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Website Maintenance Services

★★★★★ 4.8/5 (47 reviews)
120+ businesses served
10+ years in business
"Ranked #1 on Google in 60 days" - John's Plumbing, Chicago

TechEvangelistSEO offers website maintenance services that keep your website secure, fast, and performing at its best. We handle all the ongoing technical work that keeps a website running smoothly so you can focus on your business. Our maintenance plans cover security updates, performance monitoring, backups, and content changes. Over 30,000 websites are hacked every day and most of those are small business websites that did not keep their software updated. Our maintenance service ensures your website is protected against known vulnerabilities, backed up daily, and monitored for uptime around the clock.

What Our Maintenance Covers

We provide security updates for your CMS and all installed plugins, daily encrypted offsite backups with one-click restoration, uptime monitoring with immediate incident response, performance optimization to keep load times fast, and content updates including new pages, text changes, and media uploads. We also monitor for broken links, missing images, and other issues that affect user experience and SEO. Our maintenance clients receive monthly reports on site health, performance metrics, and any issues that were resolved.

Monthly maintenance plans start at $99 and cover everything your website needs to stay secure, fast, and competitive. Regular content updates and security patches also signal to Google that your site is current and relevant, which helps with search rankings over time. Businesses that invest in ongoing website maintenance see more consistent search rankings than those that build a site and leave it alone. Contact us to learn more about our maintenance plans and how we can help protect and grow your online presence.

We also provide detailed monthly reports on site health, performance metrics, security events, and any issues that were resolved. Our maintenance clients have an average uptime of 99.9% and typically avoid the security breaches that affect unprotected websites. Regular maintenance not only protects your site but also extends its useful life and reduces the need for expensive redesigns down the road.

What’s Included in Our Maintenance Plans

Our plans are built around real risks. Core & plugin updates: Weekly review and staged updates tested on staging first. Daily backups: Automated full-site backups stored off-server with 30-day retention and one-click restore. Uptime monitoring: 24/7 HTTP checks every 60 seconds with alert thresholds at 3 failures. Security hardening: Firewall rules, XML-RPC auditing, login rate limiting, weekly malware scanning. Performance: Quarterly Core Web Vitals review, image compression sweeps, database optimization.

Maintenance Frequency

Daily: Automated backups and uptime monitoring. Weekly: Plugin update review, security scan, error log review. Monthly: Full performance report, GA4 review, broken link audit. Quarterly: Core Web Vitals deep audit, schema validation, content freshness review. Annually: Full security audit, hosting cost/performance review.

WordPress-Specific Expertise

Generic maintenance plans treat all websites the same. Our WordPress-specific checks include: Gutenberg block compatibility testing after updates, widget area integrity audits, WooCommerce payment flow testing (if applicable), user role and permissions audit, transients cleanup, and wp-cron health monitoring. WordPress powers 43% of the web — maintaining it correctly requires WordPress expertise.

Emergency Support

Our SLA-based support tiers: Starter ($199/mo): 48-hour response. Professional ($399/mo): 8-hour business-day response. Enterprise ($699/mo): 1-hour critical response 24/7. Critical means: site down, checkout broken, white screen, security incident. We maintain a known-issues log per client so repeated problems get root-cause fixes, not patches.

DIY vs Managed Comparison

DIY costs $0–$50/month in tool fees but one bad plugin update can take the site offline. Managed Professional costs $199–699/month and pays for itself within one avoided outage. A single 4-hour e-commerce downtime event costs thousands — our Enterprise plan costs less than that monthly.

Ready for Peace of Mind?

Stop worrying about your website after hours. Our maintenance plans keep your site secure, fast, and always available. Get your free maintenance assessment →

Ready to Keep Your Website Running Smoothly?

Contact us today for a free consultation and customized proposal. We will audit your current site health, identify security and performance gaps, and show you exactly what is possible with professional website maintenance. Month-to-month contracts, no long-term lock-in.

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DIY vs Agency vs TechEvangelistSEO

Not sure whether to hire an agency? Here is how we stack up against doing it yourself or hiring another firm.

DIY
Generic Agency
TechEvangelistSEO
Monthly cost
$0 + your time
$1,500–$5,000
$299–$899
Time to first results
6–12 months
3–6 months
2–4 months
Dedicated specialist
✗ No
⚠ Junior often
✓ Senior
Tools & software included
None: you pay extra
⚠ Passed to you
✓ Included
Reporting & transparency
You figure it out
Monthly (varies)
Weekly + real-time dashboard
Contract length
N/A
6–12 months
Month-to-month

*Generic agency data based on published pricing averages. Your results will vary based on scope and market.

Common Concerns, Answered Honestly

"Can I do this myself?"
You can. And many try. But SEO tools alone cost $100–$500/mo, and the learning curve is 3–6 months. Most DIYers spend more on tools + time than hiring us: and get worse results. Our Starter plan ($299/mo) is cheaper than doing it yourself, and you get a specialist who does this daily.
"Is SEO worth it for a small business?"
46% of all Google searches are local. Businesses with optimized SEO get 2x more clicks (Source: Google). For a plumber spending $500/mo with us and getting 10 extra calls at $200 each, that is a 4x ROI. The math works when SEO is done right.
"How long until I see results?"
Honest answer: 2–4 months for measurable movement, 6–12 months for competitive terms. We set realistic expectations and show you month-by-month progress. If we are not moving the needle by month 3, we adjust strategy for free.
"What if I cancel?"
Month-to-month contracts. No penalties. No lock-in. You keep all the content, citations, and optimizations we built. We would rather earn your business every month than trap you in a contract.
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📈 10+ years in business
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