Migrating from WordPress to Strapi headless CMS – a 60% faster website

The overarching goal was to design and launch a website that:

• Loads fast and stays stable even under heavy traffic.
• Highlights the professionalism of the client's work and presents their services and project portfolio as attractively as possible.
• Meets accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.1 Level AA).
• Follows search engine optimization best practices.
• Makes it easy for non-technical staff to manage content.

The biggest challenge was delivering high performance and strong SEO while keeping content management flexible and integrating with external systems.

The Boring Owl team developed and implemented a system made up of the following components:

• Frontend: Next.js with SSR and ISR, for fast loading and content updates.
• Backend: Strapi as a headless CMS, making it easy to manage text and all other content on the site, and supporting multiple languages.
• Database: PostgreSQL, handling data storage and access with optimized queries and indexes, and kept secure with regular backups.
• Hosting and infrastructure: Coolify integrated with Cloudflare CDN for faster loading, SSL and DDoS protection.
• Third-party integrations:

  • Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager: Analytics tools for monitoring.
  • Mailchimp: An email platform for sending newsletters.
  • Webhooks and a content revalidation system.

• Optimized navigation - dropdown menus, sticky bars and quick access to services and the portfolio.
• A modular homepage - with “Hero”, “Our services”, “Projects”, “Blog” and “About us” sections.
• Service and project pages - edited in the CMS, which manages both content and galleries.
• A multilingual system - full content support in Polish and English, as well as Hebrew and Arabic.
• SEO management - editing meta tags, heading structure, URLs and sitemap.xml without developers.
• WCAG 2.1 and European Accessibility Act compliance - full accessibility for people with disabilities.
• Newsletter and social media integration - forms, icons and links configured in the CMS.

• Load times improved by 40-60%
• A better user experience and a site optimized for both mobile and desktop.
• Easier content management through the CMS, including the ability to modify components on individual pages.
• An attractive, professional website in line with the brand identity that presents the company as a market leader.

The SRDK Studio website is an example of a complete, modern website built on a headless architecture. Our team delivered the project to the highest standards, and technologies such as Next.js, Strapi, Cloudflare and Coolify made it possible to create a flexible, responsive and high-performance platform.