A website care plan keeps your WordPress website healthy after launch: updates, backups, security checks, monitoring, and minor fixes, handled month to month by someone who knows your site. At Emily Journey & Associates, that service is delivered through our monthly website maintenance plans, starting at $299 per month and led by a dedicated website manager; “care plan” and “maintenance plan” are two names for the same thing.
If you searched for a care plan and landed here, you’re in the right place. “Care plan” is simply the term much of the WordPress world uses; agencies like ours tend to say maintenance. This page explains what the service includes and what ours costs.
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What a website care plan includes
Whatever the provider calls it, a complete plan covers five areas: security and updates, backups and recovery, monitoring and performance, compatibility management, and consistent oversight by someone who knows the site. Most plans also include routine content updates such as text changes and image swaps, with the amount depending on the plan level.
We break down each of the five areas, and what to look for in each, on our website maintenance packages page. If a plan you’re evaluating skips one of the five, that’s the gap you’ll be filling yourself.
Care plan, maintenance plan, or website management: what the terms mean
| Term | What it means | How it relates |
|---|---|---|
| Website care plan | Monthly technical care for a website: updates, backups, security, monitoring, minor fixes | The same service as a maintenance plan; the term is common in the WordPress world |
| Website maintenance plan | Monthly technical care for a website | The same service as a care plan; the term we use at EJ&A |
| Website management | A broader relationship: a dedicated website manager coordinates maintenance plus content, planning, communication, and SEO and GEO work | Includes maintenance; it is not a synonym for it |
The distinction that matters isn’t care plan versus maintenance plan. It’s technical care versus the broader relationship. If you want someone keeping the website healthy, you want maintenance, whatever it’s called. If you want someone thinking about where the website should go next, you want website management.
Our care plans
Emily Journey & Associates manages WordPress websites on three monthly plans: Basic, starting at $299 per month; Premium, starting at $599 per month; and Custom, starting at $900 per month. Most websites with evergreen content are eligible for the Basic plan. E-commerce, membership, and websites with complex functionality are eligible for Premium, as are websites that simply need more frequent attention.
Every plan includes a dedicated website manager, responses within 24 hours during the workweek, and no minimum term; cancel with 30 days’ notice. The full comparison is on the monthly website maintenance plans page.
One thing worth saying: we’re among the higher-priced providers for this service. The reason is who does the work. Our website managers are WordPress experts who are also instructors and SEO and GEO strategists, so the same person maintaining your site can train your staff, advise on search visibility, and coordinate larger work when you need it. If you’re shopping on price alone, we’re probably not your provider, and our guide to choosing a website maintenance provider will help you compare the cheaper ones carefully.
Client experience is the evidence we’d point to: 96% client retention and more than 44 five-star Google reviews. Read them on our client reviews page.
Frequently asked questions about care plans
What is a WordPress care plan?
Monthly technical care for a WordPress website: core, theme, and plugin updates, backups, security monitoring, performance checks, and minor fixes, usually billed monthly. It’s the same service that agencies, including ours, call website maintenance.
Are care plans worth it for small websites?
If the website has a job to do for your business, yes; steady care costs less than the emergencies deferred care produces. If the site is a hobby, take good backups and skip the plan. Our fuller answer is at is website maintenance worth it.
Do care plans include content updates?
Ours do: text changes, image replacements, page edits, and similar requested updates, with the amount depending on the plan level.
Talk with us about the right plan for your website.
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