WordPress maintenance plans
WordPress maintenance that keeps your site running smoothly.
Let our UK developers handle WordPress updates, backups and bug fixes while you focus on your business. Monthly care starts at £99 per site, with clear fix allowances and someone to speak to when your website needs attention.
Ongoing care
Someone to look after the WordPress website you already have
You can come to BugShield with a site built by another developer. Tell us about your hosting, the parts of the site your business relies on and any existing problems. We can discuss the access and support you need before you choose a plan.
Updates with checks and a recovery plan
Both plans include managed WordPress core, theme and plugin updates. We prepare a recovery route and check the affected pages, forms or checkout after changes. Staging, a separate copy of your website for testing, is used where available. See how managed updates work.
A clear route from an alert to a repair
Monitoring runs around the clock and records alerts in your account. Use subscriber support to ask about an alert, or open a fix request when something is broken. Your developer investigates and tests the repair under your plan's allowance: two fixes per month on Shield Light, or unlimited fixes on Shield Pro.
Agree the work your site needs
Discuss update timing and any existing faults before joining. Content changes, redesigns and new features need their scope confirmed separately. If you already work with a developer, agree who handles each change and tell us about planned releases.
Maintenance uses the BugShield plugin to connect monitoring and backups. Our support team can answer setup questions. For a single problem, you can also request a one-off WordPress website repair.
How we look after Away Games
Our published maintenance case study follows Neil's work on Away Games: investigating security alerts, repairing a sitemap fault and checking performance, with ongoing Shield Pro support. Read the findings and the customer's account of the work.
Simple monthly pricing
Choose the right plan for your website
Each site has its own WordPress maintenance plan, so you can mix Shield Light and Shield Pro across your portfolio from one account.
WordPress maintenance
Shield Light
Two included bug fixes, weekly backups, and 24/7 monitoring.
£99/mo
- 2 bug fixes per month
- Off-site backups
- 24/7 monitoring and alerts
- Core Web Vitals checks
- Full activity logging
Unlimited fixes
Shield Pro
Unlimited bug fixes, daily backups, and malware protection.
£199/mo
- Unlimited bug fixes
- Off-site backups
- 24/7 monitoring and alerts
- Malware detection and prevention
- Core Web Vitals checks
- Full activity logging
Compare Plans
Compare our WordPress maintenance plans
See how Shield Light and Shield Pro compare across bug fixes, backups, monitoring, security, and developer support.
| Compare | Shield Light | Shield Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Price | £99 / month | £199 / month |
| Billed | Per site / month | Per site / month |
| Website care | ||
| Managed core, theme and plugin updates | Included | Included |
| Update timing | Discuss your site and schedule with us | Discuss your site and schedule with us |
| Checks after updates | Affected pages, forms or checkout | Affected pages, forms or checkout |
| Recovery if an update fails | Rollback or repair under your fix allowance | Rollback or repair under your fix allowance |
| Content edits and new features | Scope confirmed separately | Scope confirmed separately |
| Existing hosting | Access and compatibility checked before setup | Access and compatibility checked before setup |
| Fixes & support | ||
| Bug fixes | 2 per month | Unlimited |
| Extra fixes | At one-off rates | Included |
| Guaranteed human response | Within 60 minutes, 24/7 | Within 60 minutes, 24/7 |
| Developer chat during fixes | ||
| Subscriber support chat | Priority | |
| Kanban fix tracking | ||
| Confirmed quote before you pay | ||
| Full refund if we cannot fix | ||
| Backups | ||
| Cloud backups | Weekly | Daily + on-demand |
| Backup storage | 100GB | 200GB |
| Retention | 28 days | 28 days |
| Off-site full-site backups | ||
| Restore support | ||
| Monitoring | ||
| 24/7 monitoring | ||
| Uptime checks (every 5 minutes) | ||
| Response time tracking | ||
| Core Web Vitals checks | ||
| Performance trends | ||
| Security scans (detect & alert) | ||
| File integrity checks | ||
| Plugin health monitoring | ||
| SSL & domain alerts | ||
| SEO audits | ||
| Debug log analysis | ||
| In-app + email alerts | ||
| Security | ||
| Malware prevention | ||
| Malware removal | ||
| Account & workspace | ||
| Password Vault | ||
| Multi-site workspace | ||
| Fix / chat history | ||
| Full activity log | ||
| Cancel anytime | ||
| WordPress plugin required | ||
Our opening hours are 08:00 to 22:00 UK time every day. The 60-minute response guarantee applies around the clock, including outside opening hours. A response is the start of support. The 24-hour money-back fix guarantee covers separately paid one-off fixes only.
Monitoring
24/7 monitoring with every WordPress maintenance plan
Both Shield Light and Shield Pro include the full BugShield monitoring suite. We watch uptime, response time, SSL expiry, plugin health, file integrity, and technical SEO from one dashboard. Alerts land in your account and activity log the moment something needs attention.
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Uptime checks every five minutes with alerts if your site goes down.
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SEO audits to catch broken links, missing titles, and search issues early.
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File integrity monitoring flags unexpected changes to core files.
Uptime
Checked every 5 minutes
Core Web Vitals
Response time tracked over time
Plugin health
Outdated and risky plugins flagged
SEO audits
Technical search health checks
Your backup library
Secure restore points for your site
Latest restore point
ReadyToday at 02:15
Automatic daily backup · 1.8 GB
Yesterday at 02:14
Automatic daily backup · 1.8 GB
Monday at 02:16
Automatic daily backup · 1.7 GB
Encrypted and stored away from your hosting
Backups
Automatic WordPress backups included with every plan
Shield Light runs weekly full-site backups with 100GB of storage. Shield Pro backs up daily, lets you trigger on-demand copies before big changes, and includes 200GB of storage. Every backup covers your files, theme, plugins, uploads, and database.
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Off-site storage so a hosting failure does not take your backups with it.
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Self-service restores let you choose a restore point and start a rollback from your dashboard, with our team available if you need help.
Bug Fixes
Bug fixes built into your maintenance plan
Every WordPress maintenance plan includes bug fixes handled by the BugShield developer team. Submit a request from your dashboard, share what is broken, and we assign a developer to investigate, fix, and confirm the issue is resolved.
Shield Light
2 fixes per month
Ideal for sites that mostly work but need occasional help with plugin conflicts, broken forms, layout glitches, or update issues.
Shield Pro
Unlimited fixes
No counting requests or worrying about overages. Submit as many fixes as your site needs, with priority handling and a guaranteed human response within 60 minutes, 24/7.
Security
Security checks that run with your plan
Both plans include file integrity checks and security monitoring through the BugShield plugin. Shield Light alerts you when a scan needs attention. Shield Pro adds active malware prevention and removal, so infections can be caught early and cleaned up by our team.
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Shield Light includes file integrity checks and security scans with alerts.
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Shield Pro includes active malware prevention, detection, and removal.
File integrity monitoring
Unexpected changes to core files flagged in your dashboard.
Security scan alerts
Suspicious files and vulnerabilities logged in your activity history.
Malware prevention (Pro only)
Active protection and removal handled by the BugShield team.
Weekly backup completed
yoursite.co.uk · 2.4 GB · Logged 6 hours ago
Uptime check passed
Response time 1.8s · Logged 12 minutes ago
Bug fix completed
Contact form restored · Issue resolved
Activity Log
A complete history of everything we do
Every backup, monitoring check, security scan, plugin update, and bug fix is recorded in your site activity log. See what happened, when it happened, and who was involved. Full activity logging is included with both WordPress maintenance plans.
Support
Developer support with your WordPress maintenance plan
Every maintenance subscriber gets access to support chat for general questions, access coordination, and plan help. Support chat does not use your monthly fix allowance. Shield Pro subscribers get a priority support channel with priority handling.
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Shield Light includes subscriber support chat with a guaranteed human response within 60 minutes, 24/7.
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Shield Pro includes priority support with a guaranteed human response within 60 minutes, 24/7.
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Chat is separate from fixes. Questions about your plan never eat into your allowance.
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Install the plugin
Download from your BugShield dashboard and activate it on your WordPress site.
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Connect your site
Link the plugin to your BugShield account using the secure connection key from your dashboard.
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Monitoring starts
Backups and health checks begin automatically once the connection is verified.
WordPress Plugin
A small plugin connects your site to BugShield
WordPress maintenance plans require the BugShield plugin on each subscribed site. It connects securely to our platform so we can run monitoring checks, collect backup data, track plugin health, and run security scans. One-off fixes do not require the plugin, but monitoring and backups do.
How It Works
How WordPress maintenance plans work
Get set up in minutes, then monitor, back up, and support your site from one organised workspace.
1. Create your account
Register free, add your WordPress domain, and choose Shield Light or Shield Pro for that site.
2. Install the plugin
Connect the BugShield WordPress plugin so we can monitor, back up, and secure your site.
3. We watch your site
Monitoring, backups, and security scans run on schedule. Alerts and results appear in your dashboard.
4. Submit fixes when needed
Need a fix? Open a request and chat with us until it's done.
Compare BugShield with other maintenance services
Check provider pricing, hosting, fix allowances, support and customer dashboards in our dated WordPress maintenance comparisons.
FAQ
WordPress maintenance plan FAQs
Answers about pricing, monitoring, backups, bug fixes, support, and choosing the right plan for each site.
How quickly will BugShield respond?
We guarantee a human response within 60 minutes, 24/7, for every customer, with or without a maintenance plan.
What are BugShield's opening hours?
Our opening hours are 08:00 to 22:00 UK time every day. The 60-minute response guarantee applies around the clock, including outside opening hours.
Can you look after a WordPress website someone else built?
Yes. Tell us about the existing site, hosting and any known faults. We can discuss access and the support you need before you choose a maintenance plan.
Will you handle WordPress updates for me?
Yes. Both plans include managed core, theme and plugin updates with recovery options and checks after changes. Discuss the update schedule your site needs with us before joining, especially if you run a shop or work with another developer.
Do I have to move my website to a new host?
Contact us with your current hosting details so we can confirm access and compatibility before setup. Maintenance connects through the BugShield plugin; any hosting move is a separate piece of work to agree.
What happens when monitoring finds a problem?
Alerts appear in your account. Subscriber support can help you understand them. When a repair is needed, open a fix request so the developer can investigate under your plan allowance. Monitoring runs 24/7. Human responses to support requests are guaranteed within 60 minutes, around the clock, on both plans.
Are content changes included in a maintenance plan?
Bug-fix allowances cover problems with existing functionality. Ask us to confirm the scope of content edits, redesigns or new features before assuming they are covered. General support questions do not use your fix allowance.
What is included in a WordPress maintenance plan?
Both Shield Light and Shield Pro include managed WordPress core, theme and plugin updates, 24/7 monitoring, off-site backups, Core Web Vitals checks, a full activity log, subscriber support chat, and WordPress bug fixes. Shield Pro adds unlimited fixes, daily and on-demand backups, malware detection and prevention, and priority support.
Which WordPress maintenance plan should I choose?
Shield Light is a good fit for sites that need dependable monitoring, weekly backups, and up to two fixes each month. Shield Pro suits business-critical or frequently changing sites that benefit from unlimited fixes, daily backups, malware protection, and priority support.
How much do BugShield maintenance plans cost?
Shield Light costs £99 per month per site, and Shield Pro costs £199 per month per site. Each site has its own subscription, so you can choose the level of cover that suits it.
Are bug fixes included?
Yes. Shield Light includes two bug fixes per month, while Shield Pro includes unlimited bug fixes. You can submit requests, follow progress, and chat with the assigned developer from your BugShield dashboard.
How often is my site backed up?
Shield Light creates an automatic off-site backup each week. Shield Pro creates one each day and also lets you run an on-demand backup before an important change.
What does 24/7 monitoring cover?
BugShield monitors uptime, response time, SSL and domain expiry, plugin health, file integrity, Core Web Vitals, technical SEO, and site errors. Alerts and results are available in your dashboard.
Can I restore a backup myself?
Yes. Choose a restore point from your backup library and start the restore from your dashboard. You can also download backups, and the BugShield team is available if you need help with a rollback.
Why do I need the BugShield WordPress plugin?
The plugin securely connects your site to BugShield so monitoring, backups, plugin health checks, file integrity checks, and security scans can run. It is required on every site with an active maintenance plan.
Does subscriber support use my fix allowance?
No. Subscriber support covers general questions, access coordination, and plan help without using your monthly bug fix allowance. Fix requests remain separate in your workspace.
Can I use different plans across multiple sites?
Yes. Each site has its own subscription, and you can manage them together from one account. For example, you could use Shield Light for a brochure site and Shield Pro for a busy WooCommerce store.
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