WordPress is a good tool in the right hands, but a small business site often ends up carrying fifteen plugins added over the years, each one needing updates. One update goes wrong, the contact form stops working and nobody knows which plugin to blame. If that sounds familiar, the answer is usually fewer moving parts, not more patches.
Why plugin sprawl causes the trouble
Every plugin is code written by someone else and updated on its own schedule. A slider here, a form builder there, a pop-up tool, a caching tool, a security tool. They can conflict with each other and with the theme, and any of them can be abandoned by its author.
A small business site that shows services, an About page, a gallery and a contact form does not need that much machinery. Keeping it small is the cheapest way to keep it healthy.
Signs your site is carrying too much
- ✓Update notices pile up — you are afraid to click anything
- ✓Pages load slowly after a change — usually a heavy plugin or oversized images
- ✓Forms stop sending without warning — nobody tests them after updates
- ✓You cannot say who has admin access — old accounts from past developers linger
What we do instead of patching
We do not work inside your WordPress install. We take the content, photos and structure you already have and rebuild a clean site on our managed hosting. The new build uses only what the pages actually need, so there is no plugin list to review each month.
Hosting, HTTPS, backups and uptime checks come with Website Care at $30/month, along with up to 30 minutes of small edits. When something needs changing you ask us instead of hunting through a dashboard.
What to gather before you reach out
- ✓The site address — we review every page you want to keep
- ✓A list of pages and posts that matter — not everything needs to move
- ✓Any forms, booking or payment tools — so we can reconnect them
- ✓Domain and email details — so mail keeps working during the move
What to expect, honestly
- ✓We rebuild, not repair inside WordPress — the new site runs on our hosting
- ✓Custom plugin features are scoped separately — simple sites are our focus
- ✓We do not promise to recover lost data — we work from what you can provide
One example of what your site could look like
This is one sample we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words, and we have more examples if you want to compare directions.
What it costs
Websites are priced one-time by size, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds. Monthly SEO is an optional add-on when you are ready for it.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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