Vanilla WordPress to Bedrock

Why Migrate from Vanilla WordPress to Bedrock?

Vanilla WordPress is powerful, but as projects grow, so do the demands for maintainability, security, and better deployment workflows. Bedrock, developed by Roots, modernizes WordPress development by introducing a robust folder structure, environment configuration with .env, and dependency management through Composer.

This guide walks you through a complete, step-by-step migration from a traditional WordPress install to Bedrock. Whether you’re a solo developer or part of a team, the benefits of this migration—version control, cleaner architecture, and modern tooling—will set you up for long-term project success.

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