A Neglected Website Is a Vulnerable Website
Most business owners don’t think about their website until something goes wrong. But by the time they notice a hack, a crashed plugin, a broken page, a Google penalty for slow loading speeds, the damage is already done. Customers have left and enquiries have been lost.
The good news is that most website problems are entirely preventable with regular, professional maintenance. Keeping your WordPress core, plugins and themes updated, monitoring for security threats, backing up your data and keeping your site performing at its best are all things that should be happening in the background every single month, whether you’re thinking about them or not.
That’s exactly what our website maintenance service does for businesses across Ireland.
Simple, Transparent Monthly Care Plans
We offer straightforward monthly website care plans designed to give you complete peace of mind. No confusing packages, no hidden extras just reliable, professional website maintenance at a fixed monthly cost.
Whether you need basic security and updates, or full ongoing support including content changes and priority response times, we’ll put together a plan that fits your website, your needs and your budget. Get in touch and we’ll talk you through the options.
Your Local, Reliable Maintenance Team
We’ve been looking after websites for businesses across Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford and Tipperary for over 20 years. We know the sites we maintain inside out and when something needs attention, we deal with it quickly and professionally without you having to chase us.
Many of our maintenance clients have been with us for years and we’d love to help you keep your website maintained too.
Don’t Just Take Our Word for It
Here’s what our clients say about working with Whelan.
If You Have a Website, You Need Someone Looking After It
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Website Maintenance Questions Get Asked All the Time
Website maintenance covers all the ongoing work required to keep a website secure, fast, up to date and functioning correctly. This includes updating the platform and plugins, monitoring for security threats, taking regular backups, optimising performance and making content changes. Without regular maintenance, websites become vulnerable to security breaches, slow down over time, and can break unexpectedly all of which can cost your business customers and revenue.
Website maintenance costs in Ireland vary depending on the size and complexity of the website and the level of service required. A basic monthly care plan covering updates, backups and security monitoring typically starts from around €100 – €500 per month. More comprehensive plans including content updates, priority support and performance optimisation will cost more. We’ll put together a clear, fixed-price plan tailored to your specific website and needs.
The short answer is that website maintenance should be an ongoing, continuous process, not something done once a year.
WordPress core, plugin and theme updates should be checked and applied at least monthly and sometimes more frequently when security patches are released.
Content updates should happen as often as your business changes.
Performance and security audits should be carried out regularly throughout the year.
If your website is on one of our maintenance plans, we monitor for security threats continuously and act immediately if something is detected. If you’ve come to us with a website that’s already been hacked, we can help with that too by carrying out a full security audit, cleaning the infection, identifying and fixing the vulnerability, and putting measures in place to prevent it happening again.
Yes. The sooner you put a maintenance plan in place, the better. A brand new website still needs its plugins and themes kept updated, its backups taken regularly, and its security monitored from day one. New websites are not immune to security threats.
Absolutely. We’re happy to take over the ongoing maintenance of websites built by other agencies or developers. We’ll start with a thorough website audit to understand the current state of the site, flag any immediate issues, and then put a maintenance plan in place going forward.
A WordPress care plan is a monthly maintenance service specifically for WordPress websites. It typically covers WordPress core, plugin and theme updates, regular backups, security monitoring, uptime monitoring and varying levels of support and content updates depending on the plan. It gives WordPress website owners peace of mind that their site is being looked after professionally every month.
Not with us. We carry out all updates and maintenance work in a staging environment first before applying anything to your live site. This means we can test everything thoroughly and make sure nothing breaks before your visitors are affected.
Whelan Web Design provides professional website maintenance services for businesses across Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford and Tipperary. Based in Waterford City, we’ve been looking after websites for local businesses for over 20 years. Get in touch today to discuss a maintenance plan for your website.