You wouldn’t drive your car for without regular maintenance and service, so why do so many people treat their WordPress website that way? A website is a living, breathing piece of software, and if you don’t maintain it, it will eventually break or a hacking script will find a year old plugin to exploit. And of course, it usually happens at the exact moment you’re most busy or at 11pm at night when you can’t get hold of anybody, you are on your own!
I offer bespoke maintenance packages that take the stress out of your hands. I handle the plugin updates, the security patches, and the technical “housekeeping” that keeps your site fast and secure. If an update breaks your layout, I’m the one who fixes it, not you, frantically Googling late at night.
The most important part of my maintenance is “Backups.” I don’t just rely on the hosting provider’s backup; I take weekly, off-site copies of your entire site as standard. If your server ever goes bang, your domain glitches or some rogue plugin code kicks in, I can have you back up and running in a matter of minutes. Imagine it as an “Undo” button for your website.
I recently took over the management for a local social enterprise, moving their hosting and setting up a proper security and backup schedule. Previously their site was managed by a company based in Australia (for reasons I have no idea about) and if anything went wrong, it could take days before they were sorted.
They now have total peace of mind that their digital assets are protected. That freedom to focus on your actual business and not the technicalities of your website is worth every penny of the maintenance fee.
Don’t wait for the “White Screen of Death” to think about maintenance. Let’s get your site on a professional schedule today. WhatsApp me for a clear, straightforward discussion and proposal on keeping your site in top condition.
I’m Craig Pickles, a web designer, developer, technical SEO and social media specialist.