Image-heavy portfolio galleries
Before-and-after galleries carry a lot of large images. That's exactly the setup most likely to slow a site down or break when a plugin update goes wrong.
Remodeling - WordPress Maintenance
WordPress Maintenance for Remodeling Companies
A remodeling site that goes down while a prospect is browsing your before-and-after gallery is a direct revenue loss, not just an inconvenience. We handle updates, backups, security, and performance monitoring so your site stays fast and online while prospects research, and you're not fielding a support ticket in the middle of a busy season.
Overview
Why Remodeling Websites Need Specialized Maintenance
Financing and CRM integrations
Your site connects to Buildertrend, GreenSky, HubSpot, and other platforms your team uses daily. An update that breaks one of these integrations can stop leads from reaching your pipeline without anyone noticing right away.
Security vulnerabilities
WordPress sites are a common target for automated attacks, and out-of-date plugins are the most common entry point. Your lead forms collect names, phone numbers, and addresses that need to stay secure.
Google ranking signals
Site speed and uptime are ranking factors. A remodeling site that degrades over time through plugin bloat or unoptimized gallery images will lose ground in search results, quietly, until someone notices leads have dropped.
What's included
What's Included in Remodeling WordPress Maintenance
Updates
Plugin, theme & core updates
Every update is staged and tested before it touches your live site, so a routine update never becomes a broken integration or a down site.
Backups
Daily off-site backups
If anything ever goes wrong, we can restore your site fast. Backups are stored off-site, separate from your hosting environment.
Reliability
Uptime monitoring
Continuous monitoring alerts our team the moment your site goes down, so we're usually already fixing it before you notice.
Security
Security scanning
Regular scans catch malware and vulnerabilities before they become a real problem. We harden your site against the most common WordPress attack vectors.
Performance
Performance monitoring
We track load time and Core Web Vitals continuously, and flag degradation before it costs you rankings or leads, especially on image-heavy portfolio pages.
Integrations
Integration health checks
We verify your financing widget, CRM, and lead capture integrations are still working after every update, so leads keep flowing into your pipeline without a gap.
Support
Direct support access
You get access to the same team that built your site whenever something needs attention, not a rotating helpdesk that's never seen your project.
Why Performance Monitoring Matters Year-Round
Downtime at the worst possible time
Sites without monitoring tend to go down when traffic is highest, which in remodeling usually means right after a marketing push, exactly when the most valuable leads are searching.
Exploited plugin vulnerabilities
Out-of-date plugins are the most common way WordPress sites get compromised. An unmaintained site is a matter of when, not if.
Quiet ranking and lead decay
Performance and security issues rarely announce themselves. Rankings slip and lead volume drops gradually, and by the time it's obvious, you've already lost ground to competitors.
Plans
Remodeling WordPress Maintenance Plans
Three tiers on top of managed hosting. Care plans are scoped on the intake call so you're not paying for a package that doesn't match your site.
Core
Essential coverage
- Plugin, theme & WordPress core updates
- Daily off-site backups
- Uptime monitoring
- Security scanning & hardening
Pro
Most remodeling companies
- Everything in Core
- Integration health checks (Buildertrend, GreenSky, HubSpot)
- Performance monitoring
- Monthly report
Priority
Multi-market & high-volume remodelers
- Everything in Pro
- Priority response SLA
- Portfolio gallery performance audit
- Quarterly content updates
Managed hosting starts at $99/mo.
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Good to know
FAQ
What happens if I don't maintain my remodeling website?
Unmaintained sites tend to go down at the worst possible time, often while a prospect is deep in your before-and-after gallery. Out-of-date plugins get exploited. Performance and rankings decay quietly, and by the time it's obvious, you've usually already lost leads to competitors with faster, more secure sites.
How much does WordPress maintenance cost?
Managed hosting starts at $99/mo, billed every six months with no onboarding fee. Care plans sit on top of that and are scoped based on your site's plugin count, integration load, and how often things need to be touched, so we'll give you a specific number after reviewing your site.
Do you handle integrations like Buildertrend and GreenSky?
Yes. We check integration health as part of ongoing maintenance, so if an update breaks a connection between your site and your project management or financing platform, we catch it and fix it before it costs you leads.
Can you keep our portfolio gallery loading fast?
Yes. Our Priority plan includes a portfolio gallery performance audit, and all plans include uptime and performance monitoring built to catch problems before large before-and-after image sets slow your site down.
What if my site was built by a different agency?
We take on maintenance for sites we didn't build regularly. We'll do an initial audit to understand the current setup, flag any existing issues, and get you onto a maintenance plan that fits how your site's actually built.
Still have questions? We're happy to answer them, let's connect.
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800+Sites hosted & maintained
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24+Years since 2002
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