Your WordPress Site, Expertly Maintained
I take full technical ownership of your WordPress environment so you can focus on your business, not your website. No surprises. No downtime. No technical debt.
The Problem with Unmanaged WordPress
Without Administration
- Outdated plugins become attack vectors for hackers
- Database bloat slows page load and degrades UX
- Missing backups mean one bad update wipes your site
- Compatibility conflicts crash the site without warning
- Technical debt compounds, making future work exponentially harder
- Downtime costs clients, revenue, and search rankings
With DMV Administration
- Every update tested in staging before going live
- Database optimized weekly, clean, fast, lean
- Automated cloud backups with point-in-time restore
- Conflict detection before it becomes an outage
- Systematic approach eliminates technical debt over time
- 24/7 uptime monitoring with fast incident response
What's Included
A complete administration retainer covers everything below, not selected items.
- Core, theme & plugin updates (staged)
- Database optimization & cleanup
- Security hardening & firewall configuration
- Automated cloud backups (daily + on-change)
- 24/7 uptime monitoring & alerting
- Malware scanning & removal
- Login protection & 2FA setup
- Monthly health & performance reports
The Administration Cycle
A disciplined, repeating cycle that compounds over time, your site gets safer and faster with every iteration.
How We Get Started
Site Audit
Full technical review of your current WordPress installation, plugins, themes, PHP version, database health, and security posture.
Baseline Hardening
Immediate remediation of any critical vulnerabilities found in the audit, file permissions, login protection, and firewall setup.
Monitoring Setup
Configure uptime monitoring, automated backup schedules, and malware scanning cadence tailored to your site's traffic and risk level.
Ongoing Administration
Monthly (or weekly) update cycles with staged testing, database optimization, and security scans. I handle everything, you get a Slack/email summary.
Monthly Report
A plain-English health report: what was updated, what was found, what was fixed, and the current performance baseline.
WordPress Administration FAQs
What is the benefit of hiring a dedicated WordPress administrator vs. doing it myself?
A dedicated administrator brings specialized knowledge, a systematic workflow, and the experience of managing hundreds of WordPress installs. DIY administration tends to be reactive, updates happen when something breaks, backups are manual and sporadic, and security is an afterthought. My approach is proactive: issues are caught and resolved before they impact your users or your search rankings.
Do I need to give you admin access to my WordPress site?
Yes, Administrator-level access is required. I can also request SFTP/cPanel access if server-level optimizations are in scope. All access credentials are stored in an encrypted vault and access is logged. You can revoke it at any time, I'll provide a handover document with everything you need.
What happens if an update breaks my site?
Before any major update, I take a full backup of both files and the database. Updates are tested in a staging environment where possible. If something breaks on the live site, I restore from the pre-update backup within minutes, this is why the backup step is non-negotiable in my workflow.
Can you take over management of an existing, neglected WordPress site?
Absolutely. Neglected sites often have dozens of outdated plugins, database bloat, and latent security vulnerabilities. My onboarding process starts with a deep audit to establish a clean baseline, then systematically resolves the most critical issues first before moving to routine administration.
Do you offer emergency support for hacked or downed sites?
Yes. If your site is hacked or down, I offer emergency incident response. The process covers malware removal, file integrity restoration from clean backup, security hardening to prevent recurrence, and a post-incident report. Administration retainer clients receive priority response, typically within 2 hours.
Ready for a Site That Runs Itself?
Start with a free site audit, no obligations, no fluff. I'll tell you exactly what needs fixing and what's already solid.