Website Repair & Modernization Services

We read the error instead of guessing. WordPress writes the reason it went down to its debug log — a fatal error naming the exact file at fault, usually a plugin, a theme, or custom code hitting a PHP version it was never written for. We fix or replace what the log points to, on a copy of the site, and put the live site back when it works. If the damage is deeper, we restore from the most recent good backup and then fix what broke so it does not repeat.

An update changed something the rest of the site depended on — a plugin incompatible with the new WordPress core, a theme built for an older PHP, or edits someone once made directly to core files that the update just overwrote. That last one is the classic hard case: the site only worked because of a customization nobody documented. We find the dependency that snapped, fix it properly, and re-implement any core hacks the right way so future updates stop breaking.

“There has been a critical error on this website” means a fatal PHP error with the details hidden from visitors. Newer PHP removes functions and behaviors that old code relies on, so the first request after the upgrade dies. The server’s error log names the file and line. We take a copy of the site, run it on the new PHP, fix every incompatibility the logs surface, and only then switch production — your visitors never see the debugging.

Yes — if the code is made compatible first. The safe order is: copy the site to a staging environment running the new PHP, fix what breaks there, test, then upgrade production. What often happens instead is the reverse: the version is changed on the live server first, and the site goes down. We do it in the right order, and your live site stays up the whole time.

Almost always, yes. Either the site is cleaned in place — malicious files removed, injected code stripped out of the database — or it is restored from a backup made before the compromise, with anything newer carried across. Recovery is the easy half. The half that matters is closing the way in, which is why our cleanups include the code fix, not just the file removal.

A site that keeps getting hacked is a site where the cleanup never closed the hole: the same outdated plugin, the same abandoned CMS version, the same writable directory. Scan-and-clean services remove the malware and leave the vulnerability, because fixing it is development work. We do the development work — patch or replace the vulnerable code, bring the stack current, tighten the server configuration — and walk you through the password resets that should follow. Then updates keep the door shut; ongoing server management can keep them applied for you.

As of 2026, PHP 8.1 and everything older — 8.0, every 7.x, and 5.6 — no longer receive security fixes. PHP 8.2’s security support runs out at the end of 2026, so modernization work should target PHP 8.3 or newer. If your site is on an unsupported version, the code needs to be made compatible before the server can move — that is exactly the work this page describes.

Yes. MySQL 5.7 reached end of support in October 2023, and even MySQL 8.0 left extended support in 2026 — current servers run MySQL 8.4 or a current MariaDB. Old applications often depend on removed SQL modes, old authentication plugins, or query behaviors that changed, which is why a database upgrade can break a site that ran for years. We upgrade the application and the database together, tested on a copy first.

No — CentOS 7 reached end of life on June 30, 2024, and receives no security patches. Sites stranded on it usually face two problems at once: an unsupported operating system and application code too old for the PHP and MySQL that ship on its replacements. We handle both halves — the server migration to AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux and the code modernization that lets your sites run there.

No. WordPress is written in PHP and that is not changing. What does change is the minimum PHP version WordPress and its plugins support, which is how sites end up stranded: the CMS moves forward, the custom code does not, and one day an update requires a PHP the site cannot run. Modernizing the code closes that gap.

Very much so — PHP powers WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, Magento, Laravel applications, and the majority of the hosting world we have managed servers for since 2005. The language is not the risk. The version is. A site on a current, supported PHP is a normal production site; a site on PHP 5.6 is a liability. Modernization moves you from the second group to the first without a rebuild.

Every job starts with an assessment: we look at the code and the environment, tell you in writing what is wrong and what we would do, and quote the work before anything starts — no hidden costs. If something discovered mid-job changes the scope, we come back to you in writing before proceeding; there is never a surprise invoice. Sometimes the honest assessment is that a rebuild beats a repair — if so, the assessment says that too, with numbers.

Yes. Hosting companies have been our core customers since 2005, and their end-customers’ legacy sites are where most of these jobs come from — the account that breaks every time you try to raise the server’s PHP, the store that gets the whole IP flagged. Send us the broken ones. We work under your brand or ours, whichever you prefer, and we already speak cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin.

No. Linux Server Management at $100 per server per month covers the server — the OS, the stack, the panel, 24/7. Repair and modernization is project work on the code that runs on it, quoted per job. They pair well: many repair customers put the server under management afterward, so the stack that just got current stays current.