WordPress multisite support · Agency networks

How we stabilised a 32 site WordPress multisite network in one weekend

An agency inherited a 32 site WordPress multisite network from a former partner. Three sites were down, four had silent form failures, and the network admin had not been updated in 18 months. We stabilised the entire network in one weekend window. Full recorded evidence is available on request during a discovery call.

32 sites
Stabilised in one weekend
0
Customer reported issues during the work
18 months
Of skipped updates safely caught up

The challenge

Three sites were returning 500 errors, four had silently broken forms, and the network admin was 18 months behind on updates. The previous partner had left no documentation. The agency's clients did not know about the issues yet.

What we did

  1. 1

    Cloned the entire network to a staging environment.

  2. 2

    Brought network admin and all 32 sites up to date in staging, one major version at a time.

  3. 3

    Fixed the 3 downed sites and 4 silent form failures.

  4. 4

    Rolled out to production in a single weekend low traffic window with site by site verification.

The result

All 32 sites returned to a healthy, updated state by Monday morning. No client noticed any disruption. The agency now runs the network on our white label care plan with a standard weekly update window.

We expected a month of pain. They did it in one weekend. Client identity withheld under NDA. Full Loom recording and dated evidence are available on request during a 15 minute discovery call.
Operations director · Digital agency (identity withheld under NDA)

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Recorded fixes

150+

Sites managed

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