Complete scheduled updates
WordPress core, plugins, and themes updated together with a pre-update backup and rollback path.
WordPress care
WordPress Maintenance for Vancouver Businesses
Daily backups and security monitoring, with safe monthly or quarterly updates and complete post-update testing.
- Initial audit and stabilization at $90 CAD/hour with a written estimate
- Every scheduled maintenance cycle includes the same complete update and testing checklist.
- Daily backups plus continuous uptime and vulnerability monitoring on every plan
- Urgent vulnerability alerts reviewed between scheduled maintenance visits
What you get
How WordPress Maintenance for Vancouver Businesses actually works
Each engagement is sized to your website. Monitoring runs continuously, while complete maintenance reviews follow your selected schedule.
PHP version review
Check the active PHP release, compatibility, and available supported versions; upgrade safely when hosting access and the site permit it.
Continuous vulnerability watch
Our monitoring alerts us when installed WordPress software has a known high-risk vulnerability, even between scheduled visits.
Daily off-site backups
Backup coverage stays active every day on every WordPress Care cadence, with a restore path ready before risky changes.
Uptime monitoring
Automated checks stay active between maintenance visits so outages are visible instead of waiting for the next update cycle.
Whole-site testing
After updates we test key pages, mobile layout, forms, login, and checkout or booking flows where applicable.
From experience
What breaks when updates are skipped — or rushed
From our team’s years of agency support work, a maintenance cycle that does not test forms and the database is only a partial cycle.
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Coordinated core, theme, and plugin updates
Some sites cannot take those independently.
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Forms and mail after the cycle
The homepage looks fine; the quote form is dead.
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Custom plugins with no compatible update
The honest fix is sometimes a simpler replacement, not another patch.
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Licensing leftovers
The deploy worked; one paid plugin still needs a key.
From experience
Situations our team has handled
Anonymized examples from recent support work (2025–2026). Incomplete outcomes stay incomplete — we do not invent a clean ending.
2026
Core, theme, and plugin updates in one window
- What they saw
- The website needed manually coordinated core, theme, and plugin updates.
- What we found
- The updates could not be applied independently without breaking the set.
- What we did
- The coordinated set was deployed.
- What stayed open
- A plugin licensing dependency remained for follow-up.
2026
Custom map plugin had no compatible update
- What they saw
- A custom interactive map stopped displaying correctly after application updates.
- What we found
- The failure sat in a custom plugin with no available compatible update.
- What we did
- The map was replaced with a static image and editing instructions.
Rewritten from internal notes. No client names. Dated in the current 2025–2026 window.
Verified Metro Vancouver IT work
Related case studies
Named clients, with consent, from work we delivered as Metro Vancouver IT.
Martial arts school · New Westminster
Modern Warrior
Website design, IT support, and performance work for a martial arts school whose old site struggled during peak registration.
- Load time
- 2.5× faster
- Downtime during peak enrollment
- Zero
- New student inquiries (4 months)
- +60%
Counselling practice · North Vancouver
Ealing Counselling & Coaching
A bilingual WordPress site for a counselling and coaching practice serving clients in English and Mandarin across BC.
- Supported languages
- EN + 中文
- Core service pages
- Individual · Couples · Executive
- Accessibility target
- WCAG AA
Care plans
Choose Monthly, Quarterly, or Custom Care
Monthly and quarterly care use the same complete maintenance checklist. Custom care is available for simple, low-risk sites that need limited monitoring-only or tailored scheduled coverage. Work is billed at $90 CAD/hour.
Included with every WordPress Care cadence
- Daily off-site backups and an available restore path
- Continuous uptime and installed-software vulnerability monitoring
- When a cycle is scheduled: backup, WordPress core, plugin, theme, and PHP version review
- Post-update testing of key pages, mobile layout, forms, login, and checkout or booking where applicable
- A plain-language record of updates, test results, risks, and recommended follow-up
Monthly
Typical estimated cost
$180 CAD / scheduled cycle (approximately 2 hours at $90 CAD/hour · 12× / year)
- Scheduled maintenance every month
- Best for enterprise, ecommerce, membership, and high-change sites
- Known urgent vulnerabilities are prioritized immediately
Quarterly
Typical estimated cost
$270 CAD / scheduled cycle (approximately 3 hours at $90 CAD/hour · 4× / year)
- The same complete maintenance checklist every three months
- Good for stable business websites with regular traffic
- Out-of-cycle security work is quoted for approval when required
Custom
Custom estimate
Quoted after site review ($90 CAD/hour; any monitoring fee confirmed in writing)
- Monitoring-only or tailored scheduled reviews for simple, low-risk sites
- Limited coverage; not recommended for ecommerce, membership, lead-generation, or revenue-critical sites
- Scope, monitoring fee, and out-of-cycle work are quoted for approval
Every displayed price is an estimate based on the typical time shown, not a guaranteed fixed price. If a monitored high-risk vulnerability needs work before your next scheduled cycle, we contact you with the risk, proposed fix, and a $90 CAD/hour estimate. We start that out-of-cycle work only after approval. Daily backups, uptime monitoring, and vulnerability monitoring continue between scheduled visits.
Our process
How WordPress Care works
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1
Connect & baseline
Connect backups and monitoring, inventory WordPress core, themes, plugins, PHP, hosting, forms, and important site flows.
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Monitor between visits
Keep daily backups, uptime checks, and installed-software vulnerability monitoring active regardless of update cadence.
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Review before changes
At each scheduled cycle, verify a fresh backup, read update notes, check PHP compatibility, and choose the safest update order.
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Update the full stack
Update WordPress core, every installed plugin and theme being retained, and the supported PHP version when an upgrade is available and compatible.
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Test the whole site
Verify key pages, responsive layout, admin access, forms, login, and checkout or booking flows after the updates.
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Report & escalate
Record what changed and contact you for approval if a monitored vulnerability requires billable work before the next scheduled cycle.
Trusted technologies we support
Related services
Pairs well with
Modern Warrior case study
2.5× faster, zero peak-enrollment downtime, and ongoing WordPress care.
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Managed WordPress hosting starting at $5/month.
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Website speed
Measurable Core Web Vitals improvements.
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Custom builds engineered for speed and security.
Learn moreFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does every plan include the same maintenance work?
Yes. Every scheduled cycle follows the same checklist: verify a current backup, update WordPress core, plugins, and themes, review the PHP version and compatibility, then test key pages, mobile layout, forms, login, and checkout or booking where applicable. The only plan difference is how often that scheduled cycle happens.
How often can scheduled updates happen?
Choose monthly or quarterly care. Monthly is the right fit for ecommerce, membership, lead-generation, active business, and other revenue-critical sites. Quarterly care suits genuinely stable brochure sites. Custom limited coverage is available after review for simple, low-risk sites.
How much does WordPress Care cost?
Our published rate is $90 CAD/hour. A monthly cycle is typically estimated at about 2 hours ($180), while a quarterly cycle is typically estimated at about 3 hours ($270). Custom coverage is estimated after a site review. These are typical estimates, not guaranteed fixed prices; we confirm scope before starting if a cycle is likely to take longer.
Are backups and monitoring active between scheduled updates?
Yes. Daily off-site backups, uptime monitoring, and installed-software vulnerability monitoring remain active for every enrolled website, including approved custom schedules.
What happens if you detect a serious vulnerability between visits?
We review the alert and contact you with the risk and recommended action. For less-frequent schedules, any billable out-of-cycle remediation is estimated at $90 CAD/hour and requires approval before work begins. Monthly clients are prioritized for immediate safe remediation as part of their active monthly maintenance rhythm.
Do you take backups before updates?
Yes. Daily off-site backups remain active, and we verify a current restore point before each scheduled maintenance cycle or approved emergency change.
What if a plugin is abandoned?
We propose a maintained alternative and estimate the migration separately before replacing it.
How do we start?
Send the website URL for an initial review. We confirm access, current update backlog, PHP and hosting constraints, and the cadence that fits the site before scheduled care begins. Initial stabilization is estimated separately at the same $90 CAD/hour rate.
Do you test forms after a maintenance cycle?
Yes. Updates that leave the homepage green and the quote form dead are a failed cycle. Forms, login, and checkout are part of the checklist.
What if a custom plugin has no compatible update?
We will say so. Sometimes the honest fix is a simpler replacement — we have replaced a broken custom map with a static image and editing instructions rather than leave a dead feature in the stack.
Choose a care schedule that fits the site
Send the site URL. We will review the update backlog, monitoring and backup readiness, then recommend a scheduled cadence at $90 CAD/hour.
Contact
Tell us about your WordPress site
Include the website URL, how often it changes, and whether it handles sales, bookings, memberships, or important lead forms. We typically reply within four business hours Monday–Friday.
- Phone
- +1 (778) 300-0356
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Mon–Fri · 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (PT)