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PHP Versions and Hosting Risk: Why Old PHP Is Not Just Slow

PHP Versions and Hosting Risk: Why Old PHP Is Not Just Slow

Roughly 40 % of WordPress sites run a PHP version that no longer receives any security fixes, and another 49 % run one that gets critical…

Tomáš MahríkAugust 14, 2026
ScalaHosting adds seven free SPanel features: Git, clusters, passkeys

ScalaHosting adds seven free SPanel features: Git, clusters, passkeys

ScalaHosting has started rolling out seven new SPanel features at once — Git version control, server clustering, DNS replication, passkey…

Tomáš MahríkAugust 13, 2026
Cloudways launches managed AI agent hosting for OpenClaw and Hermes

Cloudways launches managed AI agent hosting for OpenClaw and Hermes

Cloudways has moved Managed AI Agents into general availability — OpenClaw and Hermes now run on dedicated managed infrastructure from…

Tomáš MahríkAugust 13, 2026
Let's Encrypt 45-Day Certificates: What Website Owners Need to Know

Let's Encrypt 45-Day Certificates: What Website Owners Need to Know

Let's Encrypt certificates still last 90 days today, but the default drops to 64 days in February 2027 and 45 days in February 2028 — and…

Tomáš MahríkAugust 10, 2026
Backups and Disaster Recovery: What Good Hosting Should Provide

Backups and Disaster Recovery: What Good Hosting Should Provide

Almost every hosting plan says it includes backups. Very few say how often, how far back, where the copies live, or how long a restore…

Tomáš MahríkAugust 6, 2026
CDN vs Hosting: What a CDN Can and Cannot Fix

CDN vs Hosting: What a CDN Can and Cannot Fix

A CDN moves bytes closer to your visitors. It does not make your server think faster. That single distinction explains why some sites get…

Tomáš MahríkAugust 2, 2026
What's new at Kinsta: bot traffic analytics, support chat, HTTPS API

What's new at Kinsta: bot traffic analytics, support chat, HTTPS API

Kinsta opened up its bot protection reporting, rebuilt the MyKinsta support chat around region alerts and documentation search, and shipped…

Mirka HelbrandAugust 1, 2026
Website Migration Checklist: Move Hosting Without Downtime

Website Migration Checklist: Move Hosting Without Downtime

Copying files is the easy part. Downtime during a hosting migration comes from DNS caches, writes landing on the wrong server, and an SSL…

Tomáš MahríkJuly 29, 2026
ScalaHosting Managed Cloud VPS review: SPanel, SShield and the Entry Cloud put to the test

ScalaHosting Managed Cloud VPS review: SPanel, SShield and the Entry Cloud put to the test

I tested ScalaHosting's Entry Cloud managed VPS (2 vCPU / 2 GB / 50 GB NVMe SSD, Sofia) on three real WordPress sites. Page generation of…

Tomáš MahríkJune 30, 2026
HostArmada launches Openclaw Hosting: one-click VPS for AI agents

HostArmada launches Openclaw Hosting: one-click VPS for AI agents

HostArmada has launched Openclaw Hosting — a VPS with Openclaw preinstalled for running autonomous AI agents. One-click setup, scalable…

Tomáš MahríkJune 25, 2026
What's new at Kinsta: bot protection beta and a file manager

What's new at Kinsta: bot protection beta and a file manager

Kinsta shipped two big MyKinsta features this month: a bot protection tool (in beta) and a long-requested file manager. There's also a live…

Mirka HelbrandJune 23, 2026
Uptime SLA Explained: 99.9% vs 99.99% Downtime Compared

Uptime SLA Explained: 99.9% vs 99.99% Downtime Compared

Two extra nines look like a rounding error, but they decide whether your site is down for hours or minutes each year. This guide explains…

Mirka HelbrandJune 17, 2026

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