WordPress Security Services

A managed firewall, security hardening, tested updates, monitoring and backups for WordPress sites, run by a team accountable for the result. Maintenance from $99/month per site.

Secure Your Site

Tell us about your site and we'll recommend the right security plan. Plans from $99/month per site.

What are WordPress security services? WordPress security services are the ongoing work of protecting a site: blocking attacks on known vulnerabilities, keeping core, themes and plugins updated, hardening the environment, monitoring uptime and keeping backups to recover from. CriticalWP provides this through a $99 per month maintenance plan with the Patchstack firewall, and through managed WordPress plans with hosting included.

Most WordPress compromises start with a known flaw nobody patched.

Most attacks are not aimed at your business in particular. Automated tools look for sites running a plugin or theme with a known vulnerability, and the longer an update waits, the longer that door stays open. We explain how this happens in how WordPress sites get hacked and who is at risk.

A security plugin on its own does not close that gap. Security is a process: patching, testing, hardening, monitoring and being able to recover. That is operations work, and it needs an owner. See security hardening vs a security plugin.

CriticalWP is a WebOps agency for WordPress based in the Austin, TX metro, serving organizations across the US. Security here is part of running the site, not a one-time scan or an add-on.

Patchstack firewall
Blocks attacks aimed at known vulnerabilities.
Tested updates
Checked on a copy of your site before release.
Hardening and monitoring
Posture monitoring on Managed Stability.
Backups and recovery
Multiple restore points.

What's Included

What our WordPress security services cover

Layers that work together, not a single plugin.

Managed security firewall

Patchstack blocks attacks aimed at known WordPress, plugin and theme vulnerabilities, sometimes before a patch exists.

Tested updates

Core, theme and plugin updates are checked on a copy of your site before release, so you get the fix without the breakage.

Security hardening

On Managed Stability, the environment is hardened and its security posture is monitored, instead of only reacting to threats.

Uptime monitoring

We watch whether your site is up, so an outage is found by us, not by your customers.

Backups you can restore

Multiple backup points, so a bad update or an incident is recoverable.

Edge protection on managed plans

Managed WordPress plans run on a dedicated container behind Cloudflare Enterprise.

Plans

Choose the level of security and operations

Start with the firewall and maintenance on your current host, or move to managed WordPress with hosting and hardening included.

	Maintenance	Starter	Managed Stability
Price	$99/month per site	$149/month	$249/month
Security	Patchstack security firewall	Security and updates handled from day one	Security hardening and posture monitoring
Hosting	Not included. Works on your current host.	Included, containerized	Included
Best for	Protecting an existing site	New or migrated sites	Sites your business depends on

See full pricing, the maintenance plan, managed WordPress or website management services.

FAQ

Common questions

What are WordPress security services?

WordPress security services are the ongoing work of protecting a site: blocking attacks on known vulnerabilities, keeping core, themes and plugins updated, hardening the environment, monitoring uptime and keeping backups to recover from. CriticalWP provides this through a $99 per month maintenance plan and through managed WordPress plans with hosting included.

Is a security plugin enough to secure WordPress?

A plugin is one layer. It does not test updates, harden the server environment, monitor the site or give you someone accountable when something goes wrong. See our comparison of security hardening and a security plugin for the difference.

What is the Patchstack security firewall?

Patchstack is a WordPress security service that blocks attacks aimed at known plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities, sometimes before a patch is available. It is part of CriticalWP's $99 per month maintenance plan.

What does security hardening mean?

Hardening reduces the ways a site can be attacked by tightening its configuration and environment instead of only reacting to threats. Managed Stability at $249 per month includes security hardening and posture monitoring. Our hardening checklist explains what it covers.

Do you remove malware from hacked WordPress sites?

Cleaning up a site that is already hacked or broken is handled by our emergency support, not by the routine security plans. If your site is compromised right now, start there.

Does security include hosting?

Not on the maintenance plan, which works on your current host. CriticalWP's managed WordPress plans include hosting on a dedicated container behind Cloudflare Enterprise.

Do updates affect security?

Yes. Many attacks target known flaws in outdated plugins, themes and core. Updates are applied and checked on a copy of your site before they go live, so you get the fix without risking a broken site.

How much do WordPress security services cost?

Maintenance with the Patchstack firewall is $99 per month per site. Managed WordPress with hosting and security hardening starts at $149 per month for Starter and $249 per month for Managed Stability.