Core, plugin & theme updates
WordPress core, plugins and themes updated on a staging copy first, with a visual regression check before anything reaches your live site. Conflicts get resolved, not left for you to discover.
Website Maintenance
The short answer
Website maintenance is the ongoing work that keeps a site secure, fast and functional after launch — updates, security monitoring, backups, performance tuning, content changes and, in 2026, SEO and AEO health checks. RankFly offers flat-rate monthly maintenance plans for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody businesses.
An unmaintained website is a website that is quietly breaking. Plugins fall out of date, security patches go unapplied, Core Web Vitals drift red as images pile up, schema goes stale and broken links accumulate. Most of the damage is invisible until a hack, a ranking drop, or a customer calling to say your contact form has not worked in three months.
- Flat monthly rate. Content update hours included, not billed as extras after the fact.
- Hacked-site cleanup included. On plan, remediation is covered — no surprise invoice during a crisis.
- Any platform. WordPress and WooCommerce first, plus Shopify, Webflow, Squarespace and custom stacks.
What does website maintenance include?
Six areas of work, every month, on every plan. The hours shift with the plan size; the coverage does not.
Security & uptime monitoring
Malware scanning, file integrity monitoring, firewall and login hardening, dependency and vulnerability checks, plus uptime monitoring with alerting so we usually know before you do.
Backups & tested restores
Automated off-site backups on a schedule matched to how often your site changes — and periodic test restores, because a backup nobody has ever restored is a guess, not a safety net.
Performance & Core Web Vitals
Ongoing LCP, INP and CLS monitoring, image and asset cleanup, caching and database maintenance, so the speed you paid for at launch is still there two years later.
Content update hours
Real changes done for you — new pages, staff and pricing updates, seasonal banners, blog posts uploaded and formatted. Request by email, acknowledged within one business day.
SEO & AEO health checks
Broken link and redirect sweeps, schema validation, indexation and Search Console error review, and a check that your AEO structure still holds after content changes.
What happens each month?
| Cadence | Work | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous | Uptime and security monitoring, off-site backups | Alerts if something breaks, and a restore point if it does |
| Weekly | Core, plugin and theme updates on staging, then live | A site that stays current without breaking |
| Monthly | Performance check, broken link sweep, schema validation, content hours | A plain-English report of what changed and what it means |
| Quarterly | Deeper audit — database, redirects, indexation, AEO structure | A short list of recommended fixes, prioritised |
| As needed | Incident response, malware cleanup, rollback | Covered on plan, no crisis invoice |
Do websites really need maintenance?
In one paragraph
Yes, if your site runs on WordPress, WooCommerce or any CMS that ships regular updates. Unmaintained sites are the leading cause of preventable hacks, performance decay, ranking loss and compliance failures — and remediation after the fact typically costs 5 to 20 times what prevention would have.
What breaks without it
Out-of-date plugins become the entry point for automated attacks. Uncompressed images pile up and Core Web Vitals slide from green to red. Forms silently stop delivering after a plugin update. Redirects rot and 404s accumulate. Schema drifts out of sync with the visible content, and AI engines stop quoting you.
What we take off your desk
You stop deciding whether an update is safe to apply, stop discovering a broken contact form from a customer, and stop paying emergency rates when something goes wrong. Requests go to one email address and come back done, with a monthly note explaining what changed.
How to choose a website maintenance company
Short answer
Compare website maintenance companies on five things: what the plan actually covers in writing, how fast they respond when the site breaks, whether backups are tested rather than just scheduled, who owns your code and hosting access, and whether anyone is watching search performance while they patch plugins.
Most maintenance contracts fail on the same five points. Ask about each one before you sign.
Scope in writing
Ask exactly what is covered: core and plugin updates, security patching, uptime monitoring, backups, small content edits. If the plan cannot tell you where edits stop and billable project work starts, expect surprise invoices.
Response time, not office hours
A maintenance company that promises a reply within one business day is no help when checkout breaks on a Saturday. Ask for a stated response window for outages, separate from routine requests.
Backups that get restored
Everyone schedules backups. Far fewer test a restore. Ask when they last restored a client site from backup and how long it took.
Ownership and access
You should hold your own domain, hosting and repository, with the maintenance company added as a user. If leaving means rebuilding, that is lock-in dressed up as a service.
Someone watching search
Plugin updates break schema, redirects and page speed more often than anyone admits. A maintenance plan that never looks at Search Console will let months of ranking loss pass unnoticed.
RankFly maintains sites for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody businesses, with search performance checked as part of the plan. See SEO services in Coquitlam or ask for a maintenance quote.
Website maintenance FAQs
How much does website maintenance cost?
Professional WordPress maintenance in Canada typically costs between $100 and $500 per month for small-to-medium business sites, depending on scope, traffic, complexity and included hours. RankFly plans fall within that range and include content update hours most agencies charge extra for. You get a fixed monthly quote after we review the site.
Do I really need a maintenance plan?
If your site depends on WordPress, WooCommerce or any CMS that ships regular updates, yes. Unmaintained sites are the leading cause of preventable hacks, performance degradation, ranking drops and compliance failures. Remediation after a problem typically costs 5 to 20 times the cost of prevention.
What happens if my site gets hacked?
If your site is hacked while on a RankFly maintenance plan, we clean it at no additional cost. Restoration from backup, malware removal, security hardening and reputation management are included. No surprise $3,000 invoice in the middle of a crisis.
Can you maintain a site you didn't build?
Yes. Roughly half our maintenance clients came from other agencies or in-house teams. We onboard the site, audit its current state, document the issues we find and get it onto a healthy footing within the first month.
Do you work on non-WordPress sites?
Yes. We maintain WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, Webflow, Squarespace and custom sites on modern stacks like Next.js and Astro. Scope and pricing vary by platform — tell us what you are running.
How do I request content updates?
Email support@rankfly.ca. Requests are acknowledged within one business day and typically completed within 48 to 72 hours, depending on your plan and the scope of the request.
What pairs with maintenance
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See the full services overview or read the questions we get asked most.
Get a maintenance plan quote
Send us the URL. We will review the site's current state — updates, security posture, performance and broken links — and come back with a fixed monthly price and what it covers.
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