WordPress Maintenance for Trades & Home Services
Your Website Should Book Jobs While You're On the Job
We maintain your trades or home services WordPress site so your booking forms keep working, your site stays fast and secure, and homeowners can reach you, even when you're under a house or up on a roof.
WordPress maintenance, handled.
We keep your site safe, fast, and up-to-date, so you can focus on running your business. Every plan is month-to-month, no contracts, all prices in CAD.
Daily updates
WordPress core, theme & plugin updates applied daily, with a fresh backup ready to roll back to.
24/7 security monitoring
Malware scanning, uptime alerts and DDoS protection around the clock. Growth and Complete add hardening and custom firewall (WAF) rules.
Daily backups
Automatic daily backups kept for 90 days, restored within minutes if you ever need them.
Speed optimization
Daily speed checks and a global CDN on every plan. Growth and Complete add a speed audit, caching and image optimization.
Canadian support
Direct support from the person responsible for your website. Based in Canada, with no chatbots and no overseas tickets.
Transparent pricing
Plans from $49 CAD/month. Month-to-month, no setup fees, no surprises.
Maintenance Plans for Trades & Home Service Websites
Booking plugins, service area pages, and before-and-after galleries need ongoing care. Choose the plan that keeps your site working as hard as you do. All prices in CAD.
For small business and brochure sites that need to stay secure, backed up and fast.
- Daily core, theme & plugin updates
- Daily backups, kept for 90 days
- 24/7 uptime monitoring
- Security & malware scanning
- Global CDN & DDoS protection
- Daily speed checks
- Every form & order email, reliably delivered
- 30 min/month of edits & small fixes
- Direct Canadian support, no chatbots
For sites that bring in leads or sales, including WooCommerce stores, that need to be faster and harder to hack.
- Everything in Care, plus:
- Speed audit, caching & image optimization
- Security hardening & custom firewall rules
- Visual checks after every update
- WooCommerce health check: plugins & payments
- Monthly security report in plain English
- Priority support with faster replies
Hands-off, white-glove care for stores and busy sites that can't afford downtime or a broken checkout.
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- Free hack & malware cleanup (worth $499+)
- Updates tested on a staging copy first
- Form, cart & checkout testing after major updates
- Comprehensive monthly site audit: links, mobile, accessibility & usability
- 1 hour/month of edits & small fixes
- Top-priority support: your requests come first
White-label WordPress builds for partners. Flat-rate production, fast turnaround, and your client never knows we exist. We've been the silent build partner behind dozens of Canadian agency projects. Get agency pricing on builds, hosting and maintenance, with one point of contact for every site.
Edits & small fixes cover jobs like text and image updates, plugin settings, and minor layout or code tweaks. Care and Growth include 30 minutes a month, and Complete includes a full hour. Unused time doesn't roll over to the next month.
Need more than your monthly time? Extra work is billed at $50/hour, based on the date it's requested.
Hack and malware cleanup is included free on Complete. On Care and Growth, it's available as a one-off service from $499 CAD, depending on severity, and is usually finished within 24 to 48 hours. How hack cleanup works
How We Keep Your Trades Website Generating Leads
Booking & Quote Forms That Never Fail
When a homeowner has a burst pipe at 10pm or a furnace that quit in January, they're filling out the first contact form that works. If yours is broken, that emergency call goes to the next contractor on Google. We monitor and test your booking forms, quote request pages, and scheduling plugins so every lead gets through to you.
Service Area Pages That Keep Working
Your service area pages, like "plumber in Mississauga" or "electrician in Brampton", are how local homeowners find you. A WordPress update that breaks their layout, slows them down, or knocks a quote form offline costs you calls. We keep those pages fast, secure, and working through every update.
Fast Mobile Load for Emergency Searches
A homeowner searching for "emergency HVAC repair" on their phone isn't going to wait for a slow site to load. They'll hit back and call whoever shows up next. Every plan serves your site through a CDN, and on our Growth and Complete plans we also optimize your images and compress your code so it loads quickly on any device.
Review Integration & Trust Signals Stay Current
Your Google reviews widget, HomeStars badge, and testimonial sections are what convince a homeowner to pick you over three other contractors. When a plugin update breaks your review feed or your trust badges disappear, you lose the social proof that wins jobs. We keep these integrations running and visible on every page.
Before-and-After Galleries That Actually Load
Your project galleries are your best sales tool: nothing sells a bathroom renovation like seeing the before and after. But large image galleries can cripple your page speed if they're not optimized. On Growth and Complete, we compress and lazy-load your project photos so galleries look sharp and load fast, even on a homeowner's older phone.
Why Trades Professionals Trust Us
We Know You Don't Have Time for Website Problems
You're running a crew, answering calls, and quoting jobs. You don't have three hours to figure out why your WordPress site crashed. We handle everything behind the scenes so your site just works, and when something does come up, we fix it fast without pulling you away from billable work.
Seasonal Demand Means Your Site Can't Take a Day Off
HVAC sites get slammed when the first cold snap hits. Landscapers peak in spring. Roofers after every major storm. Your site needs to handle traffic spikes exactly when demand is highest. Our monitoring and performance optimization make sure your site holds up when it matters most, not just on quiet Tuesdays.
Every Lost Form Submission Is a Lost Job
A typical plumbing or electrical job is worth hundreds to thousands of dollars. One broken contact form over a weekend can easily cost you more than a year of maintenance. We treat your website like the lead generation tool it is, because for trades businesses, a working website directly equals revenue.
Specialized maintenance for every kind of business.
Our plans cover the technical fundamentals every site needs. These pages dive into industry-specific concerns.
Real Estate
Brokerages, agents & property listing sites with IDX integrations.
Restaurants
Menu sites, online ordering, reservation systems, and event catering.
Law Firms
Legal practice sites with intake forms, case studies, and PIPEDA compliance.
Trades & Contractors
Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, and home services with quote-request forms.
Healthcare
Clinics, dentists, and practitioners with appointment booking integrations.
WooCommerce Stores
Online stores with cart, checkout, payment gateway, and inventory monitoring.
Questions clients ask before they sign up.
Common questions about WordPress maintenance.
Do you test booking and quote request forms?
Yes. Ambrite monitors and tests your booking forms, quote request pages, and scheduling plugins after every WordPress update. If a form stops working, we catch it before you lose leads, because one broken form over a weekend can cost hundreds in lost jobs.
Will updates break my service area pages?
They shouldn't. Every update is applied with a fresh backup ready to roll back to, and on Growth and Complete your pages are visually checked after updates, so a broken layout or form is fixed before homeowners notice.
How do you handle seasonal traffic spikes?
Every plan includes CDN delivery, and on Growth and Complete plans Ambrite also optimizes your site with caching and image compression so it handles demand spikes when HVAC sites get slammed in winter or landscapers peak in spring. Monitoring on every plan flags trouble the moment it starts.
Do you optimize project photo galleries?
Yes. On Growth and Complete plans, Ambrite compresses and lazy-loads your before-and-after project photos so galleries look sharp and load fast, even on a homeowner's older phone. Large unoptimized galleries are one of the biggest speed killers on trades websites.
What are your plan prices?
Ambrite's WordPress maintenance plans start at $49 CAD/month for the Care Plan. The Growth Plan at $99/month adds a speed audit with caching and image optimization. The Complete Plan at $199/month includes form testing, staging-tested updates, and priority support.
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Keep Your Website Booking Jobs Around the Clock
You built your trades business on showing up and doing the work right. Let us do the same for your website. Get in touch today and we'll review your site's health for free.
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