--- title: "WordPress Support Services | Care Plans From $149/mo" url: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/wordpress-maintenance description: "WordPress support services and maintenance plans that keep your site fast, secure and updated. Care plans from $149 a month, no lock-in. Book a free call." lang: en --- WordPress Maintenance & Support # WordPress Support Services for Fast, Secure Sites Our WordPress support services keep your site fast, secure and updated without you touching a plugin. We test every update on staging, run daily backups, watch security and uptime, and fix speed problems before they cost you rankings or sales. See Pricing Plans from $149/month, cancel anytime. Trusted by over 1,500 leading brands - Image: Platterful (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/platterful-C5ZHINuH.webp) - Image: Pure Parima (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/pure-parima-COjNlG7L.webp) - Image: Sana Benefits (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/sana-benefits-DU_3BKdn.webp) - Image: NSAR (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/nsar-dEIk2l-o.webp) - Image: Whistleblower Partners (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/whistleblower-partners-COrLrZMS.webp) - Image: Yakka Finance (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/yakka-finance-CqJvGIFW.webp) Is This Right for You? ## Who Needs a WordPress Maintenance Service? - ### Small Businesses on WordPress WordPress help for small businesses that don't have a developer on staff. WP Essentials gives you a WordPress help plan with real backups, safe updates and a person to ask, so WordPress website support for small businesses stops being a guessing game. - Local services - Clinics - Law firms - Consultants - ### Marketing and Content Teams WordPress website management and support services for teams that publish every week. We handle WP website management, WordPress support and management behind the scenes so your marketers can focus on content. - Blogs - Landing pages - Campaigns - Lead forms - ### Revenue-Critical Sites Professional WordPress support for sites where an hour of downtime or a slow checkout costs real money. WP Priority adds professional WordPress management, real-user speed data and faster response. - WooCommerce stores - Lead generation - Memberships - SaaS marketing sites - ### Agencies and Multi-Site Owners One WordPress management service across many sites, with consistent update testing, reporting and speed tracking for every property you hand us. - Client portfolios - Multisite networks - Franchise sites - Overflow work Expertise ## Setups Our WordPress Maintenance Experts Handle - ### Page Builders and Themes Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder and block themes, including the update conflicts each one is known for. - Elementor - Divi - Gutenberg - ### WooCommerce Stores Ecommerce updates need checkout testing and database care. See our WooCommerce maintenance service (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/woocommerce-maintenance). - WooCommerce - Payments - Subscriptions - ### Multisite and Enterprise Enterprise WordPress maintenance for multisite networks and large content sites, with change windows and audit-ready logs. - Multisite - Enterprise - Compliance - ### Managed Hosting We work with your host's staging and backup tools on Kinsta, WP Engine, SiteGround, Cloudways and others. - Kinsta - WP Engine - Cloudways The Problem ## Why Do WordPress Sites Break Without Maintenance? WordPress is flexible because of plugins, and fragile for the same reason. Without regular WordPress maintenance support, the same few problems show up on almost every site we take on. - ### Plugin Updates That Break Pages One plugin update can clash with your theme or page builder and break a layout, form or checkout. Updating blindly, or not at all, are both risky. - ### Vulnerable Plugins and Hacks Most WordPress compromises come through outdated plugins and themes. Without scanning and timely patches, you often learn about it from a customer or a Google warning. - ### A Site That Gets Slower Every Month New plugins, images and tracking scripts add weight, and the database fills with leftovers. Speed drops a little at a time until Core Web Vitals fail. Why WordPress gets slow (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/guides/why-is-wordpress-slow) - ### Nobody Owns the Website The original developer is gone, the host only covers the server and your team is guessing. When you get ongoing WordPress support, someone is responsible again. The Data ## Why Speed Belongs in WordPress Management Services Most WordPress website management services stop at updates and backups, and even the best WordPress maintenance services often treat speed as an extra. We treat speed as part of the job, because a slow site loses visitors and revenue as surely as a broken one. - 53% of mobile visitors leave if a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load Source: Google (opens in a new tab) (https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/app-and-mobile/mobile-page-speed-new-industry-benchmarks/) - ~7% conversion loss from a 1-second delay Source: Portent (opens in a new tab) (https://www.portent.com/blog/analytics/research-site-speed-hurting-everyones-revenue.htm) - 70% more organic traffic for sites passing Core Web Vitals Source: Google (opens in a new tab) (https://web.dev/articles/vitals/) - ~1% more conversions per 100ms faster load time Source: Deloitte/Google (opens in a new tab) (https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/consulting/articles/milliseconds-make-millions.html) How It Works ## WordPress Maintenance and Support, Done Properly Managed WordPress maintenance that covers the whole site: code, content, security and speed. This is the work our WordPress maintenance and support services handle every month. - ### Staged Plugin, Theme and Core Updates We test updates on a staging copy, check your key pages, then deploy. If you've been looking for the best WordPress management services for updates, this is the difference: tested, logged and reversible. - ### Daily Off-Site Backups Automated daily backups stored away from your host, with 30 days of history and tested restores. If a change goes wrong, we roll back in minutes. - ### Security Monitoring and Hardening Malware scanning, login protection, file change alerts and SSL checks, plus prompt patches when a plugin vulnerability is published. - ### Speed and Core Web Vitals Upkeep WordPress maintenance and optimisation in one plan. We monitor speed, clean the database, review plugins and fix regressions using the methods from our WordPress speed optimization (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/wordpress-speed-optimization) work. - ### Developer Help When You Need It Expert WordPress help for edits, new sections, plugin swaps and broken layouts. Requests go into one queue and are handled within your plan's response time. - ### WooCommerce and Form Testing After updates we test forms, logins and, for stores, cart and checkout. Store owners get a dedicated WooCommerce maintenance service (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/woocommerce-maintenance) with deeper checks. Process ## How Our WordPress Support Agency Works WordPress website maintenance and support should be predictable. Here is how ours runs, from onboarding to your monthly report. 1. Week 1 ### Onboarding and Baseline Audit We back up the site, list every plugin and theme with its version, flag abandoned or risky plugins, and benchmark speed and Core Web Vitals. 2. Week 1 ### Staging, Backups and Monitoring We set up a staging copy, off-site backups and uptime, security and speed monitoring, so nothing gets changed on live first. 3. Monthly ### Scheduled Update Cycle WordPress core, plugin and theme updates are tested on staging, checked against key pages and deployed. Weekly on WP Professional and WP Priority, monthly on WP Essentials. 4. Ongoing ### Speed, Security and Support We respond to alerts, fix speed regressions and work through your support queue within your plan's response time. 5. Monthly ### Monthly Report and Review You get a plain-English report covering updates, backups, uptime, security events, speed trends and completed tasks. Proof ## WordPress Speed Results From Our Team View all case studies (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/proof/case-studies) - - WordPress ### How We Helped Therapevo Improve Site Speed and Pass Core Web Vitals View Case Study https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/proof/case-studies/therapevo - - WordPress ### Plugin Reduction & Template-Level CWV Optimization for Content-Heavy WordPress Site View Case Study https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/proof/case-studies/try-something-more - - WordPress ### Above-the-Fold & Script Deferral Optimization for WordPress Landing Pages View Case Study https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/proof/case-studies/doric-legal Pricing ## WordPress Care Plans and Monthly Pricing Our WordPress website maintenance services come in three plans, so pick the WordPress website maintenance plan that matches how much your site changes. All three WordPress website maintenance & care plans are month-to-month and include speed monitoring from our ongoing speed support (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/ongoing-support). Prices are the same as our website maintenance services (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/website-maintenance) on other platforms. - ### WP Essentials Affordable WordPress maintenance services for small sites that need reliable updates, backups and monitoring. From $149 /month Billed monthly · fixed quote after a free call Get a Quote for WP Essentials Book a Call about the WP Essentials plan What's included - Monthly WordPress core, plugin and theme updates - Daily off-site backups with 30-day retention - 24/7 uptime monitoring and malware scanning - Speed monitoring with regression alerts - Up to 1 hour of WordPress help per month - Monthly WordPress report - Most popular ### WP Professional Our most popular WordPress support package for business sites that change often and need to stay fast. From $299 /month Billed monthly · fixed quote after a free call Get a Quote for WP Professional Book a Call about the WP Professional plan What's included - Everything in WP Essentials - Weekly updates, tested on staging before going live - Fixes for standard speed issues: images, fonts, scripts, caching - Up to 3 hours of developer time per month - Database cleanup and plugin audit each quarter - Next-business-day response - ### WP Priority Premium WordPress support for high-traffic, WooCommerce and revenue-critical sites. From $599 /month Billed monthly · fixed quote after a free call Get a Quote for WP Priority Book a Call about the WP Priority plan What's included - Everything in WP Professional - Real User Monitoring and ongoing Core Web Vitals optimization - Up to 6 hours of developer time per month - Same-business-day response for critical issues - Checkout, form and conversion path testing after updates - Quarterly performance and roadmap review Image: Matt Suffoletto (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/assets/matt-CEkmAuBN.jpg) **Not sure which plan fits?** Speak with a specialist and we'll recommend one. Prices are starting points. We confirm a fixed quote after a free call, before any work starts. See full pricing (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/pricing#maintenance) Deliverables ## What Our WordPress Support Plans Include Each Month WordPress website support services you can see. Like all our WordPress support and maintenance services, every plan comes with records, alerts and a support queue. - ### Monthly WordPress Report Updates applied, backups taken, uptime, security events and speed trends in one short report. - ### Plugin and Theme Update Log Every update recorded with version numbers and dates, plus notes on anything we held back and why. - ### Off-Site Backup Archive Daily backups with 30-day history, stored separately from your hosting account. - ### Security and Uptime Alerts Malware, downtime and SSL issues picked up by monitoring and handled by our team. - ### Core Web Vitals Tracking Monthly LCP, INP and CLS tracking, with real-user data on WP Priority. - ### Support Queue Access One place to send WordPress requests, with your monthly hours tracked transparently. Resources ## WordPress Guides From Our Speed Team - Why Is WordPress So Slow? Causes and Fixes: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/guides/why-is-wordpress-slow - How to Speed Up Your WordPress Site: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/guides/ultimate-wordpress-speed-guide - WordPress Database Optimization: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/guides/wordpress-database-optimization - Best WordPress Caching Plugins: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/guides/best-wordpress-caching-plugins Related Services ## More Ways to Keep Your Site Healthy - ### Website Maintenance Services Monthly updates, backups, security monitoring and speed checks that keep your site healthy. Learn more https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/website-maintenance - ### WordPress Speed Optimization Service Plugin, database and page builder fixes that get WordPress sites loading fast and passing Core Web Vitals. Learn more https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/wordpress-speed-optimization - ### WooCommerce Maintenance Service Updates tested against cart and checkout, daily backups and uptime monitoring for stores. Learn more https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/services/woocommerce-maintenance FAQ ## WordPress Support Services: Questions and Answers Still unsure? and we'll look at your site. ### What do our WordPress support services include? ### What are WordPress support services? ### What does a WordPress maintenance plan include? ### How much do WordPress care plans cost? ### Do you offer unlimited WordPress support? ### Is automated WordPress maintenance enough? ### Can I get on-demand WordPress support without a plan? ### Should I use a freelancer or a WordPress maintenance agency? ### How do I choose the best WordPress maintenance service? ### Do you offer 24x7 WordPress support? ### Can I outsource WordPress support for several sites? ### Do you work with enterprise and WordPress VIP sites? ### Will WordPress maintenance make my site faster? ### Can I cancel my WordPress support subscription? ## Ready for WordPress Support That Keeps You Fast? 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