WordPress Maintenance & Hosting
We’ve Got You Covered!
Via Webs provides WordPress maintenance for small businesses and individuals who manage daily tasks but need occasional technical support. Our rollover development time allows you to save unused hours for future use, avoiding unreliable freelancers and ensuring you meet your business goals with our dependable and affordable support.
Using accumulated rollover hours can enhance your WordPress website by redesigning, adding custom page templates, contact forms, and e-commerce features. Stay updated and optimized, and invest in new functionality as needed to improve user experience and remain competitive.
WordPress Security
Our WordPress security starts even before your website is viewed. Cloud-based DNS protection interrupts bots and blocks known bad actors. Server-based protection is the next line of defense with managed firewalls and remotely inaccessible databases, we’ll stop the bad guys in their tracks.
We Block The Bad Actors
- SPAM Protection – No CAPTCHA, no questions, no animal counting, no puzzles, no math, and no spambots. Universal cloud-based premium anti-spam is what we use and make available to you. Requires plugin be installed, we will provide to you, included in the cost of hosting.
- Bot Protection (by Malcare) – The growing complexity and the number of bot attacks now contributing 40% of the traffic on the web mean that the threat has become two-fold; bot attacks stress the resources on your server and simultaneously expose WordPress security loopholes on your website. Requires plugin be installed, we will provide to you, included in the cost of hosting.
- DDoS Attack Protection – An attack of this nature is the result of a network of “zombie” computers being used by an attacker, unbeknownst to the owners of the machines. The technical term for this network of zombie computers is a botnet. When a server is overwhelmed with these connections, legitimate connections can no longer be accepted, and the website becomes inaccessible.
We Lock Down The Filesystem
- Don’t Be a Target – We will remove the WordPress generator meta tag version from the head sections, disable database error reporting, disable PHP error reporting, remove readme.html from the root directory, and more.
- Monitoring – All websites are monitored through a central system allowing us to immediately mitigate any known WordPress vulnerabilities as soon as they are announced. We’ll also monitor website health, resource consumption, and more. If something crops up, we’ll most likely have it fixed before you (or your visitors) realize it.
- Plugin, Theme, Core, and PHP Updates – We know, there’s more to it, but we do cover the basics. When available, your plugins, themes, WordPress core, and PHP version will be updated. Backups are made prior and a sampling of pages are visually compared for before and after differences. You will be notified of any update errors after the update is rolled back so we can develop a plan together.
WordPress Speed
Our WordPress speed is about your customer having an excellent experience with fast-loading pages, optimized images, and quick navigation. Internet speed still varies greatly throughout the country and even more so in the world. Don’t leave a customer behind because they are in an area that isn’t quite there yet.
Network Speed
- Page speed is very important, faster pages are more efficient and provide a better user experience. If a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load, over a quarter of users will click away and choose a different search result.
- Domain Name System – You’ll be connected to a redundant enterprise-grade authoritative DNS that is the fastest in the world, offering DNS lookup speed of 11ms on average and worldwide DNS propagation in less than five seconds.
- Content Delivery Network – You’ll be connected to an geographically distributed global network of data centers that cache static content closer to users and deliver dynamic content over the fastest and most reliable private backbone links. This is more then just installing a plugin and hoping your WordPress speed increases. It’s about full integration with our hosting.
Server Speed
- Dedicated Servers – Your website will be hosted on Via Webs private servers. No random strangers doing unknown things on the website next door. We have a zero-tolerance policy and keep the neighborhood clean – 100%.
- Optimized Images – Often overlooked, it can take just one inadequately optimized image to ruin your page speed. All clients will receive free bulk image compression and optimization upon migration. If need be, we can develop a plan together to manually resize, crop, and convert files types.
- Code Minification – Code Minification comes in many forms and has many options. From being built-in with themes, utilizing separate plugins, or as a cloud solution. We’ll find the right match (or balance of) to maximize your site’s WordPress speed.
Via Webs Offers WordPress Hosting & Maintenance Services for Those That Prefer to Focus on Something Other Than the Technical Aspects
Our rollover development time lets you save unused hours for future assistance. Stay updated and optimized, with the flexibility to invest in new functionality.
WordPress Support
Great WordPress support requires understanding that every client has unique technical abilities, diverse needs, and varying preferences in terms of communication. That’s why we strive to offer tailored support that fits the specific requirements of each client and their visitors. Our team is dedicated to ensuring a seamless experience for everyone involved, and we go above and beyond to provide personalized assistance that exceeds your expectations.
Love For Your Website
- Staging Environment – Looking to make significant changes? We can move a copy of your website to a Staging environment allowing you, ourselves, or an appointee to make changes without affecting your live website. Once ready, everything gets moved at once and no awkward “Site Under Construction” messages.
- Themes & Plugins -We hold many agency licenses to build new features and complete re-designs for you. This is a great benefit if your website is dated and needs some love. All installs come with us setting up examples or otherwise starting the process. You are welcome to adjust and expand as needed. Try a few ideas and see what works best for you.
- Free Migration / Transfer – Yes, some agencies still charge you just to be their customer, before any services are even offered.
Love For You
- Rollover Time – Our most popular service by far. Quit paying for what you don’t use if you’re not making regular changes or can do them yourself. When you need help due to technical complications or just free time, use your banked time and we’ll do it for you. Save your hours up for the big projects.
- Monthly Reporting – If you don’t know where your visitors are from, how many there are, and how long they stay; you soon will. All important information that allows you to make decisions about your next move. If you already have a Google Analytics account, we can add your ID to our reports for customized delivery.
- Freedom – You will never be under a Support contract preventing you from leaving or incurring a penalty for doing so. You’ll get or maintain full administrator access to your website at all times as long as there is no balance due on a new Via Webs custom website. We want you to stay because we’re rocking at WordPress support, not because we’re forcing you to. Life happens, we understand, we’ll be sad if you need to go, but understand.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach out so we can answer yours if not listed.
Does the monthly maintenance take away from my rollover time?
Absolutely not. The rollover time is yours to save and use for services outside of the standard offering, which includes monthly maintenance.
What would not be considered monthly maintenance?
Content updates, setting up new themes or plugins, custom coding, fixing broken components, or other work done at your request. You will always know in advance if your rollover time will need to be used.
Are backups performed?
Absolutely! Backups are performed nightly, before monthly maintenance begins, or we do any work.
What page builders do you use?
We’ve fallen in love with Elementor and Divi but are also familiar with Gutenberg, Beaver Builder, Visual Composer, and others.
Do you offer email?
Yes. Each plan comes with at least 1 email account and more can be added. You can also use (or continue to use) G Suite, Office 365, or other 3rd party cloud solutions.
Can I use my own DNS?
If you prefer to, yes. But to get the best performance, we recommend using our CDN integrated DNS (no charge) and Nameservers.
What if I leave & still owe on a new website build?
While you are never under a Support agreement, the balance remaining on a monthly-payment or monthly-forgiven would become due in-full at the time of departure. This would be for services already provided.
What if I don’t have any analytics currently?
We will set up a new Google Analytics account for you and grant you access to it. Knowledge is power!
Maintenance & Hosting Plans
Security, Speed, and Support.
Maintenance 10
Ideal for the occasional changes
- $110/ Month
- Everything Listed Above
- Hosting Included
- Free Migration
- 2 Rollover Development Hours
- Discounted Hourly Rate
- 5 Email Accounts
- Up to 1,000 posts
- 10 GB Storage
- Monthly Reports
- Technical SEO Included
- On-Page SEO Included
- Tax Included
Maintenance 20
Ideal for routine changes.
- $140/ Month
- Everything Listed Above
- Hosting Included
- Free Migration
- 3 Rollover Development Hours
- Discounted Hourly Rate
- 5 Email Accounts
- 1,001 to 1,500 posts
- 20 GB Storage
- Monthly Reports
- Technical SEO Included
- On-Page SEO Included
- Tax Included
Maintenance 35
Ideal for frequent changes.
- $170/ Month
- Everything Listed Above
- Hosting Included
- Free Migration
- 4 Rollover Development Hours
- Discounted Hourly Rate
- 10 Email Accounts
- Over 1,500 posts
- 35 GB Storage
- Monthly Reports
- Technical SEO Included
- On-Page SEO Included
- Tax Included
Maintenance 50
Ideal for full agency support.
- $200/ Month
- Everything Listed Above
- Hosting Included
- Free Migration
- 5 Rollover Development Hours
- Discounted Hourly Rate
- 15 Email Accounts
- Over 1,500 posts
- 50 GB Storage
- Monthly Reports
- Technical SEO Included
- On-Page SEO Included
- Tax Included