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WordPress Website Maintenance

Maintenance that keeps your site fast, safe and online.

Managed hosting, security, backups, updates and edits — the work after the work, handled so you don't have to think about it. Maintenance plans from $49/mo, with a real developer on the other end, not a ticket queue.

Maintenance, Done Right

Someone's watching it — so you don't have to.

  • Updates, security and backups handled
  • Speed and uptime monitored monthly
  • A real developer, not a ticket queue
  • Small edits included every month
$49/moFlat monthly feeOne price, no lock-in, cancel any time.
DailyOff-site backupsAutomated and restorable, never on the same server.
MonitoredUptime & speedWe usually know it's down before you do.
MonthlyEdits includedSmall content changes handled as part of the plan.

No. 01 — The Difference

What website maintenance actually is.

Maintenance is equal parts insurance and quiet growth — the unglamorous work that keeps a site fast, safe and earning.

A website isn't a "set it and forget it" asset. WordPress core updates, plugins go out of date, security holes open, backups get forgotten, and speed slowly rots as content piles up. Left alone, a perfectly good site drifts toward slow, broken or hacked — usually at the worst possible moment.

A care plan takes all of that off your plate. We handle managed hosting, security hardening, daily backups, core and plugin updates, uptime and speed monitoring, and the small edits that always crop up — with a real developer on the other end, not a faceless ticket queue. It's the difference between hoping your site holds up and knowing someone's watching it for you.

No. 02 — The Reality

What neglect really costs you.

01

The best time to back up your site was yesterday.

02

Updates you skip become the hack you get.

03

Uptime is a feature nobody notices — until it's gone.

No. 03 — The Moving Parts

What's inside a care plan.

Nine things handled every month, so your site stays fast, safe and online.

01

Managed Hosting

Fast, secure hosting managed for you (optional).

02

Security Hardening

Firewalls, logins and permissions locked down.

03

Daily Backups

Automated off-site backups so nothing is ever truly lost.

04

Core & Plugin Updates

Tested updates applied so nothing breaks silently.

05

Uptime Monitoring

We know the site's down before you do.

06

Speed Monitoring

Performance watched so it never quietly rots.

07

Malware Scans

Regular scans and clean-up if anything slips through.

08

Content Edits

A monthly allowance of small changes, handled for you.

09

Monthly Reporting

A clear report on updates, uptime, speed and backups.

No. 04 — Every Plan Includes

What's included in every plan.

No surprise line items. Every plan keeps the essentials covered, month in, month out.

WordPress BabaStatement of inclusions Ref · Every plan
Items · 10
ItemStatus
  • 01Managed hosting optionIncluded
  • 02Security hardening & malware scanningIncluded
  • 03Automated daily off-site backupsIncluded
  • 04Core, plugin & theme updatesIncluded
  • 05Uptime & speed monitoringIncluded
  • 06Monthly content editsIncluded
  • 07Priority developer supportIncluded
  • 08Broken-update rollbackIncluded
  • 09Database cleanup & optimisationIncluded
  • 10Monthly performance reportIncluded
Added to your invoiceAll 10 items · every month $49/mo

No setup fee · no lock-in contract

No. 05 — Without Maintenance

Four things that happen without care.

Neglect doesn't announce itself. It shows up as the four failures below, usually all at once.

01 · Plugins

Plugins break silently

An outdated plugin fails, a form stops working, and you find out from a lost customer.

02 · Security

Security holes open

Every skipped update is a door left unlocked for the next attacker.

03 · Backups

Backups that don't exist

The day you need a backup is the worst day to discover you never had one.

04 · Speed

Speed slowly rots

Bloat creeps in, pages slow down, and rankings and sales quietly slide.

No. 06 — Care vs DIY

A care plan vs set-and-forget.

CompareFeaturesRecommendedOur Care PlanDIYSet & ForgetBundledHost's Basic Plan
Problems foundBefore they breakWhen a customer tells youWhen the server falls over
Core & plugin updatesTested, then appliedWhenever you rememberAuto-applied, untested
BackupsDaily, off-site, restorable Usually noneOn their server only
Security & malwareHardened and scanned UnmonitoredBasic firewall
Speed monitoringWatched month to month Nobody's looking Not included
Small content editsIncluded monthlyYour evenings Not their job
Who you reachA developer who knows your siteNobodyFirst-tier ticket queue
Monthly costOne flat feeNothing — until it breaksBundled with hosting
Cost when it breaksCoveredEmergency rates, days lostNot their problem

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No. 07 — The Stakes

When it breaks, who's fixing it?

The question isn't whether something will go wrong — it's who's watching when it does.

Sites go down at 2am. Plugins conflict after an update. A vulnerability gets exploited on a quiet Sunday. Without maintenance, the first you hear of it is a customer telling you the site's broken — and then you're scrambling for a developer while sales stop. A care plan means someone's already watching, backups already exist, and the fix is underway before most of your customers ever notice. That's not an expense; it's cheap insurance against a very expensive day.

Ask Yourself

If your site went down tonight, who's fixing it — and how fast?

No. 08 — How We Work

How a care plan works.

Six steps from onboarding to ongoing peace of mind — you barely have to think about it.

01

Onboarding & Audit

We review your site, hosting and current health.

Week 1
02

Hardening & Backups

Security tightened and automated backups switched on.

Week 1
03

Monitoring Setup

Uptime and speed monitoring configured and live.

Week 1
04

Ongoing Updates

Core and plugins updated safely, tested each time.

Monthly
05

Edits & Support

Your monthly edits handled and priority support on call.

Ongoing
06

Monthly Reporting

A clear report so you always know your site's health.

Monthly

No. 09 — Words to Build By

Maintenance truths worth remembering.

01

Nobody budgets for the outage. Everybody pays for it.

02

A site you don't maintain is a site you'll rebuild.

03

Small problems are quiet. That's what makes them expensive.

04

Websites don't fail suddenly. They fail slowly, then suddenly.

05

Maintenance is always cheaper than recovery.

06

Set-and-forget only works if someone's watching.

No. 11 — Picture This

How to think about maintenance.

Not thisA rescue But thisA service
01 / Picture this

You don't wait for the engine to seize

Nobody services a car after the breakdown. Left unserviced it still runs — right up until the morning it doesn't.

In the houseA smoke alarm On your siteDaily backups
02 / Picture this

You hope you never need it

It costs almost nothing and does nothing all year. The one night it matters, nothing else matters more.

In the shopLocking up at night On your siteUpdates & patches
03 / Picture this

Boring, until the night you skip it

Nobody thinks about the lock while it's doing its job. It's only interesting once the door's been left open.

No. 12 — The Payoff

The results a maintenance plan delivers.

Monitored
Uptime, round the clock
Daily
Backups you can restore
Tested
Updates, before they ship
Watched
Speed, month to month

Figures are representative and vary by project, industry and starting point.

No. 13 — Client Voices · 4.9★

What our clients say.

★★★★★
Our old site made a serious firm look like a side hustle. The custom build changed how prospects treat us — enquiries are up 40% and they arrive already trusting us.
RH
Rebecca Hall
Principal · Advisory Firm · Sydney
★★★★★
Finally a site that looks like us and not a template. It loads instantly, ranks, and I can edit it myself. Worth every cent.
MC
Marcus Cole
Owner · Retail Brand · Austin
★★★★★
They took us from a scrappy startup site to something that punches above its weight. We closed our first enterprise deal a month after launch.
AK
Ayaan Karim
Co-founder · SaaS Startup · Singapore

No. 14 — Why Us

Why businesses choose WordPress Baba.

01 / Focus

WordPress specialists, not generalists

We do one platform, deeply. Four years of WordPress and nothing but.

02 / Ownership

No lock-in, you own everything

Your code, content and hosting. Walk away any time — it's all yours.

03 / Speed

Speed & SEO baked in

Green Core Web Vitals and clean schema on every build, never an upsell.

04 / Access

Direct access to your developer

You talk to whoever looks after your site, not a first-tier ticket queue.

05 / Pricing

Transparent, fixed pricing

One flat monthly fee, agreed upfront. No hourly meter, no surprises.

06 / Support

We don't ghost you

Month-to-month, cancel any time, and a real person on the other end.

No. 16 — FAQs

Website maintenance FAQs.

Straight answers, no sales fog.

Can I cancel any time?
Yes. Plans are month-to-month with no lock-in. You own your site and can leave whenever you like.
What's included in a maintenance plan?
Managed hosting (optional), security and malware scanning, daily off-site backups, core and plugin updates, uptime and speed monitoring, monthly edits and a monthly report.
Do you take on sites you didn't build?
Yes. We start with an audit of what's there, fix anything urgent, then bring it onto the plan — you don't need to have built with us.
Are edits included?
Yes — every plan includes a monthly allowance of small content edits. Larger changes are quoted separately and always agreed first.
Do you provide the hosting too?
We can. Managed hosting is an option, or we'll maintain your site on your existing host — whichever suits you.
How fast do you respond to issues?
Plan clients get priority support, and uptime monitoring often means we're on a problem before you even notice it.