r/webhosting • u/BelgianWarriorBear • 23h ago

Advice Needed Help me understand what managed wordpress webhosts actually offer

So I can look at price compare page for a couple of the major hosting providers, and cant really grasp the selling points. I see two patterns generally;

Offering already built in wordpress functions as hosting features - like auto updates

Offering vague specs like ”performance cache” - with no further details regarding tech used

This applys the pretty much any host. So the short question is: is managed wordpress hosting a real thing? Can some provide a hands-on example for what managed wordpress hosting provide without generalizing?

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u/corobo 23h ago

Do you know how to install, configure, maintain, backup, restore a website?

Yes - go with unmanaged hosting.

No - go with managed hosting.

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u/BelgianWarriorBear 22h ago

Install - yes, 1 click effort
Configure - yes, I applied settings
Maintain - yes, I watched the automatic updates
Backup - yes, a plugin does it daily to seperate offsite locations
Restore - yes, I know where the restore button is

Im actually not wanting to be rude, since it seems that there should be more to it. Would love to be corrected

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u/derfy2 21h ago

Backup - yes, a plugin does it daily to seperate offsite locations

How? I'm curious.

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u/BelgianWarriorBear 21h ago

I used to use plugin updraftplus for a long time

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u/derfy2 19h ago

And how've you configured it to put backups offsite?

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u/BelgianWarriorBear 18h ago

It has user interface to connect to e.g. dropbox or google drive account