{"id":35850,"date":"2022-08-08T08:05:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhblog.dream.press\/blog\/?p=35850"},"modified":"2026-08-25T17:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:38:26","slug":"shared-vs-managed-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/shared-vs-managed-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Managed WordPress Hosting vs. Shared Hosting: Which Does Your Site Need?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re setting up a WordPress site, the hosting decision usually comes down to two options: a shared hosting plan or managed WordPress hosting. They can look similar on a pricing page. Living with them is another story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide explains what each type of hosting actually includes, walks through the six differences that matter in practice, and gives you a simple way to decide which one your site needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_zqSmo3yssc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-short-answer\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The short answer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shared hosting rents your site space on a server shared with other websites, and it works with any platform \u2014 WordPress included. Managed WordPress hosting adds a server setup tuned for WordPress plus done-for-you core updates, backups, caching, and expert support. Shared typically costs less; managed typically costs more but handles more WordPress maintenance and adds WordPress-specific performance tooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quick rule of thumb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Choose shared hosting<\/strong> if you&#8217;re starting out, your budget leads the decision, and you&#8217;re comfortable managing tasks your plan doesn&#8217;t cover, such as plugin and theme updates and performance tuning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choose managed WordPress hosting<\/strong> if your site is part of your income, you&#8217;d rather never think about maintenance, or traffic is starting to grow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-is-shared-wordpress-hosting\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is shared hosting?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shared hosting puts your website on a server alongside many other sites, all splitting the same resources. Because one machine serves many customers, it&#8217;s the least expensive way to host a website. (At DreamHost, this type of plan is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/hosting\/web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web hosting<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1780\" height=\"884\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae.webp\" alt=\"DreamHost shared web hosting features: unlimited free SSL, daily automated backups, WordPress Install Assistant, unmetered bandwidth, 100% uptime guarantee\" class=\"wp-image-87055 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae.webp 1780w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-300x149.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-1024x509.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-768x381.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-1536x763.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-600x298.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-1200x596.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-730x363.webp 730w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-1460x725.webp 1460w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-784x389.webp 784w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-1568x779.webp 1568w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-877x436.webp 877w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dreamhost-shared-web-hosting-features-dreamops-4cae868b6532160957d7aeae-1754x871.webp 1754w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1780px) 100vw, 1780px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1780px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1780\/884;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a general-purpose environment: you can run WordPress on it (most people do), but nothing about the server is WordPress-specific. The host keeps the server itself patched, secured, and online. What happens inside your site \u2014 WordPress updates, backups beyond the included ones, performance tuning \u2014 is largely up to you. (New to all of this? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/web-hosting-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beginner&#8217;s guide to web hosting<\/a> covers the basics.)<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"glossary-term\">\n\t<div class=\"glossary-term__above-title\">\n\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\"><path d=\"M320 32c-8.1 0-16.1 1.4-23.7 4.1L15.8 137.4C6.3 140.9 0 149.9 0 160s6.3 19.1 15.8 22.6l57.9 20.9C57.3 229.3 48 259.8 48 291.9v28.1c0 28.4-10.8 57.7-22.3 80.8c-6.5 13-13.9 25.8-22.5 37.6C0 442.7-.9 448.3 .9 453.4s6 8.9 11.2 10.2l64 16c4.2 1.1 8.7 .3 12.4-2s6.3-6.1 7.1-10.4c8.6-42.8 4.3-81.2-2.1-108.7C90.3 344.3 86 329.8 80 316.5V291.9c0-30.2 10.2-58.7 27.9-81.5c12.9-15.5 29.6-28 49.2-35.7l157-61.7c8.2-3.2 17.5 .8 20.7 9s-.8 17.5-9 20.7l-157 61.7c-12.4 4.9-23.3 12.4-32.2 21.6l159.6 57.6c7.6 2.7 15.6 4.1 23.7 4.1s16.1-1.4 23.7-4.1L624.2 182.6c9.5-3.4 15.8-12.5 15.8-22.6s-6.3-19.1-15.8-22.6L343.7 36.1C336.1 33.4 328.1 32 320 32zM128 408c0 35.3 86 72 192 72s192-36.7 192-72L496.7 262.6 354.5 314c-11.1 4-22.8 6-34.5 6s-23.5-2-34.5-6L143.3 262.6 128 408z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t<span>DreamHost Glossary<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n    <h3>More About Control Panels<\/h3>\n    <p>In web hosting, a control panel is a web-based interface for managing a server and the websites on it: domains, DNS records, email, databases, files, and backups. Managed hosting plans bundle one. On a self-managed server, you install or license one yourself. Common examples include cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin; some hosts, including DreamHost, build their own.<\/p>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn--white-outline btn--sm btn--round glossary-term__read-more js-tr-drawer-open\"\n\t\t>Read More<\/button>\n\n\t\t<aside class=\"tr-drawer glossary-term__drawer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"tr-drawer__close js-tr-drawer-close\"\n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Close\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<svg \n  xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" \n  xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" \n  width=\"24\" \n  version=\"1.1\" \n  viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" \n  enable-background=\"new 0 0 64 64\"\n>\n  <path fill=\"#ffffff\" d=\"M28.941,31.786L0.613,60.114c-0.787,0.787-0.787,2.062,0,2.849c0.393,0.394,0.909,0.59,1.424,0.59   c0.516,0,1.031-0.196,1.424-0.59l28.541-28.541l28.541,28.541c0.394,0.394,0.909,0.59,1.424,0.59c0.515,0,1.031-0.196,1.424-0.59   c0.787-0.787,0.787-2.062,0-2.849L35.064,31.786L63.41,3.438c0.787-0.787,0.787-2.062,0-2.849c-0.787-0.786-2.062-0.786-2.848,0   L32.003,29.15L3.441,0.59c-0.787-0.786-2.061-0.786-2.848,0c-0.787,0.787-0.787,2.062,0,2.849L28.941,31.786z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tr-drawer__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tr-drawer__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A control panel gives you one place to run your hosting account. Instead of typing commands on the server, you click through a dashboard and the panel makes the change for you. Most panels cover the same core tasks:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Domains and DNS<\/strong>: connect your domain names and edit each one&#8217;s Domain Name System (DNS) records.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Files<\/strong>: upload and edit website files with a file manager or File Transfer Protocol (FTP).<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Databases<\/strong>: create MySQL databases and administer them with phpMyAdmin.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>: set up mailboxes and forwarding addresses at your domain.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Security<\/strong>: manage SSL certificates, IP blocking, and firewall rules.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Maintenance<\/strong>: run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/how-to-back-up-wordpress-tutorial\/\">backups<\/a>, read error logs, and watch performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How you access a control panel<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A control panel is a web application, so you open it in a browser rather than installing anything. On managed hosting, your host gives you the login URL and credentials when you sign up; DreamHost customers, for example, log in at panel.dreamhost.com. Once you&#8217;re signed in, each point-and-click action is translated into the matching change on the server. That covers routine administration without opening the command line, though advanced server configuration may still require SSH and the right account permissions.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Licensed panels vs. host-built panels<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popular control panels include cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin. These are commercial products that hosting companies license, and cPanel&#8217;s pricing scales with the number of accounts on the server. Which panel a server can run depends on its operating system: cPanel and DirectAdmin run only on Linux distributions, while Plesk runs on both Linux and Windows Server.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those license fees are one reason some hosts build their own panels instead. Whether you get a panel at all depends on the plan: managed hosting includes one, while an unmanaged VPS or dedicated server may come with no panel until you install or license one yourself. If you&#8217;re used to a particular panel, check which one a host includes before you buy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The DreamHost control panel<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DreamHost doesn&#8217;t offer cPanel or WHM on any plan. We built our own control panel instead; it&#8217;s included with our hosting, and the same core tasks live there. It also runs on separate servers from the one hosting your site, so working in the panel doesn&#8217;t use up your web server&#8217;s resources. If you&#8217;re moving from a cPanel host, expect the same jobs in slightly different places.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern shared plans include more than they used to. DreamHost&#8217;s web hosting plans, for example, come with unlimited free SSL certificates, daily automated backups, a guided WordPress Install Assistant, unmetered bandwidth, and a 100% uptime guarantee backed by credits. For a new blog, portfolio, or small business site, that&#8217;s genuinely enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trade-offs are the ones that come with sharing: your site competes for resources with its neighbors during traffic spikes, and the generic setup means WordPress-specific conveniences \u2014 server-level caching, staging sites, WordPress expert support \u2014 usually aren&#8217;t part of the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-is-managed-wordpress-hosting\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is managed WordPress hosting?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managed WordPress hosting is a service where the host runs the technical side of WordPress for you \u2014 core software updates, daily backups, server-level caching, and security monitoring \u2014 on servers tuned specifically for WordPress. You focus on your content and business; the host keeps the platform fast and current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/08\/dreampress-managed-wordpress-hosting.jpg.webp\" alt=\"DreamPress managed WordPress hosting\" class=\"wp-image-35852 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/445;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tuned for WordPress&#8221; means a genuinely different server setup. Take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/wordpress\/managed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DreamPress<\/a>, DreamHost&#8217;s managed WordPress hosting, as a concrete example. Every plan runs several caching layers that work together to serve pages faster (NGINX FastCGI caching, a Redis object cache, and PHP OPcache). Your automated daily backups are stored offsite on Amazon S3, and one-click staging lets you test changes safely before your visitors see them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other half of &#8220;managed&#8221; is human: support comes from WordPress specialists rather than generalists, which matters the day a plugin update takes your checkout page down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-shared-vs-managed-wordpress-hosting\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managed WordPress hosting vs. shared hosting: 6 key differences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1391\" height=\"1131\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40.webp\" alt=\"Comparison chart of managed WordPress hosting vs. shared hosting features\" class=\"wp-image-87056 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40.webp 1391w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-300x244.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-1024x833.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-768x624.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-600x488.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-1200x976.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-730x594.webp 730w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-784x637.webp 784w, https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/managed-wordpress-vs-shared-hosting-comparison-dreamops-6cbc0d7cd135c7e23404eb40-877x713.webp 877w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1391px) 100vw, 1391px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1391px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1391\/1131;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Performance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managed WordPress hosting is designed for WordPress performance, often including server-level caching that requires little or no customer configuration. DreamPress, for example, includes built-in caching rather than requiring a third-party caching plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gap is measurable. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/wordpress\/managed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DreamHost&#8217;s own benchmark tests<\/a> (measured August 18\u201331, 2025, on identical sites across leading WordPress platforms), DreamPress delivered up to 6x faster site response times, with pages fully loaded in under a second and performance staying steady under load. As with any vendor benchmark, your results will vary by region and site setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On shared hosting, performance is respectable for low-to-medium traffic, but you&#8217;re responsible for your own caching setup, and a busy neighbor can slow your site at exactly the wrong moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Updates and maintenance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On managed WordPress hosting, core updates are typically handled for you, but confirm exactly what your plan covers. On shared hosting, keeping WordPress current is usually your job \u2014 though you can enable auto-updates yourself in the WordPress dashboard under <strong>Dashboard \u2192 Updates<\/strong>, and some hosts pitch in: DreamHost web hosting plans apply WordPress core and security updates automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One nuance that trips people up: even on managed plans, <em>plugin and theme<\/em> updates typically remain your responsibility \u2014 hosts manage the platform, not every extension you&#8217;ve installed. Check what&#8217;s included before you buy, and consider enabling auto-updates for plugins you trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Backups and staging<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both types of hosting usually include automated daily backups \u2014 DreamHost includes them on web hosting and DreamPress alike. The difference is depth. DreamPress stores its daily backups offsite on Amazon S3 (retention is 14 days on the Business plans and 30 days on the Agency plans), and lets you take on-demand backups and restore them yourself, so a server problem can&#8217;t take your backups down with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staging is the bigger separator. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/website-staging-beginners-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">staging site<\/a> is a private copy of your site where you can test a new theme, a big plugin update, or a redesign, then push it live. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/features\/wordpress-staging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One-click staging<\/a> is included on every DreamPress plan and not a given on shared plans. Once you&#8217;ve broken a live site with an update (most of us only need to do this once), staging stops feeling optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shared hosting security is solid at the server level \u2014 DreamHost web hosting, for example, includes unlimited free SSL certificates on every plan, and the host keeps the server itself patched. But the machine is shared with many other sites, and WordPress-specific hardening is on you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managed WordPress hosting maintains and monitors the platform with WordPress specifically in mind, and core updates are applied for you. That closes off one slice of the risk \u2014 but only a slice. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/whitepaper\/state-of-wordpress-security-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patchstack&#8217;s State of WordPress Security in 2025 report<\/a>, 7,966 new vulnerabilities were found in the WordPress ecosystem in 2024 \u2014 96% of them in plugins, 4% in themes, and just seven in WordPress core. So whichever hosting you choose, keeping your plugins updated is the security habit that matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shared hosting support covers hosting: the server, your account, your domain. Ask a deep WordPress question \u2014 a database error, a plugin conflict, a white screen after an update \u2014 and you may be pointed back to the WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managed WordPress support is staffed by people who work on WordPress all day. DreamPress support, for example, is available 24\/7 from WordPress specialists, and DreamHost publishes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/wordpress\/managed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">73% first-contact resolution rate<\/a> for it (as of August 2026). When your site is your business, that difference is worth real money the day something breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"article-newsletter article-newsletter--gradient\">\n\n\n<h2>Get Content Delivered Straight to Your Inbox<\/h2><p>Subscribe now to receive all the latest updates, delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p><form class=\"nwsl-form\" id=\"newsletter_block_\" novalidate><div class=\"messages\"><\/div><div class=\"form-group\"><label for=\"input_newsletter_block_\"><input type=\"email\"name=\"email\"id=\"input_newsletter_block_\"placeholder=\"Enter your email address\"novalidatedisabled=\"disabled\"\/><\/label><button type=\"submit\"class=\"btn btn--brand\"disabled=\"disabled\"><span>Sign Me Up!<\/span><svg width=\"21\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 14\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M13.8523 0.42524L12.9323 1.34521C12.7095 1.56801 12.7132 1.9304 12.9404 2.14865L16.7241 5.7823H0.5625C0.251859 5.7823 0 6.03416 0 6.3448V7.6573C0 7.96794 0.251859 8.2198 0.5625 8.2198H16.7241L12.9405 11.8535C12.7132 12.0717 12.7095 12.4341 12.9323 12.6569L13.8523 13.5769C14.072 13.7965 14.4281 13.7965 14.6478 13.5769L20.8259 7.39879C21.0456 7.17913 21.0456 6.82298 20.8259 6.60327L14.6477 0.42524C14.4281 0.205584 14.0719 0.205584 13.8523 0.42524Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. 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