// WORDPRESS
WordPress support, maintenance and security
Everything we publish on WordPress, in one place. Plans and guides for keeping a site patched, backed up and clean, plus a straight answer on whether WordPress is the right thing to be building on at all. We look after WordPress sites we did not build, from $121 a month, scoped before we quote.
// KEEPING A SITE RUNNING
Keeping a WordPress site running
The ongoing work a WordPress site needs whether we built it or not: updates, security patching, backups that have actually been restored, and a cleanup for the day something gets through.
WordPress website maintenance plans, from $121 a month
What the monthly work covers, what it costs, and how to judge whether another year of patching is worth paying for.
See the maintenance plans →WordPress security, in the order that matters
Unpatched plugins and weak logins cause almost every compromise. What to harden first, and what a firewall plugin will not do for you.
Harden your WordPress site →WordPress backups that can actually be restored
Files and the database, stored off the server, with a restore someone has genuinely tested. That last half is the half most setups skip.
Get your backups tested →WordPress malware removal for a site that's already been hit
Redirecting to spam, flagged by Google, or suspended by your host? What the first hour looks like, and what a real cleanup involves beyond deleting the obvious file.
Get a hacked site cleaned up →// DECIDING ON WORDPRESS
Deciding whether WordPress is the right call
Before you commit to another build, or another year of upkeep, here is what WordPress genuinely costs a small business and the warning signs worth knowing about.
WordPress websites for contractors: the honest guide
What a WordPress site really costs a contractor once plugins, hosting and the yearly upkeep nobody quotes are counted in.
Read the honest WordPress guide →WordPress vs custom build: a side-by-side comparison
Speed, five-year running costs, SEO, security and upkeep compared side by side, plus which kind of business each one actually suits.
Compare WordPress and a custom build →// WHERE TO NEXT
Not sure which of those you need?
If the site is live and nothing is obviously wrong, start with WordPress website maintenance plans, because that is the work that stops the other pages here ever becoming relevant. If something has already gone wrong, go straight to WordPress malware removal. And if you would rather not run WordPress at all, here is what we build instead.
// READY WHEN YOU ARE
Send us the URL and we'll tell you where it stands
We'll check what version everything is running, what is out of date, what is exposed, and whether your backups would actually restore. Then one number for the work, before anything starts.
Get your site checked