WORDPRESS SECURITY SERVICES — PREVENTION RETAINER
Stay online. Stay clean. Sleep at night.
WordPress is the world’s most-used CMS, which makes it the most-attacked. Every site gets bots scanning it daily, looking for a way in. My WordPress security services keep the door locked, the patches current, and the backups fresh — so when something hits, I respond before you notice.
Most owners find out they were hacked from their customers. That doesn’t happen on the sites I watch.
THE THREAT
Your customers shouldn’t be the ones who notice you got hacked.
A compromised WordPress site rarely announces itself. The malware is hidden in a file you never look at, the spam links go up on a page nobody visits, the database gets quietly exfiltrated — and the first call you get is from a customer whose computer flagged your domain as unsafe.
- Plugins go years between updates and become attack vectors
- Login pages get hammered by bots all night, every night
- Spam comments and form submissions waste hours of your week
- A backup that’s never been tested is not a backup
- The patch you didn’t install yesterday is the breach you read about today
WordPress security services aren’t a feature you add. They’re a posture you maintain.
WHAT I DO
Three layers between your site and the rest of the internet.
Hardening & Access
I lock down the doors most WordPress sites leave open: login URLs change, password requirements get teeth, two-factor authentication is on, file permissions are tight, and inactive admin accounts get retired. The brute-force bots don’t stop trying — they just stop succeeding.
Active Defense
Wordfence stands between visitors and your site, blocking known-bad IP addresses and patterns before they reach you. Cleantalk filters out the spam comments and form submissions that waste your week. Both run automatically — no rules to manage, no logs to read.
Recovery Ready
A backup is only useful if it works. I configure daily backups at the host AND through ManageWP, run periodic restore drills to confirm they actually rebuild your site, and maintain an incident response plan — so when something hits, the recovery path is rehearsed, not improvised.
HOW I KEEP IT SECURE
The work that doesn’t show up on a one-time audit.
Updates with a Safety Net
Every WordPress plugin and theme gets updates. Most owners apply them and hope for the best. I update on a schedule, with a backup taken right before, and if anything breaks I roll back inside the same hour. The most-skipped maintenance task is also the most important — and the one that takes the most discipline to do right.
Active Monitoring
Wordfence tells me before it tells you. When something flags — a failed login spike, a malware scan finding, a file change in a place files shouldn’t change — I see it and respond same-day. Most “incidents” never become incidents because they get caught at signal stage.
REAL RESULTS
When the worst happens, the recovery is the proof.
Wisconsin Access to Justice came to me after their WordPress site was compromised. The breach was real, the cleanup was complete, and the site has stayed clean since. Recovery isn’t a sales pitch — it’s a stress test of the systems I run.
Our website was a mess, despite our best efforts at basic maintenance. Barney was able to untangle the ball of string that it had become and close some serious security holes. He then updated the website to a new theme with up to date plugins to make it more modern and secure. We’re a very small nonprofit, so this was incredibly helpful.
Jeff Brown, Wisconsin Access to Justice
Most of my security clients have never had a public incident. That’s the whole point.
HOW WE START
A three-step process, fully documented.
STEP 1
Audit
I run a security audit on your live site — plugin and theme versions, user accounts, file permissions, login security, backup state, firewall posture. You get a summary: what’s exposed, what’s at risk, and the order I’d fix it. Free. No commitment.
STEP 2
Harden
I close the open doors first — strong passwords, 2FA, login restrictions, file permissions — then layer on Wordfence and Cleantalk. Most sites are 90% safer within a week of starting. The remaining 10% is what the retainer is for.
STEP 3
Maintain
Updates on a cadence with backups taken first. Active monitoring of login attempts, file changes, and malware signatures. Same-day response when something flags. You don’t have to remember to update, scan, or back up. 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 PREVENTION
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 prevention 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 for sites under regulatory or professional obligation — banking, healthcare, professional services.
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 exposed?
A free audit shows you exactly where the doors are open. No fear-mongering, no upsell — just an honest read of your current security posture and the order I’d lock things down in.