For security, and for compatibility, you need to keep your operating system up-to-date.  But maybe while you know what software you need, and can follow the installation instructions… keeping it all updated after that might be outside your comfort zone.

Any single update might break your software  without warning, and it’s so easy to just try to install this quick little update without remembering to create a backup first…. 

unattended-updates is the answer, but even that will just install updates as and when they’re released..   we will configure and restrict it so it only runs at a specific time, on a specific day of the week/month as you need it.

you know exactly when any updates would be installed, and when a server will be rebooted.

Ideally, maintenance would be performed every day, however, we understand that such an expense may not be justifiable for the size/popularity/purpose of a particular website.

If your website is just a personal site, for a hobby or interest,  or is just a site that doesn’t often get new content, then you should be safe enough with a monthly maintenance package.. 

if the site does ever get compromised, or broken, it’s easy enough to restore the last update backup without any further issue.

For a site that receives regular new content, gets a decent amount of visitors, or is your businesses window to the world, we’d recommend at least weekly maintenance.

If your site is business critical, takes multiple orders / bookings daily, or is your main source of income, it should be protected as much as possible, so for these sites, we would highly recommend you opt for daily maintenance.