What is Shared hosting?
The short answer
Shared hosting puts many websites on one server that share its resources; it is cheap, but one busy neighbour can slow everyone down.
Shared hosting, explained
It is common for small WordPress sites; static and edge hosts now offer faster options at similar or lower cost.
Questions people ask about Shared hosting
What is Shared hosting?
Shared hosting puts many websites on one server that share its resources; it is cheap, but one busy neighbour can slow everyone down.
Related terms
Web hosting is the service that stores a website's files on internet-connected servers and delivers them to visitors around the clock.
VPSA VPS is a virtual machine with its own reserved resources on a shared physical server, giving more control and consistency than shared hosting.
Managed hostingManaged hosting is hosting where the provider handles servers, updates, security, backups and scaling, so you only manage the site.
DeployTo deploy is to publish a new version of a website to its host so visitors see it; modern hosts deploy automatically when code is pushed to Git.
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