Someone should be watching your WordPress site. Currently, nobody is.
For most businesses, WordPress maintenance means running updates when something breaks. We do it before that — with a staging copy, verified backups, server-level security, and real monitoring. Month-to-month, no lock-in.
Downtime per month → under 43 minWith monitoring, alerts <5 min
92%
Of WordPress vulnerabilities are in plugins
60%+
Reduction in DB load with Redis object caching
<5 min
Uptime alert response time with monitoring
M-to-M
Month-to-month — no annual contract
Why WordPress Sites Break Down
WordPress without maintenance isn't a website. It's a liability.
WordPress is powerful, flexible, and genuinely maintainable — but it needs an owner. Without one, these are the failure modes we see repeatedly when businesses call us after something goes wrong.
01
Updates run blind — no staging, no rollback plan
A WooCommerce plugin update breaks the checkout flow at 11pm on a Friday. No staging copy was tested, no backup was taken before the update, and nobody notices until Monday morning. Orders lost, customers gone.
02
Security is a plugin, not a practice
Wordfence installed and forgotten. Default login URL, weak admin passwords, outdated PHP, and XML-RPC wide open. Brute force attacks and vulnerability scanners probe WordPress sites hundreds of times per day. A plugin alone is not a defence.
03
Backups that have never been restored
A backup that has never been tested is not a backup — it's a false sense of security. Most WordPress hosts take snapshots, but restoring from them when you actually need to is slow, incomplete, and sometimes doesn't work at all.
04
Shared hosting that can't handle real traffic
A WooCommerce store on shared hosting — no object caching, no Redis, PHP processes queued behind unrelated sites — TTFB over 2 seconds, checkout timing out during sales, and a hosting panel that shows no diagnostics when things slow down.
05
WooCommerce payment failures nobody is watching
Razorpay webhooks that stopped firing after a plugin update. UPI intent flows broken on specific Android browsers. Subscription renewals silently failing. These aren't edge cases — they're regular failure modes that only get noticed when a customer complains or you check your bank statement.
06
Performance decaying month by month
A new media upload without optimisation. A plugin that adds a script to every page. Post revisions accumulating in the database. Transients never cleaned up. The site is not slower than last month — it is slower than it was six months ago, and nobody can say exactly why.
What's in Every Care Plan
Everything your site needs. Done before you ask.
Every care plan covers the full maintenance loop — updates, security, backups, monitoring, and performance — so the site stays healthy between the moments you think about it.
01
Updates on Staging, Pushed to Live
Core, plugin, and theme updates tested on a staging copy first. Key user journeys verified — checkout, forms, logins — before we touch the live site. No blind production updates. WooCommerce payment flows explicitly checked after every major update cycle.
02
Security Monitoring & Hardening
Continuous malware scanning, file integrity monitoring, and login protection. wp-config hardening, 2FA on all admin accounts, and brute force blocking configured at the server level — not just a plugin. Vulnerability alerts acted on within 24 hours.
03
Off-site Backups with Restore Testing
Daily encrypted backups to off-site storage for WooCommerce stores, weekly for content sites. Quarterly restore tests so we know the backup actually works before we need it. Retention of 30 days minimum. You own the backup destination.
04
Uptime & Performance Monitoring
Uptime checks every minute with alerts under five minutes. Monthly Core Web Vitals review — LCP, CLS, INP — with a note if anything has degraded. Database optimisation, transient cleanup, and cache purge cycles run on schedule, not when you notice the site slowing down.
05
WooCommerce Payment & Order Monitoring
Monthly checks on payment gateway connectivity, webhook logs, and order failure rates. Subscription renewal health for Razorpay UPI autopay and Cashfree subscriptions. GST and invoice generation verified. WooCommerce-specific extension conflicts reviewed after every update cycle.
06
Monthly Report & Small Fixes
A clear monthly summary: what was updated, what security events occurred, backup status, uptime, and any performance changes. Up to 1 hour of small fixes per month — broken links, layout issues, content corrections — included at no extra charge.
Hosting & Server Setup
The right server makes everything else easier.
Most WooCommerce performance problems start at the server layer — shared hosting running PHP with no caching, no Redis, and no separation between stores. We set up VPS environments built specifically for WordPress and WooCommerce, and we manage them month-to-month as part of or alongside your care plan.
VPS Setup & Configuration
We provision and harden VPS environments on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Linode, or AWS Lightsail — the right size for your traffic, not a shared server with fifty other sites. Includes server hardening, SSH key auth, firewall rules, PHP 8.x, MariaDB, and a staging environment on the same server.
DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Linode, or AWS Lightsail
PHP 8.2+ with OPcache configured
MariaDB or MySQL with tuned config
Staging environment setup & migration
LiteSpeed Web Server & LSCache
LiteSpeed and OpenLiteSpeed with the LSCache plugin is the fastest caching stack available for WordPress and WooCommerce. Cache is served at the server layer before PHP runs — significantly faster than any PHP-based caching plugin. WooCommerce cart, checkout, and account pages excluded from cache automatically.
Redis stores frequently-repeated database queries — product meta, taxonomy trees, user data, transients — in RAM instead of recomputing them on every page load. For WooCommerce stores with a real product catalogue, Redis reduces database load by 60–80% and cuts server response time measurably on every product and category page.
Redis server setup and WordPress integration
WooCommerce-aware cache groups
Persistent object cache across requests
Transient migration from DB to Redis
CDN & SSL Management
Cloudflare CDN for static assets — images, CSS, JS, fonts — served from the edge nearest your visitor. SSL configured with auto-renewal, HSTS, and proper redirect chains. Indian WooCommerce stores benefit particularly from edge nodes in Mumbai and Chennai for mobile buyers on 4G/5G.
Cloudflare CDN setup and cache rules
SSL certificate setup and auto-renewal
HSTS, redirect chain cleanup
Minification and image optimisation via CDN
How It Works
From audit to active care. In under two weeks.
We don't take the retainer and start guessing. Every care plan begins with a full audit so we know exactly what we're maintaining before we maintain it.
01
Site Audit
Plugin inventory, known CVEs, backup state, server config, performance baseline, and security posture. We document what we find.
Week 1
02
Hardening & Setup
Security hardening, staging environment, backup system, monitoring tools, and any critical fixes from the audit — all before the retainer starts.
Week 1–2
03
Monitoring Live
Uptime monitoring, performance tracking, and security scanning active. You'll get an alert if something changes before you notice it yourself.
Week 2
04
Monthly Maintenance
Updates on staging, pushed live after verification. WooCommerce checks. Cache maintenance. Database optimisation. Ongoing security review.
Monthly
05
Report & Review
Monthly summary of what was done, what changed, uptime statistics, and any recommendations. No mystery about what you're paying for.
Monthly
Is a Care Plan Right for You?
We're the right fit if...
A care plan is not for every WordPress site. Here's how to tell whether it makes sense right now.
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You're a good fit if...
You run a WooCommerce store processing real orders and can't afford checkout downtime or payment failures
Your WordPress site has a content team editing it regularly and you need updates to be safe — not a gamble
You've been hacked, had a major update break your site, or found out you had no working backup when you needed one
Your site is on shared hosting and getting real traffic — and you know it needs a better server environment
You want one team accountable for the site staying up, fast, and secure — month after month
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We're not a fit if...
You're planning to migrate off WordPress in the next few months — maintain what you're building into, not what you're leaving
Your site is a static brochure with no logins, no WooCommerce, and no external integrations — uptime monitoring is enough
Your site is built on a page builder with forty plugins and needs a full rebuild first — we'll do that, then maintain it
You want a one-time security audit with no ongoing relationship — we can do that as a standalone project
You need a managed WordPress hosting product — we provide active care, not managed hosting as a platform
Get Started
Free WordPress site audit. Before you commit to anything.
Tell us your site URL and what's keeping you up at night. We'll audit the plugin stack, backups, server config, and security posture — and come back with an honest picture before you sign anything.
Free WordPress Site Audit
We review your site's current state and come back with an honest assessment before you commit to anything.
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Plugin inventory & vulnerability check
2
Backup state & server configuration review
3
Security posture & performance baseline
4
Honest care plan recommendation — no pressure
FAQ
WordPress care & maintenance questions
What does a WordPress maintenance retainer actually include?
Core, plugin, and theme updates tested on a staging copy before going live. Off-site encrypted backups — daily for WooCommerce stores, weekly for content sites — with verified restore tests each quarter. Uptime monitoring with alerts under five minutes. Security scans and hardening reviews. Database and cache maintenance. A monthly summary of what changed and what was done. For WooCommerce clients we add payment gateway health checks, order processing spot checks, and subscription payment failure reviews.
Why can't I just run WordPress updates myself?
You can — and many clients do. The problem isn't running updates, it's running them safely. A plugin update that breaks WooCommerce checkout on a live store costs more in lost orders than a year of maintenance. We test every major update on a staging environment first, verify payment flows and key user journeys, then push to production during low-traffic windows. The risk isn't the update. It's the update with no safety net.
What is LiteSpeed Cache and why does it matter for WooCommerce?
LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache) is a server-level caching solution built into LiteSpeed Web Server and OpenLiteSpeed. It is significantly faster than PHP-based caching plugins like W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache because the cache is served before PHP even runs. For WooCommerce stores it intelligently excludes cart, checkout, and account pages from caching while serving cached static content to unauthenticated visitors. Paired with Redis object caching, it eliminates the most expensive database queries your store makes on every page load.
What is Redis object caching and do I need it?
Redis is an in-memory data store. WordPress object caching with Redis means frequently-repeated database queries — taxonomy lookups, user data, transients, WooCommerce product meta — are stored in RAM instead of being recomputed on every request. For WooCommerce stores with more than a few hundred products, Redis can reduce database load by 60–80% and cut TTFB by half a second or more on product pages. On a VPS running a real-traffic store, it almost always earns its setup cost back within the first month.
How do you protect WordPress from bots and attacks?
Several layers. Login protection: 2FA for all admin accounts, login URL hardened, rate limiting on wp-login.php and xmlrpc.php, and brute force blocking. A WAF configured with real rules, not just defaults. Server-level IP blocking of known malicious ranges. wp-config and file permission hardening. Monitoring for file changes that indicate injection. For WooCommerce, we also watch for credential stuffing on the My Account page — a common attack vector on stores with saved payment details.
Do you handle VPS hosting setup as part of the care plan?
Yes, as an add-on to the base care plan. We set up and configure VPS environments on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Linode, or AWS Lightsail — OpenLiteSpeed with LSCache, PHP 8.x, MariaDB or MySQL, Redis, and proper firewall rules. If you are currently on shared hosting and your WooCommerce store is taking real traffic, a move to a ₹1,500–₹3,000/month VPS will make more difference to performance than almost anything else. We handle the migration and leave you with a documented server you own.
Do you include WooCommerce-specific maintenance?
Yes. WooCommerce requires maintenance that a generic WordPress care plan does not cover. We check payment gateway connectivity and webhook logs monthly, review order failure rates, test subscription payment flows, verify that GST and invoice generation is working, and watch for WooCommerce extension conflicts after updates. Stores that process real revenue need someone actively watching these systems — not just running plugin updates.
Can you maintain a WordPress site you did not build?
Yes. We run a thorough onboarding audit first — plugin inventory, known vulnerabilities, backup state, server configuration, and any existing issues. If something needs fixing before we can maintain it responsibly, we'll quote it separately rather than take the retainer and hope for the best. Most externally-built WordPress sites we onboard have at least one high-priority security or performance fix in the first audit.
How much does a WordPress care plan cost in India?
A standard care plan for a WordPress content site runs ₹8,000–₹15,000/month depending on update frequency, backup schedule, and monitoring scope. A WooCommerce care plan with payment gateway monitoring, order checks, and more frequent backups runs ₹15,000–₹25,000/month. VPS setup and migration is scoped separately as a one-time project. All plans are month-to-month — no lock-in, no annual contract.
Is there a contract or annual commitment?
No. Month-to-month, cancel with 30 days' notice. We have kept clients for years because the work is consistent — not because they are locked in. If you decide to take maintenance in-house, we provide full documentation of everything we've set up so the transition is clean.