Most of the broken WordPress sites we see were fine when they launched. They broke slowly — an update skipped, a plugin abandoned, a form quietly failing for months before anyone noticed. Maintenance is unglamorous and it is most of the job.
Ten minutes. Most weeks nothing needs doing, which is the point — you find out early on the weeks something does.
Half an hour. This is where you catch the slower problems that a weekly glance misses.
An hour or two. The strategic pass — not just is it working, but is it still doing its job.
Some of this is already covered at server level, so it happens whether or not the list gets done.
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Check weekly and apply security releases immediately. Major version updates can wait a week or two while any issues surface, but should not be left for months.
Occasionally, which is why you take a backup first. Breakage from updating is far less common, and far easier to fix, than breakage from not updating.
Not necessarily. The routine above takes about ten minutes a week. A paid plan makes sense if you would rather not think about it at all.
Back up first, then update in stages rather than all at once — core, then plugins in small batches, testing as you go. Get in touch if anything breaks.
Restore one. An untested backup is an assumption. JetBackup lets you restore from your control panel, so trying it costs nothing.
We keep the server, PHP and security layer current. WordPress core and your plugins stay under your control, since an unattended update can break a customised site.