Your first hour with a new hosting account.
Everything between buying a hosting plan and having a working website: signing in, understanding what you were given, getting your domain pointed at it, and putting the first files in place. If you have never run a website before, start at the top of this list and work down — the guides are ordered the way the job actually happens.
Installing, securing, updating and repairing WordPress.
43 articles EmailMailboxes, clients, forwarding and deliverability.
33 articles Domains & DNSNameservers, records, transfers and propagation.
36 articles SSL & SecurityCertificates, HTTPS, malware and hardening.
28 articles Control PanelFinding your way around the hosting panel.
26 articles Databases & MySQLMySQL users, phpMyAdmin, backups and repairs.
24 articles PHP & DevelopmentVersions, extensions, limits, cron and the shell.
28 articles Migrations & TransfersMoving a site or a domain in, without downtime.
22 articles Speed & PerformanceCaching, images, Core Web Vitals and slow sites.
28 articles Backups & RecoveryTaking backups, and restoring when it counts.
20 articles Errors & TroubleshootingSpecific error messages, and how to clear them.
44 articles VPS & ServersRoot access, SSH, firewalls and server basics.
30 articles Reseller HostingRunning a hosting business on our platform.
22 articles Ecommerce & WooCommerceOnline stores, checkout, payments and PCI basics.
26 articles FTP & File ManagementUploading, permissions and where files belong.
20 articles Billing & AccountInvoices, renewals, upgrades and cancellations.
18 articles SEO & MarketingGetting found once the site is live.
26 articles