Website Maintenance
Is your website regularly maintained?
- WordPress Core is up-to-date
- Theme and Plugins are current
- You have regular and redundant backups
Just like a car, your website needs routine maintenance to keep running smoothly!
Website Maintenance Overview
Why do you need website maintenance?
You have spent a lot of time and money on your website, and it looks great – so now you can move forward and forget about it? Unfortunately, not.
- An out-of-date website can stop working
- Old plugins might have a security hole, allowing hackers to get in and break your website or redirect it somewhere else
- Your website might start running slow – discouraging visitors from staying on your site
Why pay for website maintenance when updating is just a click of a button?
That is true – it is easy to click those buttons and walk away – and that will sometimes work, and other times it will break your website.
The correct way to update WordPress, Themes and Plugins involves:
- Backups
- Testing updates on a staging site
- Checking the site after updates
- If an update breaks the site, then knowing how to fix it
I also watch user groups and make sure that a plugin update is not breaking websites. On some non-critical major updates, I might wait a few weeks in case bugs need to be fixed.
What does a website maintenance plan include?
- An initial health check of your website
- Regularly updating the WordPress Core, Theme, and Plugins
- Routine backups, saved in multiple location
- Fast website hosting with a free SSL certificate
- Depending on the plan, it might also include:
- Discounted hourly rate for other work done on your website
- Time each month to make changes and add content to your site
- Terms and Conditions
- Free malware removal
Website Maintenance Packages
Basic
Great for Brochure, Informational and Low-Traffic Websites
$
59
Monthly
+ $149 one-time setup
+ $149 one-time setup
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Fast, Shared Hosting
5GB Disk Storage
Free SSL Certificate -
Weekly Updates
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Daily Backups
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Discounted Hourly Rate
Standard
Ideal Plan for Small Business, Prolific Bloggers, and Medium-Traffic Sites
$
79
Monthly
+ $149 one-time setup
+ $149 one-time setup
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Faster, Shared Hosting
10GB Disk Storage
Free SSL Certificate -
Weekly Updates
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Daily Backups
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Discounted Hourly Rate
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Term and Conditions
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Daily Malware Scans
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Free Malware Removal
Best Value
Premium
Best Plan for High-Traffic and Ecommerce Websites
$
99
Monthly
+ $149 one-time setup
+ $149 one-time setup
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Faster Dedicated Hosting
60GB Disk Storage
Free SSL Certificate -
Weekly Updates
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Daily Backups
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Discounted Hourly Rate
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Terms and Conditions
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Daily Malware Scans
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Free Malware Removal
All website maintenance plans start with an initial setup and health check of your website, including:
- Updating plugins, theme, PHP, and WordPress
- Transferring website to a fast hosting plan based on your maintenance package
- Check of the website appearance and functionality
- A mini health audit of your website, including:
- Malware Scan
- Check that your website is responsive (looks good on all devices)
- Website speed check
- Verification that Google can crawl your website