Upgrade Statamic from £249 per site

Why the upgrade has to come first

Migration moves your site onto a server I manage on your behalf, ready for ongoing maintenance. For that handover to work cleanly, the site needs to already be on the current Statamic release.

So the upgrade has to happen first. Either your team runs it, or I do. Either way, it's a defined piece of work that lands the site on the current version, then migration follows.

The one exception: if I built your website and it already runs on a server I manage, there's nothing to migrate. The upgrade leads straight into your maintenance plan.

In-house upgrade

If your team has the time, running the upgrade in-house arrives at the same place. Statamic publishes a clear upgrade guide for every major release. This service is for when in-house isn't on the table.

What I do

I take a working copy of your site, get it running on my own machine and upgrade it there. I then upload it to your new staging server and test it. Nothing on your live site changes. From there, migration takes the upgraded site to your new production server.

• Statamic core, Laravel, and PHP raised to the current supported versions.

• Composer packages and addons updated to compatible releases.

• Templates, blueprints, and custom code adjusted for breaking changes.

What I need from you

Two things, and your developer can provide both.

The first is access to your site's code repository. That's where the code is stored and tracked, usually on GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket. Ask your developer to give me read access. I'll send my details when you get in touch.

From the repository I can see everything I need to price the upgrade:

• Which version of Statamic the site is on.

• Which versions of Laravel and PHP it's built for.

• Which addons it uses.

• Any custom code or third-party integrations.

So you don't need to find any of that out yourself. If your site isn't in a repository, tell me and we'll find another way to get me a copy.

The second is a copy of your .env file, which holds the site's settings, so I can get your site running on my own machine.

Once the site is on the current version, migration can follow. This service isn't offered as a standalone upgrade. It only runs as the step that gets your site ready for migration and the maintenance that follows.