The Showit website migration checklist, in blog form
Prefer to skim before you download? The checklist lives on the blog too, alongside Showit SEO guides on image optimization, site canvases, and header tags.
Showit Website Migration Guide – SEO Ready™ Free Resource
Migrate your Showit site without losing the rankings you already have
The Showit Website Migration Guide is a 19-step checklist that covers everything your site needs before, during, and after a migration. Domain handling, URL structure, redirects, meta descriptions, sitemaps, analytics, and Google recrawl requests. Free, and built specifically for Showit + WordPress.
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Free guide + worksheet
Free guide + worksheet
Showit Website Migration Guide
The same 19-step checklist used on every Morris & Co client migration, yours to keep.
Inside the download
- The 19-step migration ebook
- The companion migration worksheet
- A video walkthrough of the worksheet
Free → instant delivery → unsubscribe anytime
The Risk
Migrations lose rankings quietly, and no one warns you
A migration feels like a fresh start. New template, new design, new energy. Then a month after launch, the inquiries slow down and the traffic chart starts sliding.
It is rarely one big mistake. It is a changed URL with no redirect, a meta description that never made the move, a sitemap Google was never told about. Each one is small. Together they can undo years of ranking work.
Every one of those losses is preventable, if you know what to check before you go live.
What You’ll Have
A launch where nothing falls through the cracks
The guide walks you through every SEO detail in order, before, during, and after the move, so your new site goes live with everything your rankings depend on still intact.
- A complete inventory of your existing pages, including the ones your Showit sitemap misses.
- Your URL structure, slugs, title tags, and meta descriptions documented so nothing gets lost in the move.
- Internal links preserved and your WordPress blog connected the way search engines expect.
- 301 redirects mapped from every old URL to its new home, the step that protects your rankings.
- GA4 verified, sitemaps checked, and a Google recrawl requested so the new site gets indexed fast.
Your rankings took years to build. A weekend migration should not be the thing that undoes them.
The Showit Website Migration Guide
What The Guide Covers
19 steps. Every SEO detail that matters during a Showit migration.
Each step explains what to do, why it matters, and what to check, written for real business owners, not developers. Built specifically for Showit + WordPress.
01 → Before the move
Your domain and page inventory
Decide whether to keep or change your domain name, and document every existing page on your site, including the ones that never appear in your Showit sitemap.
02 → Before the move
Your SEO records
Record your current URL structure, page slugs, title tags, and meta descriptions, plus the new pages you plan to publish, so nothing gets lost in the move.
03 → During the move
Structure and linking
Maintain your URL structure or map old URLs to new ones, preserve your internal linking, and connect your WordPress blog to the new Showit site.
04 → During the move
On-page details
Share image, favicon, image SEO, site canvases, header tags, Showit title tags and meta descriptions, and SSL, checked on every page before launch.
05 → After the move
Redirects and tracking
Set up the 301 redirects that protect your rankings, then install and verify GA4 tracking so you can see exactly how the new site performs.
06 → After the move
Sitemaps and recrawl
Check your Showit sitemaps to confirm Google can find every page, then request a recrawl so the new site gets indexed quickly.
How It Works
Three pieces, designed to work together
This is not just a PDF. The ebook explains every step, the worksheet keeps you organized, and the video shows you exactly how to use it.
1
Read the ebook
Nineteen steps in plain language, each with the why behind it and what to check, so you understand the move instead of guessing through it.
2
Track it in the worksheet
A multi-tab spreadsheet for your existing pages, new pages, URL changes, redirects, titles, and meta descriptions. Everything in one place.
3
Follow the video
A walkthrough that shows exactly how to use the worksheet, step by step. Watch it before you start, or any time you get stuck.
Who’s behind the guide
Showit SEO Expert, Stefanie Morris
Stefanie Morris is the founder of Morris & Co, known as MoCo.Marketing, an SEO and marketing consultancy. Morris & Co provides done-for-you SEO for creative entrepreneurs and independent law firms, with specializations in WordPress SEO, Showit SEO, image SEO, and generative engine optimization.
Stefanie spent nearly a decade working as a destination wedding photographer before founding Morris & Co, during which she built SEO systems that produced bookings in markets including Boston, Newport, and Aruba from her home outside of Charlotte, NC.
The Showit Website Migration Guide is the same checklist Stefanie uses on every client migration project, now written down so you can run it yourself.
10+ years in SEO
Showit + WordPress developer
Showit SEO Expert
Showit + WordPress developer
Showit SEO Expert
Done-for-You Services
Rather not run the migration yourself?
The guide gives you every step and the worksheet to track them. Some weeks that is exactly what you want. Other weeks you want it handled. If you would rather hand the whole move to someone who does this every day, the Morris & Co VIP Day builds your SEO foundation in a single focused day, then trains it back to you to maintain.
- Your full technical and entity SEO foundation built end to end
- Author attribution, schema, and image SEO set up on your live site
- One focused day, done-for-you, then handed back to you with a walkthrough
Is This You?
Built for site owners with rankings worth protecting
This guide is for Showit + WordPress site owners moving to a new Showit template, redesigning an existing site, or migrating to Showit from another platform.
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Protect your rankings during the move
Enter your name and email and the full resource lands in your inbox. The ebook, the worksheet, and the video walkthrough, ready before you touch a thing.
19 steps → ebook + worksheet + video → instant delivery
One missed redirect can cost you rankings that took years to earn. Twenty minutes with this checklist is the cheap insurance.
What’s inside the download
Three pieces that carry you from the first planning step to the post-launch recrawl, and the why behind every one.
- The 19-step migration eBook
- The multi-tab migration worksheet
- A video walkthrough of the worksheet
- Existing and new page inventory tabs
- URL change and redirect mapping columns
- Title tag and meta description records
- GA4, sitemap, and recrawl checklists
- The reasoning behind every single step
Before You Download
Your questions, answered
Is the guide really free?
Yes. Enter your name and email and the download links arrive in your inbox automatically. The ebook, the worksheet, and the video walkthrough. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Which migrations does this cover?
Moving to a new Showit template, redesigning your existing Showit site, or migrating to Showit from another platform like WordPress, Squarespace, or Prophoto. If your new site is Showit + WordPress, this checklist fits.
Do I need to be technical to use it?
No. Every step is written in plain language with the why behind it and exactly what to check. The video walkthrough shows you how to use the worksheet, so you are never guessing.
When should I start the checklist?
Before you go live. The guide is organized into before, during, and after the migration, and the before steps, like documenting your pages and URLs, matter most. Already migrated? The after steps can still recover a lot.
Will this really protect my rankings?
It covers the steps rankings depend on. Keeping your URL structure or mapping 301 redirects, preserving title tags and meta descriptions, maintaining internal links, submitting sitemaps, and requesting a Google recrawl. Skipping those steps is how migrations lose rankings.
What if I would rather not do this myself?
That is the Morris & Co VIP Day. In a single focused day, Stefanie builds your SEO foundation for you, then hands it back with a walkthrough. The guide is still worth grabbing either way, because it shows you exactly what good looks like.
Move to your new Showit site with every ranking you earned still intact.
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