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Jonathan Seligsohn
Jonathan Seligsohn
23,116 Points
Posted by Jonathan Seligsohn
Jonathan Seligsohn
23,116 Points

Convert dynamic PHP site to WordPress Site

Any suggestions as to how I would go about converting a dynamic PHP site (not WP, obviously) into a WordPress site? Does it make sense to start with the PHP files from the source code and add in WordPress functionality, or maybe it's just easier to pull the outputted HTML, treat it like a static html site, and then convert it over to WordPress?

Has anyone done something like this?

2 Answers

Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points
Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points

Generally you will want to start with the Wordpress core templates and Codex. Adding in PHP from another site will generally act independently otherwise.

Depending on what the original site does, you could probably start with copying over most of the styling and then sourcing components that work with WordPress and that have the same desired functionality as the original site.

Overall migrating platforms is generally a rebuild process rather than an integration process.

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Agreed that you may want to start with a base template, get the basic functionality first then look to implement your custom PHP into it at the end.