WordPress maintenance
Your WordPress site, kept current and quietly working
A backup before every update. Tested on a staging copy when your host supports it. Someone who notices when it goes down.
I build WordPress for a living: plugins on WordPress.org, 30+ custom Gutenberg blocks, multilingual sites. So when an update breaks something, I fix the cause instead of rolling back and hoping. One monthly price, fix time included, no ticket queue.
Every month
What's included
Updates, done safely
WordPress core, plugins and theme. Backed up first, tested on a staging copy when your host provides one, then applied to the live site and checked. Major versions (a big Elementor or WooCommerce jump) get extra care, and I tell you before I start.
Backups you can restore
Regular automatic backups stored off your server, plus one before every change I make. A backup nobody has tested is a hope, so I check that they actually restore.
Uptime & security
Monitoring that tells me when the site is down, SSL kept valid, security scanning, and removal of plugins and admin accounts that shouldn't be there anymore.
Fix time
Up to 3 hours a month for the small things: a broken form, a layout glitch after an update, a slow page. Anything bigger is quoted first, and you decide.
A short monthly report
What was updated, what I found, what I fixed, and anything you should know about. Plain English, one email.
One person who knows your site
Not a rotating support desk. The same developer every month, who remembers why that plugin is there.
Why me
A developer doing the upkeep
Most maintenance services are good at clicking "update" and bad at what happens when it breaks. I've been on the building side of WordPress for years:
- Two plugins on WordPress.org, one of them a WooCommerce payment gateway, so I know how plugins behave when WordPress or WooCommerce changes underneath them.
- 30+ custom Gutenberg blocks for enterprise clients at a digital agency, plus Elementor sites and WPML multilingual builds with Hebrew RTL and English LTR.
- Ongoing upkeep for a media organisation's three sites: WordPress, Elementor and plugins kept current, DNS, SSL and caching across cPanel and Cloudflare, and the Search Console side. Including a site that was broken when I took it over.
- A broken Elementor site rebuilt end to end for a freelance client, with new pages designed on it.
If an update breaks something, it's on me. Because every change starts with a backup, the worst case is a quick restore, and fixing what the update broke comes out of my time, not your fix hours.
How it starts
- Send me your site's address.
- I look at it and reply with a quote: the monthly plan, plus a one-time catch-up if the site is badly out of date.
- The first month starts once it's paid. Then updates, backups and monitoring run every month.
Before we start
The monthly price is for a site in normal shape. If yours is badly out of date (years behind on WordPress or WooCommerce, or plugins that are no longer maintained), there's a one-time catch-up first, quoted after I look at it. That's where most of the risk sits, so I'd rather price it honestly than bury it in the monthly fee.
Questions
Common questions
What does it cost?
$250 a month, including up to 3 hours of fixes. In Israel, ₪500 a month plus VAT, including up to 2.5 hours. Extra work is quoted before I do it. A site that's badly out of date gets a one-time catch-up quote first.
Do I have to move hosting?
No. I work with the hosting you already have. If it's causing problems (slow, unreliable, or overpriced), I'll tell you and suggest options, but moving is your call.
What access do you need?
An administrator login for WordPress, your hosting panel, read access to your domain/DNS settings, and Cloudflare if you use it. You keep ownership of everything: your site, your hosting, your domain.
How fast do you respond?
Within one business day. If the site is down, I look at it the same day during working hours.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, with a month's notice. No contract term. If you leave, you get your latest backup and everything stays yours.
Do you work with agencies?
Yes. If you build WordPress sites for clients and would rather not do the monthly upkeep, I can do it under your name, white label, with per-site pricing for agencies. Email me and we'll work out what fits.
What counts as extra work?
New pages, new features, content and design changes, redesigns, and SEO projects. Those are quoted before I start. WooCommerce stores and multilingual sites are quoted separately, because there is more to keep working. Keeping what you have working and up to date is what the monthly fee covers.
בעברית
תחזוקת אתר וורדפרס
מענה תוך יום עסקים אחד. אם עדכון שובר משהו, משחזרים מגיבוי ומתקנים, בלי תוספת תשלום.
אני מפתח וורדפרס: תוספים בספריית WordPress.org, מעל 30 בלוקים מותאמים לגוטנברג, אתרים רב-לשוניים עם RTL. כשעדכון שובר משהו, אני מתקן את הסיבה, לא רק מחזיר גרסה.
מה כלול בכל חודש
- עדכוני ליבה, תוספים וערכות נושא, תמיד אחרי גיבוי. כשהאחסון מאפשר, בדיקה קודם על עותק של האתר (סביבת staging).
- גיבוי לפני כל שינוי, ובנוסף גיבוי אוטומטי קבוע מחוץ לשרת.
- ניטור זמינות ומהירות: התראה כשהאתר נופל, תעודת SSL תקינה.
- סריקת אבטחה והסרת תוספים ומשתמשים מיותרים.
- תיקונים קטנים: עד 2.5 שעות בחודש.
- דוח חודשי קצר: מה עודכן, מה נמצא ומה תוקן.
מה לא כלול
שינויי תוכן ועיצוב, עמודים חדשים ואינטגרציות: 200 ₪ לשעה + מע״מ, בהצעת מחיר מראש. חנויות WooCommerce ואתרים רב-לשוניים מקבלים הצעת מחיר נפרדת.
המחיר: 500 ₪ לחודש + מע״מ, כולל עד 2.5 שעות תיקונים. חודשי, מראש, ביטול בהודעה של חודש. המחירים לא כוללים מע״מ. אתר שלא עודכן זמן רב מקבל קודם הצעת מחיר חד-פעמית להשלמת העדכונים.
מה אני צריך מכם
משתמש מנהל בוורדפרס, גישה לפאנל האחסון, גישת צפייה להגדרות הדומיין (DNS), ו-Cloudflare אם יש. אין צורך להחליף אחסון: האתר, הדומיין והאחסון נשארים שלכם.
איך מתחילים
- שולחים לי את כתובת האתר.
- אני בודק ושולח הצעת מחיר: תחזוקה חודשית, ועבודת השלמה חד-פעמית אם האתר לא עודכן זמן רב.
- החודש הראשון מתחיל אחרי התשלום. מאז, עדכונים, גיבויים וניטור בכל חודש.
יעקב אורבך
Want your site looked after?
Send me the address. I'll take a look and tell you what shape it's in, what the first month would involve, and the price.
שלחו לי את כתובת האתר, ואחזור אליכם עם תמונת מצב והצעת מחיר.