WORDPRESS SPEED — RETAINER MONITORING
Keep your site fast. Every visitor, every month, every update.
Speed is the easiest thing to lose. New plugins add weight. Images get uploaded too big. Updates break what was tuned. With WordPress speed monitoring, I catch it, fix it before it hurts you, and report what’s changed every month.
Most “fast” sites slow down within six months of launch. The ones I watch don’t.
THE DRIFT
Your site was fast last year. What happened?
Speed isn’t permanent. Every WordPress site degrades — slowly, quietly, in ways the owner doesn’t notice until visitors start bouncing or rankings start slipping.
- A new plugin loaded scripts you don’t need
- An uploaded image is 12 times larger than it should be
- A theme update broke the caching you paid to set up
- Your hosting moved you to a slower server tier without telling you
- Google’s Core Web Vitals thresholds changed and your site quietly fell behind
I don’t audit you once and walk away. I watch.
WHAT I DO
Three layers, one outcome.
Images & Media
Most slow sites are slow because of images. I compress every photo without making it look worse, convert formats to modern ones (WebP, AVIF), and serve smaller versions to phones than to desktops. Your site looks the same. It loads twice as fast.
Caching & Delivery
Most pages don’t need to be rebuilt every time someone visits. I configure caching at the server, the browser, and the CDN — so the second visitor gets a saved copy instead of waiting for everything to assemble fresh. Same content. Half the wait.
Code Cleanup
Most WordPress sites carry scripts they don’t use, CSS no one reads, and plugin code that runs on pages it has nothing to do with. I dequeue what you don’t need, defer what you do, and keep the load tight as the site grows.
HOW I KEEP IT FAST
The work that doesn’t show up on a one-time audit.
Monthly Monitoring
Every month I pull your real-user speed data — what Google measures from actual visitors, not a one-time test. If Largest Contentful Paint creeps over 2.5 seconds, I see it before Google does. You get a one-page report showing what changed, what I fixed, and what’s worth watching.
Quarterly Tuning
Sites grow. New pages, new images, new plugins. Quarterly I re-audit the speed work and tighten what’s drifted. The goal isn’t a one-time score — it’s that your site is faster a year from now than it was at launch.
REAL RESULTS
This site loads in under half a second. So does every site I run.
chastainsites.com loads in half a second. Google’s PageSpeed Insights gives it a 100/100 Performance score, LCP 0.5 seconds, blocking time zero, zero layout shift. That’s not a launch number — that’s what every visitor sees, because I monitor it, and I fix it the moment it drifts.
Light Dark Landscape’s site loaded in 13.6 seconds when I started — Grade D on GTmetrix. After image optimization, lazy loading, and code cleanup, load time dropped to 1.6 seconds and the GTmetrix score hit 91% (Grade A). Same content. Eight times faster.
HOW WE START
A three-step process, fully documented.
STEP 1
Audit
I pull your real-user speed data, your page weight, your Core Web Vitals, and your top three slowest pages. You get a summary: what I see, the order I’d fix it, and what the return looks like. Free. No commitment.
STEP 2
Implement
I work with what you have — your hosting, your theme, your plugins. I don’t require a rebuild. The fixes happen in the order that gets you the biggest gain first, and I show you the before-and-after every step.
STEP 3
Monitor
Once your site is fast, I keep it fast. Monthly real-user speed reports, quarterly tuning, alerts when Google’s metrics shift. You don’t have to remember to check. That’s my job.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
Three plans. Three commitments. Same direct access to me.
Every plan includes WordPress updates, daily backups, and active security. The tiers differ in how many hours of hands-on time you get from me each month, and how fast I respond when something needs attention.
Essential
$250 / month
Safety net for stable sites.
WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates run on schedule. Daily off-site backups. Wordfence and Cleantalk stay active. Monthly uptime check. One hour of hands-on time per month for small fixes or content tweaks. Standard response time — 3 to 5 business days.
Right for sites that don’t need active development.
MOST POPULAR FOR ACTIVE SPEED MONITORING
Standard
$500 / month
For sites that need regular attention.
Everything in Essential, plus four hours of hands-on time per month. I run quarterly plugin and theme audits, push content updates and minor revisions, review your speed and security posture every quarter, and send you a summary report at the end of every month. Next-business-day response when you need me.
The right fit for ongoing speed work.
Premium
$1,800 / month
For revenue-critical sites.
Everything in Standard, plus eight hours of hands-on time per month. I run monthly performance reviews — Core Web Vitals, speed metrics, security posture — and we have a quarterly strategy call. Priority access for incident response. One piece of new content or page work each month. Same-business-day response when something needs attention.
Right when speed regression directly affects revenue — e-commerce, lead-gen funnels, ad-spend-attached pages.
Monthly billing. 30 days notice to cancel. No annual contracts.
Not sure which fits? Schedule a free audit and I’ll show you which tier matches your site.
Ready to find out what’s slowing you down?
A free audit pulls the same data Google sees, and gives you the order I’d fix things in. No commitment, no sales pitch — just an honest read of where you stand and what would move the needle most.