Can Someone Else Update My WordPress Site for Me?

Yes, and for most business owners this is the right call. WordPress sites require ongoing attention that quickly becomes a burden if you are managing it yourself.

WordPress powers over 40% of the web, which makes it the most common platform and also the most targeted by hackers. The ecosystem depends on constant plugin and theme updates. When a security vulnerability is found in a popular plugin, patch releases go out within days. Sites running outdated versions become targets within weeks. Most WordPress hacks are not targeted. They are automated bots scanning for known vulnerabilities at scale.

The challenge of doing updates yourself is threefold. First, updates sometimes break things. A plugin update can conflict with your theme or another plugin. If you do not have a test environment and a restore point, a routine update can take your site offline. Second, the cadence required is relentless. New updates release weekly. Most business owners fall behind within a month. Third, you need to verify after every update that everything still works: forms still submit, pages still load, the checkout still functions.

A WordPress maintenance provider handles all of this: staging updates before applying them to your live site, verifying functionality after updates, backing up before any changes, and monitoring continuously for issues between updates.

At Freedman Systems, the standard client stack is Next.js rather than WordPress, which has a more manageable update profile, but the same managed maintenance principle applies. Everything is handled for you at $199/month.

Visit freedmansystems.com to discuss your current setup.