What is website hosting?

A web hosting provider manages the services and technology that is required for a website to be viewed online. Websites are hosted (or stored) on servers. When a user types in your website address, their computer connects to the server. That server then delivers the webpages to the user through a browser. At Stellaractive, we give our clients the option to host their site with us for a nominal fee. This includes services such as WordPress support, technical assistance from our in-house developers and support team, domain name renewal, and more.

What are the benefits of WordPress website hosting?

As an open-source software CMS, WordPress has many advantages, including ease of use and seemingly endless plugin options that add functionality at a reasonable cost. With its global network of developers, the WordPress community actively and continually monitors the platform. With your Stellaractive WordPress site, you’ll enjoy:

Fast content loading thanks to a content delivery network

A content delivery network (CDN) stores your site’s static content locally in servers all across the world and then delivers content to your visitors from the servers that are closest to them.

The effect is two-fold: content loads faster because it’s closer to the end-user, and your site can scale dramatically because an expansive global network of servers shares the traffic load. WP Engine has partnered with NetDNA to offer a robust, enterprise CDN as part of our service.

Enterprise-grade scale with EverCache

WP Engine’s EverCache is one of the most scalable WordPress caching mechanisms available today. Their proprietary caching system serves your media incredibly fast and dramatically increases visitor reach and availability.

EverCache is fully integrated into your WordPress environment so you don’t need any third-party caching plugins. Cache is automatically refreshed as needed. You can always clear your cache at any time as well. And if you need special caching rules, our support team is happy to implement them for you.

Top-notch security

Stellaractive’s WordPress Hosting and Maintenance services ensure that your website will be secure and function properly. Your site – both the core and all plugins – will be updated and tested regularly. We offer the most advanced methods of protection against hackers and other security threats.

  • Modification of the WordPress core to hide version numbers and other sensitive pieces of information used by hackers to attack websites
  • Update blacklist of malicious IP Addresses
  • Database malware scans
  • Website log review to ensure there is no suspicious activity that could slow your site speed
  • Database backup to ensure that the site can be quickly reinstalled in the case of a catastrophic attack

WordPress Hosting with WP Engine’s Enterprise Plans Offers High Availability

Business-critical, high-traffic WordPress sites benefit from our highly available, scale-out system that can handle more than 50 million visitors per month.

Our enterprise plans feature a three-tier architecture with HA load balancing and firewalling, scalable web layers, and advanced database replication. And if you experience a traffic spike, our rapid, easy deployments allow us to add more capacity to your site effortlessly.

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Hosting & maintenance tips

Simple pointers and terms from our development team to help those not technically knowledgeable.

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External links

When adding links to your website that go to a third-party site, make sure that it opens in a new window or tab. In WordPress, there is typically a checkbox option to enable this. That way, when a visitor is done referencing the external site and close that window or…

Clearing Browser cache

Your browser — whether on your computer or mobile device — stores a copy of websites you have visited in order to load them more quickly the next time you visit. This is called “cache” (said like ‘cash’). This means that when you or your developer make changes, you may…

Clearing Browser cache

Your browser — whether on your computer or mobile device — stores a copy of websites you have visited in order to load them more quickly the next time you visit. This is called “cache” (said like ‘cash’). This means that when you or your developer make changes, you may need to clear your cache in order for the updates to display correctly.