Website Maintenance Retainers
Your website needs ongoing care to stay secure, updated, and performing well. Focus on your business — I'll keep your site running. First month free with any new website build.
- WordPress core, plugin & theme updates
- Weekly backups (off-site storage)
- Security monitoring & malware scanning
- Uptime monitoring (99.9% guarantee)
- Monthly status report
- Everything in Basic Care
- Monthly content updates (1–2 hours)
- Performance optimization (speed, caching)
- Broken link checks & fixes
- Image optimization
- Monthly analytics report
- Priority email support (48-hour response)
- Everything in Standard Care
- 3–5 hours/month design & development
- Advanced security (firewall, brute force protection)
- Staging site testing before updates
- Database optimization
- SEO monitoring & recommendations
- 24–48 hour response time
- Phone support available
- Everything in Premium Care
- 10–15 hours/month design/dev work
- Ongoing SEO optimization
- Content updates & blog support
- Analytics tracking & monthly strategy calls
- 24-hour response time
- Dedicated Slack/email channel
Maintenance Plan Comparison
| Feature | Basic Care | Standard Care | Premium Care | Growth Care |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $75–$150 | $150–$300 | $300–$600 | $600–$1,200 |
| Updates & patches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly backups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security / malware scan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Uptime monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content updates / month | — | 1–2 hrs | 3–5 hrs | 10–15 hrs |
| Performance optimization | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics report | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advanced firewall | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staging site testing | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SEO monitoring | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strategy calls | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Dedicated channel | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Response time | Standard | 48 hrs | 24–48 hrs | 24 hrs |