WordPress is extremely popular, powering over 40% of websites! The software needs keeping up to date however, and we recommend updates are done at-least monthly.

It can be a lottery when running automated updates, with failed updates taking your site offline or causing other issues. We take care of all that for you.

“Patchstack estimates that 99.31% of all security bugs from 2021 were in components – WordPress plugins and themes.”
https://patchstack.com/whitepaper/the-state-of- wordpress-security-in-2021/

Why WordPress needs to be up to date

Security

Popularity makes WordPress a tempting target for hackers.

Keeping your WordPress core, themes and plugins up to date makes it harder for them to break in. Unauthorised access to your website control panel or it sending out spam emails could be disastrous for your business.

Functionality

New features are introduced to WordPress regularly that can make your site faster and easier to use.

Whether it’s performance increases, support for better image formats or new privacy tools, these new features are often vital to running a modern website.

Speed

Speed is important to maintain your search engine placements.

This is vital if you rely on search engine traffic to attract new clients or customers. A fast site also keeps visitors happy and people will leave in droves if your website takes too long to load.

What’s Included?

Our WordPress maintenance service includes all the key things to keep your site safe, secure and speedy;

  • Full backup of site files & database
  • WordPress core updates
  • Plugin updates & updates to free themes
  • Notification of any abandoned plugins that could be a security risk
  • Minor fixes to your theme (if we created it)
  • PHP updates (subject to your hosting supporting required versions)
  • Testing of contact form and checkout
  • Check of the ‘site health’ tool
  • Advice on anything else needing attention

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Monthly Reporting

Our specially developed plugin called WP CareHub shows how we look after your website. 

Website maintenance happens in the background for you, and WP CareHub shows you all the actions we’ve taken. It’s a handy display of:

  • Core WordPress updates
  • Plugin updates
  • Theme updates
  • Notes we add while updating your PHP version or fixing bugs
  • Backups downloaded
  • A summary of the top hackers blocked

Get in touch

Interested in a quote for us to maintain your WordPress/WooCommerce website?

Contact us