$150 to update Wordpress?

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My online store is run via Wordpress with Cart66 shopping cart & Gravity forms. I had a programmer do some custom work on it. Wordpress is out of date and so are cart66 and gravity forms.

He says to update it all it will cost $150 due to the custom modifications.

Trying to rip me off or could it really be that much work just to update?
#programming #$150 #update #wordpress
  • It depends on the plugins. If the plugins themselves do not have any updates and he has to make them himself, then yes. Also, you have custom modifications! $150 is considered rather cheap.
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    • Yes, the plugins have updates. I suppose $150 could be cheap but steep if you have to pay $150 to update the code every so many months.

      I guess that is the price of custom mods!
  • If the updates are needed due to lazy coding whilst customising the theme, then it's steep. On the other hand, if it includes full testing and certification, it's not bad.

    -John.
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    If it takes the guy 8 hours or more to do it, then it's a fair deal.

    7 Hours or less, and you are paying over $20 per hour!
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    • Whether this is a bargain or not depends on what part of the world you live in. I usually charge over $50 an hour for programming work and am not lacking things to do.
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  • It depend exactly on the task it self. Updating plugins in wordpress is only needs one click, but if there is theme modification, so it is worth.
  • Sometimes it's a headache to update old plugins because you may lost some data or some of them won't work well with other plugins or with the latest version of WordPress, so I guess that's the reason he wants to charge $150.
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    $150 to update Wordpress?

    My online store is run via Wordpress with Cart66 shopping cart & Gravity forms. I had a programmer do some custom work on it. Wordpress is out of date and so are cart66 and gravity forms. He says to update it all it will cost $150 due to the custom modifications.