Website Maintenance and WordPress Care Plans

Ongoing website care, updates, security monitoring, and support without surprises

Our expertise in web design, hosting, and internet services spans over 30 years, rooted in Vancouver Island since 1994. ALPHA^+V3 provides website maintenance and WordPress care plans that keep business websites secure, updated, backed up, monitored, and performing reliably across Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Western Canada, and select U.S. regions.

Offices are available in Nanaimo and Courtenay by appointment. Maintenance is delivered through a structured process with email as the primary contact method.

Why Ongoing Website Maintenance Matters

A WordPress website is not a one-time project. It is a living system made up of core software, themes, plugins, server configurations, and third-party integrations that change constantly.

Without ongoing maintenance, websites become vulnerable to security breaches, performance degradation, compatibility issues, and unexpected downtime. Many site failures happen silently until a form stops working, a page breaks, or a site is compromised.

Professional website maintenance ensures WordPress core updates, plugin updates, theme updates, backups, and security monitoring are handled safely, with problems addressed before they affect your business.

Ongoing maintenance helps prevent:

Security vulnerabilities caused by outdated software
Website downtime after failed updates
Slow performance and broken functionality
Data loss due to missing or unreliable backups
Emergency fixes that cost more than proactive care

What Our Website Maintenance Services Include

Every maintenance plan includes:

Regular WordPress core, theme, plugin, and security updates performed manually
Daily website backups with off-site storage
Backup recovery support if something goes wrong
Ongoing security monitoring and threat prevention
Malware scanning and cleanup when required
Performance and stability monitoring
Proactive issue detection before problems affect visitors

We do not rely on blind automatic updates. All updates are handled intentionally to reduce the risk of site failures, compatibility issues, or data loss, especially on business-critical websites.

Our website maintenance and WordPress support services are provided remotely to businesses across British Columbia, Western Canada, and select U.S. regions, allowing us to support websites regardless of physical location.

Website Maintenance and Ongoing Support

Maintenance is not only a software update task. A proper care plan should support the whole live website: WordPress updates, plugin and theme updates, backups, uptime awareness, security monitoring, recovery planning, and practical help when something needs attention.

Updates and security

We manage WordPress core, plugin, theme, and security updates with a controlled process rather than relying on blind automatic updates. This helps reduce avoidable compatibility issues and broken site functionality.

Backups and recovery

Daily backups and recovery support help protect the site if an update, user error, malware issue, or hosting problem affects the live website.

Ongoing website support

Support time can be included or added depending on the plan. This gives business owners a practical path for small fixes, questions, troubleshooting, and stability work after the site is live.

WP Care Plans

WP Care Standard

Essential maintenance for low-risk websites

$50/month

Website Backups (Daily)
Account Hosting
Backup Recovery (1/mo)
Security Features
Core & Plugin Updates
Support incl.
Premium Plugin Licensing
CDN Access
Malware Scanning
Regression Testing

WP Care Plus

Ongoing maintenance with included support time

$100/month

Website Backups (Daily)
Account Hosting
Backup Recovery (1/mo)
Security Features
Core & Plugin Updates
Support incl. (30 mins/mo)
Premium Plugin Licensing
CDN Access (2TB/mo)
Malware Scanning
Regression Testing

WP Care Complete

Managed WordPress maintenance with hosting included

$125/month

Website Backups (Daily)
Account Hosting (3GB)
Backup Recovery (1/mo)
Security Features
Core & Plugin Updates
Support incl. (30 mins/mo)
Premium Plugin Licensing
CDN Access (2TB/mo)
Malware Scanning
Regression Testing

WP Care Enterprise

Full-service website management for mission-critical sites

$399/month

Website Backups (Daily)
Account Hosting (5GB)
Backup Recovery (3/mo)
Security Features
Core & Plugin Updates
Support incl. (90 mins/mo)
Premium Plugin Licensing
CDN Access (2TB/mo)
Malware Scanning
Regression Testing

Optional support plan upgrades

Additional Support Time

Do you need more time from our team each month? We can create a custom plan that includes as many hours as you need. Please note our regular shop rate is $150/hr.

CDN and Speed Optimization

By optimizing certain functions of your website and utilizing a content distribution network, we can speed up your website substantially, improving user experience and search rankings.

Hosting

Our team has been doing hosting on our own servers since 1994. We can host your website on our undersubscribed, Vancouver-based servers.

Do you need ensured uptime or require some "failsafe" hosting? We offer rapid realtime account cloning for shared hosting and VPS hosting clients as well. Contact us for more info.

Please note that we do not run automatic updates on themes, plugins, and the WordPress core software. Our experience has shown that automated updates can, in some circumstances, create critical errors that can render a site offline and even corrupt data. All of our updates are run manually to ensure the least chance of failure.

Website Maintenance Across Vancouver Island and Western Canada

Most maintenance and support work is handled remotely, which allows us to support business websites across Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Western Canada, and select U.S. regions while still keeping Nanaimo and Courtenay available for in-person meetings by appointment when the project scope warrants it.

Website Maintenance and WordPress Care FAQs

What is included in your website maintenance and WordPress care plans?

Our website maintenance and WordPress care plans include regular WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates, security monitoring, backups, performance checks, and proactive issue detection. Each plan is designed to keep business websites stable, secure, and operating reliably over time.

Do you perform WordPress and plugin updates automatically?

No. Updates are handled manually as part of our maintenance process. This reduces the risk of compatibility issues, site breakage, or unexpected downtime that can occur with unattended automatic updates.

What happens if an update causes an issue?

Before updates are applied, backups are in place so your website can be restored quickly if needed. If an issue occurs, we investigate and resolve it as part of the maintenance service based on the scope of your plan.

Do you offer WordPress hosting with maintenance?

Yes. Some maintenance plans include managed WordPress hosting, while others are designed for websites hosted elsewhere. Hosting options and inclusions depend on the selected maintenance plan.

Can I request ongoing support outside my maintenance plan?

Additional ongoing support can be provided when needed and is handled according to the terms of your maintenance agreement. Support availability and response expectations are defined by the selected plan.