support & growth

Website maintenance services, technical SEO & CRO

Managed hosting, patches, technical SEO and real developer time, plus a 90-day warranty on new builds.

350+ Projects delivered
60+ Five-star Google reviews
20+ Years building & ranking websites
50+ Businesses helped to implement AI
case studies

Digital products kept healthy & improving

PLATFORM SUPPORT & GROWTH

An operations platform evolving with the consultancy it runs

ESHP
ESHP project
WEBSITE SUPPORT & GROWTH

An ongoing WordPress partnership for a UK vending leader

Connect Vending
Connect Vending project
PLATFORM EVOLUTION & SUPPORT

A global product platform supported as its catalogue and locales evolve

XP Power
XP Power project
ECOMMERCE GROWTH PARTNERSHIP

A long-term ecommerce partnership delivering 40% sales growth

Williamson Tea
Williamson Tea project
SonyVodafoneSymantecXP PowerSonardyne
why aftercare fails

Silence, bolted-on SEO, ticket fog

Website maintenance should make ownership clearer, not add another queue. Silence after launch, bolted-on SEO and anonymous support are the problems this service is built to remove.

[ 01 ]

Launch then silence

The build team disappears. Hosting, security patches and broken forms become your problem at 11pm.

Named teamMonitoring and investigation with clear ownership
[ 02 ]

SEO and CRO bolted on late

Traffic and conversion work arrive as a separate retainer with no link to the codebase that ships changes.

In-code fixesCRO and SEO improvements shipped in the codebase
[ 03 ]

Ticket queues with no continuity

Every request re-explains the stack. Investigation time burns the retainer while fixes wait.

Named ownersSame team continuity - no anonymous ticket roulette
capabilities

Maintenance, SEO, CRO, continuous build

Managed website maintenance

Hosting, monitoring, security scanning and a named team who already know the build - investigation time included so small fires stay small.

Performance & security

Patching, speed budgets and hardening as ongoing work, not a launch-week checklist you forget by month two.

Technical SEO

Crawl clarity, index hygiene and on-page fixes shipped in the codebase - recommendations that land as commits.

Conversion rate optimisation

Tests aimed at the leak on the site you already have - experiments ship as product changes, not slide decks.

WordPress maintenance

Updates, security and editorial support for WordPress estates, including multi-site programmes we already know.

Continuous development

Agreed maintenance capacity for improvements, not only break-fix, with larger changes scoped before work begins.

typical capabilities

What ongoing support actually covers

Monitoring, triage, maintenance, CRO and content improvements are shaped around the risks and priorities of the live stack.

SAMPLE DATA
Site health

Monitoring

Uptime, budgets and alerts in one view your team trusts.

Live
Uptime 99.98%
Alerts 3
p75 LCP 1.9s
Uptime · 12 weeks Stable
Open alerts Severity
TLS renew window
Low
Image weight spike
Med
Plugin update due
Med
404 cluster
Low
Backup verify
Ok

"We've recently completed Phase 1 of a bespoke business valuation tool with James at Code23, and I've been extremely impressed. He took the time to understand both the commercial and technical requirements, communicated clearly throughout, and delivered a well-thought-out system."

Jason Atkins Director, Lansley Commercial

How we work

Onboard once. Stay watched. Keep shipping.

Tier, priorities and channels agreed up front. Named owners stay on the stack, so you never start from scratch.

Step 1

Understand the brief

Hosting, dependencies, access, risk and what healthy looks like for your site or platform.

Scanning market
51.4360°N / 1.0651°W 6 signals

Step 2

Agree scope & price

Coverage, response expectations, maintenance priorities and reporting cadence are agreed around the live stack.

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Scope locked 1390px

Step 3

Design & build

Monitoring, backups, security scanning and the first maintenance backlog go live under senior triage.

Sprint 03
Working software Week 2

Step 4

Test before launch

Baseline security and performance pass - obvious gaps close so the retainer is not a comfort blanket over rot.

Audit: release 2.4
✓
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✓
✗ ✓
✓
✓
0 critical 6 checks passed

Step 5

Go live

Support channels go live: email on Cyber Shield and Unlimited Growth; private Slack and four-hour priority on Pro Pod / Scale.

Deploy: production Live
Uptime 100.00% v1.0.0

Step 6

Keep improving

Health checks, CRO, SEO and continuous development compound. Weekly architecture and growth syncs plus monthly tech-debt reviews on Pro Pod / Scale keep the roadmap honest.

Release cadence
v1.0 v1.4 v2.0
Shipping weekly +340%
the offer

Send a support and growth scoping enquiry

Tier fit, live risks and whether continuous development belongs next - Cyber Shield, Unlimited Growth or Pro Pod / Scale mapped to the next 90 days.

You leave with
01 A retain-vs-project recommendation for the next 90 days
02 A clear read on Cyber Shield, Unlimited Growth or Pro Pod / Scale
03 A clear support or project scope boundary
04 Security, performance and CRO priorities ranked
why code23

Transparent tiers and named owners

[ 01 ]

Coverage shaped around the live stack

Monitoring, maintenance and embedded improvement are agreed around the platform's real risks and ownership needs.

[ 02 ]

Requests turned round in 24 to 48 hours on average

On Unlimited Growth, development and page requests ship one at a time with a 24-48h average turnaround, and you review each one on staging before release.

[ 03 ]

90-day warranty, then real aftercare

New builds carry a 90-day warranty. Support & Growth is how the product stays healthy after that window - not a silent handoff.

[ 04 ]

Support from a studio est. 2005

Hosting, WordPress maintenance and product care since 2005 - not a helpdesk farm bolted onto a freelancing network.

[ 05 ]

Security and performance in the retainer

Monitoring, scanning and security checks are part of support, not a surprise invoice after an incident.

[ 06 ]

60+ five-star Google reviews

Clients rate aftercare in public - the part most teams quietly drop after launch.

verified reviews

On the record, on Google

Real reviews from our Google Business profile.

Google 60+ reviews →

We've recently completed Phase 1 of a bespoke business valuation tool with James at Code23, and I've been extremely impressed. He has taken the time to understand both the commercial and technical requirements, communicated clearly throughout, and delivered a well-thought-out system with a high level of flexibility. The admin dashboard, in particular, gives us full control over the scoring and valuation logic, which was a key requirement. I'm looking forward to working with James on Phase 2 and would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone looking for bespoke software development – Jason Atkins, Director, Lansley Commercial

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Jason Atkins Lansley Commercial

We couldn’t be happier with the service from Code23. They were a pleasure to work with—friendly, professional, and really took the time to understand our needs. They met our brief perfectly, delivering a website that looks great and performs exactly as we envisioned, all at excellent value for money. What sets Code23 apart is their aftercare. Knowing they are on hand to monitor and maintain our website means we never have to worry about its performance. Their ongoing support gives us complete peace of mind, and we’d highly recommend them to anyone looking for a reliable and skilled web development team

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Dan Isterling Premier Community

It has truly been a fantastic experience working with the Code23 team. Every part of the process from the scoping and onboarding down to the design and implementation of our website was handled excellently. The quality of service delivered by the team is globally top standard and I couldn't be more satisfied with the final outcome.

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Samuel Elili Redwire Group

I have worked with Code23 and their team for over 5 years across 3 different projects ranging from mobile app development to custom WordPress websites. Together the team bring a level of expertise and professionalism I have not seen anywhere else... The results achieved have really helped to grow our business. I highly recommend their services to anyone looking for a custom project to be completed on time and in budget.

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Alexander Campbell EnjoyCBD

We worked with Code23 for a complete rebuild of our music related website. Excellent customer service and quality throughout and the build they have now completed is fantastic - exceeded all expectations across the board. Fantastic company with a dynamic and motivated team who are great to work with. Would highly recommend!

Nathan Fullbrook portrait
Nathan Fullbrook Jamma Music

Joe and the team at code23 have done a fantastic job helping us design and build our new website. I feel they really captured the quality of the Draks brand. Would highly recommend.

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Louise Sellar Draks

blogs

Support and growth thinking

Website maintenance, technical SEO, CRO experiments and operating healthy digital products.

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About Code23

Named owners. No ticket fog.

You work with the people who know the stack: named owners, not anonymous ticket roulette, with uptime monitoring and a 90-day warranty on new builds.

Meet Code23
Est. 2005 Reading, UK Hands-on senior team
The Code23 team working together in the Reading studio
Fig. 01 - The team, Reading studio 51.4360°N / 1.0651°W
James, founder of Code23
Fig. 02 - James, founder EST. 2005
A product review session at Code23
Fig. 03 - Product review WK 34 / 2026
faq

Support questions, answered

How much does it cost to maintain a website in the UK?

Cost depends on the platform, hosting responsibility, response expectations and how much maintenance or improvement capacity is needed. We audit the live stack first, then confirm current coverage options and pricing.

How long does it take to onboard onto support?

Most sites onboard in days once access and hosting details are shared. Complex platforms take longer, because we review and test them before the retainer starts.

What is included in each support tier?

Coverage can range from managed hosting, monitoring and security through to priority response, maintenance capacity, health checks and embedded planning. We confirm the current options after reviewing the live stack.

Do you offer conversion rate optimisation as well as maintenance?

Yes. SEO and conversion work sits inside Support & Growth - CRO and technical SEO ship in the codebase, not as a separate slide deck.

Is there a warranty on new builds?

Every milestone build includes a 90-day warranty from launch. It covers defects against the agreed specification only. It does not cover enhancements, new features, configuration changes, third-party failures or client modifications. After that, Support & Growth is how the product stays healthy.

Do you use AI in website maintenance?

We use AI tools during development, with senior specialists responsible for the work and its release. Your named owners still check every fix before it goes live.

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What does the live stack need next?

Bring the live risks. We'll map the right maintenance, monitoring and improvement coverage with named owners and a 90-day warranty on new builds.