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Website maintenance checklist for service businesses.

A recurring checklist for forms, booking, links, services, pricing, dependencies, security, backups, performance, tracking, legal pages, analytics, and Search Console.

Reviewed 2026-07-14. By WCAP Works team.

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  1. 01Check the customer path first.
  2. 02Check the technical and measurement layer.
  3. 03Assign ownership.

Check the customer path first.

A site may be technically online while forms, booking links, service pages, pricing, calls, or thank-you paths no longer support the current business.

  • forms, email delivery, and confirmation
  • booking, calendars, deposits, and rescheduling
  • calls-to-action, contact details, and service areas
  • services, packages, proof, pricing, and exclusions
  • broken links, images, and mobile usability

Check the technical and measurement layer.

Review dependencies, hosting, security, backups, performance, tracking, consent, analytics, Search Console, sitemap, robots, canonical behavior, and legal content on a defined cadence.

  • plugins, dependencies, and security updates
  • backups and recovery
  • tracking and conversion definitions
  • analytics and failed-request review
  • metadata and public discovery checks

Assign ownership.

A checklist only works when someone knows what they can change, what needs approval, and what requires a specialist or vendor.

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