Websites decay quietly: outdated software, full storage, dead links. Twenty minutes a month prevents all of it. Here is the routine.
Monthly (20 minutes) □ Update CMS, plugins, themes (WordPress: 5 minutes) □ Check backups ran — and quarterly, restore-test one □ Glance at storage and bandwidth graphs — surprise usage means something □ Click through your 5 most important pages on a PHONE □ Scan for broken links (free online checkers suffice) □ Review admin users — remove anyone who should not be there □ Read one week of error logs if your panel shows them
Quarterly (30 minutes) □ Update your content: prices, timings, team, portfolio □ Re-run PageSpeed — regressions mean a new plugin or oversized image □ Test forms and the WhatsApp button from an outside phone □ Refresh your Google Business Profile photos and posts □ Download a full backup copy to your own laptop
Yearly (one hour) □ Renew domain and hosting EARLY (the expiry-week scramble is avoidable) □ Review your plan against actual usage — downgrade or upgrade on data □ Re-read your own homepage: does it still say what you sell? □ Rotate passwords
What Kairalmas automates for you 24-hour file versioning, automatic SSL renewal, server patching and NVMe performance — so your 20 minutes go to YOUR site, not to infrastructure.
Print this. Book it as a recurring calendar task on the 1st. Future-you, staring at a hacked or dead site, will send thanks.