Your website is live. Job done, right? Not quite. A website is like a car — it needs regular servicing to stay reliable, secure, and performing well. Here’s what maintenance actually involves.
What Needs Maintaining
Software updates: WordPress core, themes, and plugins release updates regularly — often weekly. These include security patches, bug fixes, and compatibility improvements. Ignoring updates leaves your site vulnerable.
Security monitoring: Scanning for malware, monitoring for suspicious activity, and ensuring your firewall rules are current.
Backups: Automated daily backups stored off-site, with tested restoration procedures.
Performance monitoring: Page speed can degrade over time as content grows and plugins update. Regular checks ensure your site stays fast.
Uptime monitoring: Automated checks that alert you immediately if your site goes down.
Content updates: Adding new pages, updating information, publishing blog posts, swapping images.
SSL renewal: Most certificates auto-renew, but monitoring ensures nothing lapses.
What It Costs
UK website maintenance typically costs:
- Basic (updates + backups only): £30–£50/month
- Standard (+ security monitoring + uptime monitoring): £50–£100/month
- Premium (+ content updates + priority support): £100–£300/month
What Happens If You Skip It
We’ve seen it dozens of times: a business builds a website, doesn’t maintain it for two years, and then discovers it’s been hacked, is running on outdated software with known vulnerabilities, and loads in 8 seconds. The cost of fixing a neglected site is almost always more than the maintenance would have been.
Our Maintenance Plans
Every Hire The Creatives package includes post-launch support. Our Starter package includes 30 days, Professional includes 90 days, and Enterprise includes 12 months. After that, we offer ongoing maintenance plans from £50/month.
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