# Standard CMS

> Prefer a familiar CMS? We design, build, host and manage it — kept fast, secure and continuously updated.

Canonical page: https://sentrydigitalservices.com/services/standard-cms/
Provider: Sentry Digital Services (https://sentrydigitalservices.com/)
Engagement: Managed service · Delivery options: Project · Support · Managed service
Last updated: 2026-10-15

Sentry's Managed CMS service designs, builds, hosts and continuously manages the content platform your team already knows — WordPress, Craft, Drupal and the other leading standard systems — keeping it fast, secure and patched without needing your attention.

Not every site needs to go headless. When your team wants a familiar, self-service platform, we design, build, host and manage it on the leading standard CMSs — with the same managed care as our headless builds.

## What it does

Designs, builds, hosts and manages a familiar CMS such as WordPress — kept fast, secure and continuously updated.

## Where it creates value

The same conversion-and-trust surface for teams who want a familiar editor: it keeps the value stream's shop window performing without the maintenance burden landing on you.

## Why it cannot be ignored

A neglected CMS is the most-attacked software on the web — an unpatched plugin is a breach waiting to happen, and a slow, outdated site quietly costs you trust and conversions every single day.

## What you get

- **Secure & patched** — Core, themes and plugins kept current — no stale, exploitable code.
- **Fast & SEO-ready** — Tuned for speed and search, on reliable managed hosting.
- **Backups & uptime** — Monitored, backed up and restorable — surprises engineered out.
- **Edits & support** — A responsive team for the changes your in-house tools can't.

## Questions and answers

### Why would we choose a standard CMS over headless?

Because not every site needs to go headless. When your team wants a familiar, self-service platform they can edit confidently without a developer, that is a legitimate reason to stay on one — and Sentry manages it with the same care as its headless builds rather than treating it as the lesser option.

### How dangerous is an unpatched CMS really?

A neglected CMS is the most-attacked software on the web. An unpatched plugin is a breach waiting to happen, and the exposure grows silently every week nobody looks. Sentry keeps core, themes and plugins current so there is no stale, exploitable code sitting in your shop window.

### What does Sentry actually do month to month?

Keeps core, themes and plugins patched; tunes the site for speed and search; runs it on reliable managed hosting; monitors uptime and keeps restorable backups; and handles the edits your in-house tools cannot. The aim is that the site stops being something you have to think about.

### Which platforms do you manage?

The leading standard content management systems, including WordPress, Craft and Drupal. Sentry designs, builds, hosts and manages them end to end rather than taking over hosting alone, because a patched site on unmanaged hosting is only half the problem solved.

### Can you take over a site somebody else built?

Yes. Sentry begins with a free Discovery session that establishes the real state of the site — what is patched, what is exposed, what is slow and what is load-bearing — before changing anything. Inheriting a site without auditing it first is how the next outage gets introduced.

### What does a managed CMS cost?

Sentry's managed services start at £3,000 per month, scoped to the work, with third-party tool costs for the services we manage included up to a fair-use cap; paid advertising spend is excluded. That covers the management, hosting, patching, monitoring and support rather than being a hosting fee with everything else quoted separately.

## Next step

Book a free Discovery session: https://sentrydigitalservices.com/contact/ · value@sentrydigitalservices.com · 01738 506283