Keep Laravel; test the workflow that will change
The migration changes how content is stored, reviewed, templated, and deployed. Preserve the parts of Statamic that justify their place until editors and developers have accepted the replacement workflow.
What normally transfers
Collections and taxonomies, entries, locales, metadata, routes, and asset references can usually be parsed and mapped. The content-model owner decides which collections become pages, reusable records, or application-owned data.
What needs mapping or rebuilding
Blueprints and fieldsets need target schemas. The Antlers and template owner rewrites Antlers, Blade, partials, tags, modifiers, and build assumptions rather than promising mechanical conversion. The Git workflow owner decides which content leaves pull-request review and what stays as code.
What may not transfer cleanly
Custom addons, Bard sets, repository conventions, generated assets, and implicit relationships may need bespoke work. The asset owner checks source files, transforms, alt text, rights, folder assumptions, and broken references.
Verify URLs and search metadata
The URL owner records routes, aliases, language paths, redirects, canonicals, metadata, sitemap entries, and static-cache behaviour. Validation verifies high-value routes and a representative sample before migration, in the pilot, and after cutover.
Run a representative pilot
Move one collection with taxonomies, assets, an Antlers or Blade template, addon behaviour, and an editorial review step. Editors repeat their normal task while developers verify rendering, routes, metadata, asset output, cache behaviour, and rollback.
Plan cutover and rollback
The cutover owner defines the content freeze or final repository merge, export, database import, route switch, cache warm-up, monitoring window, and acceptance sequence. Keep the Statamic deployment recoverable until every owner signs off.
Statamic may remain the better fit after this work. Move only when the new Eloquent, Filament, and publishing model improves the project enough to justify changing a successful content-first workflow.
Map editorial intent alongside the fields
Cover the content model, Antlers and templates, assets, URLs, editor acceptance, Git workflow, and cutover before implementation begins. On a small team, one person may own several areas; keep every responsibility and acceptance check visible.
2 keep 4 replaced by Capell 2 to decide
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In your Statamic site Collections and entries In Capell Database-backed page and content records Capell replaces
Entries can become pages, content sections, field notes, or package-owned records depending on how they are edited and rendered. Content leaves flat files for a queryable database.
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In your Statamic site Blueprints and fieldsets In Capell Page types and widget schemas Capell replaces
Reusable field structure belongs in page types, Layout Builder widgets, or package schemas instead of staying coupled to one template.
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In your Statamic site Antlers templates In Capell Blade views and theme assets Capell replaces
Templates are rewritten rather than converted. Antlers partials usually map cleanly onto Blade components, widgets, and theme views, and the logic moves into a stack the rest of Laravel shares.
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In your Statamic site Public URLs, slugs, and redirects In Capell The same routes, verified during the move Keep
Slugs, aliases, redirects, canonical URLs, language paths, and sitemap output should be verified as part of the migration, and existing addresses can be preserved and verified.
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In your Statamic site Your Laravel app and hosting In Capell Unchanged Keep
Statamic already lives inside Laravel, and that stays the biggest asset. The application, the server, and the deploy pipeline carry straight over.
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In your Statamic site Addons, tags, and modifiers In Capell Composer packages or app code You decide
Custom tags, modifiers, fields, or workflows that keep recurring can become Capell packages; one-off helpers usually land as plain Laravel code in the app.
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In your Statamic site Git-based content review In Capell CMS publishing workflow You decide
Content edits stop arriving as pull requests. Decide whether editorial review moves into drafts and publishing inside the admin, or whether parts of the content should stay in the repository as code.
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In your Statamic site Static caching In Capell Full-page HTML caching Capell replaces
Capell caches rendered pages and invalidates them when content changes, so the fast-response setup does not have to be rebuilt by hand.
Separate mixed-system risks from Statamic work
A Statamic migration already has enough scope. Follow an adjacent guide for a legacy WordPress area, an active API consumer, or custom Filament resources rather than merging those risks into one vague estimate.