It depends on why you’re on Drupal. If you have strict compliance requirements (multi-stage approval workflows, audit trails, regional publishing gates) Drupal handles these natively, and WordPress needs custom architecture to match them. That’s a solid reason to stay.
But most organizations are on Drupal because of inertia, and leaving felt riskier than staying. If that sounds familiar, this EOL cycle is the right moment to make the switch. Both paths require effort. But only one of them ends the cycle. Not sure which camp you’re in? That’s what our free discovery is for.

Taxonomy vocabularies become WordPress custom taxonomies. Content types become custom post types. Custom fields migrate using WordPress’s native custom field system or dedicated plugins. The relationships between content (the part that trips up most migrations) get inventoried during discovery and rebuilt individually. Nothing is assumed to transfer automatically.

Views don’t have a direct equivalent in WordPress, so each one gets rebuilt. During discovery we go through every View on your site and determine the best approach: custom WP_Query logic, Gutenberg block templates, or purpose-built plugins for complex filtered displays. You’ll know what’s involved before development begins.

Yes. Our client Cox Automotive had thousands of pages across a multisite network. We migrated in weeks with 2x Core Web Vitals improvement. Videojet had 12,000+ pages across 28 sites in 22 languages. Content volume alone doesn’t determine complexity. Its structure does. That’s what we scope in discovery.

Most enterprise Drupal migrations range from $50K–$200K and take 2–4 months. The main drivers are content volume, number of custom content types and Views, and integration complexity. We start every project with up to 20 hours of free discovery to scope the work before any contract is signed.

WordPress isn’t insecure, with problems coming from poor implementation. WordPress VIP provides SOC 2 compliance, FedRAMP Moderate authorization, and 24/7 security monitoring. rtCamp is SOC 2 compliant and enforces controlled plugin governance on every project. NASA and the White House run on WordPress. Both switched from Drupal, by the way.

WordPress handles basic role-based permissions natively: who can publish, edit, or view content. For multi-step editorial workflows (draft, review, approval, publish), plugins like PublishPress replicate what Drupal’s Content Moderation module does. For more complex governance requirements, like field-level permissions or regional publishing controls, we build custom solutions during the architecture phase. We scope this specifically during discovery so there are no gaps post-launch.

Yes, and most find it significantly easier than Drupal day-to-day. Routine updates don’t require developer involvement. Every engagement of ours includes documentation, live training, and 30 days of Hypercare

For most organizations, yes. Custom post types, complex taxonomies, multi-step workflows, multilingual content, headless delivery — WordPress handles all of these with the right architecture. If your site has deeply nested entity relationships or highly granular field-level permissions at scale, those need more deliberate architecture. Our free 20h discovery tells you exactly what’s straightforward and what needs custom work before you commit.