Website Maintenance Services

Why Is It so Important to do regular Website Maintenance?

Many new businesses already have a lot on their plates without worrying about constantly checking in on their website.

Once a website is built and launched, it must be maintained to ensure it remains secure and up-to-date. A lot of things can go wrong if it gets neglected. Most of our Small Business Clients don’t have the time or desire to maintain their website themselves. A website maintenance plan is an ongoing service to keep the website up-to-date, secure, optimized, and backed up. This usually includes the website’s WordPress core platform, The website theme, various plugins, email accounts, site monitoring, and daily backups.

We are dedicated to helping you do just that. Whether you just launched your site or you’ve had one for years, we’re ready to help support your web maintenance needs.

Get started by getting in touch with us and together let’s find the best ways we can help your website — and your business — grow.

Maintaining a current, healthy, and active website is important for a number of reasons.

A website maintenance plan isn’t just about improving your online presence; it’s about helping your bottom line. With the right partner and the right plan, you can get back to focusing on what you do best: building your business.

What Are the Steps in an Effective Website Maintenance Plan?

A Quick Checklist

There is a laundry list of tasks that should be done to keep your website running smoothly. The most time-sensitive of these are website security updates and patches. Without these, your website has the potential to be an actual danger to those who click on it.

With that in mind, here is a list of website maintenance tasks that should be completed regularly:

Done weekly

1. Check that all of your pages are loading without errors
2. Check that a daily backup of your site has been made.
   
3. Make updates to website software, theme and plugins.
4. Check that all of your forms are running properly.
5. Remove any spam comments from pages and posts.
6. Check your pages to see if there are any broken links.
7. Search for 404 errors and fix or redirect

Done monthly

1. Check the load speed of your website using GTMetrix and ensure that it is Optimized.
   
2. Review your security scans and make sure nothing is out of place.
3. Analyze website statistics from Google Analytics for the previous month.

Done quarterly

1. Review your website design and structure  – can be it improved?
2. Check graphics and images – should anything be updated?
3. Review SEO and meta titles and descriptions to ensure they are as effective as possible
4. Test and tweak popups, forms, and calls to action.
5. Test your website on all devices and browsers to see if it displays correctly.

Done yearly

1. Update and renew any paid plugins for the current year.
2. Check any active email addresses and see if any are excessive and can be deleted.
3. Ensure that your website domain name is renewed on time.
   
4. Consider whether a website design update is due, make recommendations.