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This guide explains the WordPress performance features included with Hosted.com and shows you where to manage your hosting service through the Hosted.com® Client Portal.
When choosing a WordPress Hosting provider, performance is one of the most important factors to consider. A fast, reliable website improves the experience for your visitors, helps with search engine rankings, and supports higher conversion rates. Your hosting environment plays a significant role in how quickly your pages load and how consistently your site remains available.
Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting is built on modern infrastructure designed specifically for WordPress websites. Our platform combines high-performance servers, LiteSpeed Web Server technology, NVMe SSD storage, optimized PHP versions, and advanced caching to deliver fast loading times and dependable uptime. These features work together to ensure your website performs efficiently, even during periods of increased traffic.
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How Hosted.com® Delivers WordPress Performance
Follow these steps to access and manage your WordPress Hosting account.
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 information, including your hosting package, resource allocation, and management options.
6. Click Login to cPanel if you need to manage your website, databases, files, backups, or WordPress installation.
Performance Features Included
Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting includes several technologies that help maximize website speed and reliability.
- LiteSpeed Web Server: Hosted.com® uses LiteSpeed Web Server, which is designed to process website requests more efficiently than traditional web servers. This allows pages to load faster while handling higher numbers of simultaneous visitors.
- LiteSpeed Cache: Every Hosted.com® WordPress Hosting account includes LiteSpeed Cache for page caching. Cached pages can be served much faster because they do not need to be regenerated every time someone visits your website.
- NVMe SSD Storage: Your website files and databases are stored on high-speed NVMe SSD storage. Compared to traditional hard drives, NVMe drives significantly reduce file access times and improve overall website responsiveness.
- Optimized PHP: Hosted.com® supports modern PHP versions offering better performance and improved security. Running the latest supported PHP version can noticeably reduce page generation times.
- Global Content Delivery: You can integrate your website with a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to distribute static content across multiple global locations. This helps visitors load your website more quickly regardless of where they are located.
- Reliable Uptime – The Hosted.com® infrastructure is designed for high availability, minimizing downtime through enterprise-grade hardware, network redundancy, and proactive monitoring.
What Affects Website Loading Speed?
Although your hosting platform provides the foundation for performance, several other factors influence how quickly your WordPress website loads:
- The size and quality of your WordPress theme.
- The number and quality of installed plugins.
- Image optimization.
- Database optimization.
- External scripts and embedded content.
- Visitor location.
- Website traffic levels.
Optimizing these areas alongside the Hosted.com® hosting platform helps achieve the best possible performance.
Additional Information
- Hosted.com’s WordPress Hosting is optimized specifically for WordPress rather than general-purpose web hosting.
- Configure your LiteSpeed settings easily by installing the plugin through the WordPress.
- Faster loading websites generally provide a better user experience and may improve search engine optimization (SEO).
- Regularly updating WordPress, themes, and plugins helps maintain optimal performance and security.
- Removing unused plugins and themes can reduce unnecessary resource usage.
- Large images should be compressed before uploading to improve loading times.
- Using a CDN can improve loading speeds for visitors located farther from your hosting server.
- Monitoring your website’s performance periodically helps identify opportunities for further optimization.
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
