Glossary Terms

WordPress hosting

WordPress hosting is web hosting set up specifically for WordPress, providing what the platform needs (a current PHP version, a MySQL or MariaDB database, enough memory and execution time) plus WordPress-friendly extras like one-click installs, automatic updates, staging sites, daily backups, and server-level caching. The tiers run from shared hosting (many sites on one server, cheapest, uneven performance), through VPS (dedicated resources), to managed WordPress hosting like WP Engine and Kinsta, where the host handles the server tuning so you don't have to. The choice directly affects Core Web Vitals: a managed host with server-level page caching often delivers a server response 5 to 10 times faster than generic shared hosting, which flows straight through to better load scores and ranking potential.