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What is web hosting?
Hosting makes your website available online. Learn how it differs from a domain, what a hosted builder already supplies, and what to check before buying.
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Hosting
Understand shared and managed hosting, server resources, migration and billing. Use practical guides to compare costs and choose a plan for your website.
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What does a hosting plan include?
Read hosting offers by separating server resources, domain registration, mailboxes, HTTPS, backups and support—and checking what renews or costs extra.
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Shared hosting vs managed WordPress hosting
Shared describes how server resources are used; managed describes work the provider takes on. Compare the actual responsibilities and restrictions before choosing.
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How to move WordPress to a new host without losing content or email
Move the website, preserve the services around it and test a recoverable cutover before cancelling the old hosting.
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Why is my WordPress site slow? What to check before paying for faster hosting
Separate a slow server response from heavy images, scripts and uncached pages, then decide whether a hosting upgrade addresses the actual problem.
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A website responds slowly before anything loads
TTFB includes more than application processing. Follow the actual navigation through redirects, network setup and the origin response, then compare the same conditions before choosing a repair.
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Release new website files without trapping visitors on old HTML
Give changed assets new URLs, let HTML discover those URLs through an appropriate freshness policy, and retain compatibility for visitors still using the previous release.
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HTTP 406 on a website
A 406 response concerns what representation a request accepts and what the responding component is willing to provide. Compare exact requests before changing formats or disabling protections.
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HTTP 304 is not a missing page
A 304 response tells a conditional reader to reuse stored content; it does not carry the page body. Inspect the original representation, request validators and the layer answering before diagnosing missing updates.
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SSH host key changed
An SSH or SFTP identity warning can follow a legitimate server change, but the warning alone cannot establish that. Verify the replacement key through a trusted route before updating one saved record.
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A website database is slow
A slow page does not identify a slow query. Separate connection delay, execution, waiting and application work, then hand the maintainer a focused evidence record before changing indexes or hosting.
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HEAD says a page works but GET fails
A header-only check cannot prove that a page body is correct. Compare HEAD and GET at the same destination and access context, then inspect the actual browser journey.
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A website shows “Index of /…”
A directory listing instead of a homepage needs a mapping and initial-resource check. Preserve the correct site and separate hiding a listing from protecting files.
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No space left on a website
A storage dashboard can show free space while a website write fails elsewhere. Identify the exact destination, byte or inode capacity, account quota and temporary route first.
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