Yes, a site needs regular maintenance: security updates, backups, domain, hosting and certificate renewals, and checks on speed, errors and content. A site left without updates becomes slower and more exposed to attacks over time.
Step by step
- 1
Updates
Update the content management system, theme, plugins and the server's programming language version, after testing them on a staging copy.
- 2
Backups
Automatic backups of the files and database, stored away from the website's server, with a test restore from time to time.
- 3
Renewals
The domain, hosting and certificate, on automatic renewal with a reminder before each date.
- 4
Monitoring
An alert when the site goes down, speed checks, and a review of indexing errors in Google Search Console.
- 5
Content and forms
Up-to-date prices and services, working links, and forms whose messages actually arrive. Test them yourself every month.
- 6
A clear contract
Define what maintenance covers, who carries it out, and the response time when something breaks.
Postponing updates for fear of breaking the site leaves it open to known vulnerabilities. The answer is to test updates on a staging copy, not to postpone them.
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