WordPress isn’t “set it and forget it.” It’s software, and software needs upkeep. Here’s what real maintenance covers — and what happens when you skip it.
What maintenance includes
- Updates, done carefully. Core, theme, and plugin updates — tested on a staging copy first, not blindly applied to your live site where a bad update can take it down.
- Backups that actually restore. Off-site, automated, and periodically test-restored. A backup you’ve never restored is a hope, not a backup.
- Security. Hardening, malware scanning, and a plan for when something gets through.
- Uptime & performance monitoring. You should hear about a problem from your developer, not from a customer.
- A real human. Someone who knows your site and answers your email.
What happens when you skip it
Outdated plugins are the number-one way WordPress sites get hacked. An un-updated site drifts toward incompatibility, then breaks on a core update with no recent backup to fall back on. The recovery costs far more than the maintenance would have.
DIY vs. a care plan
You can do basic maintenance yourself — update weekly, back up off-site, use a security plugin. A care plan makes sense when downtime is expensive, you don’t have time, or you want updates tested before they hit production.
Our care plans cover all of the above, run by the people who can also fix whatever comes up. Ask about a plan.