Website maintenance is important for a variety of reasons. Not only does maintaining and updating a website increase website security and prevent hacking, but it can also help your internet marketing strategy and increase traffic to your website. This is why we suggest that businesses update their website regularly.

Updating a website can be done many ways. The three main ways are:

• Updating your website platform and security,
• Updating content and updating the design and user-friendliness
• Updating Your Website – Security

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One of the top reasons websites get hacked is because of vulnerabilities that arise due to an out of date website framework or plugin. WordPress is one of the best and most secure website development platforms, continually releasing updates to stay on top of threats and vulnerabilities. It is important that the updates are applied when they become available¹.

Websites use plugins for additional functionality. With over 50,000 plugins in the WordPress Repository, there are plenty to choose from, however, over time some of these plugins are discarded by their authors and are no longer updated. Occasionally vulnerabilities are discovered for these plugins, which can be exploited and gain access to the host website.

Plugins should be updated as soon as new versions are released.².

• *All updates are tested prior to being applied.
• ¹Forced updates by hosting providers are outside the remit of all our maintenance packages. Hosting Providers may force updates to secure their servers, and these updates can force out of date sites off-line.
• ²Additional costs may be incurred if the updates for premium plugins or themes have to be purchased.