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Notes from the build

Long form pieces on the work I actually do: migrating WordPress sites to Next.js, wiring WordPress up as a headless CMS so editors keep their workflow, and the performance work that follows. Written for the person who has to implement it, not for a newsletter.

Articles: 14
Focus: Next.js, CMS, speed
Based in: Islamabad, Pakistan
Updated: 7 September 2026

Latest/Architecture

WordPress or Next.js: how to tell which one your site should be on

A straight comparison of WordPress and Next.js for real sites: what the plugin model actually costs you, where each one hits a ceiling, and how to decide without paying to rebuild twice.

14 min/7 September 2026

Migration

What happens to your WordPress plugins when you move to Next.js

Twenty eight active plugins is not twenty eight problems. Most of them stop existing.

12 min/7 September 2026

Migration

Moving a WooCommerce store to Next.js, and when to leave it alone

The catalogue is the easy half. Stores go wrong at the cart.

13 min/7 September 2026

Architecture

WordPress or Sanity as a headless CMS: how to pick

One you click together in an admin screen. The other you write down and commit.

14 min/10 August 2026

Migration

What a WordPress to Next.js migration costs, line by line

Most quotes give you one number. This is what sits inside it.

12 min/8 August 2026

Migration

How long a WordPress to Next.js migration actually takes

The build is rarely what makes a migration slow.

10 min/8 August 2026

Migration

A WordPress to Next.js migration checklist you can hand to a developer

Print it, send it, tick it off. Nothing here is optional.

9 min/8 August 2026

Practice

What a solo developer can build that an agency usually will not

The question is not which is better. It is which one fits the job.

9 min/7 August 2026

Architecture

Where to host a headless WordPress backend, and what it costs

Your CMS stops being a website. Stop paying for it like one.

10 min/6 August 2026

Migration

Keeping your Yoast SEO metadata after moving to Next.js

Yoast data does not travel on its own. You have to carry it.

11 min/5 August 2026

Performance

Core Web Vitals for content sites: what actually moves the numbers

Three numbers decide your score. Most advice ignores which one you are failing.

13 min/4 August 2026

Architecture

Why a headless CMS beats building on WordPress or Wix

A page builder decides your performance ceiling before you write a word.

10 min/29 July 2026

Architecture

Keep the WordPress editor, drop the WordPress front end

Your writers do not need to lose their editor for you to lose the slow front end.

12 min/22 July 2026

Migration

Moving a WordPress site to Next.js without losing your rankings

Most migrations lose traffic for one reason, and it is never the framework.

11 min/14 July 2026