[ HELP PLS ] If i reset a wordpress site and Install new theme with previous content, Will it affect my rankings?

[parthjuneja]

I was making articles on pages earlier. I was reviewing affiliate products using pages instead of posts. The changes I am making on that site are:

1) Change the theme which is more blogging friendly. (Astra --> OceanWP)
2) Convert pages to post with the same tags, meta, and content.
3) Resetting the old site and adding an ALLINONE Migration file of my new theme with old content.

First of all thanks for helping. Do you recommend this and tell me how the transition gonna affect it.

 

[TrashGirl]

If i reset a wordpress site and Install new theme with previous content, Will it affect my rankings?
-I do not think so
with condition: url, title, article, date create/update, author, meta descripton, and schema do not change

 

[vatosflokos]

Are you tend to import again your content?
Be sure not to change any url's and while you doing this use a plugin to give a "503" to google bots -"under maintenance".
Keep a backup as an alternative if you want to restore your site.

 

[vatosflokos]

But converting posts to pages...man, I don't think this is a good idea!

 

[parthjuneja]

Are you tend to import again your content?
Be sure not to change any url's and while you doing this use a plugin to give a "503" to google bots -"under maintenance".
Keep a backup as an alternative if you want to restore your site.

Okay I have done it. Now the URL is the same as earlier. Updated the sitemap. If that is not a good idea i will add old posts as pages.

But converting posts to pages...man, I don't think this is a good idea!

 

[vatosflokos]

No, you can convert posts to pages without affecting seo
Check this out dude https://www.business2community.com/...dpress-and-the-benefits-you-can-gain-02178517

 

[parthjuneja]

But converting posts to pages...man, I don't think this is a good idea!

Not "POST TO PAGES" it is "PAGES TO POSTS" as i used pages to write articles earlier instead of posts.

 

[parthjuneja]

No, you can convert posts to pages without affecting seo
Check this out dude https://www.business2community.com/...dpress-and-the-benefits-you-can-gain-02178517

Read the thread carefully please i said pages to post.

 

[vatosflokos]

Good luck....

 

[TrashGirl]

one question, how many page you convert to post?
because sitemap is change,
from https://domain .com/post-sitemap.xml to https://domain .com/page-sitemap.xml

 

[vatosflokos]

Ok, ok!
WordPress Post is more SEO friendly than a Page. Pages are for static content, posts are temporal content that you want to be categorized, tagged, archived. But if you have GOOD CONTENT that Google will love, I don't think that it really matters if it is a page, post or something else.
I have pages with (!) tags that rank well in google.

 

[parthjuneja]

one question, how many page you convert to post?
because sitemap is change,
from https://domain .com/post-sitemap.xml to https://domain .com/page-sitemap.xml

Thanks, I updated the sitemap to google. I have 5 pages and you already know the website.

 

[parthjuneja]

Ok, ok!
WordPress Post is more SEO friendly than a Page. Pages are for static content, posts are temporal content that you want to be categorized, tagged, archived. But if you have GOOD CONTENT that Google will love, I don't think that it really matters if it is a page, post or something else.
I have pages with (!) tags that rank well in google.

Great that's why I did this. When I started this website I thought of making it around one affiliate product only that's why I used pages. But as I saw conversions and rankings I added more pages for other product reviews and now I considered the need to restructure the site. Thanks for helping.

 

[TrashGirl]

Thanks, I updated the sitemap to google. I have 5 pages and you already know the website.

yes, I know
after update sitemap GSC, I hope you not reindex url, let the googlebot crawl self

 

[vatosflokos]

Great that's why I did this. When I started this website I thought of making it around one affiliate product only that's why I used pages. But as I saw conversions and rankings I added more pages for other product reviews and now I considered the need to restructure the site. Thanks for helping.

Now that you have explained the whole story I think that your decision was the right thing to do.
Bye!

 

[parthjuneja]

yes, I know
after update sitemap GSC, I hope you not reindex url, let the googlebot crawl self

Okay will take care of that! Thanks again!