Website Maintenance Cost in Ireland: 2026 Price Guide
Quick answer: Website maintenance in Ireland typically costs €30–€150 per month for a small-business site, and €150–€500+ for e-commerce. What you should pay depends heavily on how your site was built: WordPress sites genuinely need ongoing maintenance; modern static-technology sites need almost none — which is why we build with the latter.
What website maintenance actually covers
- Software updates — CMS core, plugins and themes (critical on WordPress; skipped updates are the #1 cause of hacked Irish business sites)
- Security monitoring & backups — malware scanning, firewall, restorable daily backups
- Uptime & performance — keeping the site fast and online
- Content changes — small text/image updates, new pages
- Technical fixes — broken forms, layout bugs, plugin conflicts
Typical Irish pricing in 2026
| Plan level | Monthly cost | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Basic (updates + backups) | €30–€60 | Simple WordPress brochure sites |
| Standard (+ security, small edits) | €60–€150 | Most WordPress business sites |
| E-commerce (+ product/plugin support) | €150–€500 | Online shops |
| Static/modern-stack site | €0–€30 | Sites built without WordPress |
The question nobody asks: do you need it at all?
Maintenance fees exist mostly because of how a site is built. WordPress runs on a stack of plugins that constantly need patching — neglect it and the site breaks or gets hacked. But a site built on modern static technology (like this one) has no plugins to patch and no database to hack. Hosting is cheap, security exposure is minimal, and "maintenance" reduces to occasional content updates.
So before buying a maintenance plan, ask: would rebuilding on modern technology cost less than years of maintenance fees? For many Irish businesses paying €100/month to keep an ageing WordPress site alive, the answer is yes — that's €1,200 a year, more than a fresh site costs.
Red flags in maintenance contracts
- Vague deliverables ("ongoing support") with no list of what's included
- No mention of backups — the single most important item
- Hosting bundled at a heavy markup
- Long lock-ins for what should be a monthly service
What we recommend
If you're on WordPress and staying there: pay for a proper plan with updates, backups and security — it's cheaper than a hack. If your site is due a refresh anyway: consider rebuilding on modern technology and largely eliminating the cost. Ask us for a free assessment — we'll tell you honestly which camp you're in.