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/5 "2019-09-06T17:31:08Z")
Yeah, I think it’ll be a good idea. I will use the Basic plan to try a few days, if all is well, I will ask you for help to migrate a small site. I will try it 2/4 months and if all is well, I will migrate my main website. I have two doubts: 1. When I hire a plan (basic/standar/business), do I have a dedicated ip? 2. My principal website has 600.000 / 700.000 monthly visits Can I use the standard plan? The Business plan is a bit expensive for my budget. ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/6 "2019-09-09T08:07:45Z")
If you’re concerned about the amount of traffic you’ll receive you could use a self-hosted version on Digital Ocean for example ---
**Author:** ![Clemenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clemenza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Clemenza)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/7 "2019-09-09T08:23:53Z")
And, this? 1. When I hire a plan (basic/standar/business), do I have a dedicated ip? 2. My principal website has 600.000 / 700.000 monthly visits Can I use the standard plan? The Business plan is a bit expensive for my budget Can I see any samples of webs with Ghost? ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/8 "2019-09-09T08:39:25Z")
1. If you’re worried about uptime we use a global CDN which uses hundreds of IPs 2. Standard plan covers up to 500,000 page views a month We’ve got lots of example right here: > **[Explore — Browse publications & featured writers](https://ghost.org/explore/)** ---
**Author:** ![DavidDarnes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/daviddarnes/32/3533_2.png) [@DavidDarnes](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidDarnes)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/10 "2019-09-10T15:24:04Z")
That’s great to hear! As I mentioned before, there’s a step by step guide in our docs on how to migrate to Ghost: [https://ghost.org/faq/migrating-from-wordpress-to-ghost/](https://ghost.org/faq/migrating-from-wordpress-to-ghost/) ---
**Author:** ![Clemenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clemenza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Clemenza)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/11 "2019-09-10T15:36:55Z")
Yes, but I don’t know how to install ghost 1 on local. I’ve installed node and everything, but this is new to me. Here I get stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Clemenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clemenza](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Clemenza)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/13 "2019-09-10T16:12:09Z")
Ok, Im finish 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rubel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/rubel/32/242_2.png) [@Rubel](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Rubel)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/if-i-contract-a-paid-service-can-ghost-migrate-my-website/8938/14 "2019-09-11T06:19:27Z")
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