WordPress maintenance

Maintenance that catches problems before your visitors do.

Plugin, theme and core updates tested on a staging copy first, PHP version upgrades handled ahead of your host forcing one, and uptime monitoring with a written report every week.

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Care plans start at: $99 per site per month
Building WordPress since: 2013
Client projects: 600+
Guarantee: 30-day money-back

What is included

What does WordPress maintenance actually cover?

Updates are the visible part. The rest is watching for the problem an update alone will not catch.

Staging-tested updates

Plugin, theme and core updates applied to a staging copy first and checked before they touch your live site, not run blind overnight.

Uptime and malware monitoring

24/7 uptime monitoring and malware scanning, so a site going down or getting infected is caught early, not reported by a customer.

Database and performance upkeep

Routine database optimisation and a check for the plugin conflicts and bloat that build up quietly over months.

A weekly written report

What was updated, what was checked, and anything you need to know, in plain language every week.

PHP and core upgrades

Is my WordPress site ready for the next PHP version?

Hosts move PHP versions forward on their own schedule, and an old plugin or a custom snippet that works fine on PHP 8.1 can throw fatal errors on 8.3 or 8.5. We test your site against the full PHP 8.1 to 8.5 range ahead of time, not after your host has already upgraded you and something broke.

Deprecated function calls found and fixed before they become fatal errors
Plugins and themes checked against the target PHP version
Core updates applied on staging first, never straight to production
A rollback plan in place before any upgrade runs
Tested with WP_DEBUG on, so warnings surface before customers see them

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Honest comparison

Auto-updates alone, or maintenance with staging?

WordPress can update itself. The question is what happens the one time in twenty an update breaks something.

	Auto-updates alone	Maintenance with staging
Cost	Free	Care plans from $99/site/month
Works fine most of the time
Update tested before it reaches your live site
Someone notices if an update breaks something	Only when a customer complains	Caught before it goes live, or fixed the same day
Uptime and malware monitoring		Yes, 24/7
Weekly report of what changed

600+

4.8 / 5

13 years

100+

What clients say

Looked after by the same team that builds the plugins

This team is always responsive and helpful, providing me with solutions that work and that are without delay. They are an amazing group to work with!
Philip Schissler
United States, Trustpilot
The team at WBcom has been extraordinarily helpful in taking care of the technical aspects of my website They respond quickly and address all my issues in a highly professional manner. In addition to being super attentive to the requirements of my site, they have been very patient in explaining what they are doing and what needs to be done from me. I am extremely satisfied and can recommend them without reservation.
Don Knowlton
Brazil, Trustpilot

See all 5 care plan tiers

Full pricing and what each plan includes, from $99 to $699 per site per month.

Care plans

Something is already broken

Critical errors, white screens, a plugin conflict after an update.

Support services

The site feels slow

Core Web Vitals, caching and slow database queries.

Speed optimization

Questions about WordPress maintenance

How much does WordPress maintenance cost per month?

Care plans start at $99 per site per month for updates tested on staging, uptime monitoring, malware scanning and a weekly written report. There are five tiers depending on how much support and response time you need.

What does a care plan include?

Every plan includes 24/7 uptime monitoring, malware scanning and removal, updates tested on staging before they go live, and a weekly written report, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

My site broke after updating PHP. Can you fix it?

Yes, and we can also prevent it happening again by testing your site against the PHP version your host is moving to before they force the switch.

Do I need maintenance if I only have a small brochure site?

If it runs a handful of well-maintained plugins and you are comfortable checking it after updates yourself, you may not need a paid plan yet. Maintenance earns its cost once the site does something for your business that downtime or a broken update would actually cost you.

Do you update plugins on the live site directly?

No. Every update goes to a staging copy first and gets checked before it reaches your live site, which is the main way maintenance differs from turning on auto-updates and hoping.

Can I cancel a care plan?

Yes, and every plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee if it is not the right fit.