Do you always use a staging site?

Yes. We update on staging first and deploy to production only after QA passes, with a documented rollback plan.

What does your QA include?

Visual checks, functional tests for forms/logins/checkout, analytics and tag verification, sitemap/robots checks, and Core Web Vitals sanity tests.

What if an update breaks something?

We hold the change and roll back if needed. We remediate on staging—fix, replace, or reconfigure—then retry when safe.

Can you handle WooCommerce and memberships?

Yes. We test carts, checkout, subscriptions, SSO, and gateways with transaction-safe procedures on staging.

How often should we update?

Choose by risk profile: Core (every 4 months), Pro (quarterly), or Plus (monthly). Critical sites benefit from more frequent cycles.

Maintenance & Support

Plugin, Theme & Core Updates (with QA)

Plugin, Theme & Core Updates — with Staging & QA

Safe, staged WordPress updates with rollbacks, visual checks, and regression testing. We monitor vulnerabilities, plan changes, update on staging first, and go live only after QA passes.

Schedule updates See maintenance plans

Why our update process is safer

Staging-first & rollbacks

We update on staging and only promote to production after tests pass. Rollback plans are prepared for every cycle.

Visual & functional QA

Critical user paths (forms, checkout, logins, tracking) are verified with screenshots and checklists.

Vulnerability watch

Our monitoring flags plugin/theme/core CVEs. We patch quickly or replace abandoned components with supported options.

Our update & QA workflow

Plan

Inventory versions, changelogs, and CVEs; create a risk-ranked backlog.

Stage

Clone to staging with fresh DB; enable maintenance banners if needed.

Update

Apply plugin/theme/core updates, DB migrations, and config changes.

Run visual diffs, forms/checkout tests, analytics & tag checks, and smoke tests.

Deploy

Promote to production, monitor logs & uptime, and document changelog.

What’s covered in an update cycle

Area	Included actions
Backups	Pre-update snapshot and verified restore point.
Compatibility	PHP/DB versions, theme/frameworks, WooCommerce & payment gateways.
Security	Vulnerability feed review, WAF rules check, least-privilege audit.
Performance	Cache purge rules, CDN invalidations, INP/LCP sanity checks.
Tracking	GA4/Tag Manager events, pixels, and consent mode sanity checks.
Documentation	Changelog of changes, known issues, and next steps.

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Updates & QA — FAQs

Yes. Updates are applied on staging first. Only after QA passes do we deploy to production with a documented rollback.

Visual checks, forms and logins, checkout (if e-commerce), search, sitemap/robots, GA4/Tag Manager events, and key Core Web Vitals sanity checks.

We hold the change, open a fix or propose an alternative. If production is impacted, we roll back immediately and remediate before retrying.

Yes. We test carts, checkout, subscriptions, SSO, and payment gateways with transaction-safe procedures on staging.

Choose based on risk: every 4 months (Core), quarterly (Pro), or monthly (Plus). High-impact sites benefit from shorter windows between updates.