How and why software becomes unsupported
The short answer is that costs will vary slightly depending on your situation in terms of the age and frequency to which your website is maintained. Allow us to elaborate a little on this below.
For businesses that have monthly maintenance
Chances are you don’t need to do anything. Your developer or agency SHOULD take care of everything for you within your allocated retainer hours each month.
For businesses with a website up to 2 years old
If you have a lightweight CMS based website with minimal third-party dependencies then you will most likely require little to minimal efforts to get things realigned and up to date. However, be prepared for a 2-4 hours of extra work at least. Bigger sites may require more as plugins/templates may break.
For businesses that never update their website
Now if you never opted for website maintenance, it’s not all your fault. It just most likely means that your developers never fully explained the importance of the activity to you at the time. However, if this was explained and you chose to ignore it anyway thinking it was just an upsell then shame on you. Unfortunately, you are about to find out the problems this can cause the hard way.
It’s most likely that your software release and codebase is prehistoric, making it more likely for an issue to present itself during the upgrade process. There is no way to tell how bad the problems will be and what the necessary fix will entail, until the update process begins. In a worst-case scenario, the work required may be too considerable and your developer or agency may suggest a rebuild.
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