Managed hosting means your hosting provider takes care of the technical maintenance of your website, including updates, security, and performance. I didn’t realize how much that mattered until I built my first site. I thought my job was just to write and publish — then the updates, security alerts, and performance issues started piling up. In this guide, I explain what managed hosting includes, how it compares to regular hosting, and its advantages. What is managed hosting? Managed hosting is a type of web hosting where the provider takes care of the technical work behind your site for you. Instead of dealing with things like updates, security, and ongoing maintenance…

If you want a website, you need hosting — a place to store your site files so people can access your pages.  Even though WordPress can run on almost any server, the hosting environment you choose affects performance, stability, security, and how much technical work you’re responsible for. This guide gives you a simple framework to select the right WordPress hosting plan — whether you’re a first-time blogger, a small business owner, or an experienced agency user. TL;DR: How to pick WordPress hosting for your needs When choosing hosting for your WordPress site, focus on a few key factors like ease of management, speed, security, support, and budget. For a…

WordPress Playground lets anyone launch a live WordPress site instantly — no hosting or installation required. It’s a quick, hands-on way to explore how a theme looks and behaves. You can open a fresh WordPress instance with a single link and start experimenting right away. If a theme is available in the WordPress repository, you can preview it in Playground by adding the theme’s slug to the URL, for example:?theme=kiosko. That said, each Playground site starts with a clean WordPress install, so themes load with no existing pages or demo content. If you want your theme to appear exactly as you’ve designed it — with sample content, navigation, and settings…

WordPress itself is free and open source, but getting a site online always involves costs like a domain and hosting. In this guide, you’ll learn what WordPress includes for free and what you should realistically expect to pay for when running a full website. Is WordPress really free? Yes, but with a caveat WordPress core software is free and open source under the General Public License (GPL). You don’t pay to download it, install it, or build with it. What does cost money is putting your website online. To publish a full site, you’ll need at least: A domain: your site’s address Hosting: the service that keeps your site running…

WordPress hosting helps you get a WordPress site online faster and keep it running smoothly by reducing setup and configuration work. This guide explains what WordPress hosting is, how it differs from other hosting options, and what to look for in a provider. What is WordPress hosting? WordPress hosting is a specialized type of web hosting built and optimized for running WordPress. It gives you the right environment and features to keep your site fast, secure, and low-maintenance.  WordPress hosting becomes relevant as soon as you create a WordPress site, since it’s prepared for how WordPress works. Such hosting plans typically include: WordPress pre-installed or one-click installation A domain name…

Agencies move quickly. With constant new client builds, redesigns, plugin audits, and last-minute fixes, everything relies on a workflow that’s stable, fast, and consistent across the team.  For many WordPress agencies, the challenge isn’t shipping great work; it’s getting every team member working the same way, on the same stack, without losing time to process. WordPress Studio was created to remove those slowdowns so agencies can spend more time building and less time wrestling with overhead — giving every developer a consistent workflow and helping agencies deliver higher-quality work in less time. Watch the complete walkthrough of these agency workflows below, and keep reading to see how each fits into…

30 days’ notice. Years of memories at stake. Here’s how WordPress.com stepped up. On August 28, 2025, Typepad announced it was shutting down.  Creators who’d been blogging since the early 2000s suddenly faced an impossible deadline: save everything or lose it forever in 30 days. We couldn’t let that happen. A race against the clock By September 30 — Typepad’s official shutdown date — 3,684 blogs had successfully migrated to WordPress.com. And here’s the thing: these weren’t small archives.  Some creators brought over 3,400+ posts, thousands of images, and nearly 10,000 comments dating back to 2005. The migration wasn’t always smooth. Typepad’s export files often didn’t include media. Some archives…

Managing multiple client sites often means juggling local setups, updates, and changes across different environments. It works — until the workflow starts getting in your way. Small issues, like inconsistent configurations, overwritten files, and repetitive setup tasks, can all add up and slow you down.  WordPress Studio simplifies all of that.  The free, open-source tool lets you spin up local sites quickly, share previews instantly, and move changes between environments without the usual hassle — helping you focus on creating rather than configuring and troubleshooting. Here’s how you can use it to manage multiple client WordPress sites. Step 1: Set up a new local site You have three options for…

Want more people to actually find and follow your website? Our new course — Grow Your Website’s Audience — is here to guide you through the strategies and tools that help you attract visitors, build trust, and turn casual readers into loyal followers.  It’s fully self-paced, so you can jump into any lesson at any time and spend more time on the topics that matter most to you. Start the free course What you’ll learn Across seven practical lessons, you’ll learn how to: Create content that builds trust and engagement — craft posts that show expertise, clarity, and personality. Get found in search results — master SEO basics and make…

A blog is one of the best investments you can make — personally and professionally.  It can drive traffic to your website, boost your career or business, help you learn valuable skills, or simply give you a creative outlet. Even after 10 years of blogging for myself and others, I still find it enjoyable, meaningful, and one of the most effective ways to earn web traffic. So come along and see why you should start a blog in 2026. 1. Be visible in search engines Search is changing in 2025 — but blogs are still one of the best ways to ensure people find you online. Traditional search engines like…