Why is maintenance necessary?

To eliminate the website’s vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks, to ensure the website’s operation within optimal parameters, and for other reasons related to the website’s performance.

What does maintenance entail in the case of a website built on the WordPress platform?

1. Update the PHP software, which runs on the hosting server.
2. WordPress platform update.
3. Website theme update;
4. The update of all software modules (plugins) installed on the site;
5. Resolving conflicts that arise as a result of various updates and that can lead to incorrect operation of the site or even its blocking.
7. Regular backups of the database.
8. The total backup of the site.
9. Optimization of the database

What are database backups and website backups?

Our maintenance service includes daily backups of the database and weekly or monthly backups of the entire site. Backing up the entire site allows you to restore it from scratch at any time, on any server. We store the last five backup versions of the site in three different locations. 

Plugins update. 

There are 3 options for updating plugins:
1. Manual updates (best option) They are made by the site administrator, who checks the functionality of the site after each update.
This option involves a monthly maintenance fee.
2. Automatic updates (they are used less often). These are done without human intervention, but because sometimes module compatibility problems arise after updates, the site may become partially or totally non-functional.
In this variant, there are no maintenance costs.
3. No updates are made. It is the most common option because it does not involve maintenance costs. After the site is made, it is “handed over to the client,” and the site stays that way for years. There is practically no maintenance service.
What influences the price of maintenance for a website?
1. The number of plugins installed on the site.
2. Complexity of plugins.
3. Site Dimensions. The larger the site, the more expensive the backup solutions become.
4. Number of hours worked to perform all maintenance operations The more complex the site, the greater the number of hours allocated to the maintenance service.

How often is website maintenance done?

Boost My WordPress performs daily site maintenance service, regardless of the complexity of the site.
Is website maintenance absolutely mandatory?
It is not mandatory. The site may also operate without the maintenance service with the risks outlined below.
What can happen if maintenance is not done?
Maintenance is like a kind of car insurance. If you are lucky nothing happens for a long time, if you are unlucky the site may have problems from the first week.
The problems that arise are given by the site’s vulnerabilities, by the fact that it can be taken over by hackers who will use its resources.
A website without maintenance will perform increasingly poorly in terms of loading speed, and if it is virus-infected, it can become a source of infection for visitors and will be penalised in Google searches.