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Managed EngineeringEnd-of-Life Shouldn’t Mean End of Support
Magento hits end-of-life on Adobe’s schedule, not yours. WordPress core and plugins age out just as fast, just more quietly. We keep both running on supported versions, so you’re never the one explaining why checkout broke on a build nobody patches anymore.
Is Your Store Running on an Outdated Technology Stack?
Explore the support lifecycle of the technologies powering your store. Identify supported versions, upcoming deadlines, and technologies that have already reached end of life.
Series: 2.4.x
Series: 6.x and 7.x
We Treat Upgrades Like Engineering, Not a Fire Drill
Most upgrade projects start the same way: a deadline shows up (an EOL date, a security scare, a client finally asking) and someone rushes a major version jump without knowing what’s going to break on the other side. Nothing forces bugs into production faster than an upgrade done under pressure.
We start by mapping what’s actually running: the Magento or WordPress core version, every extension and plugin, every piece of custom code touching either, and which of it has a supported upgrade path and which doesn’t. Then we upgrade in a staging environment first, test the parts of the site that make you money, and only then touch production.
A platform kept current this way doesn’t need a panicked six-month migration every time Adobe or WordPress deprecates something. It’s a smaller job, done on a schedule, instead of an emergency.
Nobody Notices Their Platform Aged Out Until Something Breaks
Magento and WordPress don’t send a calendar reminder when support ends. The version just stops getting patched, and the first sign is usually a security incident or a plugin that quietly stops working, not a warning.
Running Magento past end-of-life
WordPress core current, everything else ancient
What We Actually Handle
Six things people call us for, roughly in the order Adobe and WordPress force the issue.
Magento Version Upgrades
Moving off end-of-life Magento versions (2.4.6 and earlier) onto a supported release, with every extension checked for compatibility before the cutover, not after.
Buy Nutritionals, kept on a supported Magento release
WordPress Core & Plugin Upgrades
Core, theme, and plugin versions brought current and kept there, including the ones nobody’s touched since the site launched.
End-of-Life Risk Assessment
A plain accounting of what’s running on an unsupported version right now, what CVEs apply to it, and what it would take to fix, before you decide whether to act.
Extension & Plugin Compatibility Audits
Before any upgrade, we check every third-party extension and plugin against the target version, so you know what breaks before it breaks in production.
Buy Nutritionals, kept on a supported Magento release
Zero-Downtime Migration Planning
Upgrades scheduled around your traffic and tested in staging first, with a rollback plan ready, so a version bump doesn’t turn into a Saturday outage.
BST Group, three storefronts on one install
Ongoing Patch Management
Security patches and minor version updates applied on a schedule instead of whenever someone remembers, so you’re never more than one release behind.
Buy Nutritionals, kept on a supported Magento release
A Schedule, Not a Fire Drill
Four steps turn an overdue upgrade into a routine one: map what’s running, test it in staging, cut over on a schedule, and watch it afterward.
Audit And Dependency Mapping
We list every extension, plugin, theme, and piece of custom code touching Magento or WordPress core, and flag what has a supported upgrade path and what doesn’t.
Staging Environment And Compatibility Testing
The upgrade happens on a copy of the site first. Checkout, search, and anything custom get tested before anyone touches the live site.
Scheduled Cutover, Not A Surprise One
We pick a low-traffic window, tell you exactly what’s changing, and keep a rollback plan ready in case anything doesn’t behave the way staging said it would.
Post-Upgrade Monitoring And Handover
We watch error rates and performance closely for the first weeks after cutover, then hand you a plain-language writeup of what changed and what to keep an eye on.
Not One-Off Builds.
Six years keeping a supplements store fast and current on Magento
A direct-to-consumer supplements store we built on Magento in 2020 and have maintained entirely in-house since, through every upgrade since.
2020built, and maintained by us since
Magento 1 to Magento 2 for a subscription supplements brand
A subscription-first supplements brand. We ran its store on Magento 1, migrated it to Magento 2, and kept it upgraded, fast and growing for several years.
M1 → M2platform migration, delivered in-house
Three B2B storefronts on one Magento backend
One Magento Open Source installation runs three Australian storefronts for industrial tools, health supplies and school equipment. We built it in 2020 and still run it.
3storefronts on one Magento installation
Where Magento and WordPress Carry the Business
Five kinds of sites where falling behind on a core version isn’t a technicality. It means downtime, a failed PCI scan, or a plugin vulnerability waiting to be found.
Healthcare
Ecommerce & Retail
Fitness & Sports
Business Solutions
On-Demand Solutions
What Clients Say
Teams whose Magento and WordPress platforms we’ve kept current, on what changed once upgrades stopped being emergencies.
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Our journey into the world of eCommerce started around eight months ago. We knew what we wanted but had no idea of how to get there. Sookshum-Labs patiently guided us and worked with us, at our speed, to build an eCommerce store we are proud of. Right from the start we found them to be professional and efficient. They did what they said they would do, on time and as agreed. We never had to push them for deliverables. Their project management was tight, and I felt we were always in control of our project. I would not hesitate to work with Sookshum-Labs again.
We have been working with Sookshum Labs for close to two years and they are outstanding. We have a fairly complex ecommerce site and regardless of the problem, Vipin and his team are fast to respond, fix, and offer solutions that have really helped our company. They are incredibly strong communicators, do excellent and fast work, and I could not recommend them more highly.
I had the pleasure of working with the Sookshum Labs on various projects (Magento – mobile development) and I recommend them for their attention to details and ability to deliver high quality web design. The team went above and beyond our expectations. I would strongly recommend them.
Wonderful experience with Sookshum Labs team. Projects were estimated accurately, team was responsive and clear, launches were smooth and they were able to accommodate some complex customizations and commerce rules. Thank you!
Moved our whole mobile and web build here after our last vendor missed the timeline and blew the budget. Three stores then, five now.
I have worked with Sookshum Labs many times now. I am always impressed by their professionalism, the high quality of their work, and their timeliness in completing work by the due date. I highly recommend them to anyone in need of engineering and development services. Keep up the great work!
Sookshum Labs team are very good at what they do. I recommend them strongly.
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