Why does a website need maintaining?
Maintaining a website might seem unnecessary, especially if it’s new or has been running smoothly. However, the digital landscape is constantly evolving. Server configurations, web browsers (like Chrome, Edge, and Firefox), and the internet itself undergo frequent updates. Your website needs to keep pace with these changes.
While these updates might seem minor, they collectively lead to significant advancements in web functionality and speed. Modern websites can do much more and operate faster than ever before, but this added functionality demands efficient code and resource management.
Without regular maintenance, your website might struggle to function in an environment it wasn’t originally designed for, leading to broken features and poor performance. Regular updates and maintenance help prevent these issues, ensuring your site remains functional and efficient.
Essential maintenance
To ensure your website runs smoothly, safely, and securely, regular maintenance is crucial. This is especially true for sites using a database, such as those running on the WordPress management system. Here are some essential tasks to perform regularly:
Management system updates (e.g., WordPress)
Theme updates
Plugin updates
Database backups
Security management
Contact form testing
E-commerce system tests
Checking layouts on desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers
These tasks help keep your site up-to-date and functioning well in an ever-evolving digital environment.
Services included in Website Maintenance
General Maintenance
Regular updating of plugins, themes and content can not only reduce the chance of your website being hacked, but helps keep your users engaged in your site. we offer a monthly package to take care of all this should suit budgets.
Design Changes
As your business develops sometimes the design of your website needs to develop also and certain pages might need to change. If you need WordPress design changes to suit your business changes then please get in touch.
General Website Updates
General website updates include updating Images, Graphics, Updating existing articles, fixing links, image optimisation,
CMS Updates
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Security
Security service comprises scanning your website for any suspicious malware or viruses, finding and fixing them, checking the privacy and data storage, etc., under Website Maintenance
Tracking and Analysis
Tracking your website's monthly traffic can give you insights into its performance, marketing strategy, and position on the web. It can tell you some unique factors about your website like its unique visitors, average time on site, bounce rate, etc.
Product Updates
if you need to add a lot of products to your e-commerce site in a hurry, I can help automate this for you. Alternatively if you prefer for me to provide the service of uploading new products on an ongoing basis, I am very happy to do this also.
Search Engine Optimisation
Although Google is usually responsible for 95% of your organic website traffic, SEO is not just about being found for the right keywords but also for the locations you cover. It’s just as important to tell Google about the areas you work in.
Additional Functionality
If your website is lacking a certain type of functionality that your business now requires, such as a booking calendar, contact form, automated e-mail or subscriptions, we are happy to help so please get in touch with me today.