Tag: performance
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What to Do When a WordPress Update Breaks Your Site
Even if you keep your WordPress site in tip-top shape, sometimes an update can still cause things to break. That’s because WordPress is built on a collection of moving parts: the core software, your theme, all those plugins, and the PHP environment underneath. Each of these is updated on its own schedule, and when one…
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What is Managed Hosting for WordPress?
There’s no denying that WordPress is one of the most powerful website platforms on the market today. It powers roughly 43% of all websites on the internet and about 60% of every site that uses a content management system, making it the dominant CMS by a wide margin. It offers extensive SEO capabilities, robust security,…
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Configuring Your WordPress Site For Zero Downtime
We all dream of perfect uptime, but reality has other plans. Networks can get shaky, hardware gets old, and even the most reliable services can throw you a curveball. That’s why experienced WordPress teams focus on high availability instead. The goal is to keep your site running smoothly, even if something behind the scenes goes…
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An Introduction to Amazon RDS
As innovators in the hosting space, we’re constantly testing hardware and software solutions here at Pagely to find the optimum balance between price and performance for the unique demands of WordPress. Through all of that testing, Amazon RDS emerged as the clear winner for our database solution. We’ve built our hosting solution on it so…
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Risk Mitigation and the True Cost of Website Downtime
Most businesses don’t think twice about the necessity to carry the insurance policies to protect against various forms of loss. Errors & Omissions, Workers’ Comp, Liability… managing downside risk of unforeseen losses and limiting potential damage is a standard cost of doing business. But rarely do business owners go into a hosting scenario with the…
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Do You Really Need WordPress Caching Plugins?
It’s no secret having a slow website will hinder your success online. Visitors leave before your content even loads, forms get abandoned, and even simple updates in the dashboard start to feel like a chore. The upside? WordPress caching plugins can solve a lot of these headaches, but keep in mind that slapping one on…
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How Managed WordPress Hosting Can Level Up Your Business
If your business relies on its website for lead generation, ecommerce, or brand authority, the foundation that site is built on matters. For businesses scaling on the world’s most popular CMS, the choice often comes down to standard hosting versus a managed solution. But what exactly is the difference, and is the upgrade worth the…
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HTTP vs HTTPS: Understanding the Key Differences
Every time someone loads your website, whether it’s a homepage, a product page, or a WordPress login screen, there’s a conversation happening behind the scenes between their browser and your server. That conversation follows a protocol, and for most of the web’s history it was HTTP: the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is essentially the set…
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Celebrating the 2025 Pagely Partner Award Winners
Great WordPress outcomes don’t come from infrastructure alone. They happen when hosting and agency teams operate like one unit, which the teams in this post demonstrated through aligning early, communicating clearly, and making smart decisions that protect performance, security, and long-term maintainability. That’s the spirit behind the 2025 Pagely Partner Awards. Each winner reflects what…
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11 Tips for Improving Your WordPress SEO
If you’re running a WordPress site, getting found on Google can feel a bit like guessing in the dark. WordPress is pretty SEO‑friendly out of the box, but a handful of tweaks can dramatically change how much organic traffic actually shows up. The tips below walk through how WordPress SEO works, what to avoid, and…