What website maintenance is and why sites break
What website maintenance covers for a small business, what neglect costs, and what it takes to keep a site healthy.
Signs your site is overdue
- Nobody has logged into the site since it launched.
- The contact form has not been tested in months.
- The site still shows old prices, old staff, or old hours.
- You have no idea whether backups exist.
Websites degrade without updates
Plugins fall behind and open security holes. Forms silently stop delivering. Links die as other sites change. Content drifts out of date until the site contradicts reality.
None of it announces itself. You find out when a customer mentions it, or you stop hearing from customers at all.
What maintenance covers
Plugin and platform updates, backup checks, broken link fixes, form testing, speed checks, and content corrections. Small, boring work that prevents expensive failures.
You do not need a long-term commitment for it
Some businesses send us a checkup request twice a year. Others want monthly attention. We do both with no long-term commitment. You pay for the work done, nothing more.
Common questions
Twice a year covers most simple sites. Sites with plugins, bookings, or e-commerce benefit from monthly checks.
Usually nothing, for a while. Then a form fails silently, a plugin breaks the layout, or the site gets flagged for outdated software, and the repair costs more than the upkeep would have.
No. Request a checkup whenever you want one. There is no plan to join and nothing to cancel.