How Much Does WordPress Maintenance Cost?
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WordPress maintenance typically runs from around $30 to a few hundred dollars a month, depending on your site's size and what's included — hosting, updates, backups, security, and support. A simple business site sits at the lower end.
The short version
The range is wide because "maintenance" means different things. A basic plan covering updates, backups, and security monitoring for a simple site can start around $30–$50 a month. Plans that bundle in hosting, more hands-on support, or a busy online store cost more. (For reference, our own care plans start at $35/month — see our pricing.)
What you're actually paying for
Done properly, maintenance covers the work that prevents expensive problems: testing and applying updates safely, daily backups, security monitoring, speed checks, and someone to call when something breaks. The alternative — skipping it — is cheaper right up until the morning a bad update or a hack turns into an emergency repair bill plus lost business while the site's down.
Doing it yourself, or paying for it
You can handle much of it yourself if you have the time and the comfort with the technical side. Weigh a modest monthly plan against what your own hours are worth, and against the cost of a single serious outage. It's less an expense than insurance against the bad day.
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