Ten sites, brought back.
In October 2026 we took ten sites we built between 2020 and 2023 and brought them up to date: Statamic 6, Laravel 12 and PHP 8.3. Every page was crawled before and after, so nothing changed that shouldn’t.
- Sites
- 10, built 2020–2023
- From
- Statamic 3.0–4.2, Laravel 7–9
- To
- Statamic 6, Laravel 12, PHP 8.3
- Checked
- 740 pages, before and after
- Hosting
- Pixney servers, locked down
Why
Good sites age quietly. The framework falls behind, the server moves on, and one day nobody dares to touch them.
We wanted ours online again — as proof of the work, and as proof that we look after what we build.
How we did it
Baseline
Each site runs on its old code and old PHP while a crawler saves every page: text, images, meta tags and the sitemap.
Upgrade
Straight to Statamic 6 and Laravel 12 — running Statamic’s own migration scripts, then fixing templates for the new parser.
Compare
The crawler runs again and compares both versions page by page, including image classes and SVGs, because layout bugs don’t change text.
Review
An automated code review on every upgrade, and fixes for what it finds, before anything ships.
Deploy
Built locally and deployed to a locked-down server where only index.php may run PHP, with HTTPS from the first request.
The ten sites
All ten now run Statamic 6 and Laravel 12.
| Site | Was | Pages compared | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DesignStudio | Statamic 3.3 · Laravel 8 | 62 | Live, private |
| Universal Favourite | Statamic 3.3 · Laravel 9 | 33 | Live |
| TapTap | Statamic 3.3 · Laravel 9 | 12 | Live, private |
| Shoplazza | Statamic 3.2 · Laravel 8 | 12 | Live, private |
| Sweat | Statamic 3.0 · Laravel 8 | 4 | Live, private |
| Prospa | Statamic 3.3 · Laravel 9 | 14 | Live |
| Soma | Statamic 3.3 · Laravel 9 | 1 | Live |
| Nummer Ett | Statamic 4.2 · Laravel 9 | 19 | Archived |
| Second School | Statamic 3.0 · Laravel 7 | 568 | Live |
| FY Media | Statamic 3.2 · Laravel 8 | 15 | Live |
Care
Got an older Statamic or Laravel site? We’ll upgrade it, check every page and keep it running. Care from 1 500 SEK per site and month, or Care + changes from 3 500 SEK with about 2 hours of changes included. Excl. VAT.
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