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Hosting industry news, service launches, pricing changes, and commentary on the tools and platforms that power the web.
A practical security review of Cloudflare's free tier in 2026: DDoS protection, SSL, WAF gaps, bot mitigation, DNS security, and the specific protections that require a paid plan.
Why SPF, DKIM, DMARC, SMTP routing, and domain reputation now belong in every website launch and migration checklist — with specific consequences for ecommerce, membership, and transactional email.
A realistic look at managed WordPress hosting pricing tiers in 2026: Kinsta, WP Engine, Cloudways, SiteGround, and how renewal pricing, add-ons, and multi-site costs change the real total.
RunCloud, SpinupWP, Enhance, and similar server panels are making self-managed cloud hosting more approachable for agencies and technical site owners — here's why the model is winning in 2026.
Analysis of Akamai's restructuring of Linode cloud pricing and plans in 2026: what changed for existing customers, how it compares to DigitalOcean and Vultr, and the implications for WordPress hosting.
cPanel's 2026 price increase pushes more small hosts toward DirectAdmin. Analysis of the new pricing structure and what hosting customers should expect.
DigitalOcean's new Managed Redis Caching service targets WordPress and application developers who want object caching without managing Redis themselves.
Hetzner opens a second US data centre in Ashburn, Virginia, bringing competitive European pricing to the East Coast. What this means for US-based developers.
WordPress 6.7 includes database query optimisations, improved script loading, and native lazy loading for iframes. What's actually faster and what still needs plugins.
An overview of the WordPress hosting landscape in 2026 — managed hosts, cloud providers, pricing trends, and what has changed in the past two years.