WordPress Maintenance Package
Monthly Subscription
It can be all too easy to let the day-to-day grind get in the way of keeping on top of your website, so we can provide an additional WordPress Maintenance Package as an add on to your WordPress build. This is an ongoing subscription that gives you access to our expertise on a monthly basis to take the hassle out of maintaining your website and free you up to focus on the day-to-day within your business.
As standard we enable the auto update process for minor version upgrades and the security hardening that we install will protect your site from many types of attempted hacking, but your site will need intervention for plugin updates and WordPress release upgrades – that’s where our Maintenance Package comes in.
Security
Security is a number one concern for many website owners, and rightfully so. In April 2020, WordFence, a popular firewall plugin for WordPress reported that around 1 million sites were targeted in a large-scale attack.
It’s important to ensure that your WordPress version is compatible with a new plugin update, and that you can recover your site should a plugin update cause any unexpected issues. Find out how Cloud Construct can help safely update your website plugins.
Speed
Plugins and themes don’t just provide security related updates, they also provide performance related updates. Outdated plugins, themes and in particular WordPress core can also be big contributors to inadequate site performance.
It’s important to ensure that your WordPress version is compatible with a new plugin update, and that you can recover your site should a plugin update cause any unexpected issues. Cloud Construct can safely update your WordPress version.
New Features
And now for the fun! Plugin, theme and WordPress Core updates often provide your website with new and exciting features to help keep your visitors interested and drive future sales and customers.
It’s important to ensure that your WordPress version is compatible with a new plugin update, and that you can recover your site should a plugin update cause any unexpected issues. Cloud Construct can help safely upgrade your website.
Our WordPress Maintenance Package ensures your website remains secure and bug free as we monitor and implement essential updates for you.
As well as providing essential WordPress security maintenance, the package will also provide you with the following:
Plugin updates, security checks and compatibility checks
- General website test after plugin updates to ensure no functionality has been lost or broken as the result of an update.
- Security vulnerability monitoring on installed plugins.
Prevents reputation damage in the event of an attack.
Security related theme updates
- General website test after theme updates, including both front-end and page builder to ensure no functionality has been lost or broken. (where theme license is current and valid)
- Security vulnerability monitoring.
Prevents reputation damage in the event of an attack.
Security related WordPress Core updates
- General website test after updating WordPress, including both front-end and dashboard to ensure no functionality has been lost or broken.
- Security vulnerability monitoring and priority action depending on the severity of the vulnerability.
Prevents reputation damage in the event of an attack.
Firewall report monitoring
- Monthly firewall report monitoring.
- Priority action on security updates depending on the severity of the vulnerability.
Prevents reputation damage in the event of an attack.
Disaster recovery
- An extra layer of peace of mind. We store external backups of your website so should something go wrong that cannot be fixed by a backup plugin within WordPress you are covered. *
*Subject to the site being hosted with us.
Prevents data loss in the event of an accident or unexpected disaster.
Optional Quality Assurance Audit
- It’s important to check changes you’ve made to your website have been successful and not caused any technical issues. Advise us when you’ve made a change and we’ll perform a QA check for:
- Usability testing
- Browser and mobile compatibility testing
- Functionality testing
- Plugin testing
- Quality assurance audit
Essential for websites migrating to us if they’ve not been subject to regular maintenance.
Available upon request, audit charged separately. Implementation of audit results will be charged at the agreed hourly rate.
Prevents loss of enquiries or sales due to a technical fault.
Monthly performance monitoring
- Ensure your website remains in tiptop condition and runs as efficiently as possible – essential as Google measures your site performance to determine your page position in search results. Includes:
- Monthly page speed tests.
- Image optimisation checks; manual compression of larger images to further reduce size and load times.
Available to clients that benefitted from our ‘Advanced Optimisation’ service, and available upon request
Prevents loss of enquiries or sales due to poor website performance.
After signing up to the WordPress Maintenance Package I can see already that it’s making a difference to our position in Google!
WordPress
Maintenance Package
Monthly plugin updates and compatibility tests.
Monthly theme updates and compatibility tests.
Monthly WordPress Core updates and compatibility tests.
Monitor security reports and perform security updates ASAP.
Optional site optimisation and performance improvements
Full website compatibility and functionality tests after every update and disaster recovery procedure in place in the event of a failed upgrade.
All this performed monthly for the low cost of £80 / month (payable by Direct Debit)