Quick answer
Website maintenance should include secure hosting, daily or weekly backups, software and security updates, uptime monitoring, SSL renewal, broken-link and performance checks, and an allowance of content edits each month. Typical UK plans cost £10–£50 per month for a small business site.
The non-negotiables
Backups you can actually restore from, security patching, SSL renewal and uptime monitoring. Without these, a small problem becomes a week of downtime during your busiest season.
The parts that add value
Monthly performance checks, broken-link fixes, content edits, seasonal offer updates and a short report showing what changed. These are what stop a site quietly decaying over two or three years.
Questions to ask a provider
Who owns the domain and the site files? How quickly are edits turned around? Are backups off-site? What happens if you leave?
Frequently asked questions
- Do I really need website maintenance?
- If the site earns you enquiries, yes. Unpatched software, expired SSL and unnoticed downtime cost far more than a care plan.
- Can I maintain my own website?
- You can handle content edits yourself. Hosting, backups and security patching are usually better outsourced.
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