WordPress hosting platform for everyday site work
The NowHosted WordPress hosting platform brings staging, deployment, backups, and monitoring into the service that runs your sites. Create a staging copy in one click, review changes, and push staging to live. Daily off-site backups with one-click restore support recovery, while developer tools and plan-specific team controls keep routine work organized across your account.
Your sites
Overview- studio.example.com StagingReady BackupDaily UptimeMonitoring
- client-one.example.com StagingReady BackupDaily UptimeMonitoring
- store.example.com StagingReady BackupDaily UptimeMonitoring
01 Review changes before they reach visitors
Create a staging copy in one click to review site changes away from live traffic. Use it to check a theme change, a plugin update, or a development release before asking visitors to use it. A staging review gives the people responsible for the site a clear place to inspect the work.
Push staging to live when the reviewed change is ready. Coordinate the release with the people responsible for current content and business activity, especially where the site receives new orders or submissions. Staging helps you review a change; deciding what belongs on the live site remains part of your release process.
- Create a staging copy in one click.
- Review the pages and business tasks affected by the change.
- Push staging to live after approval.
Staging
staging.studio.example.com
- PHP
- 8.4
- Changes
- In review
- Visitors
- Private
Production
studio.example.com
- PHP
- 8.3
- Changes
- Live
- Visitors
- Public
02 Keep a recovery point outside the site
Daily off-site backups keep recovery copies separate from the running site. One-click restore gives you a direct way to recover from a change that needs reversing. Check the point you intend to restore and consider the content or orders received since then before making that decision.
Backup retention follows your plan. Business keeps daily backups for 14 days, Agency for 30 days, and Scale for 90 days. Scale also includes hourly backups for WooCommerce. Our ecommerce hosting page explains the hosting features relevant to a store, where recovery decisions need to account for current transactions.
You can export a full backup at any time. That gives you access to your site's data beyond a restore action inside the platform. Our hosting security page places backup and recovery controls alongside isolation, access, and the incident process.
Recovery points
Daily off-site backups
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Restore
Latest
Files and database
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Restore
Previous
Files and database
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Restore
Earlier
Files and database
03 Work with the code and tools you know
Use Git deploys to bring application code from its repository into hosting. SSH supports direct access for development work, and WP-CLI gives WordPress developers a command-line way to carry out site tasks. These tools let your team keep a deliberate development process while the underlying hosting stays managed.
Switch the PHP version to match the requirements of your site. PHP 8.3 and 8.4 are available. Review a version change in staging and check the themes, plugins, and custom code that depend on it. The version choice is a compatibility decision for the application as well as a hosting setting.
The same account can also cover supported application projects. Read about web application hosting for Laravel, Node, Next.js, and apps exported to Git. Node and Laravel apps run on Agency and Scale, alongside the WordPress sites your team manages.
Developer workspace
- SSH
- Direct access
- Git deploys
- Repository connected
- WP-CLI
- WordPress tasks
- PHP
- 8.3 / 8.4
04 Keep delivery and uptime visible
Global CDN and edge cache support the delivery of site content. Uptime monitoring checks each site every minute, giving the hosting service a regular view of availability. These are ongoing hosting features rather than performance results attributed to a particular business or website.
Monitoring does not replace checking whether a key business task works as intended. A site can respond while a form, checkout, or custom integration still needs attention. Include those tasks in your release review, then use hosting monitoring alongside application checks owned by your team.
Choose the server region per site from North America, Europe, or Asia-Pacific. Our cloud hosting page explains that choice alongside the managed infrastructure. Put region selection into the site setup discussion so it reflects the audience the site serves.
Delivery and uptime
- Global CDN
- Active
- Edge cache
- Active
- Server region
- Europe
05 Keep client work and team access organized
Agency includes bulk plugin and theme updates, a white-label client portal with your logo, and client billing transfer. Bulk work helps a team manage a portfolio, while staging remains the place to review changes that affect a site's behavior. A shared update action still deserves a review of the sites it touches.
Team roles on Agency and Scale include owner, developer, billing, and client. Assign access around the work a person does, then review it when that work changes. The client portal gives agencies a place to present hosting under their own logo. Our agency hosting page connects these tools with the way agencies manage ongoing client work.
Scale adds an audit log and SAML SSO. The audit log supports account activity review, while SSO connects hosting access with your organization's sign-in process. These controls help teams with additional access and review requirements choose a plan that matches their operating needs.
Client access
- studio.example.comOwner
- client-one.example.comDeveloper
- store.example.comBilling
- cafe.example.comClient
06 Choose the tools your account needs
The core platform includes staging, daily off-site backups, one-click restore, Git deploys, SSH, WP-CLI, uptime checks, edge cache, and PHP version choice. Agency builds on those features with portfolio tools and team roles. Scale adds the audit log and further account controls.
Compare the WordPress hosting plans for site allowances, storage, and billing. Every plan includes free white-glove migration with zero downtime. If you want a view of your current site first, the one-time hosting audit reads the public site and reports its findings without changing it or asking for a card.
Tool availability
| Tools | Business | Agency | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core tools | Included | Included | Included |
| Portfolio tools | No | Included | Included |
| SSO / audit log | No | No | Included |
| Feature group | Plan availability |
|---|---|
| Staging, backups, developer tools, and uptime checks | Plan availabilityBusiness, Agency, and Scale |
| Bulk updates, client portal, billing transfer, and team roles | Plan availabilityAgency and Scale |
| Audit log and SAML SSO | Plan availabilityScale |
FAQ
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Yes. Create staging in one click, review the change, and push staging to live when it is ready. Coordinate the release around any new content or business activity on the live site.
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The platform includes daily off-site backups and one-click restore. Retention is 14 days on Business, 30 days on Agency, and 90 days on Scale. Scale also includes hourly backups for WooCommerce.
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Git deploys, SSH, and WP-CLI are included on every plan. You can also switch between PHP 8.3 and 8.4 to match the requirements of your site.
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Agency and Scale include owner, developer, billing, and client roles, plus the white-label client portal and bulk plugin and theme updates. The audit log and SAML SSO are included on Scale.