Does Your Website Need Maintenance?

Your website isn't a set-and-forget thing. It needs ongoing love like anything else in your business.

Security updates

This is the big one. WordPress and other platforms regularly release security updates. If you don't apply them, your site becomes vulnerable to hackers.

We've seen small business websites get hacked because they weren't maintained. It's a nightmare - your site gets used to send spam, distribute malware, or just deleted. Recovery is painful and expensive.

Software updates

The stuff your site runs on needs updating. New versions of plugins, frameworks, all that stuff. Keep it current or things break.

Content updates

Keeping your content fresh matters. Services change, prices change, you add new offerings. An outdated website makes you look like you don't care.

Backups

You need working backups. If something goes wrong - hack, server failure, accidental deletion - you need to be able to get back up quickly.

How it works

Most web professionals offer a maintenance plan. It'll cover updates, backups, security monitoring, the works. It's usually not expensive and it saves a lot of headaches.

The alternative

Ignore maintenance and hope for the best. Until something goes wrong. Then pay through the nose to fix an avoidable problem.

Don't be that business with the hacked website. Get proper maintenance in place.