Website maintenance, handled.

Ongoing hosting, updates, security, backups, performance and small changes for WordPress and WooCommerce sites.

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Website maintenance by Ikonik Studio

Websites break. Silently. Constantly.

Care plans built for

  • WordPress & WooCommerce sites
  • Hand-coded static websites
  • Boutique businesses & professional services
  • Ecommerce & retail brands
  • Corporate marketing sites
  • Nonprofits & NPOs (nonprofit rate)

How we approach it

Plugins go stale, PHP versions bump, SSL certificates expire, backups quietly stop running, page speed drifts, security patches don't get applied, and one day the site is either broken, hacked, or crawling.

Fixed price upfrontWeekly demosOne senior team
Meet the studio

Simple pricing. Fast response.

Three tiers, all month-to-month, all delivered by the team. Larger and enterprise plans are quoted after a short call, email volume, multi-site, multi-currency ecommerce, custom integrations.

Starter

Essential care

R850 / month
  • Weekly WordPress or static updates
  • Daily off-site backups
  • Uptime monitoring & alerts
  • Monthly security scans
  • 1 hour content edits / month
  • Response inside 1 business day
Start on Essential
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Managed care

R2,200 / month
  • Everything in Essential
  • Priority same-day response
  • Staging environment kept current
  • Monthly Core Web Vitals report
  • 3 hours content edits / month
  • Quarterly SEO health check
Start on Managed
Ecommerce & enterprise

Priority care

R4,500+ / month
  • Everything in Managed
  • WooCommerce & checkout monitoring
  • Senior on-call for site-down events
  • Integration & API monitoring
  • 6 hours content / dev / month
  • Monthly strategy call
Get a Priority quote

Everything under the hood, quietly done.

Every care plan covers the full technical stack, security, backups, performance, uptime and content, plus a real person on the other end when something needs a human.

Weekly security & core updates

WordPress core, plugin and theme updates applied and tested on staging before production. Static sites patched via secure dependency updates.

Off-site daily backups

Full site + database backups running daily to secure off-site storage, with monthly restore drills so we know they actually work when needed.

Uptime monitoring

1-minute uptime checks with instant alerts. If the site goes down at 02h47, we know before you do, and are already looking at it.

Security hardening & scans

Malware scanning, firewall rules, login protection, file integrity monitoring and vulnerability patching. POPIA-friendly practices baked in.

Performance & Core Web Vitals

Monthly performance audits, LCP / INP / CLS tracking, image optimisation, caching tuning and slow-page fixes so Google Search Console stays clean.

Content updates & small edits

Every plan includes monthly content edit hours, swap images, tweak copy, add a page section, update a menu. Larger changes get a quote.

Technical audit

Full plugin, theme, hosting, security, backup and Core Web Vitals audit. Written report in your inbox inside a week.

Handover & hardening

Fix urgent issues, harden security, wire up backups & monitoring, connect a staging environment and lock down access.

Care plan live

Weekly patching, daily backups, uptime alerts and monthly reports begin. Slack or email support channel opens for content edits.

"The team stays on every call. It's the reason our site works instead of just looking nice."
RvDRuben van der MerweCEO, Kaleido Afrique

Monthly reporting

Monthly report covering updates applied, uptime %, Core Web Vitals, security events and hours used, plus a short "state of the site" note.

Based in Johannesburg. Working everywhere.

Website care is fully remote, but if you want us on-site for handover, planning or a stakeholder walkthrough, we're a short drive from most Gauteng offices and travel further for larger engagements.

Your site, looked after every month.

Updates, backups and security checks happen quietly in the background, and you get a short report so you know it was done.

  • Core, theme and plugin updates, tested first
  • Daily off-site backups you can restore
  • Security scans and uptime monitoring
  • Speed checks and image compression
  • Small content edits included every month
Choose a care plan

Is your site slow or unsafe?

Run the free website check to see how your speed and security score in 30 seconds.

Straight answers about website care plans.

Straight answers, no agency waffle. If you cannot find what you are looking for, ask us directly.

Ask us a question
How much does website maintenance cost in South Africa?

Ikonik Studio website care plans are a fixed monthly retainer sized to your site, a boutique static site (updates, backups, uptime monitoring, content edits) through to larger WordPress installs with WooCommerce, multiple integrations and expert on-call support. Priced up-front after a short scoping call, no hidden fees, month-to-month contract.

Do you maintain WordPress sites you didn't build?

Yes. Every care plan starts with a full technical audit, plugin inventory, security scan, backup verification, Core Web Vitals baseline and hosting review. If the site is fixable, we bring it into the retainer. If it needs a rebuild first, we say so up-front.

How fast do you respond to support requests?

Essential tier, inside 1 business day. Managed tier, same-day. Priority tier, same-day, plus expert on-call for site-down events (usually inside a couple of hours during business hours).

Can I cancel my care plan?

Yes. All care plans are month-to-month with 30 days notice. We hand over all credentials, backups, staging environments and documentation, no lock-in, no hostage tactics.

Do you offer nonprofit rates for NPO / PBO websites?

Yes. Registered nonprofits, PBOs and Section 21 companies get 25 to 40% off standard care plan pricing. We just need your PBO / NPO registration number.

What happens if my site gets hacked?

On Managed and Priority tiers, we detect it (integrity monitoring, malware scans), contain it (block affected files/access), clean it (restore from a known-good backup, patch the vulnerability), and give you a written incident report. Included in the plan, no surprise emergency fees.

Ready to talk website maintenance? Let’s start.

Book a short call about website maintenance. You get a fixed scope, price and timeline in writing within 24 hours.

  1. Send a briefA few lines on what you need is enough to start.
  2. A short callWe ask the right questions and talk through options.
  3. Fixed quote in 24hScope, price and timeline in writing. No surprises.