If you don't keep your website up to date with a website maintenance plan then you could be loosing business and here are some of the key points you could be experiencing.

• Security Vulnerability
• Poor Performance
• Descrease SEO Ranking
• Downtime
• Negative Impact to Branding
• Loss of Data
• compatibility issues
• Time wasted
• Legal Compliance Risk
• Missed Opportunities

Avoid these issues with regular maintenance to ensures that your website remains secure, performs well, and continues to serve its intended purpose effectively.

Website Maintenance Service UK

When you run a Joomla or WordPress site, it’s essential you keep all software up to date. Out of date software can leave your website insecure and vulnerable to a cyber-attack. There are things you can do to keep your website safe and more secure. Using a better password and two-factor authentication will help improve security, but if your website is not up to date, hackers may be able to exploit ‘back end’ vulnerabilities. At Wicko Design we offer a complete small business website design and management service. We will keep your site up to date and ensure it is more secure which is help to boost your online presence:

Website Maintenance for WordPress and Joomla

A regular web maintenance program will help ensure your site is always up to date. We run regular audits on all websites we design and maintain to get insights, detect any security issues and make changes to improve security and performance. Most things can be managed via the CMS website, but sometimes changes need to be made to the server hosting the website. Our website audit and maintenance services are designed for Joomla website maintenance or WordPress website maintenance CMS platforms.

Website Backups

Taking regular backups of your website is essential even if you’re not making any changes to your content. As part of our website maintenance service, we take monthly backups. These are kept off-site on a cloud server. Should your server fail or become corrupt, you need to have a point you can restore from. If your website is compromised, backups will enable you to restore your site to how it was before the incident. Even if you simply want to move to another server, having a backup will give you everything you need to move and restore your website to any other server.

Website Maintenance Packages

All our maintenance services include the following options as standard:

• Regular website audit to detect vulnerability issues and recommend improvements.
• Full website backup of all files and database stored on external server.
• Update Plugins to ensure your site is running the latest software.
• Improve Security by adding onsite firewall software and scripts to make your site secure.

Below are a few options of website maintenance costs. We can create a bespoke monthly website maintance packages for you to include any additional changes you might require on your site. We offer regular hourly support packages to suit your budget to call on as and when required and and additional time rolled over into the following months.

Ecommerce Website Maintenance Services

When you run a ecommerce store with WooCommerce, then you need to make sure that your site is always up and running. With our ecommerce maintenance packages we can not only ensure all your plugins are kept up to date but also ensure that your orders are integrated with you fulfillment house. Protect customers user details and improve user experience.

With expertise in WooCommerce website maintenance we can offer packages to help manage your webstore, keep products up to date and integrate woocommerce website into additional seller platforms. Product prices and stock levels can all be managed ensuring your front of shop is kept up to date.

Get additional support with running your online store. If you would like us to add new or update product details then we can do that all for you. When you take on any website maintenance package you will also have access to skilled website designers and developers who can make updates to any part of your site as and when required. Extra work can be paid by the hours or set up as a retainer and drawn off as and when required.

^*To enable a site audit, we will need to install a connector plugin to allow our audit tool to communicate securely. We will need admin and FTP access to your site. Audits will be performed on a monthly basis but can be performed more regularly if required. A full website backup will be taken to include all files and database, which will be stored on the cloud for easy retrieval. Backups will be performed on a monthly basis unless otherwise requested. Site backups will be kept for 6 months. Updates to plugins will be updated when available. Paid plugins will require an up to date license. Adjustments will be made to the site settings to increase performance and security. A htaccess file will be created to add additional security to the site and folders. We can also add IP whitelists for admin access, additional admin folder password and 2FA protection. Web hosting is managed on a cloud hosting packaged with the ability to expand with your site. Website optimiser will help minify css and javascript files and convert images tp webp file formats (Website optimiser works on WordPress, may require adjustments to ensure complete compatibility) (website optimiser for Joomla is available). CDN bandwith will increase the speed at which images are processed and optional bandwidth can be purchased. Additional resources for hosting are available on request. 

SEO Audit

Keeping your website updated and secure will also improve its reputation with search engines, boost your SEO performance and advance your Google ranking.  Our advanced SEO website audit can also review your website for the data Google looks for to determine relevance to search enquiries. Learn how your website’s pages are seen by search engines and make adjustments to improve site content. Making small changes to your website design may only take a few hours of work. Speak to us to find out more about how we can support you with your website maintenance and help you achieve the best results.

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