Semi-Dedicated Hosting
Semi-dedicated hosting places fewer accounts on each server than shared hosting, giving you higher limits. Learn how it works, where it sits and who it suits.
Knowledgebase
Clear answers to common hosting questions, written by our editors.
-
By Maarten Soetens
-
Backup Retention Policy
A backup retention policy sets how long each backup is kept. Learn why short retention fails when a hack or corruption goes unnoticed for weeks.
By Maarten Soetens
-
Hosting Security Responsibility
Web hosting security responsibility explained: what the host secures, what you secure, and how the split changes between shared, managed and unmanaged plans.
By Maarten Soetens
-
What Is Cloudflare?
What is Cloudflare? A reverse proxy network that combines CDN, DNS, caching and security. Learn what changes for a website when it sits in front of its origin.
By Maarten Soetens
-
WordPress Hooks
WordPress hooks actions filters explained: how plugins and themes attach code to WordPress events and change data without editing core files.
By Maarten Soetens
-
Shared Hosting vs VPS
Shared hosting vs VPS: shared plans cost less and are managed for you, while a VPS gives allocated resources and root access. Compare control and skills.
By Maarten Soetens
-
Reverse vs Forward Proxy
Reverse proxy vs forward proxy: a forward proxy acts for clients, a reverse proxy acts for servers. Compare their roles, examples and where each fits.
By Maarten Soetens
-
What Is a Child Theme?
What is a child theme? It inherits a parent WordPress theme and keeps your changes separate, so theme updates do not overwrite them. Learn when to use one.
By Maarten Soetens
-
cPanel vs Plesk
Compare cPanel and Plesk on operating system support, interface, features, extensions and licensing to see which panel fits your hosting needs.
By Maarten Soetens
-
OCSP and Certificate Revocation
OCSP explained: how browsers check whether a TLS certificate was revoked before its expiry date, how OCSP stapling helps and what its limits are.
By Maarten Soetens
-
JSON vs XML
JSON vs XML compared on readability, size, parsing and validation. Learn when each format fits and where XML is still used in feeds and SOAP.
By Maarten Soetens
-
Sender Reputation Explained
Sender reputation is the trust score mailbox providers give your IP address and domain. Learn how IP and domain reputation differ and what damages them.
By Maarten Soetens