Maintenance & Support
Plugin, Theme & Core Updates (with QA)
Managed Updates with Quality Assurance
Updates should improve your site—not break it. SeaWall Digital delivers rigorous wordpress updates management that stages changes safely, runs full QA, and deploys with confidence. We don’t “click update and hope”; we test, validate, and monitor so your website stays online and revenue-safe.
Our Safe-Update Process
- Discovery & inventory: map plugins, themes, PHP, and integrations (CRM/ERP/SSO)
- Staging & snapshots: clone to staging, create backups, and set restore points
- Batching strategy: sequence risky updates, pin versions, and isolate conflicts
- Automated & manual QA: visual regression, checkout/forms, search, login, editor, APIs
- Secure deploy: maintenance window, progressive rollout, instant rollback plan
- Post-release checks: logs, uptime, Core Web Vitals, error tracking, analytics sanity
What’s Included (Every Cycle)
- Update WordPress core, themes, and plugins with compatibility review
- Security scan after updates; patch any vulnerabilities found
- Health check on core files and database
- Uptime and error log review
- Daily backups with 90-day retention
- Broken link review and remediation
- Speed test on desktop & mobile; note any regressions
Why Teams Choose SeaWall Digital
- QA-first approach: regression testing prevents costly outages
- Certified experts: Google Cybersecurity, Adobe, and Microsoft Azure
- Builder-aware: Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, Divi—all tested
- Version governance: semantic versioning, changelog review, risk scoring
Update Cadence That Fits Your Risk
Monthly, 6×/year, quarterly, tri-annual, or bi-annual—choose the cadence that matches your compliance, traffic, and change velocity. All schedules include proactive monitoring and emergency hotfixes when needed.
Proof: Vancouver Release Reliability
Case snapshot: High-traffic membership site → post-update incidents reduced to 0 across 12 months; deploy time cut by 60% with staged testing and automated checks.
“Updates stopped being scary. SeaWall Digital’s QA catches the issues before our customers do.” — Operations Lead, Vancouver Membership Platform