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title: "Website support, hosting and maintenance - Spacestar Digital"
description: "Monthly updates, security patches, uptime monitoring and hosting for Statamic and Laravel sites, plus migrations from Drupal, WordPress and old servers."
url: https://spacestar.digital/services/support-and-hosting/
generatedAt: 2026-11-12T10:48:31.369Z
---

# Support and hosting

**We look after what we build, and we're happy to adopt what we didn't.** That covers updates, security fixes, monitoring and hosting for Statamic and Laravel sites.

A retainer keeps your site updated, secure and improving, looked after by people who already know it.

The software a website runs on gets regular security fixes, PHP moves on, and the people who use the site keep thinking of ways to make it better. Keeping on top of it each month keeps updates small and the site quick to change.

When [php2shell](https://www.hostinger.com/blog/what-is-php2shell/)landed in October 2026, two critical PHP flaws with exploit attempts in the millions within a day, we had every client server we look after patched within an hour of the fixes being released.

Many of the sites we build stay with us afterwards, some for five years and counting. We also take on Statamic and Laravel sites built by someone else.

## What a retainer includes

* ### Updates
Statamic, Laravel, PHP and the packages your site depends on, kept current. We test updates on staging before they go live, so an upgrade doesn't surprise anyone.
* ### Security patches
When a vulnerability is announced in something your site uses, we check whether you're affected and patch it, then let you know what we did.
* ### Uptime monitoring
Your site is monitored all the time, and we get an alert as soon as it stops responding.
* ### Changes and improvements
Retainer time also goes on the things on your list, from a new page type or form to a bug a customer reported, so the site keeps getting better.
* ### A monthly note
A short summary of what was updated, what was fixed and anything we think is worth planning for.

## Hosting

We set hosting up with automatic deploys and quote for it separately from the build so you can see what it costs to run.

Laravel Forge

Our default for Statamic and Laravel sites, on DigitalOcean or AWS servers, with automatic deploys from the code repository.

Your own cloud account

If your IT team would rather own the servers, we deploy to your AWS or Azure account. One multinational client's sites run in Docker on Azure, set up with Terraform.

Cloudflare

For static sites, file storage and protecting forms from spam.

## Migrations

We move sites between platforms and between servers. That might be an old Drupal or WordPress site onto [Statamic](https://spacestar.digital/services/statamic-development/), an older Statamic or Laravel version brought up to date, or hosting that's become complicated moved somewhere simpler.

We script the content moves so they can be run again until everything lines up, and plan the switch-over with redirects so links and search rankings carry across.

## Sites we look after

* The Archer Project
### Five years of upkeep
We've looked after this Sheffield charity's site since 2021, taking it from Statamic 3 to Statamic 6 and moving its build tools to Vite and Tailwind 4 along the way.
* A specialist insurer
### Monthly maintenance
A monthly retainer covering updates, uptime monitoring and a monthly report, plus accessibility fixes checked against Silktide scans.
* Inspired Villages
[  Drupal to Statamic, AWS to Forge ](https://spacestar.digital/cases/inspired-villages/)
We moved the site off Drupal 9 and onto Statamic, then moved its hosting from AWS to Laravel Forge.
* Laura's Confectionery
[  Built and run from 2021 ](https://spacestar.digital/cases/lc/)
We built their wholesale platform in 2021 and ran it, with updates and hosting, for the years after.

## Questions we get asked

 Can you take over a site someone else built?

Yep. We start with a short review of the code and hosting so we know what we're taking on, and we'll tell you about anything that needs fixing first. For a larger codebase that becomes a [code audit](https://spacestar.digital/services/code-audits/).

 What does a retainer cover?

Updates, security fixes and monitoring, plus time for the changes and improvements on your list. We size it around your site and what you'd like to get done, and agree it with you upfront.

 Do we have to host with you?

Whichever suits you. We can set up and manage hosting for you, or deploy to servers your own IT team runs, and look after the site either way.

 What happens if the site goes down?

Monitoring alerts us straight away and we start looking into it. If you'd like a guaranteed out-of-hours response, we can agree one as part of your retainer.

## Your next project deserves better. Hi.

Tell us what you’re building and we’ll come back with some questions, a rough idea of cost and how we’d approach it.

[Start a project ](https://spacestar.digital/contact/) [hello@spacestardigital.com ](mailto:hello@spacestardigital.com)