Content Management Systems (CMS)

A Content Management System (CMS) is a powerful platform that allows you to build, manage, and publish content on your website without needing to write code. This is the engine behind popular applications like WordPress, Magento, Drupal, and Joomla. Our guides in this section will empower you to take full control of your site. You’ll find step-by-step instructions for installing your CMS (either manually or with an installer like Softaculous), managing your day-to-day operations, and performing advanced tasks like cloning a WordPress site. We also cover best practices for optimizing performance, hardening your site’s security, and troubleshooting common issues.

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Explore our specialized guides for managing popular CMS platforms. If you are using one of our fully managed servers, your control panel (Interworx, WHM / cPanel, Plesk) provides tools to install and manage various CMS applications. Using one of our self-managed services? We have manual installation guides, as well.

Magento Security Best Practices

Secure your online store with our Magento Security Best Practices. Learn to configure SSL, harden access controls, and prevent data breaches.
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Managing Themes and Plugins With WP-CLI

Master WP-CLI to manage your WordPress site. Learn commands to list, install, update, and delete plugins and themes directly from the command line.
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Mitigating Common WordPress Brute Force Attacks

Dealing with attacks on your WordPress site? Find solutions to quickly mitigate these attacks.
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Optimize WordPress Database with WP-CLI Commands

Optimize your WordPress database with WP-CLI and improve website performance. Learn how to create a searchable database in WordPress today.
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Optimizing WordPress Cron (WP-Cron) for Better Performance

wp-cron optimization is vital for WordPress performance. Disable default wp-cron and set up a system cron job for reliable, efficient task scheduling.
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Optimizing WordPress with Caching Plugins

Let’s review the configuration settings and other options for speeding up the page-loading performance of WordPress-powered websites by using caching plugins.
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Removing an Application from Softaculous

To uninstall an application in Softaculous, follow these steps, ensuring you have a backup as a precaution. The process may vary for different applications.
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Restoring from a Backup in Softaculous

Softaculous in cPanel streamlines software installations and offers scheduled or manual backups. This guide explains restoring from these backups.
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