{"id":41843,"date":"2026-10-19T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coma.lv\/?page_id=41843"},"modified":"2026-10-19T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:58:13","slug":"diy-wordpress-maintenance-vs-support-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/diy-wordpress-maintenance-vs-support-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY WordPress Maintenance vs a \u20ac50\/Month Support Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-hero-27fbbe8a0ecaf58c00b59a3a230ab399\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-hero-27fbbe8a0ecaf58c00b59a3a230ab399{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/coma.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/laptop-white.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-hero-27fbbe8a0ecaf58c00b59a3a230ab399 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6{\npadding-bottom:20px;\nfont-size:40px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:40px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-cmp-care-h1-647a239dd36cec91abc0e6980c9664d6 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Look After WordPress Yourself or Buy a Support Plan?<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>An honest comparison of doing WordPress maintenance in-house and a managed plan at 50 euros a month.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-summary-885ea43648e20975cfddcd710dd1cfa4\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-summary-885ea43648e20975cfddcd710dd1cfa4{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-summary-885ea43648e20975cfddcd710dd1cfa4 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-summary-col-f5ccdb28ab43cb6db177d934db044e45\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-summary-col-f5ccdb28ab43cb6db177d934db044e45{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-summary-col-f5ccdb28ab43cb6db177d934db044e45 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-summary-text-ba6ce667e091c53924a420cd999093cf '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The quick verdict<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-answer\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-lead\">Short answer: look after WordPress yourself if the site is simple, nobody depends on it every hour and you have someone who will really do the monthly routine. Buy a support plan if the site brings leads or sales, nobody on your side is technical, or you do not know whether you could restore a backup today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cmp-more\">The plan costs 50 euros a month plus VAT (500 euros plus VAT if paid yearly). The real comparison is that money against your time and the cost of a bad day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-duo\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-title\">At a glance<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp-grid\">\n<div class=\"cmp-card cmp-side-a\">\n<p class=\"cmp-h\">Do it yourself<\/p>\n<p class=\"cmp-tag\">Low cash cost, your time and risk<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cmp-chips\">\n<li>Free updates and your own schedule<\/li>\n<li>You choose backup and security tools<\/li>\n<li>Needs monthly time and technical comfort<\/li>\n<li>Recovery depends on what you set up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-card cmp-side-b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-h\">Support plan<\/p>\n<p class=\"cmp-tag\">\u20ac50\/month + VAT, handled for you<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cmp-chips\">\n<li>Monthly updates with functionality checks<\/li>\n<li>Daily backups, 15 copies stored off-site<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring, firewall and incident response<\/li>\n<li>Takeover of sites built by others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Doing it yourself<\/strong> works when the site is small, has few plugins and someone on the team is comfortable updating software, testing the result and restoring a backup. It costs little cash, but it costs attention every month and the risk sits with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A support plan<\/strong> works when the site matters to revenue and nobody wants to be the person who clicks &#8220;update all&#8221; on the live site. You get a routine, daily off-site backups, monitoring and someone who responds when something breaks.<\/p>\n<p>Most WordPress incidents are not exotic. They are an update that was skipped for a year, a backup that was never tested, or a plugin vulnerability nobody noticed. Care is about making sure these boring things are handled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-score\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-title\">Where each option is stronger<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp-legend\"><span class=\"cmp-side-a\">Do it yourself<\/span><span class=\"cmp-side-b\">Support plan<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-row\">\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Cash cost<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-a\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Do it yourself: 5\/5\"><i class=\"w5\"><\/i><\/span><b>5\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-b\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Support plan: 3\/5\"><i class=\"w3\"><\/i><\/span><b>3\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-row\">\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Your time and attention<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-a\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Do it yourself: 2\/5\"><i class=\"w2\"><\/i><\/span><b>2\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-b\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Support plan: 5\/5\"><i class=\"w5\"><\/i><\/span><b>5\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-row\">\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Speed of recovery when something breaks<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-a\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Do it yourself: 2\/5\"><i class=\"w2\"><\/i><\/span><b>2\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-b\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Support plan: 4\/5\"><i class=\"w4\"><\/i><\/span><b>4\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-row\">\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Off-site backups you can restore<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-a\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Do it yourself: 2\/5\"><i class=\"w2\"><\/i><\/span><b>2\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-b\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Support plan: 5\/5\"><i class=\"w5\"><\/i><\/span><b>5\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-row\">\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Security monitoring and firewall<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-a\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Do it yourself: 2\/5\"><i class=\"w2\"><\/i><\/span><b>2\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-b\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Support plan: 4\/5\"><i class=\"w4\"><\/i><\/span><b>4\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-row\">\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Control over when changes happen<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-a\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Do it yourself: 5\/5\"><i class=\"w5\"><\/i><\/span><b>5\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-bar cmp-side-b\"><span class=\"cmp-track\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Support plan: 3\/5\"><i class=\"w3\"><\/i><\/span><b>3\/5<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cmp-note\">Coma&#8217;s assessment for typical business sites (5 = strongest). It is not a measurement or a benchmark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-table\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Task<\/th>\n<th>Do it yourself<\/th>\n<th>Support plan<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Updates<\/td>\n<td>You update core, plugins and theme, ideally on a staging copy first<\/td>\n<td>Monthly updates, followed by functionality checks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Backups<\/td>\n<td>Hosting backups or a plugin; you must check that they restore<\/td>\n<td>Daily own backups, 15 copies stored off-site, on top of hosting backups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monitoring<\/td>\n<td>A free or paid uptime monitor that you set up and watch<\/td>\n<td>Monitoring included; we learn about failures immediately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Security<\/td>\n<td>Security plugin, strong passwords, removing unused plugins<\/td>\n<td>Firewall against attacks and password guessing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>If the site breaks<\/td>\n<td>You diagnose and restore, possibly outside working hours<\/td>\n<td>We restore the site, find the cause and report on it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Database<\/td>\n<td>Occasional clean-up if you remember<\/td>\n<td>Monthly optimisation and clean-up of drafts and old metadata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cost<\/td>\n<td>Mostly your time; tools may add small costs<\/td>\n<td>50 euros plus VAT a month, or 500 euros plus VAT a year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Best for<\/td>\n<td>Simple sites with a technical owner<\/td>\n<td>Business sites, shops and sites nobody wants to risk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-choose-53f760c6e8aefdb65c37fddf4c19a167\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-choose-53f760c6e8aefdb65c37fddf4c19a167{\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section 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av-cmp-care-choose-0-text-fcdacc7414820dc995ceb2712471a1e8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Do it yourself if&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The site is simple and runs few plugins.<\/li>\n<li>Someone on your team is comfortable with updates and testing.<\/li>\n<li>You will really do the routine every month, not &#8220;when I remember&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>You have tested restoring a backup at least once.<\/li>\n<li>A few hours of downtime would not hurt the business.<\/li>\n<li>You are happy to own the risk and the learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking after the site yourself is a perfectly reasonable choice when the routine is real and the stakes are modest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-choose-1-1772f77c3511fb976af01c764d2437fa\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-choose-1-1772f77c3511fb976af01c764d2437fa{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-choose-1-1772f77c3511fb976af01c764d2437fa av_one_half  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-choose-1-text-15d242a60ea7593e74a71b2233770e4d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Choose a support plan if&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The site brings leads or sales, or runs a WooCommerce shop.<\/li>\n<li>Nobody on your side is technical or wants to deal with updates.<\/li>\n<li>You are afraid of breaking something every time WordPress asks for an update.<\/li>\n<li>You want daily off-site backups and someone watching uptime.<\/li>\n<li>You inherited a site and the previous developer is gone.<\/li>\n<li>You prefer a fixed monthly price to unpredictable emergency bills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A plan is strongest when the cost of the site being down or hacked is higher than 50 euros a month.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-detail-3129a9dbda97ef004b61d0b213bbd3f3\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-detail-3129a9dbda97ef004b61d0b213bbd3f3{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-detail-3129a9dbda97ef004b61d0b213bbd3f3 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-detail-col-db9f4672baa306f6365fdaf2418cbef9\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-detail-col-db9f4672baa306f6365fdaf2418cbef9{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-detail-col-db9f4672baa306f6365fdaf2418cbef9 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-11  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-detail-text-8c38e1c1093424e1bffcd09bf73b61c5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Cost: your time is the real price<\/h2>\n<p>Doing it yourself costs little cash. WordPress updates are free, a hosting backup is often included, and uptime monitors have free tiers. What you pay is time: reading release notes, testing, fixing what an update broke and dealing with problems when they arrive.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule of thumb, which is our planning estimate for a typical business site and not a measurement, a careful monthly routine takes two to four hours, and more after an incident. At three hours, the 50 euro plan costs about 17 euros per hour of your time. If your time is worth more than that, the plan is cheaper before you count any risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-cost\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-title\">What you pay for<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp-grid\">\n<div class=\"cmp-card cmp-side-a\">\n<p class=\"cmp-h\">Do it yourself<\/p>\n<p class=\"cmp-tag\">Low cash cost, high time cost<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cmp-stack\">\n<li>\u20ac0 \u2014 updates and your own work<\/li>\n<li>+ A backup solution (hosting backup or a plugin)<\/li>\n<li>+ An uptime monitor (free tiers exist)<\/li>\n<li>+ Security plugin and good habits<\/li>\n<li>+ Your time: roughly 2\u20134 hours a month (our estimate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-card cmp-side-b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-h\">Support plan<\/p>\n<p class=\"cmp-tag\">A fixed monthly price<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cmp-stack\">\n<li>\u20ac50\/month + VAT (\u20ac500\/year + VAT)<\/li>\n<li>+ Monthly updates with functionality checks<\/li>\n<li>+ Daily backups, 15 copies stored off-site<\/li>\n<li>+ Monitoring, firewall and incident response<\/li>\n<li>+ Monthly database clean-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cmp-note\">Plan price from our maintenance page. The time estimate is a planning figure for a typical business site, not a measurement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The other cost is the bad day: a hacked site, a broken checkout or a failed update with no usable backup. A plan does not remove incidents, but it makes sure there is a recent off-site copy and someone who knows what to do.<\/p>\n<h2>What good care actually involves<\/h2>\n<p>Care is more than pressing update. A sound routine tests updates before they reach visitors, keeps fresh backups of files and database outside the server, watches uptime, scans for malware, removes unused plugins and checks that forms, payments and emails still work after every change.<\/p>\n<p>Staging makes updates safer, off-site storage protects you if the server itself fails, and a restore test is the only proof that a backup is useful. Our article <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/what-does-wordpress-website-maintenance-include\/\">what does WordPress maintenance include<\/a> covers each of these.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-matrix\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-title\">Who looks after what<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp-grid\">\n<div class=\"cmp-hd cmp-empty\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-hd cmp-side-a\">Do it yourself<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-hd cmp-side-b\">Support plan<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Updates and post-update checks<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-platform\">Coma<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Daily off-site backups<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-platform\">Coma<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Uptime monitoring<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-platform\">Coma<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Firewall and attack protection<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-platform\">Coma<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Restore after an incident<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-platform\">Coma<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-lab\">Content and design changes<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-who cmp-who-you\">You<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can do all of this yourself. The question is whether you will do it every month for years, including the month when the business is busy.<\/p>\n<h2>When something breaks<\/h2>\n<p>Typical incidents are an update that breaks the checkout, a plugin vulnerability exploited by an automated attack, a hosting problem or an expired certificate. In each case speed matters: the longer the site is down, the more leads and sales you lose.<\/p>\n<p>With a plan, monitoring tells us immediately, we restore the site first, then find the cause and report what happened. If the site was infected, we restore it from backups. When you handle it yourself, the same steps depend on whether you noticed in time, whether the backup is recent and whether you know how to restore it.<\/p>\n<h2>When doing it yourself is the right call<\/h2>\n<p>A small brochure site with few plugins, a technical owner and a hosting provider with reliable backups can be maintained in-house at low risk. The routine is short and the cost of a failure is low.<\/p>\n<p>It also makes sense to start yourself and move to a plan when the site becomes important. The key is to decide consciously instead of finding out the hard way that nobody was doing the updates.<\/p>\n<h2>What a plan does not replace<\/h2>\n<p>The plan keeps the site healthy. New features, redesigns and content work are separate projects, and hosting is its own service, although we can move your site to a better host and, for bigger projects, run VPS or bare-metal servers with our own administrators.<\/p>\n<p>If your WordPress or WooCommerce site is hard to maintain, the previous developer has disappeared or you are afraid to update, we can take over the technical maintenance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-checklist-b73f2c5316269b0f355a0035cc1a9810\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-checklist-b73f2c5316269b0f355a0035cc1a9810{\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-checklist-b73f2c5316269b0f355a0035cc1a9810 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-checklist-col-8e31680a0f5b014055bb9214c2d2e688\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-checklist-col-8e31680a0f5b014055bb9214c2d2e688{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-checklist-col-8e31680a0f5b014055bb9214c2d2e688 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-14  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-checklist-text-da522dcc21c6c9e94e4107dd42b15150 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>A simple decision checklist<\/h2>\n<p>Answer these five questions honestly:<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-flow\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-title\">Five questions to decide<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp-hd\"><span>Question<\/span><span>Points to do it yourself<\/span><span>Points to a plan<\/span><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div class=\"cmp-q\">What does downtime cost you?<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-a\">A few hours is fine<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-b\">Every hour costs leads or sales<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"cmp-q\">Who has the skills?<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-a\">You or a colleague can update safely<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-b\">Nobody on the team is technical<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"cmp-q\">How complex is the site?<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-a\">Few plugins, simple setup<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-b\">Many plugins, a shop or custom code<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"cmp-q\">Can you restore a backup today?<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-a\">Yes, tested recently<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-b\">Not sure, never tried<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"cmp-q\">How do you value your time?<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-a\">Low hourly value, happy to learn<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-ans cmp-ans-b\">Better spent on the business<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Moving from DIY to a plan: what to expect<\/h2>\n<p>Moving to a plan starts with an audit of the site, plugins and hosting, then a safe update of everything that is behind, a backup and restore test and monitoring. After that the monthly routine begins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp cmp-steps\" style=\"--cmp-a:#c2703d;--cmp-b:#21759b\">\n<p class=\"cmp-title\">What the first weeks involve<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Site audit and inventory<\/li>\n<li>Safe update of core, plugins and theme<\/li>\n<li>Daily backups and a restore test<\/li>\n<li>Uptime monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Firewall and hardening<\/li>\n<li>Database clean-up<\/li>\n<li>Report of findings<\/li>\n<li>Monthly routine starts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cmp-warn\">Sites that have skipped updates for a long time may need a careful catch-up before regular care begins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sites that have skipped updates for a long time may need a careful catch-up before regular care starts, because several years of updates at once can break things.<\/p>\n<h2>Final recommendation<\/h2>\n<p>Look after WordPress <strong>yourself<\/strong> when the site is simple, the routine is real and a failure would be an inconvenience. Choose a <strong>support plan<\/strong> when the site is part of how the business earns money and nobody wants to carry the risk personally.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, make sure that someone owns the routine, that backups are stored off the server and that a restore has been tested at least once.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-faq-a61bbddf7e98b57aeb9bb011d7dcf28c\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-faq-a61bbddf7e98b57aeb9bb011d7dcf28c{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_6'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-faq-a61bbddf7e98b57aeb9bb011d7dcf28c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-faq-col-06418c526cd4962277f3f50a95b9b452\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-faq-col-06418c526cd4962277f3f50a95b9b452{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-faq-col-06418c526cd4962277f3f50a95b9b452 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-17  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-faq-text-eae9392cc0750fe5d45acb1df2688445 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<h3>Is a WordPress support plan worth it?<\/h3>\n<p>It is worth it when the site matters to revenue, nobody on your side is technical or you cannot be sure that backups restore. For a simple site with a technical owner, maintaining it yourself can be enough.<\/p>\n<h3>What does the 50 euro plan include?<\/h3>\n<p>Monthly updates of WordPress and plugins with functionality checks, daily backups with 15 copies stored off-site, uptime monitoring and incident response, a firewall against attacks, restoring from backups after an infection, help with moving hosting and a monthly database clean-up.<\/p>\n<h3>Can I maintain WordPress myself?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, if you will do the routine every month: updates, off-site backups, monitoring, security checks and testing that forms and payments still work. Decide who owns it before something breaks.<\/p>\n<h3>How often should WordPress be updated?<\/h3>\n<p>Regularly: updates fix security problems and compatibility issues, and skipping them for months is a common cause of incidents. Test them before they reach visitors, ideally on a staging copy.<\/p>\n<h3>Can you take over a site built by someone else?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. If the site is hard to maintain, the previous developer is gone or you are afraid to update, we can take over the technical maintenance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-cta-d0096f66c81c94564226f27d4ac4535f\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-cta-d0096f66c81c94564226f27d4ac4535f{\nbackground-color:#f3efe8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_7'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-cta-d0096f66c81c94564226f27d4ac4535f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-cta-col-90ca1395007bfdd42e3f45419e15a202\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-cta-col-90ca1395007bfdd42e3f45419e15a202{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-cta-col-90ca1395007bfdd42e3f45419e15a202 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-20  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-cta-text-d8c2773310295c86ae161f405c4fab2f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 style=\"text-align:center\">Not sure whether you need a plan?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"max-width:760px;margin:0 auto 20px;text-align:center\">Tell us about the site and we will review it, tell you honestly whether a plan makes sense and propose the optimal solution. The consultation is free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">See our <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/services\/wordpress-website-maintenance\/\">WordPress maintenance plan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/services\/wordpress-hosting\/\">WordPress hosting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/website-development-prices\/\">prices<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/contacts\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-cmp-care-button-4688d9d8395fda61e2d8eaa71c811985-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-button-4688d9d8395fda61e2d8eaa71c811985\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-cmp-care-button-4688d9d8395fda61e2d8eaa71c811985{\nbackground-color:#b48e5f;\nborder-color:#b48e5f;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-cmp-care-button-4688d9d8395fda61e2d8eaa71c811985 .avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#ffffff;\nstroke:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/contacts\/'  class='avia-button av-cmp-care-button-4688d9d8395fda61e2d8eaa71c811985 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-center'   aria-label=\"Get a free consultation\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Get a free consultation<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-related-text-1dee0578bfee01d6739d7df2d65041bd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:18px\"><strong>Related comparisons:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/shared-hosting-vs-vps-vs-bare-metal\/\">Shared hosting vs VPS vs bare metal<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/template-vs-custom-website-design\/\">Template vs custom design<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/wordpress-vs-shopify\/\">WordPress vs Shopify<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-sources-d5eddb5bec3ae49e4c6aa88ce660435a\">\n.avia-section.av-cmp-care-sources-d5eddb5bec3ae49e4c6aa88ce660435a{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_8'  class='avia-section av-cmp-care-sources-d5eddb5bec3ae49e4c6aa88ce660435a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-41843'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cmp-care-sources-col-6f0650704a4611fbd29b132b9eed1cdf\">\n.flex_column.av-cmp-care-sources-col-6f0650704a4611fbd29b132b9eed1cdf{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cmp-care-sources-col-6f0650704a4611fbd29b132b9eed1cdf av_one_full  avia-builder-el-25  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-cmp-care-sources-text-2abdbb02b758033a39128e0f8c103fe1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Sources checked<\/h2>\n<p>Plan scope and price from our <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/services\/wordpress-website-maintenance\/\">maintenance page<\/a> and article <a href=\"https:\/\/coma.lv\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/what-does-wordpress-website-maintenance-include\/\">what does WordPress maintenance include<\/a>, checked in October 2026. 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