How CloudShift Migrated from Legacy CMS and Cut Costs by 60%

The Challenge

CloudShift, a cloud infrastructure provider, had been running their marketing site on WordPress for five years. What started as a simple setup had grown into a maintenance nightmare: 23 plugins, a $200/month managed hosting plan, a premium theme license, and a part-time contractor to keep it all updated and secure.

Despite the expense, their site scored 42 on Lighthouse performance, took 6 seconds to load on mobile, and required constant security patching.

The Solution

CloudShift migrated to Code Majesty Tech over a three-week sprint:

• Week 1 — Content audit and migration. Exported blog posts from WordPress and converted to Markdown. Mapped existing pages to Code Majesty Tech sections.
• Week 2 — Customization and new content. Built a comprehensive security page, added comparison pages against three competitors, and set up i18n for their German-speaking market.
• Week 3 — Testing, redirects, and deployment. Set up 301 redirects from old URLs, configured Cloudflare CDN, and deployed to Vercel.

The Results

• 60% cost reduction — From $800/month to $20/month on Vercel Pro
• Lighthouse score: 42 to 99 — Static generation eliminated all server-side bottlenecks
• Zero security incidents — No more WordPress plugin vulnerabilities to patch
• 50% more organic traffic — Faster load times and better SEO improved search rankings within 60 days