Moving Shopify to WordPress: design, products and checkout
Plan a Shopify to WordPress move. Understand what happens to your design, product details and URLs, and what selling through WooCommerce needs separately.
By AnythingTo · Updated
A Shopify website conversion and a working WooCommerce shop are different jobs. AnythingTo can bring across the visible design, pages and product details it finds. To keep selling, you also need a plan for checkout, payments, stock, customer accounts and orders.
What moves in a Shopify website conversion?
Start with the customer-facing website: the homepage, product pages, collections, articles and other pages. AnythingTo works from your published store address to bring the design and the content it can find into WordPress. Review the result against your own page and product list.
Product names, descriptions, prices, product codes and images can help form the new catalogue. Their presence on a converted page does not mean the products are ready to buy. A shop needs checkout, payment and order handling too; make those separate items in your migration plan.
| Part of the store | Plan for the move |
|---|---|
| Design and pages | Compare the WordPress preview with the published store |
| Product details and images | Check required products, prices and photos |
| Cart and checkout | Set up and test the shopping flow separately |
| Stock and shipping | Check how stock and delivery choices will be managed |
| Customers and past orders | Arrange a separate data move or a way to retain access |
| Shopify apps | Choose replacements for the functions you still need |
Keep product records and images available
Save a product export before making changes. Shopify lets you export products as a CSV spreadsheet. Keep the original file untouched and work on a copy if you need to adjust it for a new store.
Shopify says product image files are not included in that CSV. Keep the original store and its product listings accessible until the images have been copied successfully. Check that the new site has its own copies, rather than relying on old image links.
Reference: Shopify: exporting products and keeping images available
What does continuing to sell with WooCommerce involve?
If you want to sell through WordPress, treat WooCommerce setup as work alongside the design conversion. Decide how products, options, stock and orders should behave, then test that setup before sending customers to it.
WooCommerce provides product import tools, but a Shopify export is not a promise that every detail will fit without review. Its Shopify migration guidance recommends starting with a small test move and comparing the results. A product with several sizes or colours deserves a closer check than a single fixed-price item.
Reference: WooCommerce: migrating from Shopify
- Try a simple product and one with several options.
- Compare prices, product codes, images and available stock.
- Confirm the right options appear on the product page.
- Check delivery choices, discounts and purchase confirmations.
List the Shopify apps your business depends on
An app may do more than add something visible to a page. Reviews, subscriptions, fulfilment, booking, bundles and loyalty programmes can all affect the customer experience or the work your team does after a sale.
List each app, what it does and which records it stores. Decide whether you will replace it, keep using a separate service or stop offering that feature. Check the replacement with realistic examples. Do not assume an app has moved because its button or design appears in the preview.
Plan customer accounts and order history separately
Public product pages do not contain your private customer and order records. Decide what information needs to move and what your team only needs to keep available for reference. Include active subscriptions, outstanding orders, returns and customer support needs where relevant.
Check the new account experience with your migration provider before launch, including whether customers need an invitation or password reset. Keep private records out of a public conversion request. Share only the store address and a description of the requirements when asking about the website move.
Test the complete purchase journey before changing your domain
Compare existing page addresses with the new ones and arrange redirects for pages that move. Check product pages, collection pages and important articles, including their page titles, descriptions and images. A migration can affect search traffic even when the page addresses stay the same.
Run through the shopping journey from finding a product to receiving the order confirmation. Test the store on a phone as well as a computer. Check who receives the order, what the customer receives and whether stock changes as expected. Use the payment provider’s supported test process before going live.
Choose a launch time and agree who will check the new store and who can switch back if a critical feature fails. Keep the original store available until you have verified the live result and retained the records you need.
Share what you want to move from Shopify
Send your published store address, an approximate product count and the features you rely on. Mention product options, subscriptions, apps and any requirements for past orders or accounts. This helps distinguish the website conversion from the separate work needed to keep selling.
AnythingTo is in beta. New visitors can describe their store and leave an email for follow-up. Existing account holders can sign in to convert and review the website. Use the Shopify converter page to see the current scope and the migration SEO checklist to plan the domain change.
Planning a conversion?
We’re in beta. Share your website and what you’d like to move, then leave your email so we can follow up. Already have an account? Sign in to start a conversion.