Hosting & Migrations
WordPress Hosting, Migrations and Infrastructure Support
For organisations that need reliable WordPress hosting, safer migrations and technical confidence around performance, security and uptime.
Hosting Should Not Be the Weak Link
Your website’s hosting affects performance, reliability, security, updates, staging, backups and how safely your team can make changes. When the hosting setup is unclear, overloaded or poorly managed, even simple website work can become slow and risky.
Make Do helps organisations review, improve, migrate and manage WordPress hosting environments. We can work with your existing provider, support your current infrastructure, or move your site to a managed WordPress setup where that is the right route.
The goal is simple: make your website faster, safer and easier to support without forcing unnecessary change.
A Practical Approach to Hosting and Migration
We have managed WordPress, WooCommerce, intranet and web application hosting across a wide range of client setups, from busy marketing sites to higher-traffic, business-critical platforms.
Sometimes the right answer is a full migration. Sometimes it is better to improve the current setup, add better monitoring, clean up staging, review caching, or work directly with an existing hosting provider.
We will recommend the route that gives your team the best balance of stability, performance, control and long-term support.
- Existing Hosting Reviews
For teams that need a clear view of whether their current hosting setup is helping or holding the site back. - Safer WordPress Migrations
For organisations moving from an old host, agency setup, legacy platform or underpowered environment.
- Performance and Stability
For sites affected by slow load times, traffic spikes, uptime concerns or poor server configuration. - Managed Hosting Support
For teams that want Make Do to handle hosting, monitoring, backups, updates and technical support properly.
Not sure if hosting is part of the problem?
Start with the WordPress 5-Day Reliability Sprint.
If your site is slow, unstable, difficult to update or hard to improve, we can review the wider setup first, including hosting, plugins, theme, performance, security and known risks.
Hosting Support That Fits Your Setup
Whether you need us to set up and fully manage a new hosting environment, or you’d prefer us to take over and maintain your existing platform, we can work with your preferred approach.
The choice is yours. Either way, you get experienced technical support and a hosting setup that is easier to manage.
WordPress-Optimised Infrastructure
Hosting environments tuned specifically for WordPress and WooCommerce, ensuring fast load times and smooth performance.
High-Scale Server Resources
Scale more confidently as traffic, functionality and platform demands increase.
Flexible Security Options
Proactive protection including firewalls, malware scanning, and automatic SSL certificates as standard.
Testing & Staging Environments
Test updates, features, and design changes before they go live without risking your production site.
Daily Backups & Disaster Recovery
Automated backups with rapid restore options so you’re never left stranded. We also offer full Disaster Recovery for Enterprise clients.
You Own It, We Manage It
You can bring your own server and hosting plan from a third-party provider, or let us handle everything for you.
Fully Managed Setup & Hosting
We handle everything from the ground up, giving you a secure, high-performance hosting environment built to suit your website.
Server provisioning to select and configure the right hosting for your needs.
WordPress-Optimised Environments that are tuned for speed, scalability, and reliability.
Security Hardening with firewalls, malware scanning, and SSL as standard.
Performance Optimisation via caching, CDN setup, and database tuning.
Backup and disaster recovery, with automated daily backups, rapid restore options and clear recovery routes in an emergency.
Ongoing Monitoring and Error Reporting with 24/7 oversight to catch and fix issues before they impact you.
Take Over & Maintain Existing Hosting
Already paying for hosting? We’ll work within your existing platform to ensure it’s secure, efficient, and running at its best.
Full Hosting Review to assess your current server setup for security, speed, and reliability.
Explore alternative options, such as WP Engine, Kinsta, Pressable or other managed hosting platforms, if your current service is not delivering.
Apply performance and security improvements without disrupting your site.
Keep WordPress core, plugins and server software up to date where it is safe and appropriate.
Focused Collaborative Support so we can work with your team and server provider when needed to resolve issues quickly.
Not sure which option is best?
We’ve managed and optimised countless hosting setups just like yours. The best next step is to book a call so we can review your needs, pinpoint any issues, and recommend the fastest, most effective improvements.
Our Work
Our work includes new platform builds, inherited website takeovers, complex integrations and long-term support for organisations that need reliable digital systems.
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High-Traffic WordPress Migration and Platform Rebuild for It’s Gone Viral
Make Do stabilised and rebuilt It’s Gone Viral after explosive audience growth pushed their legacy platform beyond its limits. Following a migration and performance overhaul, we delivered a custom Gutenberg-powered rebuild.
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Evolving Pickard’s Website with a Fresh Homepage and Custom Mega Menu
Make Do transformed the Pickard Properties’ website with a fresh homepage and custom mega menu, enhancing user experience and reflecting business growth.
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Custom Lead Generation Web Application for a Global Networking Powerhouse
The Connect system is far from a simple WordPress module. It’s a custom and robust standalone React application designed to streamline lead capture and accelerate customer onboarding.
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Global Business School Barcelona (GBSB) Website Migration & Redesign
We helped GBSB to transform its outdated Drupal website into a modern, scalable, and user-friendly WordPress platform for enhanced performance and user experience.
Ready to Optimise Your Hosting?
If hosting is slowing your site down or making changes harder, we can help you review the setup and choose the safest route forward.
How We’ve Done It
Different Examples of Our Hosting Service in Action
In this section, we look at some scenarios where our Scalable Website & WordPress Hosting service delivers the stability, speed, and scalability that struggling websites need.
A Client on Cheap, Overloaded Hosting
Best Approach: Migration to High-Performance Managed Hosting
Budget hosting can be fine for hobby sites, but business-critical websites need more power and stability.
We’ve moved countless sites from low-cost, oversold servers to optimised WordPress hosting, instantly improving speed, uptime, and reliability.
Our Process
- Audit current hosting for bottlenecks and risks.
- Migrate the site with zero downtime.
- Apply caching and performance tuning for maximum speed.
- Set up security monitoring and backups for long-term peace of mind.
A Client Experiencing Downtime from Massive Traffic Spikes
Best Approach: Custom Scalable Hosting Environment
When a site receives millions of visits a day, generic hosting plans can’t cope.
We design and deploy custom server configurations that scale instantly to handle huge volumes of visitors without service interruptions.
Our Process
- Analyse current traffic patterns and load issues.
- Implement scalable hosting architecture (load balancing, CDN, and caching layers).
- Stress test for peak traffic readiness.
- Monitor 24/7 to ensure constant uptime and performance.
A Site Built with Heavy, Off-the-Shelf WordPress Components
Best Approach: Optimised WordPress-Only Hosting
Themes with dozens of plugins and page builders can be resource-hungry.
We place these sites on WordPress-tuned servers that deliver smooth performance without needing a rebuild.
Our Process
- Assess plugin and theme resource usage.
- Optimise hosting environment to match the build.
- Enable server-level caching and PHP optimisation.
- Monitor and refine performance over time.
A Business with No Technical Team or Support
Best Approach: Fully Managed Hosting with Hands-On Support
Some organisations do not want to think about servers, updates or backups. They just want their website to work.
We take on full responsibility for hosting so clients can focus on running their business.
Our Process:
- Migrate to our managed hosting platform.
- Handle all updates, monitoring, and security in the background.
- Provide proactive alerts and recommendations when needed.
- Keep everything running smoothly, 24/7.
When Hosting is the Root of Every Problem!
Best Approach: Audit, Rebuild, and Relocate to the Right Environment
Often, slow speeds, downtime, and instability all come down to bad hosting.
We identify the root cause, move you to a better environment, and configure everything for long-term stability.
Our Process:
- Complete technical audit to confirm hosting is the issue.
- Recommend the right hosting setup for your needs.
- Migrate and reconfigure your site for maximum performance.
- Provide ongoing hosting management and support.
Speak to our Hosting Experts
We’ll review your hosting, find the issues, and give you a clear plan to make your site faster, safer, and ready to grow.
Website Adoption & Rescue Service Client Quotes
The Make Do team are hotshots. They did things with WordPress we didn’t
think were possible and we needed a fast turnaround and heavily customised system.
I would highly recommend their services.
Liz Hnat
Project Lead, Fun Palaces
The process of developing our new website was clear, constructive, positive and actually enjoyable. The Make Do team were able to translate what we wanted from a website into the building of it and we weren’t bombarded with jargon and terminology.
Richard King
Website Development Manager
Make Do joined us at the very beginning of our re-brand and worked with us from day one to ensure that our website reflected the identity of the charity.
We couldn’t be happier with the look and style of our website.
Katie Cartwright
NHS Charity Manager
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Convinced Yet?
Got a complex website, a broken platform, or a system that needs expert support? You’re in the right place.
Drop us a message, ask a question, or tell us what’s on your mind. We’re here to chat, plan, and help you make something great happen. Let’s get started.