Why pay for WordPress Maintenance?
Software changes
The WordPress platform consists of many different parts, there is the web server your website is running on, the scripting language the code is written in (in this case PHP, maybe some Python), a database, WordPress Core, the Theme and probably a couple dozen plugins. Your head might already be spinning. Each of these elements come with their own set up updates that need to be kept in sync.
Content Changes
As time goes on, some of the links on your website can become broken, images can go missing, the textual content of your website can become outdated and pages might stop displaying properly.
Common Issues for outdated WordPress websites
Display Errors
Slow Load time
Malware Attacks
Broken forms, emails, eCommerce
Broken links
Loss of traffic
Things to Consider when Selecting a Website Care Package
The frequency of the WordPress Care Package service would vary depending on the amount of traffic it receives and the type of services it offers. If you have a busy eCommerce site, you would need to pay much closer attention to it than if you have a small, static brochure website. Here is a brief list of items a Care Package should include:
- Software updates.
- Page display and content check (desktop and mobile).
- Performance check (page load time).
- Broken link check.
- Test of all the functionalities (eCommerce, email, forms etc.).
- Error log checks.
- SEO health check (page structure, metadata, schema)
- Traffic monitoring (daily visits, most popular pages, referrals)
- SEO monitoring (best performing keywords, domain authority etc.)
How much does a WordPress Maintenance Package cost?
A basic maintenance plan with WP Help 360 is 1h, every 3 months. For larger websites the frequency would increase to once every month.