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Emergency website repair

Emergency website repair

Urgent help for broken business websites: WordPress white screens, PHP errors, failed updates, contact forms that stopped sending, DNS or SSL problems, hosting outages, and lead-blocking issues that need calm triage.

  • $90 CAD/hour with an estimate approved before repair work starts
  • Same-day triage for broken or unreachable websites
  • WordPress, PHP, database, DNS, SSL, hosting, and form checks
  • Fresh backup or snapshot before risky repairs where access allows
  • Plain-English repair notes and prevention steps after the fix
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What you get

How Emergency website repair actually works

Concrete deliverables — no vague SaaS jargon. Each engagement is sized to your business and reviewed monthly.

Down or broken site

HTTP 500 errors, white screens, failed updates, broken layouts, redirects, and checkout or login problems.

Forms not sending

Contact forms, SMTP, DNS records, spam filtering, and notification routing checked from form submit to inbox.

DNS & SSL issues

Expired certificates, mixed content, redirect loops, DNS changes, Cloudflare settings, and domain cutover problems.

PHP & database errors

Plugin conflicts, PHP version mismatches, database connection errors, cron failures, and fatal logs reviewed carefully.

Hosting checks

Disk space, resource limits, file permissions, backups, control panels, and server-side errors investigated before guessing.

Security-aware repair

If symptoms suggest compromise, we preserve useful evidence, limit risky changes, and move into cleanup and hardening.

Access that helps us move quickly

The fastest repair path usually needs WordPress or CMS admin, hosting panel, SFTP/SSH when available, DNS registrar or Cloudflare access, and any recent change history. If access is missing or compromised, we start by helping recover the safest control point.

Symptoms we fix

A strong fit when

  • The website is down, showing a fatal error, or stuck after an update
  • A contact form, quote form, booking form, or checkout stopped sending notifications
  • SSL, DNS, redirects, or Cloudflare changes made the site unreachable or insecure
  • WordPress admin, WooCommerce checkout, cron, or search stopped working after plugin changes
  • Hosting support says it is an application problem and the application vendor says it is hosting
  • You need a practical diagnosis before approving a rebuild or moving hosts

Our process

How emergency repair works

The goal is to stabilize the site first, then leave you with a short list of what changed and how to prevent the same failure.

  1. 1

    Triage

    Confirm the symptom, business impact, recent changes, and available access. We identify whether the first move is hosting, DNS, SSL, CMS, code, or database.

  2. 2

    Snapshot

    Take a fresh backup or hosting snapshot where possible before making risky changes, even if the current state is already broken.

  3. 3

    Check first causes

    Review logs, PHP version, disk space, DNS, SSL, plugin/theme changes, form delivery, and database connectivity before editing production code.

  4. 4

    Repair safely

    Apply the smallest fix that stabilizes the site: rollback, patch, disable a conflict, restore a file, correct DNS, renew SSL, or repair mail routing.

  5. 5

    Validate

    Test the affected pages, forms, checkout, login, SSL, redirects, and mobile views so the fix is real for visitors, not just visible in admin.

  6. 6

    Prevent repeat issues

    Provide plain-English notes and recommend maintenance, hosting, backups, monitoring, or security hardening only where it directly reduces repeat risk.

Trusted technologies we support

  • Google Cloud
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Cloudflare
  • WordPress
  • Docker
  • cPanel
  • Linux

Related services

Pairs well with

Maintenance & support

Ongoing updates, monitoring, and rapid fixes.

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Hacked WordPress cleanup

Malware removal and post-incident hardening.

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WordPress hosting

Managed hosting with WAF and backups.

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Cybersecurity

Hardening, monitoring, and incident response.

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Guide: fix the critical error

Recover from “There has been a critical error on this website” step by step.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How quickly can you start?
Same-day triage is often possible for urgent website problems. The exact start depends on access, severity, and whether hosting or DNS control is available.
How much does emergency website repair cost?
Emergency website repair is billed at $90 CAD/hour. We first confirm the symptom, access, and likely repair path, then give you a time estimate to approve before billable repair work begins. If the scope changes, we pause and confirm the next step.
Do you need admin access?
Usually yes. CMS admin, hosting panel, SFTP or SSH, DNS registrar or Cloudflare, and recent change history help us repair faster. If credentials are missing, we start with the safest access recovery path.
Can you fix contact forms that stopped sending email?
Yes. We check form settings, SMTP, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, spam filtering, and notification routing so form submissions reach the right inbox.
Can you help if the issue is DNS, SSL, or hosting?
Yes. Many website emergencies sit between the application and the host. We check domain records, certificates, redirects, Cloudflare, server resources, logs, and control-panel settings.
Will you make a backup first?
Where access allows, yes. We prefer a fresh backup or snapshot before repair work, especially if the site is partially working or the root cause is not obvious yet.
What happens after the emergency is fixed?
You get concise repair notes and prevention recommendations. Many clients then move to maintenance, managed hosting, monitoring, or security hardening so the same issue is less likely to return.

Need emergency website help?

Tell us what broke, when it started, and what access you have. Same-day triage is often available, and approved repair work is $90 CAD/hour.

Contact

Tell us what broke

Include the website URL, the exact symptom, when it started, and what access you have. Urgent requests are triaged the same business day when received during Pacific Time business hours.

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