Back in 2010, the distinction between WordPress.com and WordPress.org was mostly about control vs convenience. That’s still true — but in 2026, the landscape has shifted in two major ways: Managed hosting has matured significantly AI is now embedded directly into the WordPress ecosystem This post updates the classic comparison — and adds what actually […]

WP Engine’s hassle-free hosting offers fast and robust servers that can handle any kind of website. Automatic security updates – Free cleaning if your site gets hacked Daily backups with One-click restore points Automatic caching and performance optimization Firewall and top-tier security One-click staging area (for each of the 3 installs per domain) One-click CDN Free […]

Just like a domain is assigned an IP address, an IP address can be assigned a domain. This assignment of a domain to an IP address is called reverse mapping. “IP Address Reverse Mappings” is the address which resolves back you your server, for example to check your server reverse ip mapping you would check the […]

For most of the sites I host you will need to enter USERNAME: human PASSWORD: password in order to load the WordPress log in page. Once you load that page you can log into WordPress with your regular username and password. Read more at my main website: HelloAri.com. You should see something like this:   Updated for […]

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Daily off-server backups Our backup system runs once a night at around 1 or 2 AM EST, although it can run at slightly different times on occasion. Typically we save the two most recent daily backups and then two additional backups which typically come from around the 2nd or 16th of the month. If you […]