An Elaborate description of what you should expect from a very good WordPress Maintenance Services Provider:
WordPress has proven itself and is currently the most widely used CMS in the world. Many professionals have made WordPress their specialty: freelancers, agencies, web designers, developers, trainers, etc. For some time now, a new type of offer has been taking over the professional WordPress market: support and maintenance offers. Having a WordPress site is good, but maintaining it is better!
Indeed, in the ruthless world of the web, all is not rosy! Bad manipulation, bug, hacking… it can quickly be panic on board, not to mention that WordPress is the most attacked CMS – and therefore the most vulnerable. So professionals offer to take care of their clients’ sites: optimizing site performance, updating WordPress, themes and plugins, site backup/restoration, security, troubleshooting… they make sure everything runs smoothly and that their customers do not have to worry about the maintenance of their sites.
On paper, it sounds promising, but we took a look at this emerging business and sifted through these deals to see how they work, what they offer, and what they’re really worth.
How to choose a WordPress maintenance offer?
If you have the knowledge, the time and the motivation, it is quite possible to maintain and optimize your WordPress site yourself. But it is rare that these three conditions are met. In this case, it may be good to entrust your site to expert hands, in whom you trust.
Affordable prices: what we are looking for when subscribing to a maintenance offer is peace of mind. But not at any price. Many maintenance offers are excessively expensive. Try to find a solution that does not force you to eat pasta at the end of each month.
A complete, unique and non-binding offer: I advise you to find an offer that covers all your needs. Before making your choice, take the time to define precisely what your site needs. The minimum being: reliable hosting, reinforced security, optimized loading speed, backups and regular updates.
Unfailing trust: you would not entrust your child to just any babysitter. You would like to see his references and know his experience with children. It’s the same with a WordPress site. Before entrusting it to a service provider, make sure of its expertise and legitimacy.
An impeccable showcase: shoemakers are the worst shod and they do what they want. But you, take the time to make sure that your future service provider is doing a good job. Their showcase site must be irreproachable: reliable, fast, well referenced.
The strengths of WP Assistance?
- A unique, non-binding maintenance offer.
- A team of WordPress experts with over 10 years of experience.
- A team involved in the WordPress community.
If you are looking for the best maintenance services for your WordPress site, you have come to the right place!
WordPress maintenance services are on the rise for two reasons:
First, they allow business owners to focus on high value-added activities such as marketing rather than unproductive and insecure web development operations.
Second, they help ensure that your WordPress site stays fast to load and always online.
Hiring a good WordPress maintenance service is the assurance of having a site that works well over time. And let’s be honest, maintenance tasks are boring.
Why use a WordPress website maintenance service?
Before we get to the list, let’s talk about what WordPress maintenance services actually do.
If you run a WordPress website on your own, you should install core WordPress updates, keep your plugins and theme up to date, and make regular backups.
WordPress monitoring, updates, and backups. These (updates/backups) constitute the set of basic maintenance functions that each maintenance service provides.
The service should monitor your website’s uptime and keep daily backups of it.
So if something goes wrong, your site can be restored immediately.
That said, the best way to keep your site online and secure is to keep your plugins and theme up to date.
Some plugins like Jetpack or ManageWP can do this automatically, but it’s better to do it manually.
Indeed, updating WordPress plugins can also break your website. Why?
When you push an update, you never know how your server will react. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t update your WordPress site.
However, you should keep in mind that sometimes an update can cause your site to crash. If this happens, you need to have backup and/or expert help!
Improve the security and performance of your website
The best way to prevent a WordPress site from crashing is to protect it.
What’s the point of saving a website if it keeps getting hacked?
Maintenance and support agencies are used to manage WordPress security plugins and troubleshoot PHP errors.
A good service should also improve (or maintain) the performance of your website.
WordPress support and responsiveness
Panic is a completely normal reaction when you realize your site is offline. At times like these, what you need is responsiveness and a 24/7 technical partner.
Maintaining a WordPress website is not just about monitoring and keeping it up to date. You also need to be a talented PHP developer to troubleshoot what’s wrong.
Many maintenance services like us also go a step further with features such as:
Custom WordPress development work;
Content updates or creations;
SEO optimization;
Etc., etc.
So, what do we offer?
We have two different types of offers for WordPress Maintenance Services:
- You pay a $100 retainer per month & we do up to 5 hours of work.
- Pay as you go offer, where you pay $30/hour.