WordPress Maintenance Packages With Real Prices
Three monthly plans — $99, $200, $399 — published in full, compared honestly. No 'contact us for pricing', no contracts.
Why Almost Nobody Publishes Maintenance Prices (and I Do)
Search for WordPress maintenance packages and you'll find the same thing everywhere: a features grid, a 'get a quote' button, and no numbers. The price appears only after a sales call — and it depends on how much they think you'll pay.
I publish mine instead: $99 for Essential, $200 for Growth, $399 for Managed, month-to-month. The right package depends on one honest question — how much does your website actually do for your business?
A brochure site that rarely changes is perfectly served by Essential. A site you actively market — publishing content, running campaigns, collecting leads — needs Growth. And if your site takes payments or bookings, downtime costs you real money, which is exactly what Managed is priced against.
Picking the Right Package
A two-minute decision, honestly framed.
Essential — the safety net ($99/mo)
For brochure and portfolio sites that change rarely. Everything that prevents disasters — weekly updates, daily backups, security monitoring, same-day support — with none of the extras you wouldn't use.
Growth — the working site ($200/mo)
For businesses that actively use their site. Adds 2 hours of monthly dev or content edits, PageSpeed tuning, WooCommerce and form health checks, and priority WhatsApp support. This is the plan most clients pick.
Managed — the revenue site ($399/mo)
For stores and booking sites where downtime is lost income. 5 dev hours monthly, emergency response measured in hours, a staging environment so updates never touch production untested, and a quarterly SEO review.
Not sure? Start lower
Plans are month-to-month, so start with the one that feels right and move up when you need more. Upgrades apply immediately; there's no penalty and no paperwork either way.
The best package is the one you never have to think about. 😉
Book a Free 30-Min ConsultWhat You're Actually Buying
The value is in what stops happening
Clients don't stay on a maintenance plan for the updates — they stay because the 2 a.m. 'site is down' emails stop, the plugin conflicts stop, and the anxiety before every WordPress update stops.
Compare that against a single emergency: agencies charge $150–300/hour for urgent fixes, and a hacked-site cleanup routinely runs $500+.
Predictable Monthly Cost
One flat price instead of surprise emergency invoices. A single after-hours 'site down' fix at agency rates costs more than months of Essential Care.
Dev Hours That Roll Into Value
Growth and Managed include real development time monthly — content updates, new sections, small features — from the developer who knows your site.
Updates That Don't Break Things
Updates get tested — on Managed, on a staging copy of your site — before they touch production. The #1 cause of broken WordPress sites, eliminated.
An Exit-Friendly Deal
Month-to-month, your hosting, your data, full handover if you ever leave. A maintenance plan should be a service, not a hostage situation.
The Packages, Side by Side
Same three plans as everywhere on this site — because the price doesn't change depending on who's asking.
Essential Care
$99/month
- Weekly core, theme & plugin updates
- Daily off-site backups (30-day history)
- 24/7 uptime + security monitoring
- Malware scan & firewall
- Same-day email support
- Monthly maintenance report
Free 30-min call · no obligation
Growth Care
Popular$200/month
- Everything in Essential Care
- 2 hours dev/content edits per month
- PageSpeed monitoring & tuning
- WooCommerce & forms health checks
- Priority WhatsApp support
- Free onboarding audit
Free 30-min call · no obligation
Managed Care
$399/month
- Everything in Growth Care
- 5 hours dev work per month
- Emergency response in hours
- Staging site for safe updates
- Quarterly SEO & conversion review
- Direct call access
Free 30-min call · no obligation
- Free discovery call — no obligation
- Fixed quote within 48 hours
- Work directly with me — no agencies
- 120+ websites delivered
Month-to-month, cancel anytime. Unused dev hours don't roll over. Sites I didn't build get a one-time onboarding audit — free on Growth and Managed, $75 on Essential. Annual payment: 12 months for the price of 11.
Still Comparing Packages?
Send me your site on a free call — I'll tell you which plan fits, and if the honest answer is 'you don't need one yet', I'll say that too.
FAQs
Package Questions, Answered
Essential ($99/mo) is protection: updates, daily backups, security monitoring and same-day support. Growth ($200/mo) adds improvement: 2 monthly dev hours, speed tuning and priority support. Managed ($399/mo) adds insurance for revenue sites: 5 dev hours, staging-tested updates, emergency response in hours, and a quarterly SEO review.
Anytime. Plans are month-to-month — upgrade, downgrade or cancel with a single message. Upgrades take effect immediately, downgrades at the next billing cycle. No contracts, no cancellation fees.
They don't roll over — the plans are priced assuming normal months where you might not use them all. If you have a bigger one-off project, I'll quote it separately at plan-client rates rather than making you stockpile hours.
Hosting and domain fees (those stay in your name), premium plugin licences you already own, full redesigns, and large new features — those are quoted as separate projects, with plan clients getting priority scheduling and preferred rates.
Yes — pay annually and you get 12 months for the price of 11. Most clients start monthly, see how the first couple of months go, then switch to annual once they trust the service.
Start with Growth — the free onboarding audit is included there, and the 2 monthly dev hours usually get consumed fixing whatever the audit uncovers in the first months. Once the site is stable, downgrading to Essential is one message away.