A new website is a commercial asset on day one. By month 18, if no one is maintaining it, it has often quietly become a liability — outdated plugins, missed security patches, broken integrations, slow load times, and content that no longer reflects the business. Most Irish SMEs don't notice until something visible breaks (the contact form stops sending; the site goes down; Google starts surfacing security warnings).
Website Maintenance & Care is the BeaconSites service that prevents that drift. Backups run automatically. WordPress core, plugins, and themes are kept current with managed updates.
Uptime is monitored 24/7. Security is monitored and hardened against the threats that target WordPress in particular. Performance is reviewed monthly and tuned when it slips.
Your website remains the asset you paid for — not the liability it slowly becomes when left alone. We maintain BeaconSites-built sites and external sites equally. If you have a WordPress website built by another agency and they're no longer responsive (or are charging hourly for what should be routine work), we can take over the care without rebuilding.
The full plan adds content production, SEO maintenance, and Google Business Profile management for businesses that want a single managed relationship covering everything post-launch.
Who is this for?
- Irish SMEs who have launched a website (with us or another agency) and want it actively maintained, not abandoned - Businesses whose existing developer or agency has gone silent, increased fees, or moved on - Owners who treat the website as a primary commercial asset rather than a fire-and-forget brochure - Multi-location and multi-site operators needing centralised WordPress management across multiple installs - Anyone who has had a previous website go stale, hacked, or break unexpectedly and doesn't want it to happen again
What makes us different?
Maintenance is where most agency relationships die quietly. First, the work is automated and visible — backups, updates, security monitoring, uptime tracking are all running on infrastructure that produces a monthly client-facing report. You know what happened.
You're not paying for "general maintenance" that nobody can describe. Second, the AI-native architecture continues — every monthly review checks that the schema, FAQPage architecture, llms.txt, and citation-friendly structure your site launched with are still intact. Theme updates and plugin changes can quietly break AEO structure; we catch and fix it.
Third, founder-accountable escalation — when something serious goes wrong, Lee Graham is the contact, not a ticket queue or a junior support tier. You speak to the person who built or audited your site originally.
Pricing
Website Maintenance & Care (basic): from €49/month — backups, managed updates, security monitoring, uptime, SSL, performance review, monthly report. Website Maintenance & Care (full plan): from €299/month — everything in basic, plus content production, SEO maintenance, Google Business Profile management, and expanded content patch scope. Multi-site management: custom quote — centralised maintenance across multiple WordPress installs. Audit-first option: if you're inheriting an unfamiliar site (or your previous agency has gone quiet), we can audit the current state first before taking over maintenance.
Our process
- 1
Onboarding (week 1)
Site audit, backup configuration, monitoring setup, plugin and theme inventory, security baseline established.
- 2
Steady-state operation (every day)
Automated backups, uptime monitoring, security scanning, update queue management running continuously.
- 3
Weekly review
Update queue applied to staging, tested, deployed to live; security alerts triaged.
- 4
Monthly report
Performance metrics, uptime statistics, update history, security events, any flagged issues. Sent to you in writing.
- 5
Escalation path
Anything that breaks or warrants intervention triggers a direct line to Lee, not a ticket queue.
Common questions
My site was built by another agency. Can you still maintain it?
Yes. We onboard external WordPress sites regularly. The first week is a thorough audit (security state, plugin inventory, backup status, performance baseline) before we take over the ongoing care.
What's the difference between the €49 and €299 plans?
The €49 plan covers technical maintenance — backups, updates, security, uptime, performance. The €299 plan adds active content production, SEO maintenance, Google Business Profile management, and expanded content patch scope. Most BeaconSites-built sites land on the full plan; external maintenance-only clients often start at €49.
How often do you push updates?
Continuously for security patches (within hours of release); weekly for routine plugin/theme/core updates; immediately for any compatibility issues we detect. All updates are tested on staging before going live.
What happens if my site gets hacked?
We detect via security monitoring, escalate to Lee within the hour, restore from the most recent clean backup, identify the entry point, harden against repeat. Included in the service — no extra "incident response" fee.
Will the maintenance interfere with my site's AEO setup?
No — the opposite. Every monthly review checks that schema, FAQPage architecture, llms.txt, and citation-friendly structure are still intact. Plugin and theme updates can quietly break AEO elements; we catch and fix that drift before it costs you AI visibility.
Can I cancel monthly?
Yes. The service is month-to-month after the first 30 days. You keep your backups and your site; we hand back full credentials and any monitoring tooling we've configured.
The website you paid for is a depreciating asset unless someone is actively maintaining it. Most agency relationships end at launch or drift into silence within 12 months. BeaconSites Website Maintenance & Care is built so that doesn't happen — backups running, security monitored, updates managed, AEO structure protected, and a written monthly report so you know what happened.
From €49/month. Book a 30-minute discovery call to confirm fit and review the onboarding scope.
