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WordPress maintenance

I'm Hamza Ahmad Aslam, and I investigate WordPress faults, recurring PHP errors and problems caused by updates or plugin conflicts. I maintain sites through staged updates, backups, monitoring and troubleshooting.

From $89 per site per month

For one site: staged updates, backups, monitoring and diagnosis when something breaks. Fixes beyond an update I applied are $70 per hour.

Month to month: cancel any month. If an update I apply breaks the site, I roll it back and fix it free.

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Scope & Deliverables

What's included in WordPress maintenance

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Monitor uptime and errors and investigate problems

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Test core, theme and plugin updates on staging

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Check off-site backups and rehearse recovery

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Diagnose PHP fatal errors, broken layouts and plugin conflicts

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Monitor installed versions against known vulnerability reports

The WordPress maintenance routine

Reliable maintenance combines inventory, backups, staged updates, monitoring, and a clear response path. The goal is to reduce avoidable incidents and make recovery predictable when a plugin, integration, or host still fails.

In my current agency role I manage and troubleshoot multiple WordPress installations, including compatibility work and email and server problems. That work depends on a routine somebody will keep to, rather than a dashboard of alerts nobody reads.

I built Update Forecast, a free tool that checks a plugin release's changelog and recent support topics to help decide whether to update now or wait.

Test updates before they reach production

Core, theme and plugin updates can change site behavior even when the update itself succeeds. I test updates on staging first, check for conflicts and PHP errors, and troubleshoot problems before applying the change to production.

WordPress backups, uptime monitoring and recovery

Backups are useful when they can be restored. I check backups by restoring them, monitor uptime and errors, and investigate problems when they appear. This gives the site a repeatable path for updates, failures and recovery.

If the site is infected now, see Malware Recovery.

For a maintenance backlog or recurring site problems, I can document the current state, prioritize the work, and leave the site with a repeatable maintenance routine.

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Relevant experience

  • Web Developer

    Salsoft Technologies

    May 2021 - Jan 2022

    I developed custom WordPress themes, templates and plugins at Salsoft Technologies. Caching and page-load improvements raised GTmetrix and Lighthouse scores. I also tested across browsers and carried out security audits.

    • Caching
    • Lighthouse
    • Themes & Plugins
    • Security Audits

  • WordPress Developer

    Half Price Packaging

    Feb 2022 - Mar 2025

    I worked as a WordPress Developer at Half Price Packaging from February 2022 to March 2025, full-time for most of that period and part-time from August to November 2023 and August 2024 to March 2025, when I mainly supported Custom Packaging Lane and Custom Stickers Factory. I reworked WordPress admin and theme components, and during my time there site performance improved 10x and traffic rose 5x based on PageSpeed Insights and Google Analytics measurements. I also removed malicious code and hardened the installation.

    • WordPress
    • Performance
    • SEO
    • Theme Development
    • Security

  • Website Developer

    The Chimera Marketing

    Aug 2015 - Mar 2017

    I worked full-time, on-site in Lahore as a Website Developer at The Chimera Marketing from August 2015 to March 2017. I developed websites, contributed to interactive media design projects, provided technical analysis, assistance and project management support, and worked on a PepsiCo project.

    • WordPress
    • HTML5
    • Interactive Media
    • Project Management
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about WordPress maintenance

What does ongoing WordPress maintenance include?Expand

Core, plugin and theme updates applied on staging before production, backups checked by restoring one, uptime and error monitoring, and a rollback path agreed before an update goes out. The scope follows the site: a WooCommerce store needs checkout and payments tested after every update, a brochure site needs a much shorter list.

How do you test WordPress updates?Expand

I test core, theme and plugin updates on staging before applying them to production. I check for plugin conflicts, PHP errors and other problems introduced by the update.

What happens if an update breaks something?Expand

I troubleshoot the conflict or error and use the available backup when recovery is needed. Backups are checked by restoring them so there is a tested recovery path.

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Send the site URL and the maintenance or recurring problems you want addressed. My first reply will identify what needs to be reviewed and the maintenance work to prioritize.

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