New 24/7 monitoring and daily cloud backups now included in every Shield Pro plan.

Backups and Monitoring

WordPress backup and monitoring with a recovery route.

Keep off-site recovery copies, watch availability and important changes, and know who can investigate and restore the site when something goes wrong.

from £99/month

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What to look for

Why WordPress backup and monitoring fails when split apart

  1. 01

    Uptime tools email you at 2am but nobody restores the site.

  2. 02

    Host backups exist but alerts never fire when checkout silently fails.

  3. 03

    Free monitors ping the homepage while wp-admin or shop pages break.

  4. 04

    Backup plugins fill disk space without off-site copies or restore tests.

  5. 05

    You pay for two vendors and still lack a developer when both alert at once.

How we help

BugShield WordPress backup and monitoring service

Shield Light pairs weekly cloud backups with full monitoring, file integrity checks, and two included fixes per month. When monitoring flags downtime or errors, developers investigate and restore from backup if needed.

Shield Pro adds daily backups, a larger backup allowance, unlimited fixes, malware prevention, and priority response within one hour for sites that need backup and monitoring cover without a gap.

Pricing
Clear before work begins
Support
Direct developer chat
Access
Encrypted Password Vault
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How It Works

How our WordPress backup and monitoring service works

1

Choose Shield Light or Pro

Both include backup and monitoring. Pro adds daily snapshots, more storage, and unlimited fixes.

2

We configure backups and alerts

Your site is registered, credentials stored in the Vault, backups verified, and monitoring activated.

3

Fix and restore under your plan

When alerts fire or restore is needed, submit a fix request and included developer time applies.

Choose Your Plan

Two plans, one goal: a site that just works

Each WordPress site needs its own subscription. Mix Shield Light and Shield Pro across your portfolio from a single account.

Shield Light

£99 per month, per site

Monitoring, weekly backups, and two included fixes per month for sites that need ongoing care without unlimited developer time.

  • 2 bug fixes per month
  • Weekly cloud backups (100GB)
  • Full monitoring suite and SEO audits
  • File integrity checks
  • Response within 24 hours
  • Activity log and subscriber support chat
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Shield Pro

£199 per month, per site

Everything in Shield Light, plus unlimited bug fixes, malware prevention, daily backups, and priority response.

  • Unlimited bug fixes
  • Daily backups plus on-demand runs (200GB)
  • Malware prevention and removal
  • Response within 1 hour
  • Priority support channel
  • Everything in Shield Light
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When you need a WordPress backup and monitoring service

A WordPress backup and monitoring service matters when downtime costs money and you cannot afford to discover problems from customer complaints. Backups alone do not alert you. Monitoring alone does not restore files.

Together they give you early warning and a recovery path when updates fail, hacks strike, or hosting glitches take pages offline.

  • Uptime alerts before customers complain
  • Off-site cloud backups on a schedule
  • Restore support when recovery is needed
  • Developer fixes included on Shield plans
  • Activity logging for audit trails

What proper backup and monitoring involves

Developers verify backups run successfully, store copies off-server, monitor key health signals, and test restore paths before an emergency. Monitoring should cover more than a homepage ping when checkout or wp-admin can fail independently.

A backup and monitoring service is only complete when someone can act on alerts and complete recovery.

BugShield backup and monitoring service

Shield Light at £99/month includes weekly backups, full monitoring, and two fixes. Shield Pro at £199/month adds daily backups, unlimited fixes, and priority response.

See dedicated backup and monitoring product pages for detail, or start a Shield plan to get both on one subscription.

Set backup frequency by data change

Orders, bookings, accounts, and daily publishing create a shorter acceptable recovery window than a rarely changed site.

Monitor the events that affect recovery

Uptime, file changes, certificates, updates, security signals, and backup status help explain when and how a problem began.

Test the recovery process

A backup is useful only when its files and data can be restored. Periodic validation and a clear owner for recovery make the service practical.

Evidence of the work

How BugShield verifies the result.

Useful maintenance leaves a record. We look at the site before work, record what changed, and check the result so updates, backups, monitoring, and fixes remain understandable.

  1. 01

    Record the starting state

    Review WordPress, plugin and PHP versions, current alerts, backup status, and any known faults before planned work begins.

  2. 02

    Keep a visible change history

    Log updates, monitoring events, backup activity, credential use, and developer work against the relevant site.

  3. 03

    Check the site after maintenance

    Verify the public site and important journeys, confirm monitoring and backups remain active, and investigate unexpected behaviour rather than recording only that an update ran.

FAQ

WordPress backup and monitoring service FAQs

Does backup and monitoring cover WooCommerce checkout?

Monitoring watches site health and key signals. If checkout breaks, submit a fix request and included plan fixes apply.

How often are backups taken on Shield plans?

Weekly on Shield Light, daily on Shield Pro. Both store encrypted cloud copies off-server with restore support included.

What happens when monitoring detects downtime?

You receive alerts and can submit a fix request immediately. Shield Pro subscribers get priority response within one hour.

What does a WordPress backup and monitoring service include?

Scheduled cloud backups, uptime and health monitoring, alerts when something fails, and developer fixes on Shield plans when restore or repair is needed.

Why combine backup and monitoring on one plan?

Monitoring tells you when something broke. Backups give developers something to restore. Splitting vendors leaves a gap when alerts fire and nobody can recover the site.

Can you monitor SSL and uptime together with backups?

Yes. Shield monitoring covers health signals and pairs with weekly or daily backups depending on your plan tier.

Is backup and monitoring included in maintenance plans?

Yes. Shield Light and Shield Pro both include backup and monitoring. Pro adds daily backups, more storage, and unlimited fixes.

Why combine WordPress backups and monitoring?

Monitoring helps identify when a fault began, while backups provide recovery options. Together they make detection and restoration more informed.

How often should a WordPress site be backed up?

Match frequency to how often important data changes. A trading store may need much more frequent copies than a brochure site updated a few times a year.

Should WordPress backups be stored off site?

Yes. A copy held only on the same hosting account can be lost or compromised with the live site. Off-site storage provides a separate recovery source.

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