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Backing up your WordPress site

You have multiple backup layers running on a Flashcloud-hosted WordPress site, automatic by default. Plus optional plugin-level backups for extra granularity. What's already…

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Changing your WordPress site's domain

Moving your WordPress site to a different domain — rebrand, consolidating from multiple domains, switching from .dev to .com after launch — requires updating the site's URL…

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Fixing the WordPress white screen of death

The WordPress "white screen of death" is when your site loads as a blank white page — no error, no content, nothing. It's almost always a PHP error that's been suppressed from…

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Fixing WordPress database connection errors

If WordPress shows "Error establishing a database connection" — no homepage, no admin — the WordPress code can't reach its database. Usually a configuration issue, sometimes a…

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I'm locked out of WordPress admin

Forgot your WordPress admin password, or got locked out for some other reason? You have multiple paths back in. Easiest: portal auto-login If you're managing WordPress through the…

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Installing WordPress

WordPress installs in under a minute on Flashcloud. Our portal-native install wizard handles everything: domain selection, database setup, admin account, optional starter set of pl

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Installing WordPress in a subdirectory

Sometimes you want WordPress to run at yourdomain.com/blog/ instead of the root, with the homepage hosted by something else (a static landing page, another CMS, a simple HTML…

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Migrating your WordPress site to Flashcloud

Three ways to bring a WordPress site to Flashcloud. Easiest is letting our team handle it; fastest is a migration plugin; most controlled is a manual migration. Easiest: Free…

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Multiple WordPress sites on one hosting account

You can run multiple WordPress sites on a single hosting account — separate domains, subdirectories, or subdomains. Each is fully independent (own database, own admin, own…

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My WordPress site is slow

WordPress can be fast or it can be molasses. The default Flashcloud caching stack handles the server-side work for you (see The cache stack we ship with every WordPress install…

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Securing your WordPress site

WordPress is widely deployed, which makes it a popular target for attackers. The good news: most attacks rely on out-of-date software or weak credentials. Cover the basics and…

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Updating WordPress safely

WordPress, plugins, and themes get updates regularly — security patches, bug fixes, new features. Most are safe; some break sites. Here's how to update without breaking things.…

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What PHP version should I use for WordPress?

We default to PHP 8.3 for new WordPress installs. That's the right answer for almost every site. Older versions (7.4–8.2) are available for compatibility with legacy plugins and…

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WordPress plugins we recommend

WordPress has 60,000+ plugins. Here are the ones we recommend across common categories — well-maintained, performant, no obvious bloat. Security Wordfence Security …

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