WordPress Maintenance Services
Updates tested on staging before they reach your live site, backups we actually restore-test, monitoring that reaches a person, and small edits handled for you. One plain-language report a month, month to month, no contract.
Get a fixed quote
Reply within one business day. No obligation.What happens when nobody maintains a WordPress site
Most WordPress problems are not sudden. They build up quietly: an outdated plugin, a backup nobody tested, an update pushed live on a Friday.
Figures from Patchstack's State of WordPress Security report. The practical point: most risk sits in the plugins your site already runs, which is why updates, backups, and monitoring have to be routine rather than occasional.
Everything a live WordPress site needs each month
One predictable routine instead of hunting for help in the middle of an emergency.
Updates tested on staging
Core, theme, and plugin updates applied to a copy first, checked, then pushed live.
Restore-tested backups
Scheduled off-site backups, and we test that they actually restore.
Uptime monitoring
Alerts reach a person who can act on them, not an inbox nobody reads.
Security scans
Regular malware checks and a review of plugins with known vulnerabilities.
Small edits
Text, images, new sections, and minor layout changes, handled for you.
Speed checks
We watch for the slowdowns that creep in as plugins and content grow.
Fast help when it breaks
If something goes wrong, we fix it, same day when the site is down.
Monthly report
What we did, what we found, and anything that needs a decision. In plain language.
You can maintain WordPress yourself. Here is the difference.
For a simple site, the tasks are manageable. The question is whether they happen consistently, and who is online when the site goes down. Our guide to what a WordPress care plan includes covers the trade in more detail.
Up and running in four steps
The same routine every month, written down before we start.
Site check
We look at your hosting, plugins, backups, and update history, and flag anything urgent.
Plan and fixed price
You get a written scope and one fixed monthly price. No contract, cancel any month.
Onboarding
We set up staging, off-site backups, monitoring, and access. Your accounts stay in your name.
Monthly routine
Tested updates, checks, small edits, and a plain-language report every month.
For business owners who would rather not think about it, and agencies who cannot
Your site stays up, safe, and current
You run the business. We keep the website that brings in calls and orders working, and tell you in plain language what we did each month.
Care plans for your clients, delivered under your brand
Sell maintenance to your clients without building a maintenance team. We do the updates, backups, and monitoring, and write the reports under your brand and under NDA.
When you do not need a maintenance plan
A hobby blog with little traffic and no custom code can usually be kept current by its owner. If the site earns money through sales, bookings, or leads, or has custom features, routine maintenance costs less than the emergency it prevents.
WordPress maintenance questions
Straight answers before you commit to anything.
What does WordPress maintenance include?
Core, theme, and plugin updates tested on staging, scheduled off-site backups that are restore-tested, uptime and security monitoring, small content edits, and a monthly report. The exact scope is written down before you start, so you know what is covered and what would be quoted separately.
How much does WordPress maintenance cost?
It depends on the site: how many plugins it runs, whether it is a WooCommerce store, and how many edits you expect each month. After a short site check you get one fixed monthly price in writing. Our care plans guide explains what moves the price and what cheap plans leave out.
How often should WordPress be updated?
Security fixes should go in as soon as they are tested, because many attacks target known plugin vulnerabilities. Routine updates run on a fixed schedule agreed in your plan. The important part is testing them on staging first, since untested updates are the most common reason a working site suddenly breaks.
Is there a contract?
No. Maintenance is month to month and you can cancel any month. Your hosting, domain, code, and accounts stay in your name the whole time, so leaving never means losing access to your own website or waiting on us to hand anything back.
Can you maintain a site another developer built?
Yes. Most of the sites we maintain were built by someone else. We start with a site check to map the plugins, custom code, and hosting, document what we find, and set up staging and backups before the first update is applied.
Do you provide hosting?
We do not resell hosting. We can recommend a host that suits your traffic and budget, set it up correctly, and manage it as part of your plan, but the hosting account stays in your name so you are never locked in.
Hand off the maintenance, keep the control
Send us your URL. We will check your plugins, backups, and hosting, tell you what needs attention now, and quote one fixed monthly price.
Reply within one business day. No obligation.