How it works

Set up in minutes. Looked after every day.

Here's exactly what happens from the moment you buy, and what keeps happening after that.

Protect my site

  1. Buy online

    Enter your site's address on the pricing page and pay through Paddle, our payment partner. Prices are shown in your currency, with any tax that applies.

    You'll get an email straight away with a link to your account.

    See pricing

    You'll need

    • Your website's address
    • A way to pay
    • Admin access to your WordPress site, to add the plugin

  2. Add the Pressfort plugin

    Download the plugin from your account, then upload and activate it in WordPress. Your site connects on its own, and your account page updates while you watch.

    Can't install plugins, or would rather not? Press "Ask us to connect it" in your account and we'll sort it for you.

    Four clicks in WordPress

    1. 1Download the plugin from your Pressfort account
    2. 2In WordPress, go to Plugins, then Add New Plugin
    3. 3Choose Upload Plugin and select the file
    4. 4Press Activate. That's it.

  3. Everything switches on

    As soon as your site connects, Pressfort switches on every layer of protection and sets up your reports. You'll get an email to say you're protected.

    What gets switched on

    • Firewall and virtual patching
    • AI malware scanning and vulnerability alerts
    • Daily off-site backups, kept for 90 days
    • Safe auto-updates with a backup first
    • Uptime monitoring and a 7-day activity log
    • A monthly report to your inbox

  4. It all runs in the background

    From then on, Pressfort gets on with it. You don't need to log in, click anything or remember to run anything.

    Always on

    • Firewall and virtual patching filter every request
    • Uptime is checked around the clock
    • Activity is logged, with 7 days of history

    Every day

    • A full backup is taken and stored off-site for 90 days

    Regularly

    • AI malware scans of your site's files
    • Plugins and themes checked against new vulnerabilities

  5. Updates, done safely

    Updates are run in batches, and every run follows the same steps. A full backup is taken first. The updates go to your staging copy, so any problem shows up there. Then they're pushed to your live site.

    If an update ever does cause trouble on the live site, the backup taken just before it is ready to restore.

    Update run
    Tonight, 02:00
    Complete

    3 updates

    • WordPress coreSecurity release
    • WooCommerceMaintenance release
    • Gallery pluginFixes a known flaw

    What happened

    1. Backup takenFull site, stored off-site
    2. Updated on stagingYour staging copy gets them first
    3. Pushed liveYour site is up to date
    Restore point kept for 90 daysRoll back

  6. You get a monthly report

    A report lands in your inbox every month, so you can see your site is being looked after without logging in to anything. They're easy to read and easy to forward.

    Every report covers

    • What's been updated
    • What the firewall blocked
    • Malware scan results
    • Backup status
    • Uptime over the period

When something goes wrong

Problems get spotted, and a developer fixes them.

Most of the time you won't notice Pressfort is there. When something does come up, fixing it is part of what you pay for.

Your site gets hacked

The scanner raises the alarm and our team cleans the site up. We also close the gap that let the attack in. No extra charge.

An update breaks something

Problems usually show up on staging, so they never reach your live site. If one does get through, we roll it back or fix it.

Your site goes down

Uptime monitoring raises the alarm and our team looks into it. If the problem is on your site, we fix it. If it's your host, we'll tell you exactly what to ask them.

Who does what

Your part is short. Ours is the rest.

Your part

Three things, and one of them is optional.

  • Buy Pressfort for your site
  • Add the plugin, or ask us to
  • Read your reports, if you want to

Our part

Everything else.

  • Switch on and configure protection
  • Run updates safely, via staging
  • Keep the firewall and virtual patches working
  • Watch uptime around the clock
  • Keep 90 days of off-site backups
  • Scan for malware
  • Track vulnerabilities in your plugins
  • Send your monthly report
  • Fix your site if anything goes wrong
  • Answer your questions

Not sure yet?

Find out how exposed your site is.

Send us your site address and get a free, plain-English report of what we find. We check from the outside, so there are no logins to hand over and nothing to install.

Get a free security check Or protect it now
Security check
yourbusiness.co.uk
Example
1 urgent3 to fix2 fine
  • Known vulnerability in 1 pluginGallery plugin, file upload flawUrgent
  • 6 plugins and 1 theme out of dateOldest is 14 months behindTo fix
  • Usernames publicly visibleListed through the WordPress REST APITo fix
  • Security headers missingNo clickjacking or content protectionTo fix
  • HTTPS set up correctlyCertificate valid, redirects in placeFine
  • WordPress core up to dateRunning the latest releaseFine