Nervous about pressing Update? I run the updates.
Outdated plugins are how most WordPress sites get hacked. Updates can also break things, which is why owners stop clicking them. I do them every month: backup first, update, then check the site still works. You get a short note of what ran on your site. The invoice is not that note. You deal with me, not a ticket queue in another timezone. You run the business. I'll look after the website.
The monthly runbook
This is not a dashboard you never look at. It's a short, repeatable pass on your live site.
- Backup files and the database. If an update misbehaves, I can restore to this morning.
- Update WordPress core, plugins, and themes. I skip anything that looks incompatible and tell you why.
- Smoke-check the homepage, a couple of inner pages, the contact form, and the shop checkout if you have one.
- Watch uptime and malware in between. If the site goes down, I usually know before your customers tweet it.
After the check, you get a short record you can forward: the site, the date, what was updated, that a backup was taken first, and that the check passed. That is the evidence the work happened. A monthly invoice only shows you were billed.
What €49 covers — and what it is not
On the plan
- Core, plugin, and theme updates, done safely
- A short monthly record of what was updated, with the backup and the check
- Backups (subject to your storage limit)
- Uptime monitoring and malware protection
- Guidance on hosting, PHP versions, Cloudflare or Bunny CDN
- A real person to email when something looks off
- Month to month — cancel any time
Not the plan
- New pages, redesigns, or "can you just add…" — that's development, quoted separately
- A site that's already on fire. If it's down or hacked today, that's the €250 emergency (or cleanup), and you don't need a plan first
- An agency retainer at several hundred a month for meetings you don't want
Already years behind?
That's normal. The first month includes catching up. If the site is badly outdated or already compromised, I assess it first and quote anything extra before starting — I won't silently turn a cleanup into a surprise invoice.
Host emails about PHP 8.x: I check compatibility first. Clicking the host's "upgrade now" button is how sites go white on a Sunday.
We have been with them for several years, and they have put our website in the fast lane. Rankings have continued to improve every year we have been with them.
The care plan, in practice
What is included in €49/month WordPress maintenance?
Updates with a backup first and a check afterwards, malware protection, uptime monitoring, and someone to email. No contract.
How do I know the updates actually ran?
You get a record for your site: what was updated, that a backup was taken first, and that the site still worked afterwards. A monthly invoice proves you were billed. It does not prove WordPress, plugins or themes were updated.
How is this different from a €250 emergency fix?
€49 is so the site doesn't get there. €250 is when it's already broken or hacked. You can buy the emergency without the plan.
Do you click the PHP upgrade in the hosting email?
Not blindly. I check the site first. Then I can do it with your hosting login, or talk you through it.
What if an update breaks my site?
That's why the backup exists. Restoring, and fixing whatever the update broke, is part of the plan — not an extra invoice.
Will you need access?
A WordPress admin account you create for me. You keep full ownership. I'm in Dublin; you're not handing the keys to an anonymous overseas dashboard.
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