The trickiest part of setting up a website is the technical aspect. This can include coding a layout, but if you go with a third party theme you’ll be all set there.

But the other tricky part is web hosting and installing WordPress to get your site online. Thankfully with managed hosting this process can be super easy.

Managed hosting is where you pay a web hosting company to fully maintain your server. This means they’ll setup, configure, and secure your server 24/7. They provide all security updates and data backups to make sure everything’s running smoothly.

But there are many different types of managed hosting so it’s good to learn more about the industry. In this guide I’ll explain what managed WordPress hosting is and why it might be a good choice for your next web project.

Managed WordPress Hosting: The Basics

The term “web server” describes many moving parts. Stated simply, this is just a computer meant to be online 24/7 to deliver websites to visitors. But it’s obviously more complicated than that.

A managed hosting platform installs everything so you don’t need to worry about the server setup.

If it’s managed WordPress hosting then they’ll also install WordPress and optimize the server to load faster. This usually comes with other benefits such as:

Malware sweeps & virus removal

Protections against DDOS/injection attacks

Automatic server updates

Automatic website backups

Problem solving whenever an issue arises....



If you go with semi-managed hosting(or “unmanaged”) then you’ll need to deal with some of these things yourself. Granted most hosting companies are very secure and will protect you from hacks/downtime.

But managed hosting basically guarantees that you don’t need to do anything. It’s the surefire way to manage a high-volume WordPress site while moving all the technical work over to the experts.

If you want access to your server but don’t want full responsibility then a shared hosting account might be better. The problem is that these shared accounts are very poor quality and do not hold up for larger websites.

If you have a WordPress site doing more than 100k pageviews/month then you might be better with a managed server.


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