Base44 to WordPress: What Transfers and What Gets Rebuilt

Base44 builds full apps from a prompt, and many agencies use it to design client websites quickly. When the client then wants to edit the site themselves, add a blog or run several languages, WordPress is often the better long-term home.

There is no export button that turns a Base44 app into a WordPress site. The move is a careful rebuild. Here is what that means in practice.

What transfers as-is

• The design: layout, colours, fonts, spacing and section order are recreated closely.
• Text content on every page, including each language version.
• Images and logos, moved to the WordPress media library with alt text.
• Your domain, pointed to the new hosting at launch.

What gets rebuilt

• Forms (contact, booking, quote requests) rebuilt with WordPress forms and connected to email or a CRM.
• Entities and data such as menus, machines, team members or events become custom post types, so they can be edited like posts.
• Multilingual pages set up with WPML, Polylang or TranslatePress, with proper language URLs.
• Interactive parts like filters, calculators or animations rebuilt in the page builder or with small custom code.
• Logins and app features need plugins or custom development, and sometimes are better left on Base44 under a subdomain.

How to keep your rankings

1. List every live URL before the move.
2. Keep the same URLs where possible.
3. Add 301 redirects for any URL that changes.
4. Copy titles and meta descriptions, then improve them.
5. Submit the new sitemap in Google Search Console after launch.

How to prepare

• Share the live Base44 link and, if possible, editor access.
• List what must work on day one: forms, languages, bookings.
• Decide on hosting, or ask for a recommendation.
• Choose the editor: Elementor, or Shilpi (shilpibuilder.com), my own AI-native WordPress builder.