Care and maintenance

WordPress maintenance services
so updates never break your site

We update, back up, secure and monitor your WordPress site every week, test it after every change and send you a simple monthly report. You never have to log in to WordPress unless you want to.

  • Since 2007
  • St. Louis Metro East team
  • Month-to-month
  • Real people answer
WordPress maintenance services: automatic daily backups

Why WordPress needs regular maintenance

WordPress, your theme and your plugins release updates constantly. Skip them and your site becomes an easy target; apply them blindly and one bad plugin can take the whole site down. Our WordPress maintenance services take care of both problems. We back up first, update on a schedule, test the site afterward and roll back immediately if anything looks wrong.

What you get

What our maintenance covers

Weekly tested updates

Core, theme and plugin updates applied on a schedule, with a visual check afterward.

Daily off-site backups

A fresh restore point every day, stored away from your server.

Uptime monitoring

We know within minutes if your site goes down and start fixing it.

Security scans and hardening

Malware scanning, firewall rules, login protection and file-change alerts.

Database and spam cleanup

We clear spam, revisions and expired data that slow WordPress down.

Monthly report

A plain-English summary of updates, backups, uptime and speed.

Peace of mind

A real person checks your site

Automatic updates are better than nothing, but they cannot tell when a contact form stops sending or a page layout breaks. Our team reviews your key pages after updates and fixes problems before your customers notice.

  • Updates run from a staging copy when risk is high
  • Instant rollback from the morning backup
  • Plugin conflicts fixed as part of the service
  • Small content edits available on request
WordPress site management dashboard on laptop, tablet and phone

How it works

How our WordPress maintenance works

01

Site health check

We audit plugins, theme, security and speed on day one.

02

Fix the backlog

Outdated plugins, broken links and warnings get cleared.

03

Weekly care

Backups, updates, scans and monitoring every week.

04

Monthly report

You get a summary and our recommendations.

What good WordPress maintenance services actually do

WordPress powers a huge share of the web, which is exactly why attackers target it. Most successful attacks do not break WordPress itself. They exploit a plugin or theme that was never updated. The official WordPress hardening guide lists keeping software current as the first line of defense, and that is the core of our WordPress maintenance services.

Updates without the risk

Updating is only half the job. Plugins conflict, page builders change markup and a single bad release can break a checkout or contact form. Our WordPress maintenance services take a fresh backup before every update window, apply updates in a controlled order and check your most important pages afterward. If something looks wrong, we roll back first and troubleshoot second, so your visitors never see a broken site.

Backups you can actually restore

A backup that has never been tested is a guess. We keep daily off-site copies of your files and database and restore from them when needed, whether the problem is a failed update, a hacked file or a page someone deleted by mistake.

Security and uptime monitoring

We watch for malware, suspicious logins and changed core files every day, and our uptime monitor checks your site around the clock. When something trips an alert, a real person looks at it, not just an automated email that sits in your inbox.

Why small businesses outsource it

Doing this yourself takes a few hours a month if nothing goes wrong, and far longer when it does. For most owners, handing it to a team that maintains WordPress sites every day is cheaper than the time it costs, and much cheaper than a hacked or broken website. That is why we built our WordPress maintenance services for small businesses, nonprofits and local governments that need their site to just work.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What do WordPress maintenance services include?

Weekly tested updates to WordPress core, themes and plugins, daily backups, uptime monitoring, malware scans, security hardening, database cleanup and a monthly report.

Do I need to host with you to get maintenance?

No. Maintenance works on most hosts, although hosting with RankedWP adds server-level backups, staging and faster support.

What happens if an update breaks my site?

We restore the backup taken right before the update, then fix the conflict and re-apply the update safely.

How much do WordPress maintenance services cost?

Pricing depends on the size of your site and how many plugins it runs. Contact us for a quick quote; most small business sites fit a simple monthly price.

Can you make small edits to my site?

Yes. Small text, image and plugin changes can be included in your plan or added as needed.

More ways we help WordPress sites

Hosting, maintenance and SEO in one monthly plan.

Fast AWS hosting with local support.

Technical and local SEO for WordPress.

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Malware removal and cleanup, fast.

Move hosts free, with no downtime.

Stop worrying about WordPress updates

Send us your website address and we will run a free health check and quote your maintenance plan.