One-Click WordPress Install
Deploy WordPress directly from the Enhance control panel without manually downloading and configuring the application.
Managed WordPress Hosting
Managed WordPress Hosting UK
WordPress hosting with the management tools you need to keep your website running smoothly. Get WordPress deployment, updates, staging, backups, SSH access and powerful WordPress management through Enhance.
Managed WordPress Without the Server Administration
WordPress-Focused Hosting
A Hosting Platform Built Around WordPress
Managed WordPress is designed for customers who want to run WordPress without having to manage every aspect of the underlying hosting environment themselves.
Your website runs on Farbyte’s Enhance-powered hosting platform with WordPress-specific tools built into the control panel. You can install WordPress, manage plugins and themes, apply updates, create staging sites, manage users and access your website using SSH and WP-CLI.
Your website runs on Farbyte’s Enhance-powered hosting platform with WordPress-specific tools built into the control panel. You can install WordPress, manage plugins and themes, apply updates, create staging sites, manage users and access your website using SSH and WP-CLI.
Managed for You
Less Time Managing Hosting, More Time Managing Your Website
You shouldn’t need to become a server administrator just to run a professional WordPress website.
Farbyte manages the hosting platform while Enhance provides the WordPress-specific tools your website needs. You retain access to the tools required to manage your own website, while routine hosting tasks are handled through the managed hosting environment.
Farbyte manages the hosting platform while Enhance provides the WordPress-specific tools your website needs. You retain access to the tools required to manage your own website, while routine hosting tasks are handled through the managed hosting environment.
Everything You Need to Manage WordPress
Automatic WordPress Updates
Configure automatic WordPress core updates and keep your installation maintained without having to perform every update manually.
Plugin Management
Install, update and manage WordPress plugins directly through the hosting control panel.
Theme Management
Manage WordPress themes from Enhance, including installing and managing themes for your website.
Staging & Cloning
Create staging environments and clone WordPress websites so you can test changes before applying them to production.
WordPress User Management
Manage WordPress users, passwords and roles directly from the hosting control panel.
SSH & WP-CLI
Access your website over SSH and use WP-CLI for command-line WordPress administration and development tasks.
WordPress Security Controls
Restrict WordPress administration access by IP address and use the hosting platform's security controls to protect your website.
Deployment
Deploy WordPress in Seconds
Starting a new WordPress website shouldn’t require downloading files, creating databases and manually configuring the application.
Enhance provides native WordPress installation directly from the hosting control panel. WordPress can be installed on a new website or added to an existing domain, making it straightforward to get a new site online.
Enhance provides native WordPress installation directly from the hosting control panel. WordPress can be installed on a new website or added to an existing domain, making it straightforward to get a new site online.
Bring an Existing WordPress Website
You don’t have to start from scratch. Existing WordPress installations can be discovered by Enhance, including installations that were created outside the WordPress toolkit using WP-CLI or migrated from another server.
This makes the platform suitable for both new websites and established WordPress installations.
This makes the platform suitable for both new websites and established WordPress installations.
Keep WordPress Updated
Automated WordPress Core Updates
Keeping WordPress current is an important part of maintaining a secure website. Enhance’s WordPress toolkit lets you configure how WordPress core updates are handled, including automatic updates for minor releases or updates to the latest available version.
You can choose an update approach appropriate to your website rather than manually checking every installation.
You can choose an update approach appropriate to your website rather than manually checking every installation.
Manage Plugin and Theme Updates
Plugins and themes are often where WordPress maintenance becomes time-consuming. Enhance provides a central interface for installing, updating and managing plugins and themes, with controls for automatic updates.
This gives you a much more practical way to maintain WordPress websites than manually logging into every installation for routine maintenance.
This gives you a much more practical way to maintain WordPress websites than manually logging into every installation for routine maintenance.
Test Before Going Live
Use staging and cloning to create a separate environment for testing changes before applying them to your live website.
This is particularly useful when updating WordPress, changing themes or installing plugins that could affect the production website.
This is particularly useful when updating WordPress, changing themes or installing plugins that could affect the production website.
Developer Tools When You Need Them
SSH Access
Connect to your website environment using SSH and work directly with your site's files and command-line tools.
WP-CLI
Use WP-CLI over SSH to manage WordPress from the command line, including plugins, themes, users, databases and other WordPress tasks.
Database Management
Manage WordPress databases through the hosting platform and use the tools available for importing, exporting and administering your database.
Cron Jobs
Schedule automated tasks and background processes for WordPress and other applications running on your hosting environment.
Redis Object Cache
Enable Redis object caching for websites that can benefit from reduced database workload and improved application performance.
PHP Configuration
Choose the PHP version and manage PHP settings appropriate to your WordPress installation.
WordPress Development
Not Just a Basic Control Panel
Managed WordPress doesn’t mean locking developers out of the hosting environment.
SSH access and WP-CLI give developers the command-line access they need for more advanced WordPress administration, deployment and troubleshooting, while the Enhance control panel provides a simpler interface for routine tasks.
SSH access and WP-CLI give developers the command-line access they need for more advanced WordPress administration, deployment and troubleshooting, while the Enhance control panel provides a simpler interface for routine tasks.
Debug WordPress When Something Goes Wrong
When a WordPress website develops a problem, the first step is often understanding what is actually happening.
Enhance provides WordPress debugging controls for WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG and WP_DISPLAY, allowing you to enable the appropriate debugging options without manually editing configuration files.
Enhance provides WordPress debugging controls for WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG and WP_DISPLAY, allowing you to enable the appropriate debugging options without manually editing configuration files.
Control WordPress Administration Access
Enhance can restrict access to the WordPress administration area by IP address. This can be useful where a website has a fixed development office, VPN or other known administrator locations.
Use WordPress-specific access controls alongside the wider security controls provided by the hosting platform.
Use WordPress-specific access controls alongside the wider security controls provided by the hosting platform.
Backups and Recovery
Built-In Backups
Protect Your WordPress Website
Your website is hosted on Enhance’s built-in backup infrastructure, providing automatic website backups and on-demand backup options.
Backups can be restored at a granular level, including individual websites and databases, rather than requiring you to restore an entire server for every problem.
Backups can be restored at a granular level, including individual websites and databases, rather than requiring you to restore an entire server for every problem.
Recover from Updates and Configuration Changes
WordPress updates, plugin changes and configuration changes can occasionally cause unexpected problems. Having recent backups gives you a recovery point if you need to roll back a website.
The exact backup schedule and retention available to your Managed WordPress package will depend on the package configuration.
The exact backup schedule and retention available to your Managed WordPress package will depend on the package configuration.
A Secure Hosting Environment
Website Isolation
Enhance uses containerisation to isolate websites within the hosting platform, helping prevent one site's environment from accessing another.
SSL/TLS
Websites can use SSL/TLS with automatic Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning and renewal.
ModSecurity
Enhance supports ModSecurity and OWASP security rules, providing an additional web application security layer.
Access Control
Use permission-based access and user roles where additional users or collaborators need access to the hosting environment.
DNS Management
Manage DNS records through the hosting platform, with support for domains, aliases, subdomains and redirects.
Cloudflare Integration
Enhance supports Cloudflare integration for customers using Cloudflare to manage their domains and web traffic.
HTTPS Enforcement
Configure websites to force HTTPS and keep visitor connections protected.
Resource Controls
Website resource limits can be applied to help control CPU, memory, I/O and other hosting resources.
Performance
Performance Tools Built Into the Platform
WordPress performance depends on more than simply adding CPU and RAM. PHP configuration, database workload, caching and the website’s own code and plugins all contribute to performance.
Enhance provides several tools that can be used to build a more appropriate environment, including Redis object caching, opcode caching, configurable PHP settings and per-website resource controls.
Enhance provides several tools that can be used to build a more appropriate environment, including Redis object caching, opcode caching, configurable PHP settings and per-website resource controls.
Scale the Hosting Environment
If a website becomes more demanding, the hosting environment can be adjusted without changing the WordPress application itself.
Enhance supports resource management at website level and can distribute websites across the hosting cluster. This gives Farbyte flexibility to place and scale websites according to their requirements.
Enhance supports resource management at website level and can distribute websites across the hosting cluster. This gives Farbyte flexibility to place and scale websites according to their requirements.
Managed WordPress Packages
Choose a Managed WordPress package based on the resources and features your website needs. Each package is designed specifically for WordPress and uses the management capabilities available through the Enhance platform.
More Than WordPress
Need More Than Managed WordPress?
Managed WordPress is designed specifically around WordPress websites. If you need to run other applications, require complete server-level control or want to install your own software stack, a VPS may be more appropriate.
Farbyte also offers Managed VPS Hosting, where we manage the underlying virtual server while you retain responsibility for your applications.
Farbyte also offers Managed VPS Hosting, where we manage the underlying virtual server while you retain responsibility for your applications.
Need More Resources or Control?
If your WordPress website has grown beyond what managed website hosting provides, a WordPress VPS gives you your own virtual server with full root access and configurable CPU, RAM and storage.
A VPS is particularly useful when you need custom server software, advanced configuration or control over the complete hosting stack.
A VPS is particularly useful when you need custom server software, advanced configuration or control over the complete hosting stack.
Why Choose Farbyte Managed WordPress?
WordPress-Specific Hosting
This isn’t generic web hosting with WordPress installed as an afterthought. The service is built around WordPress and the management capabilities provided by Enhance.
That means WordPress installation, updates, plugins, themes, staging, users, debugging and other WordPress tasks are integrated into the hosting environment.
That means WordPress installation, updates, plugins, themes, staging, users, debugging and other WordPress tasks are integrated into the hosting environment.
Farbyte Operated UK Infrastructure
Your website runs on Farbyte’s UK hosting infrastructure, operated and supported by our own team.
You get the convenience of a managed WordPress service without having to deal with a large generic cloud provider or an anonymous hosting reseller.
You get the convenience of a managed WordPress service without having to deal with a large generic cloud provider or an anonymous hosting reseller.
Powerful Tools Without Unnecessary Complexity
The Enhance control panel provides a balance between straightforward website management and the technical tools developers need.
Use the graphical tools for everyday WordPress administration, or SSH and WP-CLI when you need more control. You don’t have to choose between a simple managed platform and a developer-friendly environment.
Use the graphical tools for everyday WordPress administration, or SSH and WP-CLI when you need more control. You don’t have to choose between a simple managed platform and a developer-friendly environment.
Direct Support from Farbyte
When you need help with the hosting environment, you’re dealing directly with Farbyte. We operate the underlying infrastructure and can help with hosting configuration, migrations and issues that go beyond the WordPress application itself.
Managed WordPress vs Other Hosting Options
| Feature | Shared Hosting | Popular Managed WordPress | Business Hosting | WordPress VPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designed specifically for WordPress | Suitable | Yes | Suitable | Yes |
| WordPress toolkit | Hosting tools | Extensive WordPress tools | Hosting tools | Depends on your setup |
| WordPress updates | Customer managed | Managed tools and automation | Customer managed | Customer managed |
| Plugin and theme management | Customer managed | Integrated management tools | Customer managed | Customer managed |
| Staging | Depends on setup | Included platform capability | Depends on setup | You configure it |
| SSH access | Limited / package dependent | Yes | Package dependent | Yes |
| Root access | No | No | No | Yes |
| Server management | Farbyte managed | Farbyte managed | Farbyte managed | Managed or unmanaged |
| Best suited to | Smaller websites | WordPress-focused customers | Growing business websites | Demanding sites and developers |
Managed WordPress FAQs
Managed WordPress Hosting is a hosting service specifically designed around WordPress websites. Farbyte provides the hosting environment while the Enhance platform provides WordPress-specific tools for installation, updates, plugins, themes, staging, users, debugging and other common WordPress tasks.
Farbyte manages the underlying hosting environment and infrastructure. The Managed WordPress service also provides WordPress-specific management capabilities through Enhance. The exact features and limits available to you depend on your selected Managed WordPress package.
Yes. Enhance provides native WordPress installation through the hosting control panel. You can install WordPress directly onto a new or existing website.
Yes. We can help migrate an existing WordPress website to Farbyte. Enhance can also discover existing WordPress installations, including websites that were installed manually or migrated using other methods.
Yes. Managed WordPress provides SSH access, subject to the package configuration. This allows developers to work directly with the website environment and use command-line tools such as WP-CLI.
Yes. WP-CLI can be used over SSH for command-line WordPress administration, including managing plugins, themes, users, databases and other WordPress tasks.
Yes. Enhance provides plugin and theme management through the WordPress toolkit. You can install, update and manage plugins and themes from the hosting control panel.
Enhance provides configurable automatic WordPress core updates and plugin/theme update controls. The exact update behaviour can be configured according to the service and package.
Yes. Enhance supports staging websites and cloning. This allows you to work on a separate copy of your website before applying changes to the live site.
The Enhance platform provides built-in incremental website backups and granular restoration. The backup schedule and retention available to your website depend on the Managed WordPress package you select.
Yes. Enhance’s WordPress toolkit provides WordPress user management, including adding, managing and deleting users and modifying roles and passwords.
Yes. Enhance provides WordPress single sign-on, allowing you to access the WordPress administration area directly from the hosting control panel.
Yes. Enhance supports restricting access to the WordPress administration area by IP address. This can provide an additional access-control layer for administrator areas.
Enhance supports Redis object caching on a per-website basis. Whether Redis is enabled or appropriate for your website depends on your package and application requirements.
Yes. WooCommerce runs on WordPress and can be hosted on Managed WordPress. For larger or more demanding stores, you may want to consider dedicated WooCommerce VPS hosting.
No. Managed WordPress is specifically focused on WordPress websites and WordPress management. Managed VPS is a general-purpose managed virtual server where Farbyte manages the server but you retain responsibility for the applications running on it.
No. Managed WordPress is a managed website hosting service rather than a dedicated virtual server. You get the website-level tools and SSH access appropriate to the service, while Farbyte manages the underlying hosting infrastructure.
Yes. If your website outgrows Managed WordPress or needs server-level control, you can move to a WordPress VPS with more resources and full root access.
Farbyte Managed WordPress runs on UK-based hosting infrastructure. The underlying platform is operated and supported by Farbyte.
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Get WordPress-specific management tools, automated deployment, updates, staging, backups, SSH and WP-CLI on Farbyte’s UK hosting infrastructure.