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What I Kept Noticing
I have worked as a web developer/admin for businesses in the GTA for over 15 years and noticed similar issues occurring across multiple small business and contractor websites.
Common issues:
- CMS plugin & theme conflicts
- "Not Secure" browser warnings
- Missing DNS records that prevented reliable email delivery
- Broken layouts and content shifting
- Slow mobile load times
- Navigation issues between desktop and mobile
- Missing or incorrect metadata
- Poor internal linking structure
- Outdated, inaccurate or incomplete Google Business Profiles
Problems like these occur over time and cause credibility issues that can impact your business.
Why This Happens
Many contractor websites are built with WordPress, which is the most widely used website platform - used by 43% of all websites and 68% of all CMS-built sites.
WordPress is the most hacked CMS platform in the world because its market dominance makes it a vulnerable target.
WordPress became the go-to for many web design agencies but the architecture requires constant maintenance. It's a complex system that compiles pages dynamically and relies on a database to store and retrieve information.
This makes it open to security vulnerabilities and potential attacks, which means it requires regular updates to the core software, themes, and plugins. If these updates are not done consistently, the site can break.
TradesAdmin was created specifically to fix these problems and to offer a secure and appropriate alternative when the platform itself is the issue.
Website Auditor
TradesAdmin provides a free website audit that checks common failure points and provides a snapshot of what’s working, what isn’t, and what should be considered a priority to fix.