Website maintenance for a monthly fee: updates, backups, monitoring, and a reply to support requests within one business day.
What website maintenance includes
Updates and security
Regular core, theme and plugin updates, security monitoring and backups. Outdated plugins are one of the most common ways into a WordPress site, and regular updates close that door.
Monitoring and speed
We check that the site stays online and fast. If it slows down, we find the cause and fix it, ideally before visitors notice.
Support and small jobs
Need a text changed, a section added or a form fixed? Just send us a message. Small jobs within the agreed hours are covered by the plan, with no separate hourly charge.
How much does maintenance cost?
Maintenance for a small website starts at €80/month. The plan covers updates, backups, monitoring and an agreed number of hours for small jobs, including minor content changes. For a larger site or an e-commerce store we agree the scope and price individually. You can compare all plans on the pricing page.
Why website maintenance pays off
- Cheaper than firefighting: restoring a hacked or broken site is usually more expensive, and far more stressful, than preventing the problem.
- Search visibility: a site that is slow or often down can slip in search results, and lost ground takes time to win back.
- Time: you hand the technical worries to us and run your business.
What it looks like each month
At the start of the month we update the core, theme and plugins on a staging copy first to make sure nothing breaks, and only then update the live site. A backup is taken before every update and every week, so if anything goes wrong, the site can be rolled back quickly.
Monitoring runs all month: if the site goes down or slows noticeably, we get an alert and can react quickly, often before visitors notice anything. We also check speed with Google PageSpeed Insights, because Core Web Vitals are one of the signals Google uses when ranking pages.
At the end of the month you receive a short report in plain language: what was updated, whether there were any incidents, how many hours went into small jobs and what we recommend next.
Five signs your site already needs care
First, the site has become noticeably slower and visitors on phones are left waiting. Second, the admin area shows a growing list of pending updates that nobody dares to click. Third, forms or other features occasionally stop working and you find out from clients. Fourth, nobody knows when the last backup was taken or whether it could actually be restored. Fifth, the person who built the site can no longer be reached and the logins are scattered.
If two or more sound familiar, waiting gets expensive: every month without care raises both the security risk and the cost of a future repair. A maintenance plan works a bit like insurance, except that you also benefit from it every month.
Taking over a site built by someone else
A question we often hear: “Someone else built our site - can you take it over?” Yes, and it is routine work for us. We start with a health check: core and plugin versions, security vulnerabilities, speed, backup status and an inventory of logins. You receive the findings in writing, with a clear list of what needs fixing now and what can wait.
Then we fix the critical items and take over the daily care. Access is arranged so that everything belongs to you: the hosting account, domain and administrator rights are registered in your name, while we work with separate access that you can revoke at any time. There is no lock-in: it is your website.
Maintenance and SEO go hand in hand
Speed, security and a site free of technical errors all help in search, and they are exactly what regular care looks after. Broken links, slow pages or browser security warnings drive visitors away and can hurt your visibility. Regular maintenance catches most of these problems early, before they do real damage.
Our monthly reports include SEO observations too: if a page starts slipping in search results or a technical obstacle to indexing appears, you hear about it along with a concrete suggestion. If you want to grow faster, maintenance can be combined with other work, from new content to speed optimisation.
Frequently asked questions
Do you maintain websites you didn’t build?
Yes - we start with a health check (versions, security, speed), discuss the findings and then take over.
What if the site goes down?
We restore it from a backup. Monitoring alerts us immediately, so the problem can often be fixed before many visitors notice.
Can I cancel?
Yes, there is no long-term lock-in. The site, data and access always belong to you.
How is website maintenance different from hosting?
Hosting is just the server. Maintenance is the work of keeping the site updated, monitored and backed up, with someone to help when you need it. We can manage the hosting as part of the plan, keeping one clear point of contact for everything.
What if the site is already hacked or infected?
First of all, do not panic and do not delete anything: some “clean-up” attempts destroy the traces that show how the attackers got in. Contact us right away. We remove the malicious code, restore the site from a clean backup or rebuild the files by hand, then find and close the vulnerability that let the attackers in.
After recovery we propose a prevention plan (update routines, a review of permissions and monitoring) to make a repeat much less likely. Rescue work is priced separately according to its scope, but the initial assessment is free.
Is website maintenance worth it for small sites too?
Yes, because the risks do not depend on size. Automated bots looking for vulnerable sites do not pick targets by traffic: they scan everything, and an outdated plugin on a five-page site is found just as quickly. For a small site, going without maintenance can hurt even more, because often there are no backups and nobody who knows what to do. The plan from €80/month covers everything a small site needs, so you do not need your own IT person to keep it safe.
Want someone to look after your site? Write to us. We also offer speed optimisation and integrations.