WordPress maintenance service & care plans

Every care plan includes WordPress core and plugin updates, regular backups and emergency support. The Business and Premium plans also include 24/7 security and uptime monitoring, monthly development hours and priority support. All plans are month-to-month with no minimum contract. For the complete list of tasks, see my WordPress maintenance checklist.

My WordPress maintenance service starts at £30/mo for the Essential Care Plan — covering core and plugin updates, weekly backups and emergency support. The Business plan is £65/mo and adds security monitoring and 2 hours of development. The Premium plan is £150/mo and includes 5 development hours and a monthly performance review. Hosting is separate and starts at £10/mo, so a hosted client on the Essential plan pays £40/month in total across the two services.

No — they are two separate services and they are priced separately. Hosting, from £10/month, is the managed UK server your website runs on, with SSL, uptime monitoring and live chat support. A care plan, from £30/month, is the monthly maintenance work done on the site itself: updates, backups, monitoring, development hours and reporting. You can take one without the other, and plenty of clients keep their existing hosting elsewhere and take a care plan from me only.

Yes — even a static website needs regular maintenance. WordPress core and plugin updates are released constantly to patch security vulnerabilities. Without them, your site is at risk of being compromised even if the content never changes. A basic care plan keeps your site secure and backed up regardless of how active it is.

All care plan clients include emergency support. If your site is compromised I’ll investigate, clean it and restore it from a clean backup as a priority. I’m based in Brighton but work with clients across the UK — help is always at hand regardless of where you are.

Yes — switching your WordPress maintenance service to me is straightforward. I’ll do a full site audit, check for existing issues, get your backups set up and take over from there. Most clients are fully onboarded within a few days. Not sure which option is best for you? Get in touch and I’ll talk you through doing it yourself, using a freelancer, or paying an agency.

Yes — my WordPress care plans and maintenance service are available to businesses anywhere in the UK. I currently provide managed WordPress support across Sussex, Surrey and Kent, including Brighton, Hove, Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Broadwater, Lancing, Eastbourne, Littlehampton, Arundel, Pulborough, Felpham, Walberton, Yapton, Chichester, Lewes, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Crawley, Horsham, East Grinstead, Guildford, Redhill, Reigate and Tunbridge Wells. I also provide wider coverage across Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey. Everything is managed remotely, so location is no barrier.

WordPress plugins and core should be updated weekly for security patches, and within a month for feature updates. Leaving updates longer than a month builds up risk — outdated plugins are the most common way WordPress sites get hacked. A proper maintenance service handles this automatically, with testing before applying updates to live sites.

Every plan covers the essentials: core, theme and plugin updates, daily backups, security monitoring, uptime checks and a monthly health report — with content tweaks and small fixes included on higher tiers. Plans start at £30/month with no lock-in, and everything is done by me personally, not a ticket queue.

Yes — WordPress maintenance services work perfectly remotely, so I look after sites across the UK from Brighton. Whatever your hosting, I can usually take a site on within a day. I also support businesses locally across Sussex, from Hove to Arundel.