Website Backups & Maintenance

What is a Website Maintenance Plan?

A website maintenance plan is exactly what it sounds like: an ongoing plan to maintain and support your website. That often requires more in-depth work than most people can make time for or know how to do well, so they turn to outside digital marketing agencies or vendors to maintain their website for them.

Why a Website Needs Ongoing Maintenance

There are a lot of moving parts that keep websites up and running seamlessly. Here are a few reasons that websites require ongoing maintenance:

Security

If your website isn’t well-maintained, it quickly becomes an easy target for hackers. This is especially true for sites that run a WordPress content management system (CMS), as they accounted for almost 90% of all hacked CMS sites since 2018.

Experts say the most common reasons for the hacks included:

Vulnerable plugins and themes

Misconfigurations

Lack of maintenance, like updating the CMS, themes, and plugins

Bottom line: You need a secure website to protect your customers, your business, and your reputation. If customers lose trust in your website, it’s likely they’ll lose trust in you too.

Cost Savings

Spending money on a web maintenance plan seems counterintuitive to cost savings, but this small investment could save you hundreds, if not thousands of pounds down the line. Issues on your website that are ignored or left unnoticed can result in a downed or broken website, costing you lost business, revenue, and time. You’ll also take a big hit to actually pay for your website’s repairs. Ongoing maintenance ensures those small issues are caught and fixed early so everything can remain business as usual.

Routine Website and Server Maintenance

This includes ongoing updates, installation of the most up-to-date software.

Continuous Improvements

A website should be thought of as a living document that’s never entirely complete – our maintenance plans not only ensures your website is backed up meaning it can be re-installed should anything go wrong, but that it is kept up to date all with the latest software and plugin updates.

Emergencies

If something goes wrong, like a hack or a downed server, you need a fast response. One of our team will be able to resolve the problem very quickly if a website backup is available without the need for a costly rebuild. A web maintenance plan can also ensure your site takes priority in an emergency.

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