Knowledge lives with a past agency or developer.
CMS Rescues
CMS Rescues & Audits
When your CMS technically works, but day-to-day changes feel risky, fragile, or slow, we help you regain control without unnecessary rebuilds.
Is this for you?
Our CMS audits and rescues are agency-led engagements focused on diagnosing problems, stabilising production systems, and making you confident with your CMS again.
Do You Need a CMS Audit?
Knowledge lives with a past agency or developer.
Editors are afraid to publish because changes break other pages.
Content models feel overly complex or inconsistent.
Performance has degraded as content and features grew.
This service is for teams who are already on a modern CMS, but working with it has become harder than it should be.
Our Deliverables
What you get from a CMS audit
You can use these independently, there’s no obligation to continue with us.
Our Process
Our audit & rescue approach
Our approach is evidence-led, defining a clear path forward, whether it's with us or your own team.
Audit before action
We will fully understand your problems before proposing any solutions.
Recommended actions
We will present a set of options, outlining the effort, cost, and impact of each direction.
Implement fixes
Changes are made in a controlled, low-risk manner without disrupting live systems.
Document and train
Upon fixing, we will provide your team documentation and training on how to use the CMS.
Platforms we audit and rescue
We regularly audit and rescue CMS implementations across modern platforms.
Shopify
Sanity
Contentful
Strapi
BigCommerce
Shopify
Sanity
Contentful
Strapi
BigCommerce
Frequently Asked Questions
These are common questions teams ask before starting a CMS audit. Our goal is to provide clarity, reduce risk, and help you make the most informed decision.
No. The audit framework covers most modern CMS platforms, but recommendations are tailored to the platform you’re using.
Only if it’s genuinely the best option. We prioritise rescue and refactoring wherever possible.
Yes. This is very common, and we approach it objectively.
Yes. If we proceed beyond the audit, documentation and training are part of how we work.
Typically 1–2 weeks, depending on size and complexity.
It’s an independent, expert review of your CMS to uncover risks, gaps, and quick wins—focused on restoring stability and confidence, not selling you a rebuild, running a generic automated scan, or forcing your site into a one-size-fits-all checklist.
We assess your CMS’s condition and how your team actually works to determine whether it needs stabilizing, structural improvement, or a full platform change—then outline the effort, cost, and impact of each path so you can move forward with clarity.
CMS not working?
If your CMS feels risky, fragile, or hard to work with, a focused audit can bring clarity before you make any big decisions.
