If you have a WordPress website, some level of ongoing maintenance is not optional — it's part of keeping the site secure and working. The question is whether you handle it yourself or have someone do it for you.
What happens if you don't maintain a WordPress site
WordPress, plugins, and themes release updates regularly. These updates include security patches. If a plugin has a known vulnerability and you don't apply the update, your site is exposed to that vulnerability until you do.
Beyond security, updates can also cause conflicts — a plugin update breaking something it previously worked fine with. Catching these quickly requires someone checking.
Who can skip a maintenance plan
If you're a developer or technically confident with WordPress, you can handle updates and monitoring yourself. Some people do this reliably. If that's you, a maintenance plan is redundant.
If you're on a Cloudflare-hosted managed starter site from NC Digital, the infrastructure is handled differently — maintenance works more simply than a self-hosted WordPress setup.
Who should have a maintenance plan
If you have a WordPress website, you're not a developer, and you don't have time to check in regularly — a maintenance plan is worth it. You're not just paying for tasks; you're paying for someone to care about your site so you don't have to.
Our £50/month plan covers the technical essentials. If you also want to grow the site with new pages, our £75/month plan includes up to five new pages per month.
Read more about what our maintenance plans include or get in touch to discuss your website's needs.