WordPress Maintenance Cost Calculator
A WordPress website isn't a one-off cost — it needs ongoing hosting, security monitoring, regular updates and occasional developer time to stay fast, safe and effective. Use this calculator to build out your monthly maintenance budget line by line, from basic hosting and backups right through to SEO retainer and support hours. See your estimated monthly and annual cost in real time, plus a recommended care plan to match.
Your website
Number of websites
Site size / complexity
E-commerce (WooCommerce)?
Hosting & infrastructure
Managed WordPress hosting
Reliable, fast, WordPress-optimised hosting
Domain renewal
Annual domain registration fee
SSL certificate
HTTPS security certificate
CDN (BunnyCDN / Cloudflare)
Faster load times, global delivery
Maintenance & security
WordPress core, plugin & theme updates
Keeping everything current and secure
Daily backups & offsite storage
Automated daily backups with remote storage
Security monitoring & malware scanning
Active monitoring, firewall, threat detection
Uptime monitoring & alerts
24/7 monitoring with instant downtime alerts
Support & content
Monthly support hours needed
Developer time billed at $75/hr — covers edits, new sections, fixes and feature requests
SEO retainer
Estimated monthly cost
$0
per month, per site
Annual equivalent
$0/yr
Breakdown
Hosting$0
Domain + SSL$0
CDN$0
Updates & maintenance$0
Backups + security$0
Uptime monitoring$0
Support hours$0
SEO retainer$0
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