Category: Web hosting and email

100x performance; it’s a big and bold claim! If you’ve spent time researching web hosting options, you’ve no doubt come across plenty of impressive figures and striking data as to why you should choose service X over Y. You’ve more than likely pondered what they all mean, too. With this post I wanted to dive into the detail behind our...

For those keen to use the latest PHP release, our rollout of the 8.2 branch is now complete. Our Professional, Reseller, and WordPress platforms all now have the option to use this release. New accounts created this week will use this version as standard, while older accounts will need to switch within their control panels. Please note that 8.2 is...

This week sees the latest enhancement to our WordPress platform. Should you require assistance in establishing a new WordPress website, our “Site Setup” option will now be available at signup. By choosing this free add-on, you will be guided through to a user-friendly site setup tool after signup. With just a few clicks, you can launch a fully configured and...

Following the release of our new Reseller platform late last year, this month sees the activation of our new Professional Hosting accounts, built on the same cloud-styled architecture. For the most part, the new system will look and feel the same for Professional Hosting users; most of the magic such as the distributed storage takes place quietly in the background....

As many of you will know, we’ve been working on replacing our reseller platform architecture for quite some time. After a long development cycle we’ve been excitedly testing our alpha release internally for a little while now, and we’re very happy with the results. This month sees the platform roll out in beta form, ready to accept clients who want...

If you’ve noticed the recent updates on your managed WordPress accounts with us, you might’ve also noticed we’ve sidelined the built-in core updater in favour of our own tool. The main reason for this is that the WordPress updater is offered as an opt-in system, whereas ours is opt-out. We think the latter is crucial. Keeping your installation of WordPress...

We have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of PHP 7.4 in the IUS repo to allow us to roll the new version out to all our WordPress Hosting clients. This has happened and we have completed our internal testing, so are now ready to begin deploying PHP 7.4. The PHP 7.4 rollout affects both PHP CLI and PHP-FPM inside your...

WordPress 5.5 was released recently with a wide range of new and exciting features. There is a little more packed into this release than usual, so we wanted to take the opportunity to let our WordPress customers and readers know exactly what they’re getting, and why it’s an important update to make sure you run on your site. Block patterns...

Today sees the return of our long lost three domain name WordPress plan. The new option in our WordPress line up seeks to address the leap in pricing some clients have struggled with in the past. The newly released three domain option is priced at £19.95 per month. In addition, the five domain name plan will be lowered in price...