WordPress Maintenance

WordPress is an open source CMS or content management system. It is updated multiple times a year with new features, bug fixes and security updates. Our team ensure your website has the latest WordPress version. 

WordPress websites are usually built using a theme, which is effectively the foundations of your website. Themes are frequently updated by developers. Theme versions are checked and updated as part of our WordPress maintenance packages. 

As with theme updates, plugins are also updated frequently by developers. Updates usually include bug fixes, added features and security updates. 

Websites must be backed up frequently. While uncommon, issues can arise with themes, plugins, or failed updates. It’s also possible for sites to be hacked or malware installed. For these reasons it’s a good idea to back up your website weekly, if not daily to ensure you have a fully functioning version of the website. Our WordPress maintenance packages include website backups on every plan. 

As part of out routine security checks, we enable reputable security plugins and features, which protect against hacks and other threats. We enable extra login security to protect your website further. 

Malware is dangerous software, usually installed within website files by hackers. Malware can have various unwanted effects, depending how it is developed. These include data loss, information theft or redirects to other websites. We scan your website for any suspicious files and remove as necessary. 

Most websites will need updates to content from time to time. Whether this is slight text or images changes, or addition of products to an ecommerce website. Our plans have the optional feature of content updates, to help you manage your website changes. 

Every website must have a hosting service to be able to be accessed by users on the internet. Our WordPress maintenance packages have the option to have your website hosted by us, with our fast, secure WordPress cloud hosting. The choice of hosting provider can make the difference between an average page loading speed, to a fast one. Users who have to wait more than 3 seconds for a website to load are highly likely to visit an alternative website instead. Standard budget hosting is what’s known as shared hosting; meaning your website shares server resources with hundreds of other websites, which can harm performance. We only offer cloud hosting with UK servers. 

Websites today are measured by Google on how quickly and efficiently they load. It is a big factor of user experience, and now also a ranking factor. As part of our maintenance packages, we optimise your website for speed, compressing images, minifying code and setting up effective caching. 

To help us effectively maintain your website, and to alert you to any issues that may have developed, including broken links or 404 pages, we carry out regular website audits. As part of the audit, our software crawls or scans your website to identify any issues. 

We offer unbeatable support across each of our WordPress website maintenance packages. We are available to help you make updates, or fix any issues if required.