The WordPress Maintenance Playbook

A WordPress site that loads is not always a site that's fine. Backups stop, forms stop sending email, and plugins quietly stop doing their jobs. This playbook turns maintenance into a routine small enough to actually do.

What's inside:

- A weekly 15-minute check, a monthly 45-minute pass, and quarterly and annual reviews

- A safe update routine, and what to do when an update breaks something

- A plugin review with a scoring table, so you know what to keep, replace, or remove

- Backup and restore basics you can test yourself

- Three worksheets: maintenance log, plugin and theme inventory, and key facts about your site

For owners and managers who run their own WordPress site, and anyone who inherited one. Works whether you host yourself or use a managed host. Instant PDF download.

General guidance. Hosting setups and plugins vary, so keep a recent backup before you change anything.