A2 Hosting is now hosting.com. Same speed, same support - just a new name and a bigger mission
It's been just over a year since we launched Hosting.com Optimized WordPress. The goal of Hosting.com Optimized WordPress was to take the guesswork out of how to get the fastest page loads and most secure settings. It is safe to say Hosting.com Optimized WordPress has been a success with optimized WordPress sites loading up to 6X faster than non-optimized sites.
According to a recently published Google study, hacked sites are up 180% over the past year. In an effort to help keep your websites and account from becoming another victim, we are excited to announce that we are rolling out our new security solution called Patchman. Patchman is a multi-function security tool that provide the following 3 services free of charge!
In previous blog posts, including our comparison of HHVM vs PHPNG, we talk about how PHP 7 typically beats HHVM by up to 20% and it is up to 100% faster than PHP 5.6 (even though we do need to run our own performance comparisons here at Hosting.com).
This week Google announced new mobile based criteria which will affect your search result ranking for users searching from a mobile device. This makes sense, Google wants to return higher quality mobile pages to users on mobile devices.
It is important to evaulate the reputation and safety of each plugin and template you use for your site. Learn how to easily evaulate each here!
When it comes to installing popular software, we almost always recommend that our Web Hosting customers use Softaculous. Not only does Softaculous make it fast and easy to install these solutions, but you can update your software when one is available with just 1-click.
