WordPress Hosting and Maintenance
Your website can be broken right now.
You probably don’t know.
Contact forms go silent. Plugin updates crash pages. Hosting storage fills up. None of these send a warning. Led by Chasen Mushiana, fractional marketing operator. We watch your site every day so you find out before a lead is lost. Plans start at $225/month.
What Goes Wrong on Unmanaged WordPress Sites?
Unmanaged WordPress sites break in predictable ways: plugin updates crash pages, contact forms stop delivering, hosting storage fills up, SSL certificates expire, and security vulnerabilities go unpatched. These 10 issues show up every week in support tickets from businesses without a maintenance plan.
Not hypotheticals. These came from real client support tickets.
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High frequency
Moderate
Moderate
Contact forms stop delivering emails
Silently, for days or weeks. No error. No notification. Leads stop arriving and you have no idea.
A plugin update breaks something overnight
One plugin conflicts with another and takes down a page, a form, or a payment flow. You find out when a customer mentions it.
The site goes offline
You find out from a customer, a Google review, or not at all. By then, multiple leads have bounced.
Hosting storage maxes out
The site stops loading with no warning. SiteGround sends an inode quota email to an inbox nobody watches.
Business email breaks after a site migration
DNS records don’t follow automatically. Email goes nowhere. One client discovered this weeks after launch.
Outdated plugins create security gaps
Hackers target WordPress specifically because of this. Outdated plugins are the most common attack vector.
Spam takes over your contact form
Bots find the form and flood your inbox with junk. Real leads get buried or you stop checking entirely.
Content changes disappear
No backup, no restore. A plugin conflict or bad update wipes changes with no way to get them back.
Emails start landing in spam
DNS records shift after hosting changes. DKIM breaks. Your emails look like spam to every inbox.
Your tracking breaks
GA4 stops recording. GCLID stops passing through. You can’t tell where leads are coming from or what’s working.
What Does a WordPress Maintenance Plan Cover?
Every plan includes managed hosting on SiteGround, daily backups, core and plugin updates, uptime monitoring, SSL management, and a monthly report. Higher tiers add support hours, contact form testing, and quarterly performance reviews.
Every plan includes managed hosting on SiteGround. These are the core services included across all tiers.
Hosting
- Managed WordPress hosting on SiteGround
- CDN for faster load times across Canada
- Optimized server configuration for WordPress
Daily Updates
- WordPress core updates applied and tested
- Plugin and theme updates with compatibility checks
- Rollback if an update breaks something
Backups
- Daily automated backups
- One-click restore if anything goes wrong
- Off-site backup storage
Monitoring
- Uptime monitoring with immediate alerts
- SSL certificate monitoring
- Monthly broken link scan
Security
- 24/7 security scanning
- Malware detection and removal
- Spam protection on all forms
Monthly Report
- Summary of all updates applied
- Issues flagged and resolved
- Overall site health status
How Much Does WordPress Maintenance Cost?
Plans start at $225/month for Guard (essentials only), $450/month for Maintain (1 support hour, proactive checks), and $850/month for Operate (3 support hours, quarterly reviews). All plans include managed WordPress hosting on SiteGround. No contracts.
All plans include managed hosting on SiteGround. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
The essentials, handled daily. For sites that need to stay up and stay secure without extra overhead.
No support hours included. Additional work billed at $150/hour.
Everything in Guard, plus a monthly support hour and proactive checks.
Support hour rolls over for 1 month if unused.
Everything in Maintain, plus quarterly performance reviews and deeper oversight.
Plugin compatibility review before every major WordPress release.
Who Is This WordPress Maintenance Service For?
This service is for small and mid-size businesses running WordPress sites that generate leads or revenue. If your site matters to your business and nobody is watching it, this plan fills that gap.
Service businesses with a WordPress site in Metro Vancouver, Surrey BC, and across Canada.
Good fit
Not a fit
Why Does Your Site Need a Person, Not Just a Script?
Automated monitoring catches server errors and downtime. It does not catch a contact form that silently stopped sending emails, a plugin update that broke your checkout page, or a design change that hid your phone number on mobile. A person checks what scripts cannot.
Most maintenance plans run automated scripts and call it done. Someone checks in when it breaks. We do not work that way.
Your contact form stopped sending emails. No error message. No notification. Scripts check if the site is up. They do not check if the form delivers.
A plugin update crashes your booking widget or hides your phone number on mobile. Auto-updaters apply changes. They do not test the result.
GA4 stops recording. Your ad spend keeps going. Monitoring tools confirm the site loads. They do not confirm your data is accurate.
Confirms site is online. Does not confirm forms deliver.
Auto-applies updates. Does not test the result.
Checks SSL expiry. Does not check DNS or email records.
Confirms page loads. Does not confirm GA4 records.
Monthly contact form test. Catches silent failures.
Updates applied and visually verified across pages.
Quarterly DNS and email deliverability audit.
GA4 and conversion tracking checked every quarter.
We have restored sites from backups after plugin conflicts took down live pages. We have fixed contact forms that had been silent for weeks. We have caught hosting storage issues before they pulled down active sites. We know how a service business website should work and we notice when it isn’t.
What Do Clients Ask About WordPress Hosting and Maintenance?
Most questions focus on what maintenance includes, pricing, migration requirements, and what happens without a plan. All plans include managed SiteGround hosting, and migration is handled at no extra cost during onboarding.
Not sure which plan fits?
We will look at your current setup and tell you exactly what you need.
Client Results
See how ongoing support makes a real difference.
Starfish Communications
Speed optimization, hosting migration, and ongoing support for a 20-year design firm
White Owl Energy Services
2+ year support partnership keeping a multi-facility energy company online and current
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15 client projects across web design, SEO, e-commerce, and automation
Last updated: March 2026