The Simple, Reliable Foundation Your WordPress Site Needs
Fast hosting, daily backups, security, updates, and personal support — all handled for you. Essentials gives your site a solid base without the cost or complexity of higher-level plans.
A Clean, Worry-Free Home for Your Website
Essentials is the entry point into Concierge — built for small-to-medium WordPress sites that want fully managed hosting and professional care, without needing ongoing development time or advanced features.
If you simply want your site to run fast, stay secure, stay backed up, and have somebody you can actually reach when something odd happens… Essentials is the plan designed for you.
Who Is Essentials For?
Perfect For:
- Business & personal brand sites
- Blogs and content-based sites
- Simple membership sites (light activity)
- Light WooCommerce setups
- Anyone who wants all hosting + maintenance handled professionally
- Site owners not ready for deeper development or marketing support
Not Ideal For:
Sites that are resource-heavy, dynamic, or require ongoing hands-on involvement. For those, Core or Platinum is a better fit.
What You Get With Essentials
(All The Basics)
Fully Managed Hosting
High-performance hosting tailored to your site. No cPanel. No tech headaches. I handle all the nerdy stuff so you don’t have to.
Daily Off-Site Backups
Your site is automatically backed up using a 3-2-1 strategy, powered by BlogVault and Cloudflare storage. Multiple layers of redundancy. Restores? Handled for you.
Security & Malware Protection
Firewall protection, uptime monitoring, vulnerability checks, daily malware scans, and proactive fixes before issues become problems.
WordPress Updates Done For You
Weekly site updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes — including visual checks and fix-it support if something breaks.
Image Optimization
Automatic optimization via ShortPixel ensures your site loads quickly without you having to fiddle with settings.
Email Deliverability
Your site’s contact forms, password resets, and notifications are sent via Postmark for reliable inbox delivery.
“First-Name Basis” Support
You don’t deal with a help desk or AI bot. If you have a question or something goes wrong, you just ask me. Simple.
More Than Hosting. Less Than Core.
The Sweet Spot For Many Websites
With Essentials, you get performance and peace of mind without paying for advanced tools or ongoing development.
You get:
- Hosting handled
- Backups handled
- Security handled
- Updates handled
- You get me as your human support contact
If later you decide you want a private collaboration area, analytics, premium plugin licensing, or discounted development help, you can upgrade to Core anytime.
Hosting Built Specifically For Concierge
Not all hosting is created equal. Most web hosts treat you like a number – and even the big-name “managed WordPress” hosts will often charge you up to $30/mo for a “one size fits all” plan that isn’t actually managed. They don’t actively maintain your WordPress site – and most problems are left to you. Essentials includes:
- Tuned cloud servers optimized for specifically for my client’s WordPress sites
- Servers are over-powered – and NOT shared with anybody outside of Concierge. It is ONLY for my clients and myself.
- Server-level caching and performance monitoring
- Multi-layered security
- Fully managed DNS via Cloudflare
- Automatic image optimization
- Fully handled migrations
Most “managed” hosts expect you to manage everything yourself. Essentials is actually managed.
“David is the best!“
David is the best! He helped me untangle years of website and WordPress challenges, kept my site running and even let me know when there was an issue. I am thrilled with his service and highly recommend it.
“Competent, trustworthy and fast“
I can’t speak highly enough of David. If you run a blog or membership website and you want someone that is knowledgeable, honest, efficient, trustworthy and just a genuinely nice and fun person to work with then look no further, you’ve found your man. He knows his stuff and if he doesn’t he will tell you. Honestly, I’ve rarely worked with someone as competent, trustworthy and fast.
“Concierge was the best move I have made“
Signing up for Concierge was the best move I have made in my 5 years of business. I’ve lost track of all of the upgrades he has helped me make. I couldn’t be happier. I don’t have to panic when something goes wrong or I mess something up. David is an email away and he always responds quick as lightning when it’s urgent. I can’t even imagine trying to run my business without this valuable service he provides. When I came across Concierge I literally could not sign up any faster.
“David is super easy to work with…“
David is super easy to work with, and he’s super smart! Enrolling in David’s Concierge monthly service, along with having him work on my site, is hands-down the best business decision I’ve made. I can’t recommend him highly enough. (Contact me and I’d be happy to tell you how he’s helped.)
Ready To Put Your WordPress Site on Solid Ground?
A stable, secure, optimized home for your WordPress site — managed personally and professionally.
Just $49/mo
For a limited time. Essentials is a premium service at an entry-level price. Lock in your rate now… as the rate is very likely to increase.
Migration included. No contracts. Upgrade or cancel anytime.
Not sure where your site fits? I’ll review it for free and point you toward the right plan. You can book a Roadmap Call and we can talk it over.
Need A Higher Level of Support?
If your site requires more horsepower, plugin licensing, analytics, or hands-on development, consider upgrading to Core.