What is WordPress?

What is WordPress?

Overview of WordPress

WordPress is a free and open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. WordPress is installed on a web server, which either is part of an internet hosting service or is a network host itself; the first case may be on a service like WordPress.com, for example, and the second case is a computer running the software package WordPress.org.

WordPress is considered one of the easiest to use CMS, thanks to a user-friendly interface. It also has an amazing number of plugins which allows it to extend its functionality in many ways. 

Dedicated WordPress Hosting 

Our managed WordPress hosting is a dedicated platform that's optimised for speed, security and reliability.​​​​​ 

The Wordpress platform is still Linux-based but only hosts Wordpress sites. It's optimised for WordPress, and uses our caching plugin.

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