Managed WordPress Hosting UK
UK hosting, updates, security, daily backups and real-person support in one plan from £30 a month, run by the team that built your site. You get on with the business and we keep the website fast, secure and online.
What is managed WordPress hosting, and what does it cost?
Managed WordPress hosting means someone else runs the server and looks after WordPress itself: the updates, the security, the backups and the fixes when something breaks. Ordinary hosting gives you a server and leaves the rest to you. Our managed WordPress plans start from £30 a month and include hosting in UK data centres, monthly updates, layered security, daily off-site backups, small content edits and support from real people in our Long Eaton office.
Everything in the managed WordPress plan
UK LiteSpeed hosting
Servers tuned for WordPress in UK data centres, with full-page caching, object caching, HTTP/3 and CDN delivery.
Monthly updates
WordPress core, plugin and theme updates applied on a schedule, with the key pages checked afterwards so an update never quietly breaks the site.
Layered security
Server hardening, a web application firewall, malware scanning and brute-force protection, watched by people rather than a plugin alone.
Daily off-site backups
Backups taken every day and stored away from the server for 30 days, so a bad update, a hack or an accidental delete is restored rather than rebuilt.
Real-person support and small edits
Phone, email and ticket support on UK hours from our Long Eaton office, with small content edits included so a changed price or a new photo does not cost extra.
Migration from your current host
We copy your existing WordPress site, test it on our servers and switch over at a quiet hour, without downtime, broken links or lost data.
Managed WordPress hosting compared with the alternatives
The word “managed” is used loosely. Some hosts manage the server and nothing else. The table shows what you actually get with the three common options for a UK small business.
| Local Exposure managed WordPress | Shared hosting | Managed WordPress host | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Server tuned for WordPress | Yes, UK LiteSpeed servers with caching and CDN | No, built for any website | Yes |
| WordPress, plugin and theme updates | Done monthly by us, with key pages checked afterwards | You do them | Often automatic, with nobody checking the result |
| Security | Server hardening, firewall, malware scanning and brute-force protection, watched by people | A plugin you install and configure | Platform firewall and scanning |
| Backups | Daily, off-site, kept for 30 days | Often weekly, on the same server | Usually daily |
| Small content edits | Included in the plan | No | No |
| Who you call when it breaks | A UK team that knows your site, on the phone during UK hours | A ticket queue | Platform support, for the hosting only |
| Cost | From £30 a month, with hosting, updates, security and support in one | A few pounds a month | Varies by platform and traffic |
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Is managed WordPress right for you?
It is, if you
- Depend on your website for enquiries or sales and cannot afford it to be down
- Would rather pay one predictable monthly fee than deal with WordPress yourself
- Want a person to call, not a chatbot or a ticket queue
- Have had a plugin update, a hack or a lapsed renewal cost you before
- Run a trade, a professional service or a small shop and have better things to do
It is not, if you
- Are a developer or an agency with the skills and time to run your own stack
- Have a static site with nothing to update and no forms to protect
- Want the cheapest possible hosting and accept the risk that comes with it
We will tell you which group you are in during the free audit, even if the answer is that you do not need us.
Moving to managed WordPress hosting
Moving an existing WordPress site to us starts with a free audit. We look at the current host, the theme and plugins, the backups and the security, and tell you what we found in plain English. If you go ahead, we copy the site, test it on our servers, then switch the domain over at a quiet hour. Your visitors see nothing, and you keep your domain and your content.
Need a new website rather than a new home for an old one? See small business web design from £299 + VAT, which includes this plan from £30 a month after launch.
We sleep better knowing Local Exposure runs our WordPress site. Updates happen, security holds, and when something does need attention they’re on it before we’ve noticed. That peace of mind is worth more than the monthly fee on its own.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hosting where the provider runs the server and looks after WordPress itself: updates, security, backups, monitoring and fixes. Ordinary shared hosting gives you space on a server and leaves all of that to you.
Our managed WordPress plans start from £30 a month, which covers UK LiteSpeed hosting, monthly updates, layered security, daily off-site backups, small content edits and support from real people. The price rises for larger sites, online shops and higher traffic, and we quote it in writing.
Shared hosting is built for any kind of website and leaves updates, security and backups to you. Managed WordPress hosting is tuned for WordPress and includes those jobs. Our plan goes further, with small content edits and a UK team that knows your site.
For the full plan, yes, because the hosting, security and backups work together on our servers. We handle the move: copy, test, then switch over at a quiet hour with no downtime. If you only want maintenance on another host, ask and we will tell you honestly whether it makes sense.
We do, every month, on a schedule. Core, plugins and themes are updated and the key pages are checked afterwards, so a bad update is caught and rolled back rather than left for a customer to find.
Our monitoring alerts a person, not just a dashboard. We restore from a daily off-site backup, remove the cause and tell you what happened. Most support issues are resolved within 24 hours, during UK business hours.
Yes. It is still your WordPress site and you can log in and edit pages, posts and images whenever you like. If you would rather send us the change, small content edits are included in the plan.
Yes. Many of the sites we look after were built elsewhere. The free audit tells us whether the theme and plugins are in good enough shape to manage, and what we would fix first.
Yes. Bespoke WordPress websites for small businesses start at £299 + VAT, then from £30 a month on this plan. See our small business web design page for what is included.
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