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This guide explains the most important WordPress features to look for in your Hosting plan and how Hosted.com® provides them.
Choosing the right WordPress Hosting plan is one of the most important decisions you can make for your website. While many hosting providers offer plans that support WordPress, not all hosting environments are optimized for the platform. A hosting plan designed specifically for WordPress can significantly improve your website’s speed, security, reliability, and ease of management.
Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting is purpose-built for WordPress websites and includes features that help simplify website management while delivering excellent performance. From fast LiteSpeed servers and automatic backups to malware protection and staging environments, these features allow you to spend less time managing your hosting and more time growing your website.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to Review Your WordPress Features
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. Open your Hosting Services and select your active WordPress Hosting plan.
5. Review the server performance features included with your hosting package, including LiteSpeed Web Server technology for faster page loading.
6. Verify that your hosting plan includes automatic daily backups to help protect your website data.
7. Confirm that your hosting includes a free SSL certificate to encrypt visitor connections and improve website security.
8. Check whether malware protection and Patchman Security are included to help detect and prevent common WordPress vulnerabilities.
9. Review whether your hosting plan includes a staging environment so you can safely test updates before publishing them to your live website.
10. Verify that one-click WordPress installation and automatic updates are available to simplify website management.
11. Ensure your hosting plan provides expert WordPress support whenever you need assistance.
Additional Information
- Fast server technology helps improve page loading times and visitor experience.
- LiteSpeed Cache works with LiteSpeed Web Server to optimizeWordPress performance without requiring extensive manual configuration.
- Automatic daily backups make it easier to recover your website if accidental changes or data loss occur.
- Free SSL certificates help protect customer information and contribute to better search engine rankings.
- WordPress-specific security tools help reduce the risk of malware infections and known vulnerabilities.
- A staging environment allows you to test plugins, themes, and updates before making changes to your live website.
- Automatic WordPress updates help keep your website secure and compatible with the latest features.
- Reliable customer support can help resolve WordPress-related issues more quickly.
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
