Website Maintenance

Your website is a business asset -- treat it like one

A website left unmaintained degrades over time. Plugins and dependencies fall out of date and introduce security vulnerabilities. Performance drifts. Integrations with third-party services break when those services update. Backups that were never configured mean a site problem becomes a site loss. None of this is dramatic until something goes wrong -- at which point the cost is always higher than the maintenance would have been.

What is included

Our maintenance service covers the ongoing work required to keep a website secure, current, and performing:

• Regular CMS and plugin updates with testing to ensure nothing breaks
• Security monitoring and malware scanning
• Daily automated backups with tested restore procedures
• Performance monitoring and Core Web Vitals tracking
• Uptime monitoring with rapid response when the site goes down
• SSL certificate management and renewal
• Minor content updates and small change requests within monthly hours

Why it matters

Security vulnerabilities in outdated software are actively exploited by automated bots scanning the web for easy targets. A hacked or defaced website means lost revenue, lost customer trust, and recovery costs that dwarf years of maintenance fees. Performance degradation also erodes your search engine optimisation -- Google penalises slow, unstable sites in rankings, so maintenance and SEO outcomes are directly linked.

Who it is for

Website maintenance is relevant to any business that relies on their website for enquiries, sales, or credibility -- which is most businesses. It is particularly valuable for businesses without in-house technical capability, or those where the original developer is no longer available. If your site is showing its age, maintenance may reveal that a website redesign is a more cost-effective investment than ongoing patching of an outdated foundation.