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Activate your WP NET website

To activate your domain on your new hosting account you will need to update your domain's DNS 'A'...

 Apache and Nginx Guide

Plesk uses the Apache web server to deliver the pages of your website to clients. To achieve...

 Automated Backups

WP NET creates backups of customer data automatically each night. This article summarises these...

 Backup Guide

The recommended method for backing up your WP NET website data is to use the provided Plesk...

 BackupBuddy Guide

PLEASE NOTE: If you host with WP NET, it's not necessary for you to use a WordPress backup...

 Create a Staging Site

Using the Plesk WordPress Toolkit, it's possible to create a "staging" or "test" site, by cloning...

 Deployment Workflows

If you're new to WordPress development, then it may be useful to have some suggested workflows...

 Edit your Hosts File Guide

This article explains how to edit your local machine's hosts file so you can point a domain to a...

 FTP Access Guide

NOTE: this does not apply to Managed Servers. For connecting to Managed Servers, please see:...

 ImunifyAV Malware Scanner

ImunifyAV is an intelligent virus and malware detection tool with one-click automatic cleanup and...

 Local WordPress Development

Many of our customers sign up for a hosting account and start building their website on our...

 Manage Plesk User Accounts

Please see Plesk Docs for latest information: Managing Plesk User Accounts. MANAGING...

 Managing Comments

Remove and disable Comments on your WordPress site To tidy up / remove and disable comments...

 Managing Disk Space Usage

Each hosting plan has an allocated amount of disk space - if you exceed this limit you will...

 Migration Tools

For migrating WordPress websites, WP NET recommends: BackupBuddy - Our favourite. Read our...

 Plesk WordPress Toolkit

The Plesk WordPress Toolkit is a software extension that integrates directly into the Plesk...

 Recommended WordPress Plugins

One of the greatest things abut WordPress is the thousands of excellent plugins available. During...

 Resolving Timeout Issues

This article covers solutions to PHP timeout issues with WordPress sites. For performance...

 Updating Envato Market Themes & Plugins

The Envato Market is a very popular source of premium themes and plugins, from their respective...

 W3 Total Cache Set Up Guide

Follow these instructions to install, set up and use the W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress....

 WP Super Cache Set Up Guide

Follow these instructions to install, set up and use the WP Super Cache plugin for WordPress....

 WooCommerce Maintenance and Optimisation Guide

A WooCommerce site requires regular maintenance and a bit of housekeeping to keep things running...

 WordPress Performance Tuning and Optimisation Guide

Caching You should always use a caching plugin with your WordPress sites, this will dramatically...

 iThemes Security Set Up Guide

Installing a WordPress security plugin adds an important extra layer of protection to your...