Migration guide

Can you migrate Shopify to WooCommerce?

Last updated: July 2026 · By the Replatform Radar team — specialists in pre-migration CMS content audits

Yes — Shopify to WooCommerce is a move from hosted SaaS commerce to self-hosted commerce on WordPress, usually driven by transaction fees, app subscription creep, or the need to own the stack. Products, customers and orders export as CSV and import into WooCommerce; the storefront theme is rebuilt.

Shopify runs your store as a service: hosting, PCI scope, checkout and updates are theirs, and you pay a subscription plus transaction fees on top of app costs. WooCommerce runs on your WordPress install, so those costs become hosting and maintenance you control, and the checkout becomes your responsibility.

The data migration is comparatively well-supported — Shopify exports products, customers and orders as CSV, and WooCommerce imports them. What changes fundamentally is everything around the data: the theme is Liquid and does not transfer, apps must be re-sourced as plugins, and you now own performance, security and uptime.

In your report — not a generic checklist

The Shopify → WooCommerce detail, catered to your site

A pre-migration scan produces a report tailored to this exact transfer, covering the parts that decide whether the project goes smoothly:

How Shopify and WooCommerce compare across the dimensions that matter for a migration
The field-mapping table — what each Shopify construct becomes in WooCommerce
The Shopify to WooCommerce-specific gotchas that silently cause data loss, broken links, and ranking drops
Realistic timeline and cost drivers for this migration
Your own site’s findings scored against all of it

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FAQ

Shopify to WooCommerce: frequently asked questions

Can I migrate my Shopify store to WooCommerce?

Yes. Products, customers and orders export from Shopify as CSV and import into WooCommerce, and dedicated migration tools automate most of it. The storefront theme is Liquid and does not transfer, and every Shopify app needs a WooCommerce equivalent found and configured.

Will I lose SEO moving from Shopify to WooCommerce?

Only if the redirects are incomplete. Shopify uses a fixed /products/ and /collections/ URL structure that WooCommerce does not match by default, so every product and collection URL needs an explicit 301. For an established store this is the single task most worth over-investing in.

Do customer accounts transfer from Shopify to WooCommerce?

Customer records do; passwords do not, because the hashes cannot be converted. Every customer resets on first login, so time the cutover with that in mind and warn your repeat buyers rather than letting them discover it at checkout.

Is WooCommerce cheaper than Shopify?

It removes Shopify's subscription, transaction fees and app costs, and replaces them with hosting, extensions and maintenance you own. Larger stores usually come out ahead because transaction fees scale with revenue while hosting does not. Small stores often find the saving is smaller than expected once real hosting and premium extensions are counted.