- 0:00–0:06
One site, one monthly time budget • Managed starter: up to 30 minutes a month for updates and small fixes • Maintenance time this month • Updates • Backup check • Small fix • Monthly report: time used
Three tasks, a small fix, a backup check and updates, move one by one into this month's maintenance time. The time budget lights, then a monthly report showing the time used appears.
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Back up before every update • Then test on a staging copy before the live site • Backup • Staging copy • Live site • Plugin update • Rollback steps documented
A Plugin update token waits while the backup lights, then moves to the staging copy, which lights after the test, and only then reaches the live site. A panel notes that the rollback steps are documented.
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A backup counts once a restore works • Restore it to a separate copy and check the site • Daily backups • Separate test copy • Yesterday's copy • Test restores: every 6 months, 3 months or monthly, by plan
A copy from the daily backups moves into a separate test copy, which lights once the restored site opens. A panel lists test restores every 6 months, every 3 months or monthly, depending on the plan.
- 0:18–0:24
Some dates won't wait • PHP support ends and certificate lifetimes shrink • 15 Mar 2026 · certificates max 200 days • 31 Dec 2026 · PHP 8.2 security ends • 15 Mar 2027 · certificates max 100 days • Today: Oct 2026 • Plan the PHP upgrade and automatic renewal now
A Today, October 2026 marker moves past 15 March 2026, when new certificates were capped at 200 days, which dims. The next deadline, 31 December 2026 for PHP 8.2 security support, pulses, with 15 March 2027 and its 100-day cap after it. A panel says to plan the PHP upgrade and automatic renewal now.
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Know what sits outside the plan • Agreed in writing before work starts • Inside the plan • Billed separately • Updates, backups, monitoring • Domain renewal • Paid plugin licences • New pages and features • Hack cleanup beyond maintenance time: quoted first
Updates, backups and monitoring light up inside the plan. Domain renewal, paid plugin licences and new pages and features move across to Billed separately. A panel says hack cleanup beyond the maintenance time is quoted first.
A silent illustrative walkthrough follows one website through a month of maintenance: the monthly time budget, a backup before each update, a tested restore, the 2026 and 2027 PHP and certificate deadlines, and what is billed separately.
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