Website Maintenance Plans
Plugin Updates, Bug Fixes, Dev Work, and Fractional CMO/CTO Support
WordPress sites don't run themselves. Plugins go stale, themes break on PHP updates, links rot, contact forms quietly stop sending, and one bad auto-update can take down a months-old SEO build. Our maintenance plans handle all of it - the boring stuff like security patches and plugin updates, the visible stuff like fixing broken links and content tweaks, and the strategic stuff like full-stack development work and fractional CMO/CTO consulting. You stop worrying about the site, and we keep it running like the day we launched it.
What Our Maintenance Plans Cover:
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Plugin & Theme Updates
We update every plugin and theme on a tested schedule, in staging first, so updates never break your live site. Compatibility issues get caught before they reach your visitors.
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Bug Fixes
Forms not sending, layouts breaking on certain pages, JavaScript errors in the console - we hunt down the cause and fix it, no matter how deep in your stack the issue lives.
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Broken Link Cleanup
We scan your entire site weekly for 404s, redirect chains, and dead external links - then either fix the destination, redirect properly, or remove the link if the source is gone for good.
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Content & Page Edits
Need to swap a phone number, update pricing, change a hero image, or rewrite a paragraph? Send the ask and we make the change - usually same day, no service tickets required.
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Custom Code Fixes
PHP errors, broken theme templates, custom function rewrites, or that hacky snippet someone added five years ago - we get into the code and fix it properly.
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WordPress Retrofitting
Inheriting a messy site? We refactor outdated themes, replace abandoned plugins with modern equivalents, and bring legacy WordPress installs up to current standards without rebuilding from scratch.
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Full-Stack Development Work
Custom post types, REST endpoints, integrations with CRMs and email platforms, custom Gutenberg blocks - real engineering, not just plugin gluing.
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Fractional CMO Support
Strategic marketing direction without a full-time hire - we shape your content roadmap, channel mix, and growth experiments, and meet with your team on a regular cadence.
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Fractional CTO Support
Tech leadership for companies that need senior engineering judgment without paying for a full-time exec - architecture decisions, vendor reviews, hiring help, and code audits.
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Security Patching
CVE-level vulnerabilities in WordPress core, plugins, and themes get patched within hours of disclosure. We monitor security feeds so you never have to.
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Database Cleanup
Old revisions, orphaned post meta, expired transients, and abandoned plugin tables get pruned regularly so your DB stays lean and your queries stay fast.
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Cross-Device QA
We test your site monthly across major browsers and devices - desktop, tablet, mobile - and catch layout regressions before customers do.
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Form & Email Deliverability
Contact forms, lead-gen submissions, and transactional email get tested regularly. SPF, DKIM, DMARC tuning is part of the package so your emails actually arrive.
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Plugin Migrations
When a plugin is abandoned, sold to a sketchy buyer, or just no longer fits - we migrate you to a better alternative without losing data or breaking integrations.
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Staging & Sandbox Work
Every change is tested in staging first. Bigger experiments - design refreshes, plugin replacements, conversion tests - run in dedicated sandboxes so production is never the lab.
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Monthly Health Reports
Plain-English monthly reports on what we updated, what we fixed, what we caught, and what's coming - so you always know the state of your site without having to ask.
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PHP & WP Core Upgrades
Major PHP version bumps and WordPress core upgrades are tested in staging, run on a schedule, and rolled back automatically if anything misbehaves.
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Direct Engineer Access
No tier-1 support tickets. You email or call and talk to the people who actually maintain your site. Most requests are turned around same-day.
Maintenance Plan Service Areas
Routine Plugin & Core Updates
Most WordPress sites that get hacked or break do so because of stale plugins. Our team updates every plugin, theme, and WordPress core release on a tested schedule - in staging first, then production once we've confirmed nothing breaks. You don't get the dreaded "white screen of death" after an auto-update at 3am, because we control the cadence and verify everything before it touches your live site. CVE-level security patches get fast-tracked the same day they're disclosed.
Bug Fixes & Site Repairs
Whether it's a contact form quietly dropping submissions, a layout breaking on Safari, or a plugin throwing a fatal on a specific page, we track down the root cause and fix it. We don't slap a workaround on top of a broken plugin - we fix the actual problem. If the issue is in custom code, our developers get into the templates and PHP and resolve it cleanly. The fix gets documented so you have a record of what was wrong and what we changed.
Content Edits & Site Changes
New phone number, updated pricing, swapped hero image, rewritten about page, added testimonial - all the small content changes that pile up across a year. Send us the ask and we handle it, usually same-day. No "open a ticket and wait two weeks" routines. Bigger changes like new landing pages, custom layouts, or campaign-specific builds are folded in too. The result: your site never feels stale because the small updates actually happen.
Full-Stack Development Work
When the work needs real engineering - custom post types, REST API endpoints, third-party integrations with CRMs and email platforms, custom Gutenberg blocks, headless setups, or rewriting a janky theme template properly - our developers do it. We don't pretend to be marketers who can also code. We're engineers who happen to know marketing too. The depth shows up in the kind of work we can take on without saying "you'll need to hire a developer for that."
Fractional CMO & CTO Support
Some businesses don't need a full-time CMO or CTO yet, but they do need senior strategic input. We act as fractional CMOs - shaping content roadmaps, channel mix, growth experiments, and brand positioning - and as fractional CTOs - making architecture decisions, reviewing vendor proposals, helping you hire engineers, and auditing existing code. You get exec-level judgment without paying $300k+ for a full-time hire who'd be underutilized.
WordPress Retrofitting & Audits
Inherited a site from a previous agency that's a tangle of abandoned plugins and outdated themes? We retrofit it. That means refactoring legacy code, replacing dead plugins with modern equivalents, removing the cruft that nobody understands anymore, and bringing the whole stack up to current best practices - without rebuilding from scratch. The site keeps its history, content, and SEO equity, but the underlying tech becomes maintainable again.
You're in Good Company
We work with companies of all sizes, from small mom-and-pop shops to Fortune 500 companies:
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