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Website maintenance services for small businesses

Website Care keeps your site secure, quick and up to date, so you never have to chase a developer for a small change again. UK hosting, updates, backups, monitoring and small edits from £79 a month, excluding VAT.

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  • Led by Muhammad Younus
  • Building websites since 2019
  • Top Rated Plus on Upwork
  • From £79 a month

Written by Muhammad Younus, founder of Renozer. Last updated 21 October 2026. Editorial policy.

Website Care, monthly summaryyourbusiness.co.uk

  • WordPress core and pluginsUpdated
  • Backup restore testPassed
  • SSL certificateValid
  • Contact form testDelivered
  • Opening hours editCompleted
  • Broken link on /services/In progress
Plain English reportYour Business
Illustration of a monthly Website Care summary. Your report reflects your own site.

What are website maintenance services?

What the work involves, and why it matters more than most owners expect.

Website maintenance services keep a live website working after launch: updating its software, backing it up, watching for attacks and downtime, and making the small content changes a business needs every month. Website Care is our monthly plan for exactly that.

Most problems on small business sites are not dramatic. A plugin falls behind and opens a security hole, an enquiry form quietly stops sending, a certificate lapses and browsers warn visitors away, or last year's prices are still online. Each one costs enquiries before anyone notices. Regular care catches them early, and gives you one person to message when something on the site needs to change. If you are planning a new build, our website design projects can include Website Care from launch day.

Price
From £79 a month, see packages
Platforms
WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and Shopify
Hosting
Fast UK hosting included for WordPress sites
Edits
Small text, image and price changes
Contract
Three months, then monthly
You keep
Your domain, hosting account and files
Website specialist checking security and update status for a client site on two monitors in a calm, tidy office in the evening
Illustrative: routine checks that catch problems early

What Website Care includes

The routine work, done on a schedule and reported in plain English.

Software updatesCore, theme and plugin updates checked on a staging copy before they reach your live site.Monthly
Security monitoringMalware scans, login protection and alerts if something unusual happens.Ongoing
Backups you can restoreScheduled backups kept away from your hosting, with a restore tested so you know it works.Scheduled
Uptime checksWe are alerted if the site goes down and start investigating straight away during working hours.Ongoing
Small editsText, images, prices, opening hours, team members and blog uploads, sent by email.Included
Monthly reportWhat was updated, what was fixed and anything we think you should know.Monthly

What is not included, so nothing surprises you

We would rather be clear now than send an unexpected invoice later.

Website Care is a maintenance plan, not an unlimited design service. Plans advertised as "unlimited changes" usually mean a queue, and the work slows down when you need it most. We keep the scope clear so the routine work is always done on time.

  • New pages, sections or page layouts
  • New features such as bookings, shops or calculators
  • Rebuilding a site that is badly broken or already hacked
  • Writing new content or ongoing SEO work
  • Paid third-party licences, apps or premium plugins

Each of these is quoted in writing first. Larger changes often fit better within a website redesign, and search growth sits within our SEO plans.

Business owner and a web consultant agreeing the scope of a monthly plan over coffee, with a printed list on the table between them
Illustrative: a clear scope, agreed in writing

Why do I need website maintenance?

Five reasons small business websites stop working for their owners.

Websites decay quietly. Software that was secure at launch gets new vulnerabilities, browsers and phones change, and the details on the site drift away from how the business works today. None of it shows on the homepage until an enquiry goes missing. Our free website and AI visibility audit shows where your site stands today.

  1. Security

    Out-of-date plugins are one of the most common ways small WordPress sites are broken into.

  2. Lost enquiries

    Forms and email settings fail silently, so messages vanish without anyone knowing.

  3. Trust

    An expired certificate or an old price list makes visitors doubt the whole business.

  4. Speed

    Bloated images and stale plugins slow pages down, and slow pages lose visitors and rankings.

  5. Search and AI visibility

    Broken links, missing schema and outdated details weaken how Google and AI assistants read you. Our technical SEO work fixes the deeper issues.

Worried shop owner looking at an empty enquiries inbox on her phone behind the counter of a small independent shop
Illustrative: lost enquiries are often the first sign

The maintenance problems we hear about every week

Most owners come to us after one of these.

What went wrong beforeHow Website Care handles it
The developer who built the site no longer replies

One senior point of contact, replying within one working day.

Hosting is in the old agency's name, so you cannot move

Hosting, domain and admin access registered to your business.

Backups existed, but nobody had ever tried restoring one

Restores tested, so a backup is something you can actually use.

Every small change is billed by the hour

Small edits included in the monthly price.

Updates were clicked on the live site and broke the layout

Updates checked on a staging copy first.

Maintenance for WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and Shopify

The work changes with the platform, so the plan does too.

WordPress needs the most care, because you are responsible for hosting, updates and security. Website Care for WordPress includes UK hosting, so there is one bill and one person accountable.

Wix, Squarespace and Shopify host and patch the platform for you, so care focuses on what they leave to the owner: content, apps, forms, redirects and search settings. See how we build on Wix, Squarespace and Shopify.

Built your WordPress site with us? Care picks up exactly where the WordPress build handover ends.

Laptop, tablet and phone on a desk each showing a different small business website, with a notebook and coffee beside them
Illustrative: care that adapts to each platform

A typical month on Website Care

Routine work runs in the background. You only hear from us when there is something worth saying.

  1. Every dayWatch

    Uptime and security monitoring, with alerts reviewed during working hours.

  2. Each weekUpdate

    Updates tested on staging, then applied to the live site.

  3. On requestEdit

    Small changes sent by email and completed, usually within a working day or two. Clients across Greater Manchester and the UK use the same process.

  4. Month endReport

    A short summary of updates, fixes and recommendations.

Website maintenance cost and packages

One monthly price for the routine work, and written quotes for anything bigger.

Website CareFrom £79 a month

For one small business website. Three-month minimum, then monthly.

  • UK hosting for WordPress sites
  • Updates tested before going live
  • Backups and restore tests
  • Security and uptime monitoring
  • Small edits and a monthly report
Get Website CareCompare all prices
Website + AI GrowthFrom £495 a month

Plus £1,495 set-up. A new website with care, SEO and AI visibility.

  • A new website to start
  • Two answer-first pages a month
  • Google Business Profile posts
  • Monthly AI visibility report
Choose GrowthCompare all prices

Prices exclude VAT. Repairs to hacked or broken sites are quoted first. See what websites cost to run.

Website Care or paying a developer by the hour?

Both can work. This is how they compare for a typical small business site.

Doing it yourselfDeveloper by the hourWebsite Care
Monthly costYour timeLow in quiet months, high when things breakFrom £79, fixed
Updates tested firstRarelyDepends on the developerYes, on staging
Backups checkedRarelySometimesRestore tested
Small editsYou do themBilled each timeIncluded
Who is accountableYouWhoever is availableOne named specialist
Muhammad Younus, founder of Renozer

Muhammad has looked after small business websites since 2019 and still reads every monthly report before it is sent. If a site needs more than care, he will say so plainly.

Read Muhammad's background

Website maintenance questions

See also our FAQ page.

What is website maintenance?
It is the routine work that keeps a website secure, fast and accurate after launch: software and plugin updates, backups, security checks, renewing certificates, fixing broken links and keeping prices, opening hours and team details correct.
What is included in Website Care?
UK hosting for WordPress sites, scheduled updates, backups, security and uptime monitoring, and small edits such as text, image, price and opening hours changes. Larger jobs such as new pages or features are quoted before any work starts, so there are no surprise invoices.
How much does website maintenance cost per month?
Website Care starts at £79 a month excluding VAT. Some providers charge by the hour instead, which is cheaper in a quiet month and far dearer when something breaks. See all Renozer prices.
Do websites really need maintenance?
Yes, though the amount depends on the platform. Self-hosted WordPress needs the most, because you are responsible for updates and security. Wix, Squarespace and Shopify handle the platform themselves, but content, apps, forms and search settings still drift out of date.
Can you look after a website someone else built?
Usually, yes. We start with a health check of the site, its hosting and its plugins. If it needs repair first, such as a hacked site or an abandoned theme, we quote that separately, and if it is beyond saving we will tell you and suggest a redesign.
What happens if my website is hacked?
For sites on Website Care, we restore a clean backup, close the weakness that let the attacker in and change the affected passwords. If a site was already compromised before joining, the clean-up is quoted first.
Is there a long contract?
No long contract. Monthly plans have a three-month minimum, then run month by month with 30 days' notice. If you leave, your hosting, domain and files stay in your name.

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