Managed WordPress updates, tested before they touch your site
WordPress needs patching like your phone does. Most broken sites we see were broken by an update nobody tested. Ours are tested automatically, every time.
How it works
Your site is cloned
The system makes a staging copy of your live site.
Before and after screenshots
It applies the updates to the copy, takes screenshots before and after and reads the error logs.
Only clean updates go live
If the layout has not changed and no errors were logged, the updates are applied to the live site.
Your rules
It can wait for your approval before applying anything, run manually, or be switched off if you prefer to update yourself.
Which plans include it
| Plan | Updates tested before they go live |
|---|---|
| Basic Managed Hosting | Included |
| Fully Managed Hosting | Included |
| Bulk Hosting | Included |
Updates tested before they go live FAQ
What gets updated?
WordPress core, plugins and themes.
What happens when an update fails the test?
It is held back and the live site is left as it was.
What customers say
I worked with Ash who is an amazing guy who quickly made a great plan and helped us fix our site speed. We experienced some issues a few months later after a Wordpress update and he quickly helped us solve those issues. Overall, I’m very satisfied with their service! 🙂
Great work by Ash would highly recommend very fast response times and great customer service
Brendan and Ash are top-notch guys who not only are experts at Wordpress and site speed, but they also know SEO and how site speed plays into it. Brendan got me going and showed me my site’s CRUX reports and other things and setup an action plan for me based on what my site was deficient in. Then Ash stepped in and made the plan a reality! He also had a bunch of insights and recommendations that I’ve never heard before on the various SEO and webmaster blogs. Best of all, my site’s scores are all now in the 90 percentile and we still have the CDN to enable! Also, there was no downtime or anything broken on the site like I was expecting. Great job guys! I will be referring you to my friends and business partners.
More features
Free concierge migration
Our team moves your site for you. 99 of 100 migrations happen with no downtime window.
Read moreSpeed optimisation included
Every migrated site is set up for speed: page caching, lazy loading, image optimisation and Cloudflare.
Read moreOffsite backups every two hours
Offsite backups every two hours, restores from a single file to the whole site, plus your own hourly backups to Dropbox, Drive or S3.
Read moreBusiness grade firewall
Most hosting does not include a firewall. Every site here sits behind one, with brute force protection.
Read moreDaily malware scans, cleanup included
Every site is scanned daily for viruses, hacks and malware, powered by Imunify. If something is found, cleaning it up is included on every plan.
Read moreCloudflare CDN setup included
Your site is delivered from hundreds of locations worldwide, so it stays fast outside your home country and under heavy traffic.
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