HostArmada vs WP Engine

WordPress Hosting is a specially created service, aiming to provide fast, secure, and stable hosting service for WordPress based websites.

Yes! Our WordPress web hosting plans are powered by state of the art Cloud Platform virtualized with the KVM® virtualization technology. This type of technology is Kernel-based, meaning that the resources of the Cloud are equally distributed across all the virtual machines running on top. This assures NO resource overselling so that every web hosting server can utilize 100% dedicated resources.

All storage units are native SSD based except for the backups, which are stored remotely on a block storage service, which is HDD based. This means that all the files and databases of our customers' WordPress websites can take advantage of the fast Read/Write speed granted by the SSD Storage. Furthermore, the Storage Array of our Cloud technology is utilizing RAID 10 configuration for optimal data integrity and even faster requests processing!

Yes! Depending on the package you choose, we can transfer from 1 up to 3 WordPress websites. We will take care of your websites' files and database while making sure there is no data loss! Not only that, but we will also transfer all your emails upon request.

Yes! Our WordPress Hosting is optimized by default, and only deploying your website on our service should optimize its loading speed, however further optimizations ARE possible! Our Technical Support team will gladly review your website and find the best approach to optimize its loading speed even further!

Yes! No matter which WordPress Hosting plan you choose, we will perform automated daily backups for your websites! The backups are free of charge, and you will be able to restore any file whenever needed directly from the control panel we provide (cPanel)!

Yes! We perform full account backups, meaning that all the files, folders, emails, email accounts, databases, and even website optimizations are fully backed up on a daily basis!

Nobody can give a concrete answer to that question and stating that some internet resource is 100% secure cannot possibly be true. However, relying on the experience of our Technical Staff as well as our System Administration team, we developed security solutions that cover nearly 99% of the Internet attacks these days. Furthermore, our Security Specialists are following time-tested protocols, which will immediately report a vulnerability in WordPress when such is detected and will try to patch

Our WordPress Hosting solution offers more than 99.9% uptime for our clients' websites. We persistently apply security patches to every service, and we maintain a fully up to date web hosting environment! Also, we constantly monitor the servers ensuring the fair resource utilization of the users' web hosting accounts. Combined, all these are creating one stable and reliable web hosting service everyone will enjoy utilizing!

Our Technical Team is available 24/7/365, however, they are only reachable via the ticketing system in your Client Area. If the risen problem is of utmost importance, we can schedule a call or a live chat session but this will be a very rare exception. We prefer to providing Technical Support assistance over tickets because some cases require technical time to solve and we always go an extra mile for our customers, so we can deliver the best possible support. In addition to that, the ticketing s

Yes, of course! Our clients are provided with all the tools needed for optimal control on their Dedicated CPU Server solutions! For the web interface, we are utilizing cPanel/WHM, and for console control, our clients can take advantage of the SSH protocol with ROOT level of server access. However, please bear in mind that the root access is on-demand granted, so every client that requires such will have to submit a ticket to our Technical Support Fleet so that they can enable and allow the root

Our Technical Support Fleet can easily handle the upgrade to a Dedicated CPU Server. The only thing our clients should consider is submitting a support ticket informing our crew which Dedicated CPU Server plan they should set up. Afterward, our crew will generate an upgrade invoice, and finally, once paid, the upgrade process will begin. Through the process, our team will set up the Dedicated CPU Server, migrate all data from the Shared Web hosting account, and test if everything is working prop

Similar to the upgrade procedure for Shared Hosting, the upgrade from Cloud SSD VPS solution to Dedicated CPU Server is handled by our Technical Support Fleet. The only thing a Client should do is either submit a Technical Support Ticket or contact our Customer Care department over Live Chat so they can initiate the upgrade. Once initiated, our Technical Support Crew will set up the new Dedicated CPU Server and transfer all the data from the Cloud SSD VPS hosting solution to the Dedicated CPU Se

Although we can offer multiple options for the storage of our Dedicated CPU Server solutions, we choose to provide by default Native SSD units for optimal read/write speeds.

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, and as the name suggests, this term affects the storage of our Dedicated CPU Server solutions. Since the RAID configuration can be utilized for redundancy and read/write speed, we decided that we should provide both the options. Therefore, we are proud to say that all our Dedicated CPU Servers are utilizing RAID 10 configuration through a separate RAID controller.

Yes, of course! Our Dedicated CPU Server Hosting plans come with unlimited website transfers as long as you provide us with root level of access to your previous web hosting provider. If that is not an option, we will still try migrating all websites, but we reserve the right to charge the transfers accordingly if the amount of such is excessive.

Unmanaged VPS hosting is an affordable, virtualized server with dedicated resources available for only one customer (all their websites, applications, programs). The service is perfect for customers having enough technical knowledge to manage the service on their own such as developers, system administrators, agenceies, and DevOps.

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a virtualization technology built into the Linux kernel that allows a physical server to run multiple isolated virtual machines, each with its own dedicated resources. The benefits of KVM are strong isolation, consistent performance, and support for a wide range of operating systems.

Managed VPS hosting is cloud-based and comes fully prepared for immediate use, with all performance and security optimizations in place. It includes full technical support covering every aspect of the web hosting service. Unmanaged VPS hosting requires the customer to configure and maintain the server themselves, with technical assistance available only as a paid add-on.

For operating systems, we currently support Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, CloudLinux, and CentOS.
For control panels, you can choose between cPanel and Plesk (paid options), or CyberPanel and aaPanel (free options). You can also opt for a clean OS installation without any control panel.

Yes. You can install any software stack or application as long as it is compatible with the operating system installed on your server. We do offer installation assistance as part of our paid add-on service for technical support.

Unmanaged VPS hosting includes support for the underlying hardware, network connectivity, and virtualization platform. All software installation, configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting inside the VPS are the customer’s responsibility, unless our paid add-on service for technical support is purchased.

We currently operate datacenters in Europe (London, UK; Frankfurt, DE), North America (Dallas, USA; Montreal, CA), Asia (Singapore, SG), and Australia (Sydney, AU), with plans to expand into additional regions in the future.

All unmanaged VPS hosting plans include a free, complimentary backup service. Each plan comes with one monthly backup stored securely on a remote server. If you need more frequent restore points, you can easily add extra backup slots during the order process.

Yes. You can upgrade your VPS to a larger plan whenever your projects require more resources. Whether you need additional CPU power, RAM, or storage, the process is quick and seamless, with minimal disruption to your service. Upgrades can be requested directly from your HostArmada Client Area, ensuring your server grows alongside your needs.

Error logs are necessary for most WordPress troubleshooting. You can access the most recent 24 hours of PHP/Apache error logs in two different ways: how to access WordPress error logs.

We’ve outlined two methods for resetting your password, a traditional method and a method directly from the database: two ways to reset a WordPress password.

Here you will find a comprehensive list of WP Engine platform settings. Please reach out to our 24-hour Support team with any questions.

This article will cover how to import a database file into your WP Engine environment.

Follow this link for detailed instructions about how to update WordPress URLs.

Follow this link to learn more about how to solve problems when updating WordPress URLs.

Follow this link to learn more about understanding the WP Engine Error Logs.

Learn more about WordPress Backups and Restoring your website.

Learn more about copying to staging.

Learn more about common errors that WordPress users face and how to resolve them.

Learn how to purge your site cache in this detailed article.

Learn more about Improving Cacheability for WordPress websites.

Yes, learn more about how WP Engine works with LargeFS: Configuring Unlimited Storage with Amazon S3.

WP Engine will make the services available 99.95% of the time, excluding any excused downtime. The WP Engine SLA amends the agreement between WP Engine and customer and addresses the uptime guarantees in relation to the services we provide to you and your remedies for our failure to meet such guarantees.

We offer hosting solutions for WordPress websites and businesses of all sizes, from SMB to enterprise. We also offer eCommerce hosting and advanced solutions with customizable packages. See which hosting plan is right for your needs.

If you’re experiencing a technical issue on your website, please reach out to our 24-hour Support team and give us the opportunity to help you resolve it. Per our terms of service, account cancellations require a 30 day notice via our cancellation form.

WP Engine provides everything a WordPress website needs. Learn more about our award-winning hosting platform.

WP Engine is the most trusted enterprise platform for WordPress. Learn more about our enterprise hosting plans.

It’s free to migrate a site to WP Engine. Our automated migration plugin makes it simple.

Yes! Here’s the information needed to do a manual site migration.

It’s easy to launch a site with WP Engine, here’s how.

It’s possible to test your site on WP Engine after migrating without changing your DNS, just by editing a file on your computer.

This guide will take you through the process of exporting your database from your previous host, so that you can then migrate it to WP Engine.

Once you’ve downloaded your wp-content folder from your previous host, you can easily upload this folder or zip file to our Support Team so we can help you with this step of the manual migration process.

Learn more about transferable sites and environments.

Learn how to manage user roles on WP Engine.

The billing menu in your User Portal provides access to several plan-related functions, such as invoices, modifying billing info or changing your plan level.

Our pricing is partially based on the number of monthly visits to your site, we’ve provided as clear of guidelines as possible about which visits are considered billable.

When your number of visits exceeds your plan limit (here’s how we count visits), we charge you a small overage for each 1,000 visitors over your limit. If you are on a Startup, Professional, Growth, or Scale plan, the overage is $2 per 1,000 extra monthly visitors.

The WP Engine User Portal enables users to make many adjustments to their plans through upgrades, downgrades, and add-on features.

Follow this link to learn more about WP Engine’s Automated Migration plugin.

Yes, we recommend following this link to update plugins automatically with Smart Plugin Manager.

Follow this link to see our list of essential WordPress eCommerce plugins.

Follow this link to see the top 10 WordPress plugins on WP Engine.

Yes, follow this link to learn more about creating geographically customized content.

When hosting your WordPress site on WP Engine, you may need to connect directly to your website’s file system. On other platforms you may already be used to using FTP. At WP Engine we use SFTP which works the same, except it uses a layer of encryption for security and is restricted to a secured port. Read more about using SFTP on WP Engine.

Once you’ve downloaded your wp-content folder from your previous host, you can easily upload this folder or zip file to our Support Team so we can help you with this step of the manual migration process.

Git is a powerful development tool which enables developers or a development team to securely push code changes from their local machine to their site on WP Engine with the benefit of version control. Read more about using Git Push on WP Engine.

Here’s how to setup and connect to SSH Gateway. SSH, also known as Secure Shell, is the method of connecting from your computer to the web server where your site is hosted.

SSL/TLS certificates enable visitors to connect to your site with HTTPS, a secure protocol for exchanging information on the Internet. See more information on SSL (secure sockets layer) certificates.

Click here to learn more about adding SSL to your WP Engine site.

Yes, learn more about how to upload 3rd Party SSL Certificates.

Learn more about securing all URLs with SSL.

Learn more about obtaining free SSL Certificates with Lets Encrypt.

While we manage many parts of your website hosting, default email functionality on WP Engine is limited. Normal emails, such as password resets, will not typically have any issues sending. However, for robust email functionality, monitoring and scalability, we highly suggest utilizing a 3rd party email host.

We typically recommend using a 3rd party transactional mail provider such as Mailgun, Gmail, or Sendinblue. These services allow you to send emails from a specialized mail IP and will include a higher level of customization, such as more robust logging. See our full list of recommended email providers.

Learn more about DMARC Policies for Email Deliverability.

Learn more about sending Email Blasts on WP Engine.

Yes! With a dedicated security team specializing in WordPress behind it, our platform’s enterprise-grade technology automates threat detection to block 72M attacks daily while keeping your website vulnerabilities up to date. See more about WP Engine security protocols.

Yes, learn more about WP Engine’s enterprise-grade security.

Learn more about how to handle the WordPress update process.

Multisite for WordPress is a feature that allows you to create a “network” of subsites within a single instance of WordPress. Learn more about multisite for WordPress.

/support/what-is-wordpress-multisite/#Custom_Main_Site_DomainFollow this link to learn more about how to Add New Sites and Map a Custom Domain.

Follow this link to learn more about changing your Multisite Primary Domain.

Follow this link to learn more about Enabling Multisite on your WordPress website.