Care Plans
WordPress & WooCommerce Care Plans: Updates, Security, Backups & Support
My WordPress care plans keep your WordPress or WooCommerce site updated, backed up, secure, fast and visible in search for a fixed monthly fee — plus a developer on call for small changes. You get a short report every month showing what was done and what to improve next.
- Building for clients since 2021
- 25+ live client websites
- Clients in the US, UK, Canada & Europe
- client websites in my Search Console monitoring
- 26
- live sites still had default "Hello world!", sample or test pages published
- 17 of 26
- stores whose sitemaps were returning an error to Google — found and fixed in one audit
- 2
Is this you?
The problems this solves
Updates scare you
You avoid updating plugins because the last update broke something.
Nobody is watching the site
You find out it's down, hacked or slow when a customer tells you.
Small changes wait for weeks
Text, prices and page tweaks sit on a to-do list because there's no developer to ask.
You don't know if the site is working for you
No idea whether pages are indexed, forms are delivered or traffic is growing.
What you get
What this service covers
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Safe updates
WordPress, theme and plugin updates tested first, with a rollback plan.
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Daily off-site backups
Automatic backups stored away from your server, with tested restores.
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Security monitoring
Malware, file-change and cloaking checks, login protection and hardening.
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Uptime and error checks
Downtime alerts and early warnings for broken forms, 404s and PHP errors.
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Search health
Google Search Console and Bing checks: indexing, sitemaps, coverage errors and structured data.
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Speed checks
Core Web Vitals monitoring and fixes when pages slow down.
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Developer time
Small changes and fixes each month, done by the person who knows your site.
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Monthly report
What was updated, fixed and found, plus the next best improvement.
- WP-CLI
- Index Sentinel
- WPvivid Backup
- Google Search Console
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- PageSpeed Insights
- Cloudflare
- LiteSpeed Cache
Real projects
Proof from live websites
Process
How we work together
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01
Onboarding audit
A full check of security, speed, search health and backups, with urgent issues fixed first.
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02
Set up monitoring
Backups, uptime, security and Search Console monitoring switched on.
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Monthly care
Updates, checks and your requested changes, every month.
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Report and improve
A short monthly report and one clear recommendation to grow.
What I found when I audited 26 live WordPress sites
In October 2026 I audited 26 live client websites in one day. None of them was “broken”, yet almost all had problems that quietly hurt security or search visibility:
- 17 of 26 still had WordPress’s default “Hello world!” post, a “Sample Page” or a test page published — thin content Google counts against a site.
- Several sites exposed admin usernames through public author sitemaps, one of them derived from an email address — half of what an attacker needs to log in.
- One site still ran on http even though a valid SSL certificate was installed, so Chrome marked every page “Not secure”.
- One live site had a reset plugin active that can wipe the entire site in one click.
- Two stores returned an error code for their XML sitemap, so Google ignored the list of pages they wanted indexed.
- One store had more than a million filter URLs in Google’s results — a crawl trap that buries the real products.
All of it was fixed the same week. That’s what a care plan is for: someone who checks, notices and fixes before small problems cost you customers.
Maintenance vs. a care plan
Basic maintenance clicks “update” and runs a backup, as in WordPress’s own update guide. A care plan also makes sure the site keeps working for your business: forms deliver, checkout works after updates, pages stay in Google and Bing, speed doesn’t slip and the small improvements on your list actually get done.
What the monthly report looks like
One page, in plain English: updates applied, backups confirmed, security and uptime results, Search Console status (indexed pages, errors, top queries from your target countries), speed scores, what I changed with your developer time, and one recommendation for next month.
Pricing
How much does it cost?
Clear starting prices in USD. You get a fixed quote before any work starts, and nothing is billed until you approve it.
Essential
$79 per month
Peace of mind for business and brochure sites.
- Updates and daily off-site backups
- Security and uptime monitoring
- Search Console health checks
- 30 minutes of developer time
Growth
$189 per month
For business sites and stores that keep improving.
- Everything in Essential
- Updates tested on staging first
- Speed and Core Web Vitals checks
- 2 hours of developer time
- Monthly report
Pro
$349 per month
For busy WooCommerce stores and AI-enabled sites.
- Everything in Growth
- Checkout and order-flow testing
- AI automation monitoring
- 5 hours of developer time
- Priority same-day response
Compare
How this compares to your other options
| Question | My care plan | Hosting "managed WordPress" | Doing it yourself |
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| Updates tested before going live | Yes | Automatic, not tested on your site | When you remember |
| Security and spam monitoring | Malware, cloaking and Google index | Basic malware scan | Plugin alerts |
| Search Console and indexing checks | Yes | No | Rarely |
| Small changes and fixes | Developer time included every month | Not included | Your own time |
| A person who knows your site | Yes | Support tickets | You |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does a WordPress care plan include?
Tested updates, daily off-site backups, security and uptime monitoring, search health checks in Google Search Console and Bing, speed checks, a set amount of developer time for small changes and a short monthly report.
Do I need a care plan if my host offers managed WordPress?
Managed hosting usually covers the server, backups and automatic updates. It doesn't test updates against your site, fix broken features, watch your Google index or make changes for you. A care plan looks after the website itself.
What happens if my site gets hacked while on a plan?
Monitoring usually catches problems early, before Google notices. If something does happen, I handle it as a priority, and cleanup is discounted for every care plan client.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes. Plans are month to month. If you leave, you keep everything: your site, your backups and all your accounts and access.
Do you only look after sites you built?
No. I take over existing WordPress and WooCommerce sites too. Every plan starts with an onboarding audit so I understand your site before changing anything.
What counts as a small change?
Text and image updates, new pages from existing layouts, plugin settings, form changes, small design tweaks and bug fixes. Bigger features are quoted separately, with a discount for care plan clients.
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Start with an onboarding audit: I'll check your site's security, speed and search health, fix the urgent issues first and recommend the right plan.
