Safety Products
B2B/B2C
Fingersafe Migrates from Self-Hosted WordPress to WordPress.com for a Faster, More Reliable Global Website
Fingersafe is a global manufacturer of finger-protection systems designed to prevent door-related injuries in schools, nurseries, hospitals, commercial buildings, and public facilities. With customers across multiple countries and a specialized product catalog, the brand needed a stable ecommerce foundation that could support international growth and make technical product information easier to understand.
Fingersafe is a global manufacturer of finger-protection systems designed to prevent door-related injuries in schools, nurseries, hospitals, commercial buildings, and public facilities. With customers across multiple countries and a specialized product catalog, the brand needed a stable ecommerce foundation that could support international growth and make technical product information easier to understand.
Scope Summary
The Effort
WordPress Migration
Content & Media Migration
User, Plugin & Settings Migration
DNS & Hosting Configuration
Zero-Downtime Launch
URL, Redirect & Form Validation
Case Study Category
Migrations
Service Model
Project
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Theme: Divi
Team Members
Vianca: Project Manager
Daniel: Developer
Tech Stack
Divi
Why the Migration
Fingersafe needed to move a self-hosted WordPress site to WordPress.com because routine administration depended on VPN access and key hosting, domain, and technical details were managed externally with limited documentation. The goal was to move the existing site into a more accessible administrative environment while preserving the established design and content.
What Had to Be Protected
The transition needed to account for the site components required to keep the existing experience intact:
Existing design, page structure, and customer-facing content.
Media, users, plugins, and settings.
URLs, redirects, and forms
Hosting, DNS, and registrar configuration needed for the cutover.
Existing site data required by the WordPress environment.
Migration Plan
The work combined access discovery, structural review, content migration, environment configuration, and post-transfer validation.
- Collect WordPress, hosting, DNS, and registrar access required for the move.
- Review the existing structure and identify migration risks.
- Transfer content, media, users, plugins, and settings into WordPress.com
- Maintain the existing visual presentation while updating backend configuration.
- Validate URLs, redirects, forms, and page layouts after the transfer.
Build & Transfer
Content, Media & Settings
The migration included the site’s content, media, users, plugins, and settings within the transfer scope.
Environment & DNS Configuration
Hosting, DNS, registrar, and WordPress configuration were addressed as part of moving the site into the WordPress.com environment.
Design Preservation
The existing design and structure were retained rather than using the migration as a redesign project.
Administrative Access
The new setup removed the prior VPN dependency from routine WordPress administration.
Launch Validation
URLs, redirects, forms, and page layouts were validated after migration
Post-Migration Outcome
Fingersafe completed the move to WordPress.com with the existing site presentation and in-scope content/settings transferred into the new environment. Routine administrative access no longer depended on the prior VPN setup.
Estimates and Timesheet
Custom Design
Theme Development
Conversion Rate Optimization
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