WordPress Maintenance Services

WordPress powers 43.1% of all websites, and every one of them needs regular maintenance. Our service handles core updates, health checks, database optimization, and proactive issue prevention so your site never falls behind.

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43.1%

of all websites run on WordPress, and unpatched WordPress core installations are a primary target for automated attacks

W3Techs, 2023

WordPress Maintenance

Ongoing WordPress maintenance including core updates, theme updates, database optimization, health checks, broken link monitoring, and proactive issue prevention.

What's Included

Everything you get with our WordPress Maintenance

WordPress Core Updates

Prompt application of WordPress core updates including security patches, minor releases, and major version upgrades with pre-update testing

Weekly Health Checks

Comprehensive site health reviews checking for broken links, outdated themes, PHP errors, database issues, and security warnings

Database Optimization

Regular cleanup of post revisions, transients, spam comments, and orphaned data that accumulates and slows your site over time

Our WordPress Maintenance Process

Initial Site Assessment

We perform a comprehensive health check of your WordPress installation, documenting your current WordPress version, theme, plugin inventory, PHP version, database size, and any existing issues that need immediate attention.

Maintenance Schedule Setup

Based on your site's complexity and traffic patterns, we establish a maintenance schedule: daily automated tasks, weekly health checks, and monthly deep maintenance. All updates are scheduled during low-traffic windows.

Ongoing Maintenance Execution

Our team executes the maintenance schedule: applying core and theme updates, running database optimization, checking for broken links and PHP errors, verifying backup integrity, and monitoring overall site health indicators.

Monthly Reporting

You receive a monthly maintenance report summarizing all updates applied, issues found and resolved, database optimization results, and overall site health metrics. The report includes recommendations for any improvements we identify.

Key Benefits

Always Running the Latest WordPress

We apply WordPress core updates promptly after testing them for compatibility with your theme and plugins. Security patches are applied within hours of release. Major version upgrades are tested on a staging environment first. Your site always runs on the latest, most secure version of WordPress.

Reduced Downtime and Security Risk

Regular maintenance is the single most effective way to prevent security breaches and unexpected downtime. By keeping your WordPress core, themes, and PHP version current, we eliminate the outdated software vulnerabilities that Sucuri identifies as the leading cause of WordPress hacks.

Proactive Issue Prevention

Our weekly health checks catch issues before they become visible problems. We identify and fix broken links, resolve PHP warnings, clean up database bloat, and address compatibility issues early, before they impact your visitors or your search rankings.

Research & Evidence

Backed by industry research and proven results

WordPress Market Share

WordPress powers 43.1% of all websites on the internet, making it the most widely targeted CMS

W3Techs (2023)

CMS Hacking Report

90% of hacked CMS sites are WordPress, with outdated core software and plugins as the leading causes

Sucuri (2022)

WordPress Economy

The WordPress ecosystem supports a $600B+ economy, underscoring the business-critical nature of WordPress maintenance

Automattic (2023)

Frequently Asked Questions

How often do you perform maintenance on my site?

Maintenance tasks run on a tiered schedule. Automated monitoring and backup verification happen daily. WordPress core updates and security patches are applied within hours of release after testing. Health checks including broken link monitoring, database optimization, and PHP error review happen weekly. A comprehensive deep maintenance review happens monthly.

Will maintenance cause downtime on my site?

We schedule all updates during your lowest-traffic periods and apply them in a way that minimizes any interruption. Most WordPress core updates take only seconds to apply and cause no visible downtime. For major updates that require more extensive testing, we use a staging environment to verify everything before touching your live site.

What if a WordPress core update breaks my site?

Before applying any major WordPress update, we test it on a staging copy of your site. If the update causes any issue, we resolve the conflict before applying it to your live site. In the rare event that an issue slips through, we restore from our most recent backup within minutes. Your site is never at risk of extended downtime from a core update.

Do I still need maintenance if my site is simple?

Yes. Even a simple WordPress site with a handful of pages still runs WordPress core, a theme, and typically several plugins. All of these receive regular updates that address security vulnerabilities. Sucuri data shows that hackers target all WordPress sites regardless of size because their attacks are automated. Regular maintenance is your primary defense.

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