The babysitter you can trust with your WordPress website
I’ve been on the internet since before most people knew what it was. In the mid-90s I was handed a website to manage with almost no HTML knowledge and figured it out fast — that’s been my approach ever since.
After 13 years in corporate marketing at companies like The MathWorks, BrassRing, and NetCentric, I left to build something of my own. My husband and I opened a metaphysical retail shop, yoga studio and healing center in Northampton, grew an email list to nearly 10,000 people, and I built and managed every bit of our web presence myself. That’s when I really learned what it means to run a business where your website is load-bearing.
I started working with WordPress in 2008. The White Screen of Death, broken plugin updates, hosting issues — I’ve lived through all of it. Those experiences taught me to recognize and anticipate problems before they happen, not just fix them after.
I formalized WP Babysitter in 2011 because I kept meeting small business owners and creatives who were great at their work and exhausted by their websites. That’s still exactly who I work with today.
What I bring to your site:
- 30+ years of web and marketing experience
- Deep familiarity with the WordPress ecosystem — plugins, themes, hosting, security
- A small business owner’s understanding of what’s actually at stake when your site goes down
- Northampton, Massachusetts-based, real-person support — not a ticket queue
Why I charge what I charge:
Most WordPress maintenance companies charge $50–$300 per month — for the same services I provide annually for $333. I’ve never understood why small business owners, artists, and hobbyists should pay agency rates for straightforward site care.
I know what it’s like to bootstrap a business. You’re already paying for hosting, your domain, your premium plugins, your email platform. The last thing you need is another monthly line item that makes you wince every time it hits your card.
My pricing is designed for real people running real small businesses — not for venture-backed startups with IT budgets. $333 a year works out to less than a dollar a day. For most of my clients, it’s the easiest bill they pay all year.
“Awesome, thanks! Best money I spend each year!” — Shiny Penny, Florence MA