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Psyden Crafts shares how a WordPress website evolved from platform limitations to full ownership. This journey covers migration decisions, hands-on development, SEO continuity, and long-term vision, documenting what it truly takes to build, manage, and sustain a scalable WordPress website.
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psydencrafts.com Psyden Crafts Has a New Home psydencrafts.com is now live
psydencrafts.com From WordPress.com To Custom Build Table Of Learning Curve: Challenges And Tools Content From WordPress.com To Custom Build Purging, Redirecting, And Continuity SEO Migration: Handling Content And Links SWIPE
psydencrafts.com From WordPress.com To Custom Build • The previous website was built on WordPress.com using a ready-made theme. • Over time, the limitations of that setup made it hard to grow and experiment. • That led to the decision to rebuild everything from scratch for more control and flexibility.
psydencrafts.com Learning Curve: Challenges And Tools • Having daily experience with Elementor and WordPress at work helped with the backend understanding. • Building something from absolutely nothing brought more challenges than expected. • Thanks to YouTube tutorials and AI tools, it became possible to learn whatever was needed along the way.
psydencrafts.com WordPress.com vs WordPress.org WordPress.com WordPress.org • New users usually start on WordPress.com and end up with a domain that includes “wordpress.com”. • This model gives free hosting in exchange for platform branding and limited control. • For more serious projects, using WordPress.org software with your own hosting is the better long-term choice.
When To Upgrade Your Setup ? Upgrading only makes sense when you have built something valuable that you cannot easily recreate. Moving from a free WordPress.com plan to a custom domain and hosting requires investment Despite being trickier, building with WordPress.org from the start is the right move if you want to scale. 1 2 3
psydencrafts.com How Psydencrafts.com Was Built With LocalWP • LocalWP was used to install WordPress locally and build the site on a personal system first. • The same structure as the old site was kept, but with complete freedom over themes and plugins. • Content for core webpages remained consistent, while design and flexibility improved significantly.
psydencrafts.com SEO Migration: Handling Content And Links • The old WordPress site had been live long enough for Google to treat it as the canonical background. • To align the new site properly, older content was purged and links were updated wherever possible. • Consistent branding and messaging across the website and social profiles help search engines understand what Psyden Crafts is about.
Purging, Redirecting, And Continuity Internal hyperlinks on the new site were updated so they point only to the new domain. The old version of the site still exists in some form to maintain continuity for links that cannot be edited in older social posts. 1 2 3 Old webpages with duplicate content were deleted and removed from Google Search Console where needed
The Future Of Psyden Crafts New tools will be created, existing ones will be refined, and the website will grow as a practical resource for other marketers. The goal of paying for hosting and domain is clear: reach and stay on Page 1, not just exist online. Psyden Crafts will focus on building small tools and software to help marketers, starting with AI prompts for SEO tasks
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