WordPress website hosting
In the next article, I will try to explain the difference between regular web hosting and WordPress web hosting.
First, I will explain what the WordPress website building system is,
A WordPress website is a platform for building a website that includes a content management system, or in professional terminology:
CMS – Control Management System
The WordPress website is built in the most popular programming language in the world today: PHP – Personal Home Page
Or also called: Hypertext Preprocessor
This programming language usually runs on a Linux server – Linux Web Server
The WordPress website database is a MySql – My – Structured Query Language database.
The WordPress website building system is currently the most popular website building system in the world,
Some would argue that over 50 percent of the websites in the world today are built on WordPress, not sure 🙂
In fact, WordPress website hosting is the same as any other PHP website hosting.
The fundamental difference is in the resource consumption of a WordPress site compared to sites built in other languages.
A WordPress website has the option of installing many and varied plugins for the purpose of improving the site, promoting the site, adding functionality, and the like.
Each plugin will likely consume additional server resources.
This usually involves greater resource consumption by WordPress sites in terms of CPU and RAM.
One of the most popular plugins for WordPress is the Woocommerce plugin.
The Woocommerce plugin is considered a particularly gluttonous plugin, both in terms of CPU and RAM.
Adequate resources can also be allocated to a WordPress site on shared hosting,
It is more recommended to host a WordPress site with the Woocommerce plugin on a private VPS server, since there are more resources available on a private VPS server.
But ultimately, the decision to host a WordPress website is a matter of trial and error, and often on the move.
It is possible to save on WordPress website hosting costs by optimizing the WordPress programming code, such as:
- טיפול בשאילתות למסד הנתונים שיהיו יעילות ומהירות יותר
- הסרת תוספים לא נחוצים.
- העברת תמונות כבדות מדף הבית.
- אי שימוש בסקריפטים שעשויים להעמיס
- וכדומה.
Programming costs are usually higher and it is more cost-effective to upgrade a storage package to more resources,
But each case must be examined on its own merits.
תופעה נוספת היא תדירות גבוהה בניסיונות לפרוץ אתרי וורדפרס.
Since there are many millions of WordPress sites, the likelihood of hacking also increases.
Hackers try at every opportunity to develop tools to hack WordPress sites.
The advantage of dedicated hosting is a secure server that minimizes the chance of the site being hacked.
WordPress website maintenance and upgrades:
Another advantage of dedicated WordPress hosting is the service and expertise that the website hosting team should provide to the WordPress site.
The WordPress website is updated frequently, both to improve performance and for security purposes, to address bugs from previous versions, to add features and extensions, and so on.
Sometimes, due to upgrading a WordPress site, the site crashes.
This can be due to several reasons:
- אתר הוורדפרס לא שודרג זמן רב
- באג בשדרוג החדש
- שינוי ידני שנעשה באתר
- וכדומה
This is another reason and a fundamental difference between the need for dedicated hosting and hosting another website.
When purchasing a dedicated WordPress package, support from WordPress experts is also provided for the problems I mentioned above.
Which you probably won’t get at any web hosting company for a regular website.
Installing a WordPress website:
Of course, an interesting part of website hosting is also transferring the website from server to server or
Transferring the server from any other work environment, for example a programmer’s.
Dedicated WordPress hosting has one-click installation systems for WordPress and other systems such as Drupal, Joomla, and more…
This makes it very easy to install the site even for a user who is not very familiar with programming.
With dedicated WordPress hosting, the support team will know how to professionally install your website for you.
Which is not trivial in hosting a regular website.
Changing and updating content on a WordPress website (WordPress website maintenance):
Website maintenance is another reason that distinguishes regular website hosting from WordPress website hosting.
Updating a website with a dedicated WordPress hosting company is within reach and available to every website owner.
Server versions and php version:
Dedicated website hosting has ongoing updates of PHP versions.
Which is very essential for the site’s performance and is suitable for the new versions that are updated to WordPress.
The same goes for versions of MySql and the like.
WordPress Developer Website – The official WordPress website
In conclusion,
Hosting a WordPress website on a dedicated WordPress hosting package is better than hosting a website on a standard Linux package.
Good luck to everyone!
Article author: Tzachi Bengiat, CEO of Host Center
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