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WordPress maintenance for sites you make money with.
Downtime, a hack or a broken page cost revenue and trust immediately. We keep your WordPress site secure, fast and online — looked after by the founder, with a fixed response time and cancellable monthly. From 59 €/month.
In short
Forge12 handles WordPress maintenance at a fixed price from €59/month: updates, backups, security, monitoring and emergency help — personally managed by the founder. Your site stays secure, up to date and fast without you having to deal with it.
01 · What the maintenance covers
Maintenance for WordPress, taken seriously.
Maintenance isn't "click update once a month." It's security, performance and a backup you can actually restore.
- WordPress, plugin and theme updates — checked by hand, not applied blindly
- Weekly security scan for malware and vulnerabilities
- Faster load times: caching, optimised images, a lean database
- Daily backups in a second, safe location — regularly tested for restore
- Data-protection (GDPR) check twice a year
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Packages & pricing
Four tiers. Clear fixed prices.
All prices net, plus VAT. Bookable & cancellable monthly, no minimum term, no setup fee.
Care S · Stability
Care S
€59/month
- WordPress, plugin & theme updates (manually checked)
- Weekly security scans
- 24/7 uptime monitoring
- Weekly backups (30 days)
- GDPR checks twice a year
- Email support (no guaranteed response time)
Care M · Revenue protection
Care M
€159/month
- Everything in Care S
- Daily backups (90 days) + restore tests
- Updates via staging environment
- Performance checks & database optimization
- Response time < 24 h + monthly report call
- Up to 2 h development work / month
Care L · Business-critical
Care L
€299/month
- Everything in Care M
- Priority support · response time < 6 h
- Security hardening
- Penetration tests (semi-annually)
- Up to 6 h development / month · emergency contact
- Backup retention 180 days
Enterprise · Multi-site / compliance
Enterprise
from €590/month
- Individual SLA & security audits
- Multiple websites / environments
- Fixed account manager
- From 10 h of work / month
- Custom scope & backup retention
02 · What you actually get
What we do every month.
Task
Frequency
Care S
Care M
Care L
WordPress core update
monthly
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Plugin updates
monthly
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Theme updates
monthly
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Keep PHP up to date
semi-annually
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Security scan (Wordfence + manual)
weekly
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Backup in a second location
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weekly
daily
daily
Backup restore tested
quarterly
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Speed check (Core Web Vitals)
monthly
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Database cleanup & optimisation
monthly
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Monthly report call
monthly
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Penetration test (hack simulation)
semi-annually
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Development work incl. / month
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2 h
6 h
Response time (business days)
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Email
< 24 h
< 6 h
03 · What happens without maintenance
The real risks.
01Hack risk
60% of all WP hacks come through outdated plugins.
One unpatched plugin is enough. We scan weekly and patch critical CVEs in under 24h.
02Performance decay
Every bit of plugin sprawl costs you TTFB.
Creeping performance loss through plugin bloat — we clean house, optimize the DB and CDN setup.
03Backup mirage
A backup you've never tested isn't a backup.
We test restores every quarter. So you don't get surprised when it really matters.
04 · Why at all
With maintenance vs. no contract.
No maintenanceYou only notice when it's already too late.
With maintenanceProtected, monitored, predictable.
Outdated plugins = entry point #1
Security
Gaps get closed before they're exploited
You find out when customers call
Outage
Monitoring + fast response, around the clock
Nothing there in an emergency
Backups
Automatic & tested — restore actually works
Afraid of every click
Updates
Tested on staging before they go live
Costly emergency + lost revenue
Cost
Predictable monthly price, no surprises
Costly emergency + lost revenue
Result
Predictable calm at a fixed price
Maintenance isn't a cost — it's the insurance against the expensive emergency.
Do the math
What does downtime cost — and what does maintenance save?
Estimate your yearly risk without ongoing WordPress maintenance. It runs live in your browser — no data leaves your machine.
20,000 €
24 h
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Risk without maintenance / year
≈ 0 €
Revenue loss 1,315 € + incidents 900 €Recommended for your risk: Care M
Care M · maintenance / year1,908 €Net advantage / year+ 307 €
Rough orientation, not a binding quote. Revenue/hour = monthly revenue × 12 ÷ 4,380 active hours (~12 h/day).
“A really pleasant collaboration! We've built several web projects with Forge12 and, thanks to the great experience, handed the ongoing maintenance to them as well.”
Stephanie Tilch
★★★★★ · Google review
04 · FAQ
Common questions.
01How much does WordPress maintenance cost?
From 59 €/month on Care S, 159 € on Care M, 299 € on Care L — all fixed monthly prices. Details on the maintenance overview.
02What if a plugin stops getting maintained?
Then we get in touch and suggest a replacement or a custom plugin. On the Pro/Studio package, small plugin adjustments are included in the support allowance.
03Do you take over existing sites?
Yes — we run a one-day audit, review the repo, hosting and plugins, and typically take over within 2 weeks with no downtime.
04Which hosts do you support?
All the serious ones: Raidboxes, Kinsta, WP Engine, your own hosting (DigitalOcean, Hetzner). We can also bring our own hosting if you'd prefer.
05Can I cancel monthly?
Yes. All maintenance plans are bookable and cancellable monthly — a fixed price, not a lock-in contract. You stay because it fits, not because a contract holds you.
06How fast do you respond to a problem?
Depending on the plan: from Care M there's a guaranteed response time under 24 hours (business days), prioritised at Care L. We apply critical security updates promptly — not at the next maintenance window.
07Who is my point of contact?
The founder directly — no call centre, no ticket queue, no rotating agents. You talk to the person who knows your site.
08What is WordPress maintenance and what is included?
WordPress maintenance is the ongoing technical care of your site: checked updates for core, plugins and theme, weekly security scans, tested backups, uptime monitoring and a dedicated contact. The exact scope depends on the Care tier (S/M/L).
09How often does WordPress need to be maintained?
Security updates should be applied promptly, regular updates checked at least weekly, backups run daily and monitoring around the clock. We take over exactly this rhythm so nothing slips.
10Aren't WordPress's automatic updates enough?
Auto-updates do close gaps, but with plugin conflicts they can take the site down — and nobody notices. We check updates by hand, test critical cases on a staging copy and keep a tested backup as a safety net.
11Should I maintain WordPress myself or hire an agency?
Maintaining it yourself is possible, but it costs time and know-how — and in an emergency the tested backup is often missing. With an agency you get a fixed cadence, monitoring and fast response at a predictable flat price, without having to track every security gap yourself.
12Do you also look after sites built by other agencies?
Yes, that's the normal case. After a short website audit we take over ongoing care — regardless of who originally built the site.
13What is the difference between maintenance and hosting?
Hosting is the server the site runs on. Maintenance looks after the application on top: updates, security, backups, error fixing. Both are needed — we handle the maintenance and work with your host.
Still got a question?Write to the founder directly
06 · Onboarding
Get started with maintenance.
01
Sign up
Create an account in 30 seconds — email is enough.
02
Pick a plan
Care S, M or L — monthly, cancel anytime.
03
Connect your site
Add domain & access, we take over the rest.
04
Await confirmation
We check your setup and switch maintenance on.
Knowledge · Glossary
WordPress maintenance — in brief.
Updates
Managed updates
Checked, manual updating instead of a blind auto-update — with a check that everything still runs once it's applied.
Test
Staging environment
A private test copy of the site where updates and changes are verified before they reach the live site.
Backup
Backup & restore
Regular backups kept in a second location plus a rehearsed restore — the safety net when it counts.
Monitoring
Uptime monitoring
Continuous availability checks with an alert the moment the site goes down or responds unusually slowly.
Hardening
wp-config hardening
Securing the central config file and the login — file permissions, keys, a disabled file editor, less attack surface.
Components
Core/plugin/theme updates
The three update layers of WordPress: the core itself, installed plugins and the active theme — each with its own risk, all kept current.
Related
Goes with this.
Security
Secure WordPress →
Hardening, login protection, firewall and backup strategy — before anything happens.
Emergency
WordPress hacked? →
Malware out, entry point closed — manual emergency help at a fixed price.
Errors
Fix WordPress errors →
White screen, 500s, a broken update? We get the site back fast.