Shared Hosting vs VPS: When Is It Time to Upgrade?
Your site is running fine. Then it isn’t. Pages slow to a crawl during busy periods. You get a “Resource Limit Reached”…
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What Does 99.9% Uptime Actually Mean? (And What the Guarantee Doesn’t Cover)
99.9% uptime means your website can be offline for up to 8 hours and 45 minutes a year, and your host still…
Domain Names and Web Hosting: Not the Same Thing
You’ve decided to build a website. You search for a domain, find one you like, buy it. Then nothing happens. You have…
How to Move a WordPress Site to a New Host
Moving your WordPress site to a new host sounds like the kind of task that ends in a broken site, a frantic…
What Does “Unlimited” Hosting Actually Mean?
Unlimited storage. Unlimited bandwidth. Unlimited websites. Unlimited email accounts. It sounds like exactly what you want from a hosting plan, and it’s…
Why Hosting Renewal Prices Are So Much Higher Than Advertised
The renewal email arrives and you do a double take. You signed up at $2.99 a month. The invoice says $17.99. Same…
cPanel and Plesk Prices Keep Rising: What It Means for Your Hosting Bill
Every January, the same thing happens. cPanel raises its license prices. Plesk raises its license prices. Hosting providers absorb as much as…
How to Speed Up Your WordPress Site: 10 Things That Actually Matter
Your WordPress site might be slow. You’ve probably already run a speed test and watched the numbers come back worse than expected.…
Green Web Hosting: Which Hosts Are Actually Sustainable?
A lot of hosting companies say they’re green. Some of them slap a leaf icon on their homepage, mention the word “sustainability”…
What Is a Hosting Control Panel?
A hosting control panel is the dashboard you use to manage your web hosting account: it’s where you install WordPress, set up…