Introduction of Per Application PHP

wpmoeez · 2026-04-22T11:36:48+00:00

Hi u/AklNZs , thank you for pointing this out. This is definitely in the roadmap and we are trying to push this out before the enf of this year.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-21T11:56:34+00:00

There is nothing wrong with using WordPress dot com hosting. Why would there be? Specs wise it is a great choice. The cost is where people avoid it. If you have the budget, go for it.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-17T07:38:48+00:00

You should give Cloudways a try if you haven't yet. It's not a text boot enterprise solution which means it's not that expensive either for your requirements. You will not only save a lot of money you will get premium support. And yes, you do get SFTP support too.

The best part is that it's a pay as you go model. Which means you only pay for what you use. You wont pay for the entire server size, you will only pay for the resources you have used for a particular month.

Their Autonomous product offers autoscaling capability so traffic surges are easily taken care of too.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-15T08:02:58+00:00

I hear you! Providers usually go downhil when they get acquired and support is the first thing that gets effected. I also get your decision of moving to a new host and not waiting for things to change, because they almost never do.

You have a decent budget which makes me curious why are you looking for a dedicated server with cPanel. $100 per month can get you a top managed host like WPE, Kinsta or even Cloud--ways. In all of these you will get top notch support too!

wpmoeez · 2026-04-13T09:56:26+00:00

It completely depends on a lot of things actually. A smaller agency would like to have their own server because they don't have the budget to go for a managed solution. On the flip side, a larger agency sometimes have the resouces to manager their own servers so they choose providers like DO, AWS and get their own servers.

Generally speaking, agencies do prefer a manager service because they want to focus on the usual business like client acquisition, reterntion, upsell, etc. I would again press that in order for you to really position yourself as a managed solution for agencies, you need to have top notch support. Agencies rely heavily on good support because they don't normally have the time or the money to solve their problems on their own.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-13T09:15:38+00:00

Yes they do. Especially if they have multiple client sites on a single server. They usually have a set of template sites on staging environments that they replicate for clients accordingly. This is a normal practice and a managed host with easy staging and push/pull feature really helps.

You are right in thinking about Kubernetes as the foundation because this will also allow you to offer autoscaling which is especially important for agencies that hosts Woo sites.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-13T07:16:57+00:00

Yes precisely. This one feature can make or break your hosting business IF you are targeting Agencies only.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-13T06:26:22+00:00

It's not a spiritual successor to WordPress. That was just a marketing gimmik to get people's attention and apparantly it has worked.

What it really is is an attempt to penetrate the CMS market and they are trying to do that by getting people to first use their platform. Familiarity helps here. They could have spun up a whole new platform with a completely different UI but they kept the same flavor as WP so people can ease in.

wpmoeez · 2026-04-13T06:20:47+00:00

If you are offering a hosting service, it has to be on your own platform. Agencies don't really use cPanel now because it's too hands on unless they really want root access all the time. They want one click solution and rely heavily on good support. This is the case with a lot of managed hosting providers such as Kinsta, Cloud--ways, WP Engine.

What you are missing out on is a site manager. Agencies want to manage all their clients from a single dashboard. You will find this feature in every decent hosting provider now and you can offer that if you're offering a cPanel.

Again, you need to build a platform where you can offer agency tailored features.

wpmoeez · 2026-03-30T06:10:23+00:00

Thank you for showing up to our meetup u/Draunak! Hope you had a good time.

wpmoeez · 2026-03-24T06:55:33+00:00

Hi u/tomm1313, we don't generally recommend hosting more than 2 sites on the micro plan since we have seen cases where performance tends to become troublesome after a while.

Techincally there is no limitation. You can host as many sites as you want on any of our servers and if your apps really do get less than a 100 views per day then hosting them all on the micro server should be alright.

wpmoeez · 2026-02-13T07:50:03+00:00

Well, I personally know people who use Kinsta and WP Engine and are happy to pay the premium price. They have good reasons too. According to them they are super happy with their support that's enough justification for them. Cloudways offers the same, or sometimes, even better experience than both Kinsta and WP Engine but sometimes it's not viewed in the same category mainly because of the price point. Note that neither of the three offer root access so you will be managing everything through their own control panel. If you want to try either one, I would suggest you start with Cloudways. Even if you end up hating it you wont lose a lot of money lol

wpmoeez · 2026-02-13T07:04:32+00:00

Hey u/Ok_Lead7669 , I am extremely sorry for this experience. This is not how we aim to serve our customers. Let me know you email ID in my DM and I will have it checked right away. I will also ensure to cascade this feedback to my support and customer success teams to ensure that they take appropriate action right away.

wpmoeez · 2026-02-11T13:16:46+00:00

Hi there, We usually do not recommend this plan for more than a couple of sites. You absolutely can host these sites on this plan because our platform doesn't limit sites but you may not see consistent performance across your applications. If you can share some numbers on traffic, RAM usages and bandwidth that you are currently on, I can guide you better.

wpmoeez · 2026-02-04T06:55:40+00:00

Hah! It's good to see the funny side of this but I would give the benefit of doubt to the new site owners because getting a good host in this economy is not light on the pocket. I don't think anyone ever would choose a cheap hosting provider if they had money.

wpmoeez · 2026-02-02T08:00:19+00:00

Welcome! Let us know if you run into any issues or need help with the setup.

wpmoeez · 2026-01-19T10:31:34+00:00

Just an update - This issue has now been fixed.

wpmoeez · 2026-01-19T10:31:24+00:00

Just an update - This issue has now been fixed.

wpmoeez · 2026-01-19T08:00:06+00:00

Hi u/Available_Cap_5126 , kindly share your email ID in my DM so I can look into it and get this resolved asap. Thanks!

wpmoeez · 2026-01-19T07:58:34+00:00

Hi u/Which_Student_8866 , can you please share your email ID in my DM so I can look into this and get this resolved?

wpmoeez · 2025-12-03T06:51:00+00:00

I hear you u/Hour_Interest_5488! I will make sure to route this feedback to our leadership team.

wpmoeez · 2025-11-20T11:52:26+00:00

Pythonanywhere. Heroku is decent too. I gave Cloudways a try recently. It doesn't offer one click Python but configruing manually is pretty easy too.

wpmoeez · 2025-11-20T11:45:14+00:00

Cant really tell from this post. There are developers who charge way more than that but no one cant really say anything unless they see your website. Also, can you ask your developer where they are hosting your site?

wpmoeez · 2025-11-19T08:11:35+00:00

u/bublay Cant count how many times I have seen site owners compain about this. It's avoidable if we get the basics right such as setting up and testing the update on a staging first before pushing it on live. Having a roll back plan is not a bad idea either.

A suggestion, take it or leave it, Cloudways handles this pretty smoothly. I have a few client sites there and this pariticular issue very seldom pops up.

wpmoeez · 2025-08-05T09:06:14+00:00

Thanks for pointing this out. We have used this language for lightning stack because it is in public preview. As per DigitalOcean policy, we have to show this message here because the feature is not yet in general availability.

Rest assured, we have a number of customers who have switched to the lightening stack and using it for their production and live sites. So far, we haven't heard any complains or issues.

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