Here are the products and services that Liquid Web currently offers:
For 2019, Liquid Web has updated their Managed WordPress Hosting line to include even more value and make it more accessible to newer WordPress users. Liquid Web has four different Managed WordPress plans including a $29 mo. Personal Plan. Here are the new WordPress Hosting plans:
Liquid Web’s Managed WordPress is available in the following plans:
*All Managed WordPress plans come with 5TB Bandwidth.
**There are also Enterprise plans available for 100 sites or more.
I’m pleased to say that Liquid Web has greatly improved their website provisioning time. The signup process at Liquid Web is very easy and straight-forward. You just need to enter your account and billing info, plus your payment method.
Very soon after, you’ll receive your order confirmation along with your welcome email that has all the instructions to get started with your WordPress site. You also receive separate welcome emails regarding a couple of great features that are included free with your Liquid Web account: WPMerge.io and iThemes Security. I’ve got more details on these features below.
Both the account and WordPress control panels at Liquid Web are great. In fact, their WordPress control panel is probably the best I’ve ever seen from a managed WordPress hosting plan.
The layout makes things very intuitive and easy to find. You can quickly access all of the important features for your WordPress site including your WordPress admin areas, PHPMyAdmin, PHP version, core and plugin update switches, password protection, data backup, staging, and more.
As for website speed and performance, Liquid Web is simply outstanding. In our testing and experience using Liquid Web, we had some of the best results for our website in all regions. The combination of Liquid Web’s WordPress hosting platform, along with their image compression feature, puts them at the top of the list if you’re looking for better website speed from a managed hosting plan. I’m definitely impressed by the website speed I’ve experienced on both the front and back end of my WordPress site.
See our Liquid Web sample data results below:
Definitely one of the most unique features that you get with Liquid Web is automatic updating of your WordPress plugins. While it seems these days that every host offers automatic WordPress core updates, having outdated plugins can be just as dangerous. So it’s great to see that a managed hosting plan is actually updating your plugins as well!
You can enable or disable automatic plugin updates from your Liquid Web WordPress dashboard.
Liquid Web’s data backup and restore features are top notch. Your websites are automatically backed up daily, and backups are retained for 30 days. You can also manually create a backup at any time you wish. Your backup copies are available from the Managed WordPress dashboard where you can easily perform a data restore or download a backup copy.
As I mentioned earlier, your Liquid Web account includes WPMerge.io that provides website staging functionality. While the WPMerge.io plugin is already installed, you do need to set up your password, and you need to set up the connection on both the production and staging copies of your WordPress site.
Although using WPMerge does require the extra setup steps, once you do get everything setup, it is very easy to move changes from your staging site to your live production website.
Liquid Web’s customer support response times are excellent. You can quickly access a support agent via live chat. And while I’ve found the support team to be very helpful, Liquid Web is best suited for experienced WordPress users. On some occasions, support may provide a link to a knowledge base document in response to your question. While that’s usually helpful, you might be expecting more of a hand-holding experience with a managed WordPress hosting plan.
Again, for experienced WordPress users the help you receive from the support department is fine. But if you’re new to WordPress or you think you may need more help getting your website going, there are other managed WordPress hosts that may be a better fit (e.g. WP Engine, Pressable, etc.).
Liquid Web does indeed have some very impressive features for a managed WordPress hosting plan. I really like that Liquid Web has added a lower cost starter level plan for single site users that need a managed WordPress host. I also appreciate the value that Liquid Web includes with their other WordPress hosting plans—allowing you to host more sites and including iThemes Sync for managing multiple WordPress sites.
Liquid Web is definitely on my recommendation list for WordPress users that need mission-critical hosting for their websites. And, Liquid Web is one of my top picks for agencies looking for Managed WordPress Hosting. The value that I mentioned above together with all of the premium unique WordPress hosting features you get, plus the outstanding speed and website performance, make Liquid Web an excellent choice.
Liquid Web is best suited for experienced WordPress users that want to upgrade to a managed WordPress platform. Also, Liquid Web is ideally suited for WordPress agencies, developers, and consultants that need mission-critical hosting for their clients.
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