Launch is not the end of the work. These articles cover patching, hosting access, AMC contracts, and what a maintenance partner should actually watch. Read them with our maintenance and support page. You should own the repo, DNS, and credentials regardless of who applies updates. A cheap build that nobody patches is how business sites get quietly compromised after the case-study screenshot. Ask for staging, a written update cadence, and who answers when a plugin or PHP version reaches end of life.
Website Security Updates: Why They Matter & How to Do Them
How proactive patching and monitoring protect sites from common vulnerabilities after launch.