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I have a wordpress website that I manage but would like to slow it down because the client does not want to pay. The client is making money out of it as seen from the orders in the dashboard.
Are there possible ways to do it via the CPanel or not?
I suspect that may end badly. Do they need access to the backend? Maybe restrict that.
Why don’t you turn it to maintenance mode until you get paid?
That’s just bad faith. I know it’s sad and you should get paid but if it isn’t too much of your loss, please let it go. I really hope you get more business in good faith.
What I’d do is disable their access to the sites admin portal, then send them an email (make sure that tracking is on so that you do get a receipt for when it is delivered to their mailbox) and a letter via registered mail via a courier (that way they have to sign it) stating that if payment is not received by such a time on x day then you will redesign the site so that it says something along the lines that you had designed and maintained the site and hadn’t received any payment for the work you had done on it.
The second that time comes, and the client hasn’t paid then change the website to reflect what was written in the letter/email to the client.
Just disable the order emails… that way. They still making money.. Orders just can’t be processed on their end until they contact you.
My experience with this is to understand and make peace with the fact that south is where this one has gone. Seems this is your first experience and it’s a though one but stay in this game long enough you’ll know there are financial sadists out there.
My advice is not to end up here again and the best thing is to revisit your contract and tighten that up so you don’t ever get screwed like this again. Also vet your clients – not every fish is edible.
Back to more pressing issues. I’d say to just disable the site. You can back it up and just delete it. You can give them a couple of days warning beforehand. Call them, go meet them if you can. You might find that there might be some other thing going on you were not aware of. If anything, it will give you peace knowing you did you best before taking action.
All the best.
Demand payment. Give them a clear timeline. 10 days. 15 days. 30 days. Whatever. Tell them you are shutting the site down if invoice has not been paid.
If the invoice is not paid in time, shut the site down.
Any attempt to slow the site down (or as others have suggested, stopping emails from being sent, putting up messages, etc) is bad business and ridiculous.
**Clear deadline to pay. Not paid by that time, shut it down and only restore once it’s paid.** That is it. Everything else is shenanigans.
Maybe some annoying pop-ups that are really hard to dismiss…
Dude! Do not vandalize your work. If you make the web site deliberately slow, it will harm *your* reputation. If you flip it to maintenance mode it will harm your deadbeat customer’s reputation.