WordPress Care Plans (AUD, GST-Inclusive) for Australian Businesses
A WordPress care plan is a fixed monthly retainer that keeps your site fast, secure and updated, so you don't have to do it yourself. Our plans start at $29 a month, GST inclusive, about half what an Australian agency charges, and every plan bundles speed and Core Web Vitals monitoring most providers split out.
What you get every month
- Backups, updates and security handled
- Speed and Core Web Vitals tracked
- A clear monthly report in your inbox
- Support hours for the small stuff
The plain answer
What is a WordPress care plan?
A WordPress care plan is a fixed monthly retainer that bundles updates, backups, security and uptime monitoring, Core Web Vitals tracking and a set number of support hours, so your Australian business keeps its WordPress site fast and secure without doing the work itself.
Think of it the way you'd think about servicing a car. You don't wait for the engine to seize before you change the oil. Plugins ship security patches almost weekly, themes drift out of date, and the database quietly fills with bloat. A care plan stays on top of all of it on a schedule, so nothing's left to chance. You pay one predictable amount each month, we keep the site healthy, and you get a report that shows exactly what we did.
It's the same model the big managed-hosting companies sell, just at an Australian-friendly price and with a real person, Muhammad, on the other end of the email.
What's included
What's included in every WordPress care plan?
Every plan, even the $29 Essential tier, covers the work that keeps a site alive. Higher tiers add frequency and speed monitoring.
Cloud backups
Off-site backups stored away from your host, so a server failure or bad update never loses your data. We can roll back in minutes.
Core, theme and plugin updates
We test updates on a staging copy first, then apply them to your live site, so a routine update can't silently break a page.
Security monitoring
We watch for malware, file changes and known plugin vulnerabilities, and harden the site so it isn't the easy target on the block.
Uptime monitoring
We're alerted the moment your site goes down, often before you'd notice, so we can act instead of waiting for a customer to email.
Monthly report
A plain-English summary of every update applied, backup taken, uptime figure and Core Web Vitals score. No jargon, no guessing.
Support hours
A set number of hours each month for small content edits, troubleshooting and quick fixes. We log the time and show it on your report.
Pricing
WordPress care plan pricing (AUD, GST-inclusive)
All prices in AUD, GST inclusive. No setup fee, no lock-in. Migration onto a plan is free. Ad-hoc work outside a plan is $39 an hour.
| Plan | Monthly (AUD, incl GST) | Best for | Key inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $29/mo | Small business site | Weekly backups, monthly updates, uptime and security monitoring, monthly report, email support |
| Growth (most popular) | $49/mo | Growing / lead-gen site | Daily backups, fortnightly updates, speed and Core Web Vitals monitoring, priority support, small fixes included |
| Ecommerce | $95/mo | WooCommerce store | Daily backups, weekly updates, WooCommerce and checkout monitoring, CWV tracking, staging, fastest support |
Start with a free audit, then pick a plan
Australian-quality care at about half the price, delivered remotely. Compare these against our maintenance service if you only need a one-off tidy-up.
The differentiator
Why is Core Web Vitals monitoring in every plan?
Because a slow site loses money quietly, and most care plans ignore speed entirely. We bundle Core Web Vitals monitoring into every plan so we catch a slowdown in LCP, INP or CLS the month it happens, not when your rankings have already dropped.
Here's the thing competitors miss. A plugin update or a new image can push your largest contentful paint past 2.5 seconds overnight. If nobody's watching the numbers, that drift goes unnoticed for months. We track your PageSpeed and field data every month and flag any metric heading the wrong way, then fix it inside your support hours. If your scores need a full rebuild rather than a tune-up, we'll speed up your WordPress site as a one-off and the care plan keeps it there.
Snugsite, WP Xpress and most Australian providers treat speed and maintenance as separate invoices. We don't. Keeping a site fast is part of keeping it healthy, so it's part of the plan.
Honest maths
Is a care plan cheaper than doing maintenance yourself?
Usually yes, once you count the plugin licences and the hours. Most owners assume DIY is free because there's no invoice. There is, you're just paying it in subscriptions and weekends. Here's the real comparison for a typical small business site.
| What you pay for | Doing it yourself (per year) | Growth care plan (per year) |
|---|---|---|
| Backup plugin (premium) | ~$90 | Included |
| Security plugin (premium) | ~$120 | Included |
| Uptime / monitoring tool | ~$110 | Included |
| Speed / Core Web Vitals tool | ~$120 | Included |
| Your time (about 2 hrs/month) | ~24 hrs of your year | Zero |
| One emergency fix when it breaks | ~$150 to $400 | Covered / prevented |
| Cash subscriptions, before your time | ~$440+ a year | $588 a year, time included |
Once you value your own 24 hours at anything above $6 an hour, the Growth plan wins, and you stop being the person who has to remember to do any of it. DIY only makes sense if you genuinely enjoy WordPress admin and have the time to do it properly every single week.
How much does a WordPress care plan cost in Australia?
A WordPress care plan in Australia typically costs between $29 and $95 a month with us, GST inclusive, depending on whether you run a small site, a growing lead-gen site or a WooCommerce store. That's around half the $55 to $189 most Australian agencies charge, with no setup fee and no lock-in.
Pricing scales with how busy and how critical your site is. A brochure site that rarely changes sits happily on Essential. A site that's actively winning leads, where a slow week costs real enquiries, belongs on Growth. A store taking payments needs the Ecommerce tier because backups, checkout monitoring and staging matter far more when money moves through the site.
What's the difference between a care plan and one-off maintenance?
A care plan is an ongoing monthly retainer that keeps your site healthy continuously, while one-off maintenance fixes a single problem then stops. The plan is prevention on a schedule. The one-off is a repair when something's already wrong.
If your site's neglected right now, start with our maintenance service to clean it up, update everything safely and get it back to fast. Then a care plan keeps it that way so you don't end up in the same spot in twelve months. Plenty of clients do exactly that, the one-off tidy-up first, the plan after.
Who is each care plan tier for?
Essential suits a small business or brochure site that doesn't change much and just needs to stay updated, backed up and online. Growth, the most popular tier, fits a growing or lead-generation site where speed and uptime directly affect enquiries, so we add Core Web Vitals monitoring and small fixes. Ecommerce is built for WooCommerce stores that need daily backups, checkout monitoring and a staging environment. We also run white-label care for agencies who want us maintaining client sites quietly under their brand.
Getting started
How do I start a care plan?
It's a short, remote process. No office visit, no long onboarding form. We meet on Zoom or keep it async, whatever suits your AU hours.
Free speed audit
We run your site and tell you its current speed, security and update status. No login needed to start, and no obligation.
Pick a plan
We recommend the right tier for your site and traffic. You confirm by email or a quick Zoom. Migration onto our care is free.
We take the keys
You grant access, we set up backups, monitoring and staging, and we run the first health pass so the site starts strong.
Monthly from there
We maintain on schedule and send your report. You stay in the loop without lifting a finger. Cancel or change tier anytime.
What you receive
What's in your monthly care report?
No vague "all good this month" emails. You get a real document you can file, forward to your accountant, or hand to whoever asks "what are we paying for?" See real before/after results from our work.
- Every core, theme and plugin update applied, with dates
- Backups taken and where they're stored
- Uptime percentage for the month
- Core Web Vitals scores (LCP, INP, CLS) and any trend
- Support hours used, with a line for each task
- Anything we recommend keeping an eye on next month
Sample monthly report includes
Why Code in WordPress
A specialist looking after your site, not a call centre.
400+ projects, 100% Job Success
Muhammad Younus has delivered 400+ WordPress projects on Upwork with a perfect 100% Job Success rate. Your site's in steady hands.
Speed baked in
We run full SEO, AEO and GEO for Harmonized Getaways and Areca Homes. Ask ChatGPT or Perplexity about either, they'll answer.
Transparent AUD pricing
Fixed monthly prices, GST inclusive, about half the AU market. No setup fee, no lock-in, and a report that shows where it went.
Remote, on AU hours
We work with everyone remotely over Zoom, Google Meet or async, overlapping Australian business hours, with everything in writing.
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Questions
WordPress care plan questions, answered.
If your site earns leads, bookings or sales, yes. An unmaintained WordPress site falls behind on updates, gets slower and becomes a soft target for hackers. A care plan keeps it patched, backed up and fast for less than the cost of one emergency fix.
Our plans run $29, $49 and $95 a month in AUD, GST inclusive. That's roughly half what most Australian agencies charge for the same work. There's no setup fee, no lock-in contract, and migration onto our care is free with any plan.
Every plan bundles cloud backups, core, theme and plugin updates, security and uptime monitoring, a plain-English monthly report and support hours. Growth and Ecommerce plans add speed and Core Web Vitals monitoring so we catch slowdowns before they cost you.
A care plan is an ongoing monthly retainer that keeps your site healthy continuously. A one-off job fixes a single problem then ends. Most owners start with one-off maintenance, then move onto a plan once they see how much smoother things run. See our maintenance service.
Yes. We quietly maintain WordPress and WooCommerce sites under your brand, reporting to you, not your clients. You keep the relationship and the margin while we handle updates, backups, security and speed in the background. Ask us for white-label terms.
Support hours cover small content edits, plugin troubleshooting and quick fixes inside your plan. We log time honestly and show it on your monthly report. Anything bigger gets a quote first, so you're never surprised. Work outside a plan is billed at $39 an hour.
Yes. The Ecommerce plan is built for WooCommerce, with daily backups, weekly updates, checkout and cart monitoring, a staging environment for safe changes and Core Web Vitals tracking. We test product, cart and checkout pages separately so updates never break a sale.
Yes. There's no lock-in. You can move up or down a tier as your site grows, or cancel with notice for the next billing cycle. We'll hand over your backups and documentation cleanly. We'd rather keep you because the service is good, not because you're stuck.
Free speed audit
Not sure which care plan fits your site?
Start with a free speed audit. We'll tell you the current state of your WordPress site and recommend the right plan, with no obligation.
We reply within one business day, on AU hours.