--- title: "WordPress Overview" source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/" description: "Master your WordPress site. From installation to performance tuning, our guides cover security, WP-CLI, migrations, and troubleshooting tips." vertical: "Hosting" date: "2024-11-01" last_modified: "2026-08-06" --- # WordPress Overview WordPress powers over 40% of the web because it is powerful, flexible, and easy to use. Our help hub is designed to help you master it, taking you from your first installation to running a high-performance production site. Whether you need to **install a new site**, **secure your login**, **migrate from another host**, or **troubleshoot errors** using WP-CLI, you will find the step-by-step guides you need right here. --- WordPress Articles 25 results Use these resources to manage, secure, and optimize your WordPress environment. - ## [Best Practices: Enabling Automatic Updates in WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/best-practices-enabling-automatic-updates-in-wordpress/) Learn how to enable automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes. Protect your site with these best practices for editing wp-config.php. [Read more: Best Practices: Enabling Automatic Updates in WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/best-practices-enabling-automatic-updates-in-wordpress/) - ## [Cloning a WordPress Site & Moving It to a New Domain](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/wordpress/self-service-migrations/) Thinking about moving your WordPress site to a new domain? Follow these steps to migrate WordPress to a new domain successfully. [Read more: Cloning a WordPress Site & Moving It to a New Domain](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/wordpress/self-service-migrations/) - ## [Creating and Modifying Users With WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/creating-and-modifying-users-with-wp-cli/) Need to reset a password or create an admin without the dashboard? Use this guide to manage WordPress users directly from the terminal with WP-CLI. [Read more: Creating and Modifying Users With WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/creating-and-modifying-users-with-wp-cli/) - ## [How to Delete Post Revisions using WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/delete-post-revisions-using-wp-cli/) There may be times when you need to clean up post revisions created on your site. This is possible, using the commands already available in WP-CLI. [Read more: How to Delete Post Revisions using WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/delete-post-revisions-using-wp-cli/) - ## [How to harden your WordPress site](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/how-to-harden-your-wordpress-site/) Hardening is securing your WordPress site by reducing vulnerabilities through best practices, updates, and protective settings. [Read more: How to harden your WordPress site](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/how-to-harden-your-wordpress-site/) - ## [How to install WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/wordpress/manual-wordpress-installation/) Learn how Nexcess clients can install WordPress on their servers using SFTP. [Read more: How to install WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/wordpress/manual-wordpress-installation/) - ## [How to Migrate a WordPress Site to cPanel](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/migrate-wordpress-cpanel/) Do you need to migrate your WordPress site to cPanel? This tutorial shows you how to migrate your site into cPanel in eight easy steps. [Read more: How to Migrate a WordPress Site to cPanel](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/migrate-wordpress-cpanel/) - ## [Installing WordPress using WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/installing-wordpress-using-wp-cli/) With your SSH credentials, learn how to install WordPress using the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) after creating a database for the new WordPress install. [Read more: Installing WordPress using WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/installing-wordpress-using-wp-cli/) 1[2](?query-0-page=2)[3](?query-0-page=3)[4](?query-0-page=4) [Next Page](/hosting/cms/wordpress?query-0-page=2)