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Website Management Services
Service · Website management
Website management is a monthly service where one team keeps your site updated, secure, backed up and changing as your business does. The Clay Media has managed business websites since 2009, for businesses of every size that want the site owned by someone else, so nobody on their staff has to think about it.
Managing sites since2009
Businesses served140+
Requests go toOne team
Built by someone else?We take those on
What we handle
Security and backups
Firewall, malware scanning, login protection and scheduled backups, with a restore or a cleanup when something goes wrong.
Content changes
New pages, text edits, photos, staff changes and price updates, handled when you ask.
Monitoring
Uptime, broken links and form delivery are checked, so problems are caught before your customers find them.
Speed and search upkeep
Image, caching and hosting adjustments, plus regular reviews of titles, descriptions and Search Console issues.
AI-assisted upkeep
AI agents do the routine work, such as titles, internal links and broken-link repairs. A person approves anything that matters.
Not sure what shape your site is in? Request your free homepage design and we study the site first.
Who this is for
We manage websites for businesses of every size, from a single-location service company to a Nasdaq-listed corporation: manufacturers and industrial suppliers, contractors, nonprofits and service businesses. The site is usually more work than anyone planned for. Trades are a typical case: see our page on website design for electricians. The person who built it is gone, or it was never anyone’s job.
Your website is not a project. It is something somebody has to own.
Some clients have us run several sites under one agreement. We manage the website for a Nasdaq-listed company, and for a steel supplier we replaced spreadsheet quoting with an online quote portal. Typically it starts when a developer disappears, a site gets hacked, or the person who handled the website leaves.
Website management services for small businesses
A small business does not need a big retainer. It needs someone to keep the site updated, backed up and secure, and to make the changes you ask for. That is our website management for small businesses: the same team and the same checks we use for larger clients, scoped to what your site actually needs.
Most of the sites we manage run on WordPress, so our WordPress website management services cover core, theme and plugin updates, security, backups and content changes by request. Many of our small-business clients have stayed with us for years.
How it works
We study your site: security, speed and broken items
We set up backups, monitoring and access
We fix the urgent problems first
You send requests to one team
You get a plain summary of what was done
Routine work such as updates, scans and backups happens without you asking. Requests for changes go to your account manager, and you get a summary of what was done and what we recommend next.
Where AI fits
We now use AI agents for routine upkeep: page titles, internal links, broken-link repairs, structured data and first drafts of new sections. Anything that touches prices, claims, legal wording or a customer’s name goes to a person first. We ran it on our own website before offering it, and wrote down what it fixed and what it got wrong.
If you want the site to read its own search data and improve itself every week, see our agentic websites service. For AI beyond the website, see managed AI services.
Management also protects the site. Attacks on business websites are routine, as we covered in how we know your website is probably being attacked, and our website cybersecurity checklist lists the controls every business site should have.
What it costs
We scope it after we have seen your site. The price depends on how many sites you have, how often they change and who else needs access. For typical ranges, see website management cost in 2026.
Common questions
What is website management?
It is a monthly service where one team keeps your website updated, secure, backed up and current: software updates, security, backups, monitoring, content changes and search upkeep, handled for you.
Do you manage websites you did not build?
Yes. We take on sites built by someone else. We start by studying the site so we know what we are taking on.
What platforms do you support?
Most of our management work is on WordPress. Ask us about other platforms and we will tell you plainly whether we are the right fit.
Can my own staff still send requests?
Yes. Your marketing person or office manager can send requests directly to your account manager, and the team handles the work.
What happens if my site goes down or gets hacked?
Monitoring alerts us, and we restore from backup or clean the site. Then we close the gap that allowed it.
Can you review my site before I commit?
Yes. When you request your free homepage design, we study your current site first and reply by email with your new homepage design. No call unless you ask for one.
How much does website management cost?
It depends on how many sites you have, how often they change and who else needs access. We scope it after we have seen your site. Our guide to website management cost in 2026 shows typical ranges.
See your new homepage free, before you sign anything
Send us your site. We study it and reply by email with your new homepage design. No call unless you ask for one.
No contract, no card.
The Clay Media has built and managed business websites since 2009. See our case studies.