OnWebPoint A WordPress site is not a set-and-forget investment. WordPress core, themes, and plugins require regular updates, security monitoring, and performance checks to stay fast, secure, and reliable. Our WordPress website maintenance service in Ireland handles all of it for you on a monthly basis, so you can focus on your business instead of your website. From backups and updates to security scanning and priority support, we keep your site running as it should — every month, without you having to think about it.
Why Your WordPress Site Needs Regular Website Maintenance Service
WordPress powers 43% of the web, which makes it the most targeted CMS for hackers, malicious bots, and automated attacks. Outdated plugins are the number one entry point for WordPress site hacks — a plugin that has not been updated in three months may have a known security vulnerability that attackers actively exploit. Regular updates, paired with a Web Application Firewall (WAF) and uptime monitoring, prevent the vast majority of security incidents before they happen.
Performance also degrades over time without maintenance. Database tables grow with post revisions, transients, and session data. Plugins conflict with each other after updates. Images accumulate without compression. A monthly WordPress website maintenance service plan catches all of this before it becomes a problem that affects your visitors or your Google rankings.
For more on the risks of not maintaining your WordPress site, read our guide on what to do if your WordPress website is hacked.
What Is Included in Our Maintenance Plans
Every WordPress website maintenance service plan in Ireland from OnWebPoint includes:
- WordPress core updates — applied on a staging environment and tested before going live on your site
- Plugin and theme updates — every plugin and theme updated monthly, with compatibility testing
- Daily offsite backups — your full site and database backed up daily to a secure offsite location, with 30-day retention
- Security scanning — weekly malware scans and file integrity checks using Wordfence or Sucuri
- Uptime monitoring — 24/7 uptime monitoring with instant alerts if your site goes down
- Performance check — monthly PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals report to catch any performance regressions
- Monthly report — a clear summary of everything done on your site that month, including update logs, backup status, and security scan results
- Priority support — maintenance clients go to the front of the queue for any urgent fixes or requests
Our Website Maintenance Service Plan Options
We offer three WordPress care plan tiers to suit different site sizes and business needs:
- Starter — suited to brochure sites with low traffic and infrequent content changes. Covers core maintenance tasks and monthly reporting.
- Business — suited to active business sites with regular content updates. Adds content change requests, SEO monitoring, and extended support hours.
- Commerce — suited to WooCommerce stores. Adds WooCommerce-specific checks, payment gateway testing, and monthly performance optimisation. See our full WooCommerce development service for more on what we cover.
Pricing starts at €79 per month. Contact us for a specific plan recommendation based on your site.
WordPress Security and Uptime Monitoring
Our WordPress security monitoring service is a core part of every maintenance plan. We configure a Web Application Firewall, block known malicious IP ranges, set up two-factor authentication on the admin account, and run weekly file integrity checks. If something unusual is detected, we investigate and act immediately. Combined with 24/7 uptime monitoring — which alerts us the moment your site goes offline — you are covered around the clock without needing to think about it. We also ensure your SSL certificate is always valid and auto-renewing.
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