Oleksii Siniaiev
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WordPress & WooCommerce rescue

WordPress and WooCommerce rescue for slow, broken, or inherited sites

Your WordPress or WooCommerce site is slow, keeps breaking after updates, or was left half-finished by another developer. I find the real cause, fix the critical path, and hand back a site your team can operate without holding its breath.

A good fit for business owners and small teams who depend on their site for sales or leads and need a senior engineer to stabilize it, not another agency retainer.

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When a rescue makes sense

The site is slow and losing customers

Pages take too long, the cart lags, and Core Web Vitals are red. I profile the real bottleneck (queries, plugins, hosting) instead of bolting on another caching plugin.

Updates keep breaking things

A plugin or theme update takes down checkout or the layout. I sort out the plugin conflicts, add a safe update process, and stop the surprise downtime.

WooCommerce checkout is unreliable

Failed orders, payment gateway errors, slow cart and checkout under load. I trace the order flow end to end and fix the path that actually costs you sales.

A previous agency left a mess

No documentation, no staging, tangled custom code. I take over, document what exists, and make the site safe to change again.

WordPress and PHP are dangerously out of date

Old PHP, abandoned plugins, and known security holes. I bring the stack up to a supported version carefully, with a backup and a rollback plan.

The site got hacked or flagged

Malware, spam injections, or a blocklist warning. I clean the site, close the entry point, and harden it so it does not happen again.

What a rescue includes

Honest diagnosis first

Every rescue starts with an audit so we both know the real state of the site before spending money on fixes.

Performance and stability work

Query and asset optimization, caching done right, plugin cleanup, and a repeatable update process.

WooCommerce checkout hardening

Order flow, payment gateways, and cart performance tested against the unhappy paths, not just the demo purchase.

Security and backups

Core, theme, and plugin updates, malware cleanup where needed, and reliable backups you can actually restore from.

Documentation and handover

A written record of what was wrong, what changed, and how to operate the site, so you are never locked into one person.

How a rescue runs

You always know the state of the site and the cost of the next step before it starts. No open-ended hourly billing.

  1. Quick triage

    You share access and describe what is broken. I confirm scope and whether a quick audit or a deep audit fits.

  2. Audit and findings

    I review performance, plugins, security, and the order flow, then send a written report with a prioritized action list.

  3. Fixed-scope implementation

    We agree what to fix first. Work is done on staging, tested, and released with a rollback path.

  4. Handover or ongoing care

    You get documentation and access. If you want, I stay on with a monthly support plan.

Rescue pricing

Starting points for a WordPress or WooCommerce rescue

Quick audit

from €490 one-off

A focused review when you need a fast, honest read on what is wrong and what it will take to fix.

  • Performance and stability check
  • Plugin conflict and security scan
  • Written findings and prioritized next steps

Deep audit

from €950 one-off

A thorough review of a larger or business-critical site, including the WooCommerce order flow.

  • Full performance and database profiling
  • Checkout and payment gateway review
  • Security, backups, and update-process audit

Implementation

from €1,500 per project

Fixing the issues found in the audit, scoped and quoted before any work starts.

  • Work done on staging, then released
  • Rollback plan and safe update process
  • Documentation and handover included

Monthly support

from €250 per month

Ongoing care once the site is stable: updates, monitoring, backups, and small changes.

  • Managed updates and monitoring
  • Priority response for incidents
  • Cancel anytime

All prices are starting points in EUR and depend on the size and state of the site. Every rescue begins with an audit so the implementation quote is based on your real system, not a guess. Working remotely from Spain with clients across Europe; other currencies quoted on request.

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Relevant WordPress and WooCommerce work

A few production WordPress and WooCommerce systems I have built, scaled, and maintained. Each links to a longer write-up.

Related reading

Background on how I approach the technical side of these rescues.

Other things I can help with

Laravel & SaaS development

Turn a product idea or an unfinished platform into software people can actually use and pay for — including subscriptions, onboarding, dashboards, integrations, and reliable releases.

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AI automation

Reduce repetitive work with focused tools and workflows: process documents, prepare answers, connect systems, or give your team faster access to internal knowledge.

View case study →

Legacy modernization

Keep the business running while an old PHP, Laravel, or WordPress system is made safer and easier to change. Improvements are delivered in controlled steps, not as a risky big-bang rewrite.

View case study →

Monthly technical support

For businesses that need someone to know the system and take care of it every month: updates, monitoring, fixes, and small improvements without briefing a new contractor each time.

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Working with a business in Ireland?

I work with Irish clients remotely from Spain, with almost fully overlapping working hours. See the Ireland-specific pages for local market context and pricing.

Working with a business in Denmark?

I also work with Danish clients remotely from Spain. Spain and Denmark share the same timezone, so we overlap the entire working day. See the Denmark pages for local market context and pricing.

Frequently asked questions

Do you work remotely, and does that matter for a rescue?

I work fully remotely from Spain with clients across Europe. A WordPress rescue is done through hosting, Git, and staging access, so remote work makes no practical difference to the result. You get the same senior engineer either way.

My site is down or losing sales right now. How fast can you start?

For urgent cases I prioritize a quick triage, usually within one business day, to stop the bleeding first. A full fix still starts with an audit, but I will tell you honestly if something needs an emergency patch before that.

Will I be locked into you after the rescue?

No. Every rescue ends with documentation and full access handed to you. You own the code and the hosting. Monthly support is optional, not a condition of the fix.

Why not just hire a cheaper freelancer or an agency?

Rescues go wrong when the person treats the symptom instead of the cause. I run a small studio and do the senior work myself, so you are not paying agency overhead or handing your broken site to a junior. If the job is smaller than you feared, I will say so.

Can you take over a site built by someone else?

Yes, that is most of this work. I start with an audit to document what exists, then stabilize it. I do not need the original developer to be available.

What if the audit shows the site should be rebuilt, not rescued?

I will tell you plainly and explain the trade-offs. Sometimes a targeted rescue is enough; sometimes a partial rebuild is cheaper long term. You get an honest recommendation, not a push toward the biggest invoice.

Tell me what is broken

Share your site URL and what is going wrong. I read every message and reply personally, usually within one business day, with a practical next step.

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