SEO checklist after migrating an AI website to WordPress
Keep your rankings after moving from an AI website builder to WordPress: redirects, canonicals, sitemaps and Search Console.
1. Keep URLs identical where possible
The safest migration keeps every URL the same. Where a URL must change, add a single permanent 301 redirect from old to new – no redirect chains.
2. One canonical per page
Every page should have a self-referencing canonical tag in the server HTML. Check it with 'view source', not only in the browser inspector.
3. Multilingual sites
Only list language versions in hreflang and the sitemap when the page is really translated in the server HTML, including the html lang attribute.
4. Sitemap and Search Console
Submit one sitemap for the exact property (with or without www). Expect rankings to move for a few weeks after a large change – that is normal re-evaluation.
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