# WordPress care & maintenance

> Ongoing WordPress care for any site, from a small business brochure site to a busy store, membership site or publication: updates, security, speed and fixes, handled by one developer who already knows your site.

- Tools: WordPress, WooCommerce, Cloudflare, Kinsta, SiteGround, GoDaddy Managed WordPress
- Provider: Eric Mutema (https://www.designnairobi.agency/)
- Contact: emutema.mutema@gmail.com
- Web page: https://www.designnairobi.agency/services/wordpress-care.html

## The Problem

Most WordPress sites carry more than they look: a store or booking system, contact and lead forms, memberships, newsletters, events. One plugin update or bot surge can take any of them down, and most businesses don't have a developer on staff.

Generic maintenance plans run updates and send a report. They don't trace why forms stopped submitting or why the events archive times out.

## What I Do

I keep core, themes and plugins updated with a backup first, watch uptime and errors, and fix problems at the cause.

I also handle the work that comes up between updates: bot traffic, caching, form and email failures, security clean-ups, DNS and SSL, and small changes your team asks for.

## Deliverables

- WordPress core, theme and plugin updates, each with a backup first.
- Uptime and error monitoring.
- Security hardening and reviews of who has admin access.
- Performance work: caching, CDN, database cleanup and Core Web Vitals.
- Fixes and small changes requested by your team.
- A monthly summary of what changed.

## Related work

- [Global Atlanta](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/global-atlanta.md): Moved a 30-year-old international business publication off Newspack to a custom GeneratePress build, then stabilized its performance, data and security.
- [Adriana Cowdin](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/adriana-cowdin.md): Fixed failing subscription renewals and blocked cancellations for an author and coach's WooCommerce store, and built a custom abandoned cart recovery plugin.
- [Heritage Hills](https://www.designnairobi.agency/case-studies/heritage-hills.md): Membership, email and store work for the nonprofit that protects Oklahoma City's Heritage Hills historic district, plus an MCP server so AI tools can manage the site.

## Related questions

- [What does WordPress maintenance actually include?](https://www.designnairobi.agency/articles/what-does-wordpress-maintenance-include.md)

## Questions

### Do you look after small or simple sites too?

Yes. A five-page business site needs updates, backups and security as much as a large store does. The monthly scope is set by the site, so small sites aren't paying for work they don't need.

### What's included each month?

Updates with backups, uptime and error monitoring, security and performance checks, and time for fixes and small changes. Bigger projects, such as a redesign or migration, are quoted separately.

### How quickly will you respond?

Response times, including for urgent issues, are agreed in writing when we start, so you know what to expect before anything goes wrong.

### Will you work with our current host?

Most likely. I've worked on Kinsta, SiteGround and GoDaddy Managed WordPress, often with Cloudflare in front.

### Can you deal with bots and traffic spikes?

Yes. On Global Atlanta I traced page timeouts to bots crawling event archives and stopped them at Cloudflare, before they reached PHP.

### How much does it cost?

A monthly fee, set by the size of your site and what runs on it. I quote it after a look at your setup.