WordPress Takeovers

Takeovers for existing WordPress sites.

Looking to improve your existing WordPress website or need a reliable team to maintain it? This service is tailored for you. Unlike some agencies, we embrace working with your current setup, but we first need to assess and ensure your website has a solid foundation. We exclusively manage websites under our care. For those we didn’t originally build, we follow a structured Website Takeover process to ensure effective website management.

How do takeovers fit in?

Before WordPress development

For organizations with an existing website who want to expand or enhance the website with new features or significant updates.

Before WordPress management services

Inspry requires approved hosting along with management and support services for all websites we work on. Our takeover process enables us to provide continuous services.

How Takeovers Work

WordPress Site Audit

Before we can assume control of your website, we need to conduct a thorough manual review of its design, code, and configuration for best practices. This step is crucial as it allows us to fully understand the site before taking on the responsibility of managing it.

Following the audit, we provide a detailed report of our findings, presented via a recorded, live screen share session. This session allows us to align on the current state of the website and serves as a low-commitment opportunity for us to get acquainted with each other’s processes and businesses. The report outlines a list of necessary action items and their associated costs, some of which are essential to meet Inspry standards and proceed with the takeover. Additionally, our team will examine any custom plugins or themes for best practices and security, ensuring we can confidently maintain the site’s code.

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Audit Implementation

After we review the audit report, the necessary action items outlined in the report must be approved. Once you approve the associated costs, our team will begin implementing these changes on a staging copy of your live website. After the changes are completed there, you can review them. Once you give your approval, we will schedule a date to implement the changes a second time on the live site to ensure no data lost.

If your website needs to be migrated from your current hosting provider, we will also handle the hosting migration at this time. Migrating the site, especially for e-commerce stores or learning management systems, requires coordination to ensure uninterrupted availability for your users.

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Takeover is complete!

Once the audit implementation is finalized, we assume responsibility for WordPress support and management. This allows us to offer ongoing support and development services tailored to your business needs, ensuring we have full oversight of your site. By understanding every aspect of your website, we can minimize the risk of disruptions or issues during development. Additionally, managing your site reduces development costs by eliminating the risks associated with outdated software or unforeseen configuration changes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A WordPress takeover is the process of transitioning management of an existing WordPress site to a new agency. Inspry’s takeover process begins with a comprehensive technical audit to assess your site’s health, followed by structured onboarding into our managed care system so we can maintain, improve, and secure your site going forward.

Common reasons include your previous developer becoming unresponsive, outgrowing a freelancer’s capacity, needing more reliable support and maintenance, or wanting a team that can handle both ongoing care and new development. Inspry specializes in taking over sites we did not originally build and bringing them up to our standards.

We start with a full technical audit covering code quality, security, performance, and hosting. Next, we document your site’s architecture and any custom functionality. Then we onboard your site into our managed hosting and maintenance workflow, address any critical issues found during the audit, and establish ongoing support.

No. Inspry performs all takeover work on staging environments and coordinates DNS and hosting transitions to minimize or eliminate downtime. We test thoroughly before making any changes live and schedule cutovers during low-traffic periods when possible.

Yes. Inspry exclusively manages websites under our maintenance and support plans. This ensures your site receives regular updates, security monitoring, backups, and expert support. The maintenance plan is what allows us to keep your site healthy and respond quickly when you need changes or encounter issues.

A takeover typically takes 2-4 weeks from initial audit to full onboarding, depending on the complexity of the site and the number of issues discovered during the audit. Sites with significant technical debt or security concerns may require additional remediation time before they are fully onboarded.

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