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WordPress Maintenance and Support

Monthly WordPress care plans and maintenance packages for UK business websites that need dependable updates, backups, security monitoring, performance checks, and priority technical help. WildPress keeps your site looked after so it stays reliable while your team focuses on running the business.

“We have worked with James for several years. The websites have gone through several incarnations and evolve to get better each year.”
AP
Anna Paul
British Science Association

Trusted by organisations including

King's College LondonTBA WholesalersRecruitment RevolutionEdelman

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James Whayman, WildPress founder, at his laptop

Meet the developer

Hi, I’m James

I run WildPress from Battersea, London. I build and manage each project myself, and for larger projects I bring in a team of experienced freelancers to help with the more specialist work.

Most of my clients are small business owners who need their website to do real work: take enquiries, sell, publish, or connect to the systems behind the business. That shapes how I build. Less chasing design awards, more making sure the site is fast, secure, and still doing its job years after launch.

You deal with me from the first call through to launch, and most clients stay on afterwards. Some of the sites I look after today I built years ago.

What clients say about working with James

Direct access

“I like the fact I am speaking direct to James who is building the site rather than speaking to a junior account manager.”
JS
Jonnie Shearer
Beast Store

Reliable delivery

“The work was delivered quickly and exactly as quoted, with a high standard of quality.”
OL
Oli Lacigova
OpenSwim

Business focus

“He's very thoughtful, reliable and always tries to match the web design & functionality to one's mission and KPIs.”
IS
Irena Schneider
CSGS, Kings College London

What is included

More than updates and a standard checklist

The baseline is practical WordPress maintenance: updates, backups, monitoring, security checks, and support time. The more valuable work goes further, looking after the hosting, infrastructure, and integrations the site depends on, and tracking what matters to your business rather than running the same checklist across every site.

Monthly maintenance

Updates, backups, monitoring, and support

A monthly WordPress care plan keeps the essentials under control: core, plugin, and theme updates, backup checks, uptime monitoring, security checks, and support time when the site needs attention. The work is handled by a senior developer who understands the whole stack, not just the update button in a plugin.

Core, plugin, and theme updates Uptime and security monitoring Included support time

Site-specific care

A living record of your site, not a standard checklist

Every supported site gets a living record of how it actually works, built from the initial setup onwards: its critical workflows, sales funnels, integrations, hosting, and known quirks. The business-critical paths can be tested end to end and monitored with alerts, so problems are caught before they reach your customers, and the record grows with the site rather than repeating a fixed list.

Living site record End-to-end flow tests Alerting on critical paths

Risk control

Safer updates and recoverable backups

Backups should not rely on one system. Alongside host-level backups, plans can include hourly database backups and off-site storage on a separate service, giving extra protection if hosting backups are unavailable, corrupted, or affected by a security incident.

Hourly database backups Off-site redundancy Restore route where needed

Ongoing development

Small improvements without starting from scratch

The aim is to understand how your business uses the website, not just keep WordPress patched. Higher-level plans give room for practical improvements, technical advice, analytics questions, forms, tracking, integrations, automations, and workflow support.

Business-aware advice Workflow improvements Automation support

Beyond routine updates

A more useful website month by month

For sites that support enquiries, sales, campaigns, publishing, or internal processes, maintenance is only the baseline. The more useful work is reviewing data, spotting friction, suggesting improvements, and connecting the site more tightly to the way the business operates.

Data-informed improvements Process integrations Growth recommendations

Monthly checklist

See the checks behind the support work

The WordPress maintenance checklist shows what gets reviewed each month, including updates, backups, security, uptime, forms, performance, SEO, content checks, reporting, and next-step recommendations.

Maintenance Package Pricing

Compare Monthly WordPress Maintenance Packages

Each plan includes the core WordPress maintenance a business website needs. The difference is how actively WildPress monitors, improves, and supports the site month by month.

Maintenance

Essential WordPress maintenance for smaller business websites that need updates, backups, and monitoring handled properly.

£97 +VAT

per month

Brochure sites, early-stage business sites, and lower-risk WordPress websites.

  • Monthly WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates
  • 1 hour of support time included each month
  • Uptime monitoring, security checks, and daily full-site backups

Recommended

Performance

More active care for sites where speed, reliability, and faster support matter to enquiries, campaigns, or sales.

£247 +VAT

per month

Established small business websites, lead-generation sites, and regularly updated WordPress sites.

  • Everything in Maintenance
  • 2 hours of support time included each month
  • Priority support and performance checks

Growth

Ongoing technical partnership for websites that support sales, publishing, subscriptions, ecommerce, or business workflows.

£497 +VAT

per month

Business-critical websites that need regular improvement, reporting, and strategic technical input.

  • Everything in Performance
  • 5 hours of support time included each month
  • Analytics, SERP, and technical SEO support

Comparison Table

The core care stays consistent across every plan. Higher tiers add more support time, faster handling, and more active performance and search monitoring.

Feature
Maintenance
Performance
Growth
Core Maintenance
WordPress core updates Included Included Included
Plugin and theme updates Included Included Included
Update checks after maintenance Basic checksEnhanced checksEnhanced checks
Full-site backups DailyDailyDaily
Hourly database backups Included Included Included
Off-site backup redundancy Longer-term retentionLonger-term retentionLonger-term retention
Uptime monitoring Included Included Included
Security monitoring Included Included Included
Support
Included support time 1 hour per month2 hours per month5 hours per month
Support route EmailPriority emailPriority email + scheduled call
Response priority StandardFaster responseHighest support priority
Emergency triage Best effortPriority triagePriority triage
Small site requests Within support hourWithin support timeWithin support time
Monthly summary Maintenance summaryMaintenance + performance notesMaintenance + improvement roadmap
Performance and Improvement
Performance checks Not included Included Included
PSI and GSC monitoring Not includedRegular checksRegular checks + trend review
Screaming Frog crawl checks Not includedLight checksRegular crawl checks
Image and caching optimisation Not included Included Included
Database cleanup Not included Included Included
Broken links and metadata checks Not includedLight checksRegular checks
Technical SEO checks Not includedLight optimisation notesRegular optimisation roadmap
Analytics and conversion tracking support Not included Not included Included
Monthly strategy call Not included Not included Included

All plans start with an onboarding review. If an existing site has unresolved technical issues, stabilisation work may be scoped separately before monthly support begins.

Process

01

Site Review

We check the current WordPress setup, hosting, plugins, backups, security risks, and any known pain points before taking responsibility for ongoing support.

02

Stabilisation

We fix obvious risks, confirm backup coverage, tidy update processes, and make sure there is a sensible recovery route if something goes wrong.

03

Monthly Maintenance

WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates are handled carefully each month, with monitoring for uptime, errors, security issues, and performance problems.

04

Support and Improvements

When questions, bugs, content changes, or small improvement requests come up, you have a priority route to someone who already knows the site.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Search common questions or choose one from the list to see the answer.

Process Outline

  1. 1 Site Review
  2. 2 Stabilisation
  3. 3 Monthly Maintenance
  4. 4 Support and Improvements

Core Technologies

WP-CLI Playwright Screaming Frog SSH SFTP GitHub Custom WordPress Plugins

Common Integrations

Uptime Kuma Umami Analytics Umami Session Recording Sentry Google Search Console PageSpeed Insights SMTP Object Cache Varnish Cache Off-site Backups

Common Plugins

Wordfence Custom Security Hardening Plugins Rank Math Yoast WP Rocket NitroPack Contact Form 7 WooCommerce

Project Management Tools

OSTicket Helpdesk Trello UsePastel Email Phone WhatsApp Slack* Microsoft Teams* Asana* Monday.com* Jira*

* We can work in your existing platform if you invite us to your workspace.

Key Info

Access and Maintenance
WP-CLI, SSH, and SFTP access make maintenance safer and faster because updates, checks, file review, and recovery work do not depend only on the WordPress admin screen.
Monitoring and Debugging
Uptime Kuma can monitor availability, Sentry can help surface application errors, and Umami can provide lightweight analytics and session recording where behaviour needs closer review.
Quality Control
Playwright can be used for recurring checks of critical flows such as forms, login paths, checkout journeys, and key conversion pages on higher support tiers.
Security and Recovery
Wordfence, custom hardening plugins, off-site backups, and documented recovery routes help reduce risk and make it easier to respond when something changes unexpectedly.
Jurisdiction and Tooling
Where practical, we prefer open-source tools or services based closer to the same jurisdiction, such as EU-friendly infrastructure and options like . The final setup still depends on the hosting provider, compliance needs, and what is already in place.
Caching and Performance
Object caching, Varnish caching, configuration, and image optimisation can be included where the hosting environment supports them. The exact caching stack depends on the provider and the risk profile of the site.
Crawl and Search Checks
Screaming Frog, Google Search Console, and PageSpeed Insights help identify broken links, metadata issues, indexation problems, redirects, performance regressions, and technical opportunities.

Trusted by organisations including

Pepper
Brother Cycles
King's College London
Catalytic Action
Morris Bespoke
Backed VC
3R Strategy
Sciencewise
Strategy By Design
Fiona Mcdonald
Recruitment Revolution
Local Motion London

Better every year

"We have worked with James for several years. The websites have gone through several incarnations and evolve to get better each year."
AP
Anna Paul
British Science Association

Easy to manage

"The site works nicely, looks great, and is easy to manage for someone new to it."
DW
Dominic Ward

First page of Google

"He gave a great boost to my website that is now on first page in Google search."
FM
Francesca Moresi
Private Therapist London

Direct access

"I like the fact I am speaking direct to James who is building the site rather than speaking to a junior account manager."
JS
Jonnie Shearer
Beast Store
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