Devereaux Architecture specializes in residential and recreation projects — custom homes, additions, outdoor spaces, and recreation facilities. Their WordPress site had actually broken: a PHP update on the server left parts of the theme's code rendering as raw text on the public pages instead of executing. For a professional firm, a visibly broken site is worse than no site.

The project was a WordPress to Webflow migration with a design refresh. The goal was a site with nothing left to break — and one the Devereaux team could update themselves if they ever needed to.

The Problem with the WordPress Site

The failure made the deeper issue obvious: the site's content rarely changed, which meant Devereaux was carrying all the risk of a dynamic PHP stack — server updates, plugin compatibility, security patches — for none of the benefit. When the PHP version moved underneath an unmaintained theme, the site broke on its own, with nobody touching it.

Migrating to Webflow removed the moving parts. There's no server-side runtime to fall out of date, no plugin chain to maintain, and the portfolio lives in a Webflow CMS collection the team can add to directly in the Editor if they want to — without touching code.

What Was Built

Platform migration: Moved from WordPress (self-hosted with a page builder theme) to Webflow. All existing pages were rebuilt in Webflow's designer with a new visual language.

Portfolio CMS: Set up a Webflow CMS collection for projects — filterable by project type, with full image galleries, descriptions, and project details. New projects can be added by the client team in minutes.

Design refresh: The new design emphasizes the architectural work itself. Large imagery, clean whitespace, and a layout that puts the portfolio front and center.

Performance: The migrated site loads significantly faster than the WordPress predecessor. No plugin overhead, assets served from Webflow's CDN, images optimized automatically.

Redirects and SEO: Set up 301 redirects from old WordPress URLs to preserve search rankings during the transition. Meta titles, descriptions, and image alt text all carried over and updated.

What the Client Got

Three years of the site just working. Since the migration there has been no maintenance cycle, no security patching, and no repeat of the kind of silent breakage that took the WordPress site down — the site has run smoothly without intervention, which is exactly what a firm with stable content needs. When the team does want to add a portfolio project, the Webflow Editor is there, with no developer in the loop.

This is the typical outcome of a well-executed WordPress to Webflow migration for a firm with stable content — remove the moving parts, and the site stops being a thing that needs attention.