Hosting companies are forcing PHP updates. When that happens, outdated sites break - forms stop working, checkout fails, and admin access can disappear overnight.
Check If Your Joomla or WordPress Site Will Break (Before It Does)
Paste your website URL to get a quick risk report. We’ll detect Joomla or WordPress, check for shop add-ons like WooCommerce/VirtueMart, and flag what could break with the next PHP update.
Why Your Site Is at Risk
PHP upgrades are controlled by your hosting provider, not by you. Once the server moves to a newer PHP version, older Joomla and WordPress sites often fail with no warning.
What we see most often:
- Pages stop loading or show 500 errors / white screens.
- Contact and enquiry forms quietly stop sending messages.
- VirtueMart or WooCommerce checkout breaks (lost sales).
- Page builders stop working (SP Page Builder, Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, etc.).
- Admin / dashboard access becomes unstable or locked out.
- Extensions / plugins refuse to update or conflict with PHP.
- SEO rankings drop as performance and security degrade.
Fixing After a Crash Is More Expensive
Most businesses only discover there is a problem when leads and sales quietly drop off or the entire site crashes.
Emergency repair work usually costs far more than a planned upgrade:
- Developers must debug live issues instead of upgrading cleanly on staging.
- Template, plugin and extension replacements become unavoidable once they are too far out of date.
- Downtime during busy periods can cost more than the upgrade itself.
- You lose trust when customers see errors or failed checkouts.
Upgrading before PHP changes is almost always cheaper, safer, and less stressful.
Your Upgrade Includes Over $400 (R7,000) in Premium Joomla Licences Per Year
For Joomla sites on our Care plans, we maintain and renew a bundle of commercial extensions that you would normally pay for separately. These are included at no additional licence cost while your Care plan remains active.
In many cases, these included licences alone cover most or all of your upgrade cost.
Combined, this Joomla stack is worth well over $400 per year, around R7,000. That is before maintenance, backups, monitoring and compatibility checks are even added.
One-time cost. No hidden fees. No hourly billing.
Done on staging first - your live site stays untouched until everything is confirmed working
Most sites fall into one of these:
Joomla Upgrade Pricing
- $110.00 - Joomla core upgrade (no VirtueMart).
- $220.00 - Joomla + VirtueMart upgrade (shop, checkout and overrides).
No redesign. No hidden fees. Fixed pricing for a safe, tested upgrade on staging first.
Best for: Business sites, blogs, portfolios, and Joomla shops that need to stay online and supported.
WordPress Upgrade Pricing
- $110.00 - WordPress core upgrade with theme and plugin compatibility fixes.
- $220.00 - WordPress + WooCommerce upgrade with checkout and payment testing.
Fixed pricing with a full staging copy, testing and safe launch. No surprise hourly bills.
Best for: Business websites, lead-generation sites, blogs, membership sites and WooCommerce stores.
Full Upgrade/Migration Process
Done safely without touching your live site.
Our Safe, No-Downtime Upgrade Process
We create a copy of your site on a secure staging URL (for example
upgrade.yoursite.com). Your live site continues to run normally while we work.
2. Core Upgrade
- Joomla upgraded to 5.4 Stable or Joomla 6 (native-ready).
- WordPress upgraded to the latest stable, PHP-ready version.
- Joomla: SP Page Builder Pro, JCE Pro, RSForm! Pro, EasyBlog, Admin Tools Pro, Akeeba Backup Pro, 4SEO and other key extensions.
- WordPress: page builders, SEO plugins, security plugins, forms and other important plugins.
Testing, Approval and Go-Live
- Joomla template override fixes so menus, modules and layouts stay intact.
- WordPress theme and child theme adjustments where needed.
- Contact forms and lead capture.
- VirtueMart / WooCommerce checkout and payment gateways.
- Login, navigation, search and SEO.
- Caching and basic performance checks.
You review the upgraded staging site first. Once you approve, we schedule a quick live switch with minimal or no downtime, plus a rollback point just in case.
Included FREE for the first month with every upgrade
Keep Your Site Secure All Year (Care Plan)
Care Basic is designed for stable sites that need reliable protection and updates without a heavy monthly workload. Ideal for business sites, blogs, and smaller ecommerce sites that do not change every day.
- Applies to one site, Joomla or WordPress.
- Monthly CMS and extension / plugin updates.
- Off site backup storage with at least three restore points kept.
- Security checks and basic hardening.
- Uptime monitoring with alerts.
- PHP compatibility checks before your host upgrades.
- Included Joomla premium licences worth over $400/year.
- XML sitemap installed or checked and updated after structural changes.
- Short monthly maintenance summary sent by email.
- Priority support for issues and questions.
$29 per month - cancel anytime.
Care Plus (Joomla or WordPress)
Care Plus is for larger or higher-traffic sites such as WooCommerce and VirtueMart stores. It increases monitoring frequency, includes off-site backups, and adds a block of monthly technical support time.
- Everything in the Care Plan for one Joomla or WordPress site.
- Weekly full site backups, with at least three off site restore points
- Higher-frequency uptime monitoring and reports.
- Advanced security and malware scan with actionable reports.
- 1 small technical fix or configuration adjustment per month.
- 50% discount on major CMS upgrades for the same site.
- Automated off-site storage and version tracking.
- Monthly or weekly maintenance summary reports.
- Security audit snapshot included.
$49 per month - ideal for eCommerce and high-traffic business sites.
Yes. We offer white-label upgrades and Care plans for agencies who prefer to outsource Joomla and WordPress maintenance. You keep the client relationship; we do the technical work.
Already know your site needs an upgrade? Skip the scan and book directly.
Don’t wait for your site to break - Order the Upgrade Today!
Tell us whether you’re running Joomla or WordPress and we’ll send you a simple upgrade confirmation and next steps. No obligation - we review your site first so you know exactly what will be done and when.