We’ve been working on changes that enable HTTP/2 and built-in caching for HTTPS sites/pages for several months now. At this point the system is working very well, and it is already hosting sites for a number of clients that previously expressed interest. Today we are opening that beta to all Lightning Base clients. HTTP/2 The new […]
Read More →Beta: Free SSL via Let’s Encrypt
We have seen an increasing number of clients interested in SSL (https) for their WordPress sites in the past year or so, and have been working to make some updates to our systems to improve both performance and ease-of-use for SSL. Our goal is that within the next few months there will be no reason to run sites […]
Read More →Now Arriving In… Frankfurt
To anyone that follows us it’s not much of a surprise, but I have a big announcement to make: Lightning Base is bringing its managed WordPress hosting service to Europe. We’ve been up and running in Frankfurt now for over a month, and have already brought over some existing clients, as well as a few […]
Read More →Unblock Yourself From the Firewall & Our New Status Page
We occasionally get an email like this: SERVER DOWN – My WordPress site is down. It doesn’t respond to FTP or anything else. I also can’t access the Lightning Base website or the control panel. Are your systems down? Help! Luckily, almost every mail we’ve received like that was because of the same thing – […]
Read More →Upgraded for WordPress Uptime
The reliability of WordPress sites hosted at Lightning Base has been very good, well over 99.9%. But when it comes to uptime, you can always do better. In light of this, we’ve upgraded. What’s Improved? In our new system, sites run off ultra-fast storage in Raid 10, just like before. But this storage is now […]
Read More →New Feature: Clone Your Site
Let’s say you want to try out a new theme, a plugin, or just fiddle around with your site. Since the site is being visited by people all the time, you can’t just start testing on a whim. Enter our new feature – easy cloning of your WordPress site. Click clone, choose a subdomain or […]
Read More →WordPress Emails Now Delivered by SendGrid
A lot of our clients have important emails coming from their WordPress installations. The most common are those off contact forms – a business can’t handle missing any of these messages. The Email Problem Despite their importance, many emails from WordPress sites end up in spamboxes, or outright blocked by email providers. There are a […]
Read More →Additional FTP Accounts for Clients
We’ve always offered SFTP access to clients for updating their WordPress sites. But due to the way our system is configured, we could only provide each account with one login. I’m happy to announce that we have now enabled the ability for clients to create additional FTP users, which can be limited to a specific […]
Read More →The Lightning Base Affiliate Program
Just wanted to put a quick note on this blog that our affiliate program is open for business. We’re paying a recurring 20% of the hosting plan revenue that referred clients bring in, which will continue as long as the client remains our customer. For more details, visit the Lightning Base affiliate program page.
Read More →Welcome to Lightning Base
If you’re reading this, you’ve obviously run across our site, and I’m glad you have. We launched publicly at the start of 2012, after months of configuration and testing. I created Lightning Base to help what I believe is the majority of WordPress users – they’re technically savvy, but probably don’t have expertise in or […]
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