Tampa Forge
Security patching
Outdated PHP and abandoned plugins are the most common way old sites get compromised. We close the known holes first, before anything else.
Legacy WordPress support
Your host wants you on a supported PHP version. One old plugin fatals the moment you switch, so the site sits on an unsupported release collecting vulnerabilities. We find the plugin that's holding you back and update it, replace it, or rebuild the part you actually use as a custom plugin — then make the upgrade uneventful.
Legacy PHP isn't automatically bad code — it's often just unmaintained code. We triage, patch what's dangerous, and give you a clear read on what's salvageable versus what needs a rebuild.
Outdated PHP and abandoned plugins are the most common way old sites get compromised. We close the known holes first, before anything else.
Moving from an end-of-life PHP version (5.x, 7.0-7.3) to a supported release, handling the deprecated syntax and breaking changes along the way.
Broken forms, silent errors, a checkout that fails intermittently — we track down root causes in code we didn't write, without guessing.
Once the codebase is patched and predictable, you can add features, plan a migration, or just stop worrying — your call, on your timeline.
Assessment first We read the code, check the PHP version, dependencies, and error logs, and tell you honestly what state it's in — no scare tactics.
Fix what's dangerous Security patches and critical bugs get triaged and handled first, even before a full modernization plan is set.
Modernize in stages PHP version upgrades and refactors happen in controlled steps with testing between each — not one risky big-bang rewrite.
Hand you the map You get documentation of what changed and why, so the next person who touches this code — including future us — isn't starting blind.
The whole job is done on a staging clone. Your live site doesn't move until the new version is proven.
We run your install against the target PHP version on staging and get an exact list of what breaks, plugin by plugin.
Most blockers have a maintained update or a modern equivalent. The rest get rebuilt as custom code — usually smaller than the original.
Snippets from a long-gone developer, modernized and moved out of functions.php into a proper plugin with version control.
Upgrade applied during a quiet window with a tested rollback, then the key paths verified end to end.
Tell us your current PHP version and what your host is asking for. We'll test your install against the target and quote the work to get you there.
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