Your WordPress Site
Maintained Monthly
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A professional WordPress maintenance service covers: WordPress core updates applied promptly when released; plugin and theme updates tested before deployment; weekly automated backups stored offsite; uptime monitoring with alerts if the site goes down; monthly security scans for malware and vulnerabilities; database optimisation (removing post revisions, spam comments, and transients); performance checks (load time and Core Web Vitals); and a monthly report summarising all work done. Some plans include a number of content update hours per month.

WordPress maintenance at CV Infotech costs $30 per hour. A basic maintenance plan covering plugin updates, backups, and security scans takes 4 to 6 hours per month — approximately $120 to $180 per month. A standard plan including performance monitoring and minor content updates takes 8 to 12 hours per month — $240 to $360 per month. A full-service plan including WooCommerce maintenance, custom development hours, and priority support takes 20 to 40 hours per month — $600 to $1,200 per month. Clients commit to a minimum of 3 months and are billed monthly.

WordPress sites need maintenance because: (1) Outdated plugins and WordPress core are the most common attack vector — most WordPress hacks exploit known vulnerabilities in software that had a patch available. (2) Without regular backups, a database crash or hosting failure can result in permanent data loss. (3) Plugin updates occasionally introduce conflicts that break site functionality — a maintenance service catches these before they affect visitors. (4) WordPress performance degrades over time without database optimisation. (5) Your hosting environment changes — PHP version updates, server configuration changes — require compatibility checks.

WordPress core security releases should be applied within 24 to 48 hours of release — these patch known vulnerabilities that are actively exploited. Major WordPress core releases (e.g. 6.4 to 6.5) should be tested on a staging environment before production deployment. Plugin updates should be applied weekly — check the plugin's changelog to confirm no conflicts before updating. Theme updates should be applied when released if you are using an unmodified premium theme; custom child themes typically require less frequent theme parent updates.

CV Infotech's maintenance process applies plugin updates to a staging copy of your site first. If the update introduces a conflict or breaks functionality, we identify and resolve it before applying the update to production. If an update is applied directly to production and causes an issue (for urgent security patches where staging delay is not appropriate), we roll back from the most recent backup — which is taken immediately before any updates are applied. A monthly maintenance retainer includes up to 1 hour of issue resolution per update cycle at no additional charge.

Yes. WooCommerce maintenance requires additional care compared to a standard WordPress site because WooCommerce updates affect the checkout, payment processing, and order management flow. Our WooCommerce maintenance process includes: WooCommerce core updates tested on staging before production, payment gateway plugin updates (Stripe, PayPal, WooCommerce Payments) tested with a real transaction in staging, inventory and order data backups separate from the file system backup, and review of any breaking changes in the WooCommerce release notes before updating.

A complete WordPress backup includes: the WordPress database (posts, pages, products, orders, user accounts, settings), the wp-content folder (themes, plugins, uploaded media files), and the wp-config.php file (database credentials and configuration). Backups are stored in a separate location from the hosting server — we use AWS S3 or equivalent cloud storage in a separate account. Retention: 30 daily backups and 12 monthly backups. Backup frequency: daily for standard sites, hourly for high-transaction WooCommerce stores.

Uptime monitoring checks your WordPress site at regular intervals (every 1 to 5 minutes) and sends an alert if the site is unreachable or returns an error. This means downtime is detected within minutes rather than when a customer or staff member notices. Our uptime monitoring also checks page load time, alerting if performance degrades significantly. Average uptime for professionally maintained WordPress sites on quality hosting: 99.9%, equating to under 9 hours of downtime per year.

Yes. We take over maintenance of WordPress sites built by other agencies or developers regularly. The handover process involves a site audit: reviewing the theme architecture, installed plugins, hosting configuration, existing backup arrangements, and any customisations that require special care during updates. The audit takes 3 to 5 hours at $30 per hour. Sites with poor documentation, unmanaged plugins, or heavy customisations require a more thorough audit before maintenance can begin confidently.

WordPress maintenance covers keeping an existing site healthy and up to date. It does not include: building new pages or redesigning existing pages (this is development work, scoped separately); adding new plugins or features (quoted as a separate project); SEO strategy and content creation (available as a separate service); fixing issues caused by code changes made outside the maintenance agreement; or recovery from a hosting provider's infrastructure failure (covered by your hosting SLA, not a maintenance contract).

CV Infotech provides a monthly maintenance report summarising: all plugin, theme, and WordPress core updates applied; backup status and storage location; uptime statistics for the month; any security scan findings and resolutions; performance metrics (load time, Core Web Vitals scores); and hours used if on a time-and-materials plan. Reports are delivered by the 5th of the following month.

Yes. CV Infotech provides WordPress maintenance for client sites in the USA, UK, Australia, and Canada. We have maintained WordPress sites since 2012. Our rate is $30 per hour with a 100% in-house team and 512 verified 5.0 reviews on Freelancer.com. Maintenance begins with a site audit. Minimum commitment: 3 months. Discovery call is 30 minutes and free.