What to check on your site monthly

A simple monthly checklist for business owners to keep their website accurate, working, and up to date.

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15 to 30 minutes
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You don't need to be technical to look after your website. A short monthly review, 15 to 30 minutes, is enough to catch most common problems before they affect your visitors or your business. This guide gives you a clear, simple checklist.

Before you start

Open your website in a browser you don't normally use, or open it in a "private" or "incognito" window. A private window keeps its cookies separate from your normal browsing, so you see the site as a visitor would, without your own login session affecting what you see.

The monthly checklist

Content accuracy

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  • Your business name, address, phone number, and email are correct on every page they appear
  • Your business hours are accurate (including any upcoming changes)
  • Your services or products listed are current (nothing discontinued showing; new offerings listed)
  • Prices are accurate
  • Staff or team bios reflect your current team
  • Any promotions or offers showing are still active and correct
  • Blog posts or news items are up to date; no outdated announcements are visible

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Navigation & functionality

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  • Click through your main navigation. Every link takes you to the right page
  • Check your footer links. These are often overlooked and can go stale
  • Submit a test message through your contact form and verify you receive it
  • If you have a store: add a product to cart and proceed to checkout (you don't need to complete payment) to confirm the flow works

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Visual appearance

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  • Visit your homepage on your phone. Does it look correct on a small screen?
  • Check a few key pages on your phone as well
  • Look for anything that appears broken, cut off, or misaligned

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Trust signals

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  • Your site's address starts with https:// and the page loads without a security warning (this means your SSL certificate is active). Don't look for a padlock: Chrome replaced it with a settings-style icon in 2023.
  • No "Not secure" warnings appear anywhere
  • Your Google Business Profile hours match your website hours

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You don't need to fix things yourself

Your job is to notice and report, not to fix. If you find anything that looks wrong, open a ticket on our support portal or email support@chykalophia.com. Include a screenshot and the page URL where you saw the problem. See How to report a bug effectively.

What we handle automatically

You don't need to check these. They're covered by your care plan:

  • Software updates (WordPress, plugins, themes)
  • Daily backups
  • Uptime monitoring
  • Security scans
  • Broken link checks
  • Form delivery testing

What to do if you find something wrong

Take a screenshot. On a Mac, press Command + Shift + 4. On Windows, press Windows key + Shift + S. On a phone, press your power and volume buttons together (varies by device).

Note the page URL. Copy the web address from your browser's address bar.

Describe what you expected to see. "This price should be £95, not £85" is much more helpful than "the price is wrong."

Open a ticket on our support portal or email support@chykalophia.com with the screenshot, URL, and description.

See How to report a bug effectively for full guidance.

Common questions

Do I really need to do this if Chykalophia is already monitoring my site?

Our monitoring covers technical issues: uptime, security, broken links, form delivery. It doesn't catch content accuracy issues like a wrong price or an outdated staff bio. Only you know when your business information changes. This checklist is for the human side of website maintenance.

What if I find lots of things that need fixing?

That's fine: that's exactly what this process is for. Prioritize anything that could mislead a customer (wrong prices, wrong hours, broken contact form) and flag the rest. We'll work through the list.

Can I do this check less often than monthly?

Monthly is the recommended minimum. If your business information changes rarely and your site is simple, quarterly might be sufficient. But monthly is a good habit that prevents small problems from becoming big ones.

Go deeper: Website maintenance: what it costs and what goes wrong on our main site explains what these monthly checks protect you from.

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