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Every website requires storage space to hold its files and enough bandwidth to deliver content to visitors. Understanding how these resources are allocated helps you choose the most suitable hosting plan for your needs.
Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting plans are designed to provide generous storage and bandwidth suitable for personal websites, business websites, blogs, and growing online stores. Instead of worrying about day-to-day usage, customers can focus on building their websites while the Hosted.com® infrastructure efficiently manages website traffic and performance.
This guide explains how storage and bandwidth work, what uses up your available resources, and where you can view your hosting plan details.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
View Your WordPress Hosting Plan
Follow these steps to access your hosting information.
1. Login to the Hosted.com® Client Portal using your account credentials.
2. Click the Manage Services dropdown menu and choose WordPress Hosting.
3. On the next page, choose Manage next to your domain.
4. Select Login to cPanel to open your hosting control panel.
5. Review your hosting plan information, available resources, and management options.
6. Click Login to cPanel if you want to manage your website files, databases, email accounts, or backups.
Understanding Storage
Storage refers to the amount of disk space allocated to your hosting account. This space is used for:
- WordPress core files.
- WordPress Themes.
- Plugins.
- Images and videos.
- Uploaded documents.
- Databases.
- Email (if applicable).
- Website backups stored within your hosting account.
As your website grows, storage usage naturally increases.
Understanding Bandwidth
Bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred between your website and visitors.
Bandwidth is used whenever someone:
- Visits a webpage.
- Downloads a file.
- Views images.
- Watches videos.
- Loads CSS or JavaScript files.
Higher traffic websites naturally consume more bandwidth than smaller websites.
Resource Planning
If your website begins receiving significantly more visitors or hosts larger media files, you may eventually benefit from upgrading your WordPress Hosting package.
The Hosted.com® scalable hosting options allow your hosting resources to grow alongside your website.
Tips for Reducing Resource Usage
You can improve efficiency by:
- Compressing images before uploading.
- Removing unused plugins and themes.
- Regularly cleaning your WordPress database.
- Enabling LiteSpeed Cache.
- Using a CDN for static content.
- Deleting unnecessary backups stored locally.
Additional Information
- Storage usage includes your website files, databases, and other content stored within your hosting account.
- Bandwidth usage increases as more visitors access your website and download content.
- Optimized websites generally consume fewer hosting resources while providing a faster browsing experience.
- Regular housekeeping helps keep storage usage under control.
- Hosting plans can be upgraded as your website continues to grow.
- LiteSpeed Cache helps reduce server workload while improving visitor experience.
- Media optimization is one of the easiest ways to reduce storage consumption.
- Reviewing your hosting resources periodically helps ensure your current hosting plan continues to meet your website’s needs.
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® website Account Login page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
Login to cPanel from your Hosted.com® Dashboard
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be display
