Website Maintenance Checklist: 12 Things to Do Every Month

Your website is one of your most important business assets — it works around the clock to attract new customers and represent your brand. But like any asset, it needs regular maintenance. Neglect it and you'll end up with broken links, outdated information, and a slow site that drives visitors away. Here are the monthly tasks that keep everything running smoothly.

Monthly Website Maintenance Tasks

1. 1Check for broken links — use a free tool like Dead Link Checker or click through your navigation manually
2. 2Update contact information — phone numbers, addresses, and emails change; make sure yours are current
3. 3Review your analytics — check which pages get the most traffic and where visitors are dropping off
4. 4Back up your website — even if your host does this automatically, keep an off-site copy
5. 5Test all contact forms — submit a test message and confirm it arrives in your inbox
6. 6Update the copyright year in your footer if it's out of date
7. 7Check mobile display — open your site on a real phone and look for anything broken or hard to tap
8. 8Update team photos if staff have changed
9. 9Refresh testimonials — replace old or generic ones with more recent, specific reviews
10. 10Check page speed with Google PageSpeed Insights and address any flagged issues
11. 11Review your top 5 pages for outdated content, old pricing, or expired promotions
12. 12Test your checkout flow end-to-end if you run an e-commerce store

Quarterly Tasks

• ▸Update your portfolio or case studies with recent work
• ▸Review your target SEO keywords and see if your rankings have changed
• ▸Audit for outdated offers, discontinued services, or old promotions still showing
• ▸Check that your SSL certificate is valid and renewing automatically

The good news: if you're on SiteForge, hosting, security patches, and SSL are handled automatically. That eliminates roughly half of the technical maintenance headaches most small business owners face. You can focus your monthly check-in on the content and experience side — which is where the real conversion wins are anyway.