We used to maintain WordPress sites. Now we fix them — permanently.
What was best practice in 2018 is technical debt in 2026. We migrate small businesses off WordPress permanently — then hand them a site they actually own, with an AI agent to manage it themselves.
PressFixer has been in the WordPress business for years — building sites, maintaining them, troubleshooting the plugins, managing the updates, absorbing the 2am panic calls when something broke. We know WordPress from the inside. That's exactly why we stopped recommending it.
We didn't close. We didn't pivot to something unrelated. We looked at what we were actually fixing every week and asked a harder question: what if the fix wasn't patching WordPress — what if the fix was leaving it?
Here's what nobody in the web industry wants to say out loud: WordPress was built for a different kind of website. The infrastructure that makes it powerful — its plugin ecosystem, its database dependency, its update chain — exists to support ecommerce stores, membership communities, and subscription platforms. Businesses with real complexity that justify real overhead.
But the majority of small businesses using WordPress don't have ecommerce catalogues. They don't have members-only content. They have a homepage, a services page, a contact form, and maybe a blog. They're running a brochure site on a platform built for a shopping mall. All the risk. None of the reason.
What that means in practice: a platform held together by dozens of third-party plugins, each built by different developers with different priorities, running on top of each other on infrastructure never designed for what we're asking it to do.
Every plugin is a door. Every door is a potential vulnerability. Every update is a gamble. And somewhere along the way, the small business owner — the person WordPress was supposed to empower — became the last person considered in any of it.
"What was best practice in 2018 is technical debt in 2026."
So in 2026, PressFixer changed its model. We still fix WordPress problems. We just fix them permanently now — by getting you off WordPress entirely and onto something you actually own.
Fast, clean, modern sites with no platform dependency, no plugin stack, no monthly subscription just to keep the lights on. You own every file. Nothing waiting for the wrong update to take it down.
We've already made the move. The only question is whether you're ready to.
A flat-fee migration from WordPress to a clean, fast, modern site. The project ends at handoff. No retainers, no emergencies, no dependency. It's yours forever.
Every site we build comes with an AI agent the client uses to make changes — in plain English, without ever contacting us.
Update a headline. Write a blog post. Swap a photo. The agent reads your site, makes the change, deploys a live preview on your actual domain, and waits for your approval before anything goes live.
Brand colors, fonts, navigation, Stripe links — all locked. Every change is version-controlled. Every state is recoverable in one click.
You own the car. You're just choosing whether to keep the driver.
One price. One scope. The project ends at launch. No retainer traps. No monthly fee just to keep the lights on. No on-call emergency line.
The site works forever whether you pay for the agent or not. You're paying for the tool — not for the site to stay alive.
50% upfront. 50% on launch. No exceptions.
After year one
Agent access subscription. Keep the AI editor active after the first year. Cancel anytime — your site stays live and fully functional regardless.
This is the explicit difference from Squarespace and WordPress.com. The site is yours. The subscription is entirely optional.
Tell us a bit about your site and what's driving you to make the move. We'll get back to you within one business day with an honest assessment — no pitch, no pressure.
Not ready to fill out a form? Just send a note.
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