WordPress Maintenance Pricing, Without the Guesswork
WordPress care follows the same Essential / Business / Managed / Custom structure as our general plans. The prices are below, the included hours are stated, and the overage rate is fixed — so you know what you are buying before you commit.
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WordPress Plans at a Glance
Four levels, each with a defined monthly engineering allowance. Standard prices are listed; the exact scope is confirmed after a brief site review.
| Plan | Price | Included hours / month | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Essential | $99/mo | Up to 2 h | Smaller sites that need steady updates, backups and monitoring |
| WordPress Business | $249/mo | Up to 3 h | Active sites with regular changes and more support needs |
| WordPress Managed | $499/mo | Up to 5–6 h | Sites where the website is central to the business |
| WordPress Custom | from $799/mo | Scoped | Complex or custom builds, WooCommerce at scale, multisite |
Standard Custom tiers are Web App Growth $1,499/mo and Priority $2,999/mo. None of these plan names implies 24/7 support or unlimited development. Work beyond included hours is billed at $99/hour or handled by moving up a plan.
What Each WordPress Plan Includes
WordPress Essential
$99/mo
- Core, plugin and theme update review
- Backup checks and recovery verification
- Monitoring review
- Up to 2 included hours / month
WordPress Business
$249/mo
- Everything in Essential
- More manual review and support priority
- Small content and configuration changes
- Up to 3 included hours / month
WordPress Managed
$499/mo
- Everything in Business
- Higher service capacity
- Proactive checks and reporting
- Up to 5–6 included hours / month
WordPress Custom Care — from $799/mo
For complex or custom WordPress sites (heavy custom code, WooCommerce at scale, multisite, membership or special business-continuity needs), we assess the site first and scope a custom plan. Standard Custom tiers are WordPress Web App Growth $1,499/mo and WordPress Priority $2,999/mo.
Request a WordPress AssessmentWhy Contract-Accountable Maintenance
Some providers lead with “no contract, cancel anytime.” That convenience usually comes with low accountability: when something goes wrong, there is no agreed standard for who responds, how fast, and to what quality.
We use a clear initial term, monthly renewal, and a defined notice period. That structure is what lets us commit to an SLA, response times, and a party you can hold to account. For a site that matters to your business, accountability is part of the service — not a restriction.
What You Actually Pay For: Real Engineering Hours, Not a Task Queue
Some plans advertise “unlimited small changes (up to 30 minutes each).” That is a capped task queue, not real capacity — and it limits the depth of work that gets done.
Plans advertised as “unlimited”
- “Unlimited” small changes, each capped at about 30 minutes
- Updates often pushed straight to the live site
- Little stated SLA or accountability
- Hard to tell what is truly included
Our WordPress plans
- Defined monthly engineering hours — 2 hours (Essential), 3 hours (Business), 5–6 hours (Managed)
- Changes staged and verified before production
- SLA-backed response and a contract you can reference
- Transparent overage at $99/hour, or upgrade the plan
You always know what is covered. Work beyond the included hours is billed transparently or handled by moving up a plan — no illusion of “unlimited.”
How Your Included Hours Are Counted
No guesswork and no hidden math. Your included hours cover hands-on engineering time only. Automated updates, backups, monitoring, and scans never draw down your allowance — they run in the background as part of the service.
A credit is a billing unit for the accountable result we deliver — verified, senior-reviewed, and covered by our SLA — not a stopwatch reading. AI lets us complete routine work far faster, and that efficiency is exactly what keeps our rates competitive. It never removes the human judgment or the responsibility behind a change.
| Counts toward your hours | Does not count |
|---|---|
| Content and image updates | Automated updates, backups, monitoring, and scans |
| Code and template tweaks | Routine consultation and planning discussions |
| Troubleshooting and incident handling | Rework caused by our own error |
| Migration, recovery, and optimization | New scope (quoted and approved before we start) |
Standard task credits
Common requests have a predefined credit, so there is nothing to negotiate after the fact.
| Common task | Standard credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Content or image update (up to 5 minor edits) | 0.5 h | Batch these for better value |
| Style or copy tweak | 0.25 h | No structural change |
| Page structure change (add, remove, or reorder modules) | 0.75 h | Excludes new page build |
| New product or service page (existing template) | 0.75 h | New design quoted separately |
| Form or error fix | 1.0 h | Single-point issue |
| Plugin or theme conflict troubleshooting | 0.75 h | Diagnosis and fix included |
| Performance check and basic optimization | 1.0 h | Excludes dedicated performance work |
| Single-page or partial data restore | 1.0 h | Full-site recovery is a separate scope |
| DNS, email, or SSL configuration change | 0.5–0.75 h | Includes rollback and verification |
| Data export or report output | 0.5 h | Standard format |
| Security incident response (triage, isolation, and stop-loss) | 2.0 h (cap) | First-response containment only; malware removal and full cleanup are a separate scope, quoted first |
| Third-party integration change | from 1.5 h | Assessed first; complex work goes to a scope of work |
| AI content drafting with human review | from 0.5 h | Human review included |
| AI-readiness and structured-data upkeep | from 0.75 h | Visibility and structured data |
Security incidents are handled up to a 2.0 h standard credit; larger recovery work is quoted before we proceed. Credits are tracked in 15-minute increments. As a courtesy, minor changes that take only a few minutes (roughly 10–15 minutes, up to twice a month) are absorbed at no charge — you are not billed a full credit for a one-line fix. Work beyond your included hours is billed at $99/hour or handled by moving up a plan. Each month you receive a simple usage ledger — tasks, credits used, and your remaining balance — alongside your maintenance report.
Silent Failures Are What We Catch
A site that goes down is obvious. The failures that cost the most are the quiet ones. A contact form stops sending. A checkout breaks for one payment method. Pages quietly drop out of search. Speed slips a little every week. Nothing crashes, so nothing shouts — the leads just stop.
That is the failure mode we watch for. Alongside uptime, we monitor the signals that go silent:
Form submissions
We test that your forms still reach their destination, so a broken contact or quote form does not sit unnoticed for weeks.
Checkout and orders
For stores, we watch the order path and flag signs that a payment step has stopped completing.
Search indexing
We check that your pages stay indexed, and that nothing is accidentally blocked from search after a change.
Speed and Core Web Vitals
We track real performance over time and flag gradual decline before it starts costing you conversions.
And You Hear About It Every Month
A maintenance plan should not be a silent invoice. Every month you receive a short report: what we updated and checked, what monitoring caught, what we fixed, and how much of your included hours were used. If nothing went wrong, the report still tells you what was verified — so “nothing happened” shows up as visible work, not silence.
You Own Your Site. Always.
Your domain, your hosting account, and your code belong to you. A maintenance provider should never be the only one holding the keys.
Your assets stay in your name
Domain, hosting, and site files remain yours and under your control. We work with your access — we do not take ownership of it.
A clean handover if you leave
If you move on, the agreement sets out how access, files, and credentials are returned. We do not hold your domain, and we do not charge a release fee.
This is written into our agreement, not just promised on a page.
How We Deliver: Staging → Senior Review → Production
We do not blind-push updates to your live site. Routine changes move through staging, a senior review, then production — with SLA-backed response times. This is our standard, not a premium add-on.
Staging first
Updates and changes are verified in a staging environment before they reach visitors.
Senior review
Changes are checked by experienced engineers, not just an automated script.
SLA-backed
Response commitments are defined in the agreement, so expectations are clear.
AI-Assisted, Human-Accountable
We use AI tools to compress routine work, which helps us keep a competitive rate. But accountability for critical and complex changes stays with a human engineer. AI raises the floor — it does not remove responsibility.
Our Maintenance Model Fits You If…
A good fit
- Your website is tied to revenue — ecommerce, lead generation, or membership
- You run more than one platform and want one accountable vendor
- You have been affected by a broken site or a provider that disappeared
- You want a defined SLA and a party you can hold to account
- You need changes verified in staging, not pushed blindly to production
Not the best fit
- Your main priority is the lowest possible price and you accept the risk
- You run a small single-page brochure site with little traffic
- You prefer to manage updates and changes yourself
- You need “unlimited everything” with no scope boundary
- You are looking for a one-time project (that is a separate scoped engagement)
- You want service with no contract or commitment at all
Run more than one platform? We can cover your other sites under one contract, billed per site with a multi-site discount — not one price for every platform.
Our Commitments to You
Annual prepay flexibility
If you prepay annually and cancel within 30 days, we refund the unused difference. (Per our stated terms.)
Setup fee protection
If a setup or onboarding fee applies and you cancel before work starts, it is fully refunded within 7 days. (Per our stated terms.)
What Actually Drives a WordPress Price
Two sites can both be "WordPress" and need very different levels of care. These are the factors that move a price up or down.
- Number and complexity of plugins
- Custom code and theme overrides
- Site size and content volume
- Ecommerce, membership or booking functions
- Update and compatibility risk
- Required response and support level
- Maintenance frequency
- Reporting and change-request volume
A simple, well-kept WordPress site may fit Essential. A site with heavy customizations or a store may need Business, Managed or a Custom scope. We confirm which after reviewing the site — and we will tell you if a lower plan is genuinely enough.
How Billing and Refunds Work
Clear terms, so there is nothing to argue about later.
Monthly billing and overage
- Plans renew monthly after the initial term
- Credits are tracked in 15-minute increments
- Work beyond included hours is billed at $99/hour
- Or move up a plan if the pattern is recurring
Small-change courtesy
- Minor changes of roughly 10–15 minutes are absorbed at no charge
- Up to about twice a month
- You are not billed a full credit for a one-line fix
No automatic annual increase
- Your price stays as agreed
- Scope changes are confirmed with you first
- Any pricing change is communicated in advance
Refunds on cancellation
- Annual prepay cancelled within 30 days → unused difference refunded
- Setup or onboarding fee cancelled before work starts → refunded within 7 days
- These terms are stated in the agreement
WordPress Maintenance Pricing FAQ
What are your WordPress maintenance prices?
Standard WordPress plans are Essential $99/mo, Business $249/mo and Managed $499/mo. For complex or custom WordPress sites, Custom care starts from $799/mo, with standard Custom tiers at Web App Growth $1,499/mo and Priority $2,999/mo. The exact scope is confirmed after a brief site review.
What is the difference between the Shopify, Magento and WordPress prices I see elsewhere?
Pricing follows the platform. WordPress uses the Essential / Business / Managed / Custom structure above. Other platforms (WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento) have their own levels because the work differs. Each plan is billed per site.
Do you charge extra for small changes?
No surprise charges, and no "small change" fee. Your plan includes a defined monthly engineering allowance. Common requests have a standard credit shown in the table on this page, and work within your allowance is simply covered. Only work beyond the allowance is billed, at the agreed $99/hour rate — or you move up a plan.
Will my price increase every year?
We do not apply automatic annual increases. Your plan price stays as agreed unless the scope genuinely changes and we confirm it with you first. If we ever need to change pricing, we tell you in advance — we do not raise it quietly.
Do I have to sign a long contract?
Plans use a clear initial term, then renew monthly with a defined notice period. That structure is what lets us commit to an SLA and a response promise. It is not designed to lock you in — it is designed so both sides know the standard.
What if I cancel after prepaying for a year?
If you prepay annually and cancel within 30 days, we refund the unused difference. If a setup or onboarding fee applies and you cancel before work starts, it is refunded within 7 days. These terms are stated in the agreement, not just on this page.
Do you offer a smaller or one-time option?
Yes. If you only need a single project — a migration, a security review, a repair or a speed fix — it is scoped as a one-time project rather than a monthly plan.
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