What is WordPress?
"WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in the world. WordPress is in use by more than 40% of the websites on the internet."
What Makes WordPress Great Choice For Your Website?
WordPress allows anyone to build a site (no coding knowledge required) and has a community of followers who constantly design and release tools for other users. Because of WordPress's Flexibility, security integrations and unlimited amount of tools, more web designers are using their software. Designers can now focus on the search ability and actual design of your website (instead of spending hours hard coding each page).
WordPress is by far the most popular CMS with 64% of the market share. This means WordPress is used by 40% of all the websites online. That's huge! And WordPress is used by popular brands across the world.
It may sound astonishing, but what was once just an obscure content management system is now powering more than 40% of the web, according to WordPress.com and Net craft. The reason behind this success is the unparalleled versatility that allows WordPress to be deployed everywhere from small personal blogs, small business websites to powering Fortune 500s like Sony Music and the Forbes blog.
Considering that the number of total active websites in the world is estimated at over 1.3 Billion means that around 455,000,000 websites are using WordPress today.
Main Benefits You Get By Using WordPress CMS
WordPress is considered the easiest CMS to use, thanks to a very friendly interface. It also has an amazing number of plugins which allow extension of its functionality in various possible ways.
In addition to custom development, WordPress users can also choose from a wide variety of third-party themes (used to control site design) and plugins (used to add features) to extend their site.
The power of WordPress combined with a thriving ecosystem of product and service providers means that developers, designers, marketers, and agencies alike can create everything from simple brochure-ware sites to enterprise-level solutions.
WordPress has roots as a personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL. It's open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and has been under active development for more than 18 years.
WordPress is Already Supporting Enterprise Companies
Prestigious names in music such as Sony Music, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé are just a Few using the WordPress CMS. Also multi-million dollar companies, most notably GM, UPS, and Microsoft all use WordPress.
These test cases are a perfect example of how customizable and flexible WordPress really is, and how it can support huge amounts of traffic.Examples Of Fortune 500 Companies Using WordPress
For anyone who doubts the legitimacy of WordPress as a powerhouse CMS solution, they need look no further than the impressive roster of Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies using WordPress.
Here are just a handful.
Walt Disney Company
In 2018, The Walt Disney Company ranked 55 on the Fortune 500 list, 176 on the Global 500 list, and brought in $59.43 billion. It's no stretch to say they're one of the world's most popular brands.
WordPress powers the official Disney website as well as multiple other websites that are part of the Disney brand.Microsoft
Microsoft, another massive brand that's enjoyed 20+ years on the Fortune 500 and Global 500 lists, uses WordPress to power the Microsoft News Center, the Skype Blog, TechNet, and a variety of other brand properties.
Sony
Sony is another Global 500 brand that uses WordPress to power sites that are part of the Sony family, including Sony Music and the PlayStation blog. That a single brand would choose WordPress again and again to power a family of websites is a testament to the performance, security, and flexibility of WordPress.
Focus on what you do best, keep your attention focused on your content and audience, not your server. But it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice the controllability and flexibility. Instead, we give you more of that.
Azym Cloud Managed WordPress For Your Online Business Growth
We offer a worry-free WordPress cloud hosting with personalized support. Azym Cloud Managed WordPress Hosting allows you to focus on running and growing your business.
Managed WordPress Hosting includes applying any updates and patches monthly, among other services. We utilize Linux-based security techniques, superior to what traditional WordPress or a WordPress security plugin can offer.
At Azym, WordPress hosting has been created from the ground up to provide users with a fully optimized, high-performance hosting experience that's loaded with useful features that have real value.
"We put the "Word" in "WordPress" for the Best Managed WordPress Hosting in the market"
WordPress specific utilities such as WP-CLI, LiteSpeed's LSCache, and ACSC all contribute to an ecosystem enabling WordPress to be used to its full potential. With Azym Cloud Managed WordPress hosting, You don't have to worry about WordPress updates, keeping the server updated, or PHP versions - we handle all of that for you, while keeping your site fully optimized for WordPress. Azym is a quality guaranteed cloud hosting provider that offers the best managed WordPress hosting solution. Our goal is to enable a hassle-free WordPress environment for users to upload content, sit back, and relax!
Our Azym Cloud Managed WordPress comes with a developer-friendly environment for automated backup and restoration, customizable PHP versions and more development-oriented features.
We handle all the technical aspects of WordPress sites with our Managed WordPress Hosting. We ensure for the beyond expected uptime and security for WordPress sites with custom setup using LiteSpeed, and HTTP/2/3 with Daily backups.
Azym provides servers and services that are tailored specifically for WordPress. (Hence the name, "Cloud Managed WordPress Hosting!") This means your sites will experience the highest quality of performance and security because every server is optimized for a single CMS.
WordPress requires regular updates of the software, as well as the themes and plugins. Failing to update the software will mean your website is more vulnerable to hacking and malware injections.
With our Fully Managed WordPress hosting you can get your site up and running in no time without any of the technical hassle of traditional shared hosting accounts. In addition to the ease of setup, one click staging and restores, our Azym Cloud Managed WordPress hosting servers are tailored to your exact WordPress site needs, allowing your site to operate at an ultra-fast speed!
Azym Cloud Security Central (ACSC)
Azym Cloud Security Central is a platform designed to handle emerging cyber security threats in the cloud platform by utilizing our own security technologies, best practices, and leading 3rd party security vendor platforms.
Security of your site is a priority, not an afterthought. Our rock-solid platform was carefully crafted from every angle to protect your WordPress sites from threats. That means no more stressing about security plugins and far more peace of mind!
The Network layer consists of a Web-Application Firewall together with WebShield and a Network Firewall. This layer protects against different web attacks sent via HTTP/HTTPS as regular traffic and from a CDN or Proxy. Each component uses cloud-based information, and many attacks are blocked in real-time. Attackers cannot bypass the protection while collecting information. Additionally, the network layer does not wait for attackers to reach a threshold. ACSC offers 360 degrees protection leaving no possibility for the malware to go through to your WordPress site.
The firewall tightly integrates with ModSecurity web application firewalls supplied by low false positives rules to enhance its usefulness. In combination with WAF, ACSC stops the majority of web application attacks even before they start. An advanced Captcha system and Splash Screen are employed to halt malicious activity and ensure valid customers can reach your website.
The WebShield takes care of CDN and Proxy Traffic by determining the attackers' real IP-addresses, then differentiates those IP addresses from those of legitimate users. Webshield grey-lists suspicious IPs then provides splash screens and CAPTCHA challenges that prevent malicious requests from harming or even slowing your website.
Network Firewall and Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems prevents all system services attacks against FTP, SSH, IMAP/SMTP, etc. Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) that includes a comprehensive collection of "deny" policy rules that block all attacks and are effective against those who use custom or well-known exploit tools. By monitoring server logs, the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) provides excellent visibility of security. It scans log files from several different angles and bans IPs that show signs of malicious activity. This activity includes password failures, potential exploits, etc., and reports to Azym Security Operations (SOC) Center team.
ACSC analyses scripts in real-time and recognizes dangerous execution flows. This means you no longer need to watch CVE lists to identify current exploits. ACSC stops malicious PHP scripts, both new and old, preventing them from running on your WordPress Site. Innovative PHP Immunity technology makes any web application invulnerable.
The second layer of protection happens at the Application service level. Proactive Defense technology detects and blocks malicious execution flow in runtime. It analyzes the PHP script behavior and prevents it from causing any harm to the cloud server or your WordPress site. It either blocks the entire script execution or just the malicious flow. This is crucially important because malicious code is often hidden: obfuscated, injected in the middle of the legitimate file, fetched from the network dynamically, and placed in the database. Proactive Defense sees right away when it is executed and stops it before it causes any damage.
The final layer of defense occurs at the File-System level during file input/output operations. The file system is where Antivirus comes into play.
A term we use is "herd immunity" - a collective immunity for our customers based on data related to incidents and attacks accumulated. It's designed to analyze incidents in real-time and produce protection rules and distribute to all cloud servers. Once an attacker is identified, it proactively blocks malicious activity on all our cloud servers.
Through machine learning and algorithms collects security insights from around the world to help identify potential threats and secure your website with proactive patch management.
Equipped with six-layers of security defenses the ultimate security solution for mission critical websites seeking an enterprise-grade security solution.We continuous patching all PHP versions against known vulnerabilities.
Our cloud servers kernel updates automatically applied without requiring a server reboot. This means, highest uptime for your website without compromising on security.
Even if you do everything right when it comes to securing your WordPress or WooCommerce website, hacks do happen. Fortunately, when you host your website with Azym, you get free WordPress hack recovery assistance from our team of experts.
Access WordPress hack recovery assistance quickly in the event your website's security is compromised. We're available to chat 24/7. So, if you suspect your website has been hacked, we can dash into action and help provide some peace of mind.
We prevent cyber-attacks by ensuring that your managed WordPress core updates are always the most cutting-edge available. It's all a part of our goal to make the internet a better place with unparalleled, managed WordPress hosting and securityOne of the scariest parts about managing a website is knowing your business can be under attack from hackers at virtually any time. You deserve to know that your chosen Managed WordPress hosting provider is doing its absolute best to help keep your site safe from malware and other online threats.
In addition to regularly scanning for known threats and WordPress vulnerabilities, we proactively protect your site by keeping WordPress core (as well as plugins like WooCommerce and other common plugins) updated, ensuring you're using a current version of PHP, backing up your website daily, and employing a state-of-the-art web application firewall (WAF) to keep you safe.
If an instance of malware is ever detected, Azym's team of certified experts comb through your site to identify and eliminate any intrusive software and clean up the mess as best we can. In some instances, there will be steps you need to take to get your website back up and running. But rest assured, our team is here with you every step of the way.
Our Free DDoS protect service offers you peace of mind knowing that we are watching over your network traffic and taking action against attacks when they happen.We believe in everyone's right to privacy, and we back that with a strong anti-spam policy and free WHOIS privacy.
Give your site visitors confidence that their personal information is
protected on your website with our complimentary secure socket layer (SSL) certificate.
SSL certificates are a hard requirement if your site processes payments or private info. With Azym Cloud Managed WordPress, each site gets a free SSL, updated automatically. SSL certificate helps to keep the data safely encrypted every time it is transmitted between you and your site visitors.
Customers trust a website with SSL & sales or revenue will increase when they have confidence with your site. This will also make your website search engine (SEO) friendlyHTTPS is an important sign that indicates your website is secure or not. When hosted at Azym, don't worry about the WordPress website security as all sites hosted at Azym are automatically configured with HTTPS. We help secure traffic between your site and its visitors (plus boosting your SEO) with our HTTPS feature addition.
Rollback from any disaster with daily backups. Each backup is retained for 15 days, providing wide coverage to restore a site even if you don't notice an issue right away. We provide end to end encryption backups and the autonomy to take your own backup using a control panel.
WordPress Toolkit feature in cPanel also offers an easy-to-use snapshot backup mechanism which is triggered before any critical operations like major core updates or syncing changes from a staging website.WP-CLI and SSH is included & you'll have direct command line access to your Managed WordPress hosting account. We've pre-installed it for you.
Manage WordPress workflow with Git. Its version control system is designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Make a clone of your website or create a stage environment and manage a separate version of your website. This environment is fully protected from the outside world thanks to a password.
Before you launch a site online, test and review it in a private environment. Azym provides a staging tool to make it simple for our WordPress users to develop and maintain copies of their websites. If you want to hide the modification of your WordPress website from the users, this tool will work for you.
Create a staging copy of a WordPress website with its own database and credentials. The WordPress Toolkit Feature in cPanel can copy data between the live website and each of the corresponding stages.
Setup a copy of the live site, where you can test modifications before deploying them on the live site. for testing before push to live It's important to test your site prior to going to live. Using staging websites means you can make key developments then pair them to your actual site whenever you see fit. This is a great feature for developers and/or site managers.
A staging environment starts out as a perfect copy of your existing site, which is only accessible to you personally (or it has an obscure URL), and is super handy for testing out new plugins/themes or updating/modifying code before applying any changes to your live site.Create a complete copy of your WordPress site with all website files, database, and settings with cloning. Our 1-click cloning tool helps you to create a copy of your WordPress site within a few seconds. You can clone your website while developing your website, testing a new theme, integrating a new plugin's Functionality, or implementing any significant update on your site.
Did you know that? Obsolete themes and plugins make your website vulnerable to hackers.
Continuous maintenance of WordPress, the theme and the plugins are necessary to keep your WordPress site running at its best. We'll take care of major and minor WordPress updates, keeping your site safe from security threats due to outdated versions. These updates ensure that your site is always fast, secure, and up to date. Missing an update is not so bad, but postponing maintenance for a longer period of time only causes conflicts and security risks. This way your website is a lot safer, and you can focus on the content of your website. We also make sure your WordPress site is on the best available versions of PHP and MySQL/MariaDB so you can run your site and not worry about the technical jargon!For smaller, less complex WordPress websites the updates can be performed automatically. We will first make a backup to make sure you always have a working version of your site. If something goes wrong during an update, we come into action and restore the backup. If something still goes wrong with the manual update, we will look for a solution together.
For larger, more complex WordPress websites or WooCommerce shops with many visitors it is important to carry out the updates in a controlled manner. In consultation we schedule a time and set up a staging environment for the website where we can safely perform the updates. After we have checked the installation, we merge it with the live site.
Relax, Your Website Is In Good Hands
Relax, Your Website Is In Good Hands
WordPress Experts
WordPress Experts
With over 10 years of WordPress experience, we know exactly what your WordPress site needs. Our team of real managed WordPress experts is always here, ready and waiting, to help you get the most out of your sites.
Do you have a WordPress question, or do you want to spar with us about a suitable solution? Service means more to us than just support. We like to get in touch with you!AVAILABLE DAY AND NIGHT TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS
AVAILABLE DAY AND NIGHT TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS
We are available to assist you day and night, because the Internet never sleeps.
Our team has in-depth knowledge of WordPress and is committed to helping you until your problems are solved.Accessibility Monitoring
Accessibility Monitoring
We check the accessibility of all the websites we manage every minute. Every other minute; that's 720 checkpoints per day. 720 moments per day where we are ready to take action when a problem occurs with your website.
Response Time
Response Time
Our uptime checks allow us to respond quickly and adequately to problems so that as few visitors as possible are affected.
This way we can be proactive in our support and you are always assured of a working
website that is available for your customers.Dedicated WordPress Support
Dedicated WordPress Support
We understand that downtime is a major concern for businesses of all sizes. Our support professionals are available 24/7 to help resolve your issues. You can contact our support team via email and chat. Additionally, we will also recommend the best practices for your site.
Our knowledgeable, 24/7 manned dedicated team of WordPress experts are available day and night. We are here to help! No other host provides the same level of WordPress support and services that we do.
Our team stands ready to help you overcome any challenges and get back to business. Whether you host one site, a WooCommerce online store, multiple WordPress websites, or a high-traffic enterprise site, our team of dedicated support technicians are here to help.
Our in-house team members do their best to provide one-touch resolution, making you feel like a part of our family.
Round the clock technical support to assist you with technical errors, and carefully monitor and thwart suspicious activity.
You are our number one priority.
Our team knows WordPress, and has deep experience troubleshooting poor performance, and won't quit until your problems are solved.Free WordPress Migration
Free WordPress Migration
When you're ready to move to Azym Cloud Managed WordPress, you won't have to worry about downtime or any expense. Our migrations team will move in your existing websites for free.
Our in-house support team is available round the clock to execute the website migration task as per your convenient timing. We'll carefully migrate all your website data from your current host to our server- free of charge.
Our expert team takes care of everything to make your site live without any downtime or with aminimum amount of downtime and interruptions.
We facilitate the migration of your website files, databases, emails and more from your old server to our new advanced cloud servers.
Our transfer service goes one step further. Instead of automatically copying and pasting your Files and databases, the whole process is carried out manually by our WordPress expert.Free WordPress Modifications & Professional Services Engagement (PSE)
Free WordPress Modifications & Professional Services Engagement (PSE)
Your website is an indispensable business asset, and it should be treated as such. You didn't get into your line of work to become a web developer.
Our WordPress experts are happy to help you with small changes to your WordPress site. However, if you are looking for a complex WordPress custom development or Theme customization/Designing? Don't worry, we've got you covered!
We also offer professional services (hourly charged) on designs and development of WordPress based websites. From smaller landing pages based on a template to large websites and web shops that are custom designed and developed.
Contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM) to discuss your requirements and know more details about our Professional Services Engagement (PSE).