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Your WordPress website shouldn’t be something you worry about. We handle every update, every security patch, and every performance check, so your site stays fast, safe, and online without you lifting a finger.

  • Core, plugin and theme updates tested and applied monthly
  • Daily backups with one-click restore if anything goes wrong
  • 24/7 security monitoring and malware protection
  • Speed optimisation to keep your pages loading fast
  • Real support from real people based in the UK
  • No Surprises, Fixed Cost

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WordPress Maintenance2026-09-09T12:00:38+00:00

Why Your WordPress Website Needs Regular Maintenance

As of April 2026, WordPress powers approximately 42% to 43.5% of websites, which makes it the biggest target for hackers, bots, and brute-force attacks.

Every week, new vulnerabilities are discovered in plugins, themes, and WordPress core itself.

Without regular WordPress maintenance, your website is a sitting target. Outdated plugins get exploited. Broken updates crash pages. Slow load times push visitors away and drag your Google rankings down.

Most business owners don’t find out until something breaks and by then, you’re paying emergency rates to fix a problem that should never have happened.

That’s exactly what our WordPress maintenance service prevents. We don’t wait for things to go wrong. We monitor, update, test, and optimise your website every single week, so problems get caught before they become costly.
Whether you’ve got a simple brochure site or a WooCommerce store processing hundreds of orders a month, we keep it running at its best — reliably, securely, and without the technical headache.

What’s Included in Our WordPress Maintenance Service

WordPress Core, Plugin & Theme Updates

We don’t just click “update all” and hope for the best. Every update is tested in a staging environment first, then applied to your live site with a backup taken beforehand. If anything conflicts, we catch it before your visitors do.

Daily Automated Backups

Your entire website is backed up every single day — files, database, media, everything. Stored securely off-site so even in a worst-case scenario, we can have your site restored quickly and completely.

Security Monitoring & Malware Removal

We run continuous security scans, firewall protection, and brute-force login prevention. If malware is detected, we remove it and harden your site to stop it happening again — included in your plan at no extra cost.

Speed & Performance Optimisation

Slow websites lose visitors and rankings. We monitor your page load times, optimise images, clean your database, and configure caching to keep your site performing at its best on every device.

Uptime Monitoring

Your website is checked every five minutes, 24 hours a day. If it goes down, we’re alerted instantly and start investigating before you even notice. Downtime costs money — we make sure there’s as little of it as possible.

WordPress Support from Real People

No chatbots, no offshore call centres, no week-long ticket queues. You get direct access to our Essex-based team who know your website and can help quickly when you need it.

WP Rocket™

Make your WordPress website faster and boost your Google PageSpeed score

What Happens When Your WordPress Website is Properly Maintained

Your Website Stays Online

Downtime doesn’t just frustrate visitors, it costs you leads and damages trust. Regular maintenance keeps everything stable so your website is there when your customers need it.

Google Keeps You Visible

Page speed, mobile performance, and security all feed into how Google ranks your site. A well-maintained WordPress website performs better in search.

Hackers Don’t Get In

90% of hacked WordPress sites were running outdated software. Keeping your plugins, themes, and core up to date closes the doors that attackers rely on.

You Stop Paying for Emergencies

Reactive fixes cost more than proactive care. A monthly maintenance plan is a fraction of what you’d pay to recover a hacked site, restore lost data, or rebuild broken functionality.

Your Team Can Focus on the Business

No more Googling error messages or trying to figure out why something stopped working. We handle the technical side so your team can concentrate on what they’re actually good at.

Your Website Grows With You

As your business evolves, your website needs to keep up. With ongoing maintenance, new features and improvements are straightforward, not a major project every time.

FAQs

Do you support WooCommerce websites?2026-09-01T09:30:39+00:00

Absolutely. WooCommerce websites have additional complexity, payment gateways, product databases, order processing – we have extensive experience maintaining and optimising WooCommerce websites.

Can you help with content changes and small updates too?2026-08-25T13:57:58+00:00

Yes. Depending on your plan, we include a set number of hours each month for content updates, small design tweaks, and minor functionality changes. Just email us what you need and we’ll take care of it.

What if my site has already been hacked?2026-08-25T13:57:31+00:00

We can clean up a hacked WordPress site and get it secured as a one-off project, then move you onto a maintenance plan to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Get in touch and we’ll assess the damage.

Is there a minimum contract?2026-08-25T13:57:12+00:00

No. Our maintenance plans run month to month.

Do I need to provide hosting or do you handle that too?2026-08-25T13:49:06+00:00

Yes, we prefer to host your website on our servers, so we’re in full control of the environment. Migration of your website to our server is free of charge!

What happens if an update breaks my website?2026-08-25T13:46:50+00:00

We always take a full backup before applying any update. If something goes wrong, we roll back using our one-click restore to the previous version immediately and investigate the issue before trying again.

How often do you update WordPress and plugins?2026-09-01T09:31:05+00:00

We carry out monthly WordPress and plugin updates, testing everything in a staging environment before deploying to your live site. For critical security patches, we don’t wait, we apply them immediately to keep your website protected.

WordPress Hosting Packages

Essential

£25.00

  • UK Based Managed WordPress Hosting

  • Fast, Reliable & Secure WordPress Services

  • Includes Daily Backups & One-Click Restore

  • WordPress Support by real people based in the UK

  • SSL Certificate

  • Email & phone support

  • Free WordPress Website Migration

Professional

£114.00

  • Everything in Essential

  • Monthly WordPress Core Updates

  • Monthly WordPress Plugin Updates

  • Monthly WordPress Theme Updates

  • Security Enhancements & Hardening

  • WP Rocket Website Caching Plugin

  • Advice & Guidance Included

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