What does WordPress maintenance actually include?
WordPress maintenance covers regular updates to WordPress core, your theme, and all plugins. It also includes scheduled backups stored off-site, security scanning for malware and vulnerabilities, uptime monitoring, and technical support when things go wrong. For Sydney small businesses, this means your site stays secure, loads quickly, and keeps generating leads without you having to manage it yourself.
How much does WordPress maintenance cost in Sydney?
Our WordPress maintenance plans start from $149/month for our Care plan covering updates, backups, security monitoring, and phone support. Our most popular Growth plan is $299/month and adds priority support, performance checks, Core Web Vitals review, and quarterly SEO checks. The Scale plan at $499/month is for larger or higher-traffic sites needing hands-on maintenance and same-day priority response. All plans are month-to-month with no lock-in contracts.
Do I need a maintenance plan if my site is new?
Yes, from day one. WordPress core, themes, and plugins release security patches continuously. Skipping updates is the most common reason WordPress sites get hacked or break unexpectedly, so a maintenance plan protects your investment from the moment your site goes live.
What’s the difference between website support and a care plan?
A care plan is proactive: regular scheduled maintenance, updates, backups, monitoring, and reporting. Website support is reactive: fixing things when they break. Our Growth and Scale plans include both proactive care and priority support.
What is a WordPress care plan?
A WordPress care plan is a monthly service that keeps your website maintained, secure, and supported. It typically covers plugin and core updates, backups, security monitoring, and a set amount of technical support each month. Think of it like a service plan for your car: regular maintenance prevents expensive breakdowns.
Can you maintain a WordPress site someone else built?
Yes. We take on existing sites regardless of who built them. We run an initial audit to understand your setup, flag any existing issues, then maintain the site going forward. This is one of our most common requests from Sydney small business owners.
What happens if an update breaks my site?
We reduce that risk by staging updates, checking for conflicts, and reviewing important pages, forms, and layouts after key changes. If something does go wrong, we use the latest safe backup or fix the conflict so your live site is not left broken.