# AblePage

> Fast cPanel hosting with real people on support, day and night. Home to 20,000+ websites. Shared and WordPress hosting on LiteSpeed with NVMe storage and cPanel, plus domain registration. Orders and the client area run on Clientexec at https://my.ablepage.com/.

## Key facts

- Lite plan: $9.95/mo on a monthly term, $4.95/mo on a 6-month term, $2.49/mo on a 12-month term; renews at $9.95/mo. Includes One website, 25 GB NVMe storage, 1× performance, 10 days backup retention.
- Growth plan: $12.95/mo on a monthly term, $5.95/mo on a 6-month term, $3.95/mo on a 12-month term; renews at $12.95/mo. Includes Five websites, 100 GB NVMe storage, 2× performance, 15 days backup retention, Free domain registration.
- Premium plan: $14.95/mo on a monthly term, $6.95/mo on a 6-month term, $4.95/mo on a 12-month term; renews at $14.95/mo. Includes Unlimited websites, Unlimited NVMe storage, 3× performance, 20 days backup retention, Free domain registration.
- Elite plan: $19.95/mo on a monthly term, $9.95/mo on a 6-month term, $7.95/mo on a 12-month term; renews at $19.95/mo. Includes Unlimited websites, Unmetered NVMe storage, 4× performance, 30 days backup retention, Free domain registration, Priority support queue.
- R30 plan: $9.99/mo on a monthly term; renews at $49.95/mo. Includes 30 cPanel accounts, 50 GB storage.
- R60 plan: $14.99/mo on a monthly term; renews at $74.95/mo. Includes 60 cPanel accounts, 100 GB storage.
- R90 plan: $19.99/mo on a monthly term; renews at $99.95/mo. Includes 90 cPanel accounts, 200 GB storage.
- Every hosting plan: free SSL, free website migration, LiteSpeed web server, cPanel with one-click installs, malware protection (Imunify360), JetBackup daily backups, 30-day money-back guarantee (domain registration fees and add-ons excluded).
- Uptime: 99.9% SLA with service credits. Scheduled, announced maintenance is excluded.
- Domains (register, renew and transfer at the same price): .com $15.95/yr, .net $15.95/yr, .org $19.95/yr, .biz $24.95/yr, .site $29.95/yr, .wiki $34.95/yr, .co $34.95/yr.
- Support: real people 24/7 by support ticket and email. Help: https://ablepage.com/kb and https://ablepage.com/contact-us.
- Green hosting: plans fund tree planting through a partnership with Trees.org.
- Not offered: VPS, dedicated servers, business hosting or dedicated IP addresses.

## Hosting

- [AblePage vs other hosts: two-year cost comparisons](https://ablepage.com/compare): One comparison per host covering entry price, renewal price, what's included or sold as an add-on, and the two-year cost, including the ones where we lose.
- [Free website migration with no downtime](https://ablepage.com/free-migration): AblePage engineers move your site free on any plan. We copy files, databases and email, you test on a temporary URL, and there's no downtime at all.
- [Shared hosting on LiteSpeed, NVMe and AMD EPYC](https://ablepage.com/shared-hosting): Every AblePage shared hosting plan runs on LiteSpeed, NVMe storage and AMD EPYC. Free website migration and daily backups, from $2.49/mo.
- [Fast WordPress hosting with LSCache and staging](https://ablepage.com/wordpress-hosting): WordPress hosting on LiteSpeed with LSCache and staging, backed by a dedicated WordPress support team. Free website migration, from $2.49/mo.

## Software hosting (one-click apps)

- [b2evolution hosting: many blogs, one install](https://ablepage.com/b2evolution-hosting): b2evolution hosting that runs several blogs, galleries and a forum from one installation, set up for you. Free website migration included, plans from $2.49/mo.
- [Backdrop CMS hosting: Drupal familiarity, lower cost](https://ablepage.com/backdrop-cms-hosting): Backdrop CMS hosting for the Drupal 7 way of working, installed in one click on modest, well-tuned servers. Free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [bbPress hosting: forums inside WordPress](https://ablepage.com/bbpress-hosting): Add forums to the WordPress site you already run. AblePage installs WordPress and bbPress together, with caching rules that keep forum pages fresh.
- [CMS hosting for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and more](https://ablepage.com/cms-hosting): WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Backdrop and hundreds more install in one click, on hardware tuned for PHP instead of a control panel full of upsells.
- [Fast DokuWiki hosting, installed in a minute](https://ablepage.com/dokuwiki-hosting): DokuWiki hosting installed and ready to edit in about a minute. From $2.49/mo with a free website migration and 24/7 support from real people.
- [Dotclear hosting for quiet, tidy publishing](https://ablepage.com/dotclear-hosting): Dotclear hosting for writers who like simple software and clean markup. Installed and tuned for you, with a free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [dotProject hosting for teams that track work](https://ablepage.com/dotproject-hosting): dotProject hosting for project management your team owns: tasks, Gantt charts, files and tickets on your own domain. From $2.49/mo with free migration.
- [Drupal hosting with SSH, Composer and Drush](https://ablepage.com/drupal-hosting): Drupal hosting with the PHP limits, database and command-line tools Drupal expects, plus a free website migration. Plans start at $2.49/mo.
- [eCommerce hosting with cart-safe caching and SSL](https://ablepage.com/ecommerce-hosting): eCommerce hosting with free SSL, fast LiteSpeed pages and monitored uptime. We install WooCommerce, OpenCart or PrestaShop before you log in.
- [Flarum hosting with Composer and SSH ready](https://ablepage.com/flarum-hosting): Flarum needs Composer, a writable storage path and a recent PHP version. All three are ready on AblePage, so extensions install exactly as the docs describe.
- [Forum hosting that copes with busy threads](https://ablepage.com/forum-hosting): Forum hosting for database-heavy, spiky community sites. You get object caching, unlimited traffic and email that actually reaches members' inboxes.
- [Geeklog hosting: news and community in one](https://ablepage.com/geeklog-hosting): Geeklog hosting for stories, comments, polls and forums from one install, with the mail, database and caching it needs. Free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [Joomla hosting with the extensions it needs](https://ablepage.com/joomla-hosting): Joomla hosting with modern PHP, MySQL and the extension libraries Joomla relies on, plus a free website migration. Plans start at $2.49/mo.
- [MediaWiki hosting without the setup afternoon](https://ablepage.com/mediawiki-hosting): MediaWiki hosting with the wiki already installed, plus the database, PHP extensions and image handling it needs. Free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [MyBB hosting: the classic board, properly hosted](https://ablepage.com/mybb-hosting): MyBB hosting with threaded discussions, a friendly admin panel and plugins welcome. We install it for you with mail, SSL and caching already set up.
- [OpenCart hosting: a lean store that loads fast](https://ablepage.com/opencart-hosting): OpenCart hosting for a standalone store with no CMS layer slowing it down, on NVMe storage with free SSL. Free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [phpBB hosting, installed with the database ready](https://ablepage.com/phpbb-hosting): phpBB forum hosting with the database created, mail authenticated and caching set up for you. From $2.49/mo with a free website migration.
- [PmWiki hosting: light, quick and easy to keep](https://ablepage.com/pmwiki-hosting): PmWiki hosting for a flat-file wiki that needs no database, so it starts fast and stays fast. Installed in one click, free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [PrestaShop hosting for stores that keep growing](https://ablepage.com/prestashop-hosting): PrestaShop hosting with higher PHP limits, real cron and cart-aware caching for feature-rich stores. Free website migration, plans from $2.49/mo.
- [Reseller hosting with a free Clientexec license](https://ablepage.com/reseller-hosting): Start your own hosting business with 30 to 90 cPanel accounts on LiteSpeed servers, plus a free Clientexec license worth $16.95/mo, set up for you. Billed monthly.
- [Serendipity hosting: a blog that stays out of the way](https://ablepage.com/serendipity-hosting): Serendipity hosting with strong comment spam handling and a plugin system that needs no babysitting. Free website migration included, plans from $2.49/mo.
- [SMF hosting: light on resources, quick to theme](https://ablepage.com/smf-hosting): Simple Machines Forum runs comfortably on our smallest plan. We install SMF, create the database and set up outbound mail so registrations work on day one.
- [Textpattern hosting: lean markup, full control](https://ablepage.com/textpattern-hosting): Textpattern hosting for a CMS that outputs exactly what your templates say, on servers tuned for it. Free website migration, plans from $2.49/mo.
- [Wiki hosting with the software already installed](https://ablepage.com/wiki-hosting): Pick your wiki engine on the order form and it's set up, tuned and waiting when your account arrives. No PHP configuration and no database setup.
- [WooCommerce hosting that keeps checkout fast](https://ablepage.com/woocommerce-hosting): WooCommerce hosting with cart-aware caching, unlimited PHP workers and free SSL, so checkout stays quick in a traffic spike. Free website migration, from $2.49/mo.
- [XenForo hosting on hardware that keeps up](https://ablepage.com/xenforo-hosting): XenForo hosting that meets its real requirements: modern PHP, a fast database and proper cron. Bring your licence and support installs your copy for you.

## Domains

- [.biz domain registration for small business](https://ablepage.com/domain-biz): A .biz domain is made for commercial use. It suits trades, local services and B2B suppliers who want a short name without paying an aftermarket premium.
- [.co domains for startups and short names](https://ablepage.com/domain-co): Register a .co domain, the short extension that reads as company or commercial. It's the usual fallback when the .com is taken, at the same price every year.
- [Register a .com domain with free privacy](https://ablepage.com/domain-com): Almost half of all registered domains end in .com. Register yours with AblePage in under a minute, with free WHOIS privacy for as long as you keep it.
- [.net domains for tools, APIs and services](https://ablepage.com/domain-net): Register a .net domain for your service, API, tool or community. It reads as solid and technical, and short names are still free long after the .com went.
- [.org domains for charities and communities](https://ablepage.com/domain-org): Register a .org domain for your charity, open-source project, club or wiki. Anyone can register, with no charity status check and the same price each year.
- [Domain registration with no renewal surprises](https://ablepage.com/domain-registration): Register or transfer a domain with AblePage. Renewal prices are published up front, and WHOIS privacy and DNS management are free on every domain.
- [.site domains for projects and portfolios](https://ablepage.com/domain-site): Register a .site domain for a portfolio, side project or product launch. You pay one flat price to register, renew or transfer, and privacy is included free.
- [.wiki domains for wikis and documentation](https://ablepage.com/domain-wiki): Register a .wiki domain for your wiki, handbook or knowledge base. It's open to anyone, and with hosting we can install MediaWiki, DokuWiki or Backdrop for you.

## Company and policies

- [About AblePage: small team, real engineers, fair renewals](https://ablepage.com/about-us): AblePage is a fully remote host with fast hardware, published renewal prices and engineers (not scripts) answering every support ticket.
- [Acceptable use policy](https://ablepage.com/acceptable-use-policy): What you can and can't do with AblePage hosting, email and domains: spam, illegal content, adult content, network abuse, resource use and enforcement.
- [Black Friday 2026 hosting, plugin and website deals](https://ablepage.com/black-friday-deals): Our biggest hosting discount of the year, plus hand-picked Black Friday 2026 deals on WordPress plugins, themes and tools for your website.
- [Hosting guides and tips from our support team](https://ablepage.com/blog): Practical guides on site speed, security, domains and running a small website, written by AblePage support engineers using examples from real tickets.
- [A2 Hosting vs SiteGround](https://ablepage.com/compare/a2-hosting-vs-siteground): Entry plans side by side on a 12-month term, including what you pay at renewal and which essentials are sold as add-ons.
- [Contact AblePage support by ticket or email](https://ablepage.com/contact-us): Reach AblePage engineers 24 hours a day, every day, by ticket or email. You don't need an account to ask us a question before you buy.
- [AblePage coupon codes, with renewal prices shown](https://ablepage.com/coupons): Every current AblePage coupon code and offer in one place, with the renewal price and expiry date shown next to each one, so you know what year two costs.
- [Green hosting: how AblePage cuts its footprint](https://ablepage.com/green-hosting): Every AblePage plan funds real trees through Trees.org, and we run fully remote on efficient AMD EPYC, NVMe and LiteSpeed hardware. Here's what we do.
- [AblePage guarantees: refunds, uptime, migration](https://ablepage.com/guarantees): AblePage offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, a 99.9% uptime SLA and zero-downtime migration. See who qualifies, what you get and every exclusion here.
- [Trusted partners of AblePage hosting](https://ablepage.com/partners): The companies AblePage works with: the software behind every hosting plan, including cPanel, LiteSpeed and Imunify360, plus the tools and services we recommend for your website.
- [Privacy policy](https://ablepage.com/privacy-policy): How AblePage collects and uses information: registration details, support tickets and email, Google Analytics, security and law enforcement requests.
- [AblePage reviews from customers who switched](https://ablepage.com/reviews): Read AblePage customer reviews, published as written, good and bad. We don't filter by rating, we don't pay for placement, and critical reviews stay up.
- [Terms of service](https://ablepage.com/terms-of-service): The AblePage terms of service: payments, renewals, refunds, the 30 day money back guarantee, the uptime SLA, backups, fair use and account cancellation.

## Free tools

- [CSS minifier that never reorders rules](https://ablepage.com/css-minifier): Minify CSS in your browser. Strip comments and whitespace, shorten hex colours and leading zeros, and keep every selector in its original order.
- [HTML minifier that keeps pre blocks safe](https://ablepage.com/html-minifier): Minify HTML in your browser. Remove comments, indentation and whitespace between tags, while pre, textarea, script and style blocks stay untouched.
- [What is my IP address?](https://ablepage.com/ip-checker): Check the public IP address every website you visit can see, plus the provider, network and approximate location tied to it. Free, and nothing is logged.
- [JavaScript minifier for comments and whitespace](https://ablepage.com/js-minifier): Minify JavaScript in your browser. Remove comments, indentation and blank lines while strings and template literals stay exactly as you wrote them.
- [Lorem ipsum generator for placeholder text](https://ablepage.com/lorem-ipsum-generator): Generate lorem ipsum placeholder text by paragraph, sentence or word, plain or wrapped in paragraph tags, then copy it in one click. Free to use.
- [Strong random password generator](https://ablepage.com/password-generator): Generate strong, random passwords in your browser and see a live strength read-out as you go. Nothing is sent to AblePage, and nothing is stored.
- [Robots.txt generator with AI crawler blocking](https://ablepage.com/robots-txt-generator): Build a robots.txt file without memorising the syntax. Pick an access mode, list the paths to block, add your sitemap and download the finished file.
- [Free web tools: IP checker, minifiers and more](https://ablepage.com/tools): Free tools from the AblePage support team: an IP checker, password generator, word counter, minifiers and a robots.txt generator. No account, nothing logged.
- [Word count tool with reading time](https://ablepage.com/word-count-tool): Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time as you type. Your text stays in your browser and is never uploaded to AblePage.

## Knowledge base

- [Hosting help guides for cPanel, email and DNS](https://ablepage.com/kb): Step-by-step guides for getting started, cPanel, email, installable apps, security and domains, written by the engineers who answer our tickets. If a guide doesn't fix it, they will.
- [Common Domain Registration & Transfer Questions](https://ablepage.com/kb/domains-and-dns/domain-registration-and-transfers-common-questions): Find out the answers to the most common questions relating to domain transfers and registrations
- [How to update your nameservers at NameSilo](https://ablepage.com/kb/domains-and-dns/how-to-update-your-nameservers-at-namesilo): If you’re moving your website to a new hosting provider or setting up custom DNS, updating your domain’s nameservers is a key step in the process. At NameSilo, this can be done quickly through your account dashboard. In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to change your nameservers, what to expect during DNS propagation, and a few tips to ensure everything goes smoothly.
- [How To Fix: SSH Authentication Refused: Bad Ownership or Modes for Directory](https://ablepage.com/kb/ftp-and-ssh/fix-ssh-authentication-refused): In this article, we will show you how you can fix the error: SSH Authentication Refused: Bad Ownership or Modes for Directory
- [How to Request a Free Website Migration](https://ablepage.com/kb/getting-started/requesting-a-free-website-migration): In this article, we will show you how you can request a completely free, fully managed website migration.

## Optional

### Blog

- [How Do Bloggers Make Money? 4 Best Strategies for 2026](https://ablepage.com/blog/how-to-make-money-blogging): If you're thinking of starting a blog, you may be asking: how do bloggers make money? Here are the best monetization strategies for blogs in 2026!
- [How to Improve WordPress SEO: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners](https://ablepage.com/blog/improve-wordpress-seo): Learning how to improve WordPress SEO can be easier than you think. Here are some basic best practices you to implement for more traffic!
- [6 Most Common WordPress Security Issues (And How to Fix Them)](https://ablepage.com/blog/wordpress-common-security-issues): It's important to protect customer data and maintain your online reputation. Here are six WordPress security issues to know (and how to fix them)!


### Glossary

- [Domain glossary: domain name terms explained](https://ablepage.com/domain-glossary): Registrars, registries, EPP codes, grace periods and the rest of the vocabulary you meet when you buy or transfer a domain name, explained in plain English.
- [A record](https://ablepage.com/glossary/a-record): An A record is a DNS record that points a domain or subdomain at a server's IPv4 address.
- [Above the fold](https://ablepage.com/glossary/above-the-fold): Above the fold is the part of a web page a visitor sees before they scroll.
- [Add-on domain](https://ablepage.com/glossary/add-on-domain): An add-on domain is a second, fully separate website hosted on the same cPanel account.
- [Administrative contact](https://ablepage.com/glossary/administrative-contact): The administrative contact is the person authorised to make changes to a domain registration.
- [Apache](https://ablepage.com/glossary/apache): Apache is a long-established, open-source web server that delivers web pages to visitors.
- [Auth code](https://ablepage.com/glossary/auth-code): An auth code is a unique password that authorises the transfer of a domain from one registrar to another.
- [Backorder](https://ablepage.com/glossary/backorder): A backorder is a request for a registrar to try to register a domain name the moment it becomes available.
- [Backup retention](https://ablepage.com/glossary/backup-retention): Backup retention is how far back your restorable backup copies go.
- [Bad neighbour effect](https://ablepage.com/glossary/bad-neighbour-effect): The bad neighbour effect is when one site on a shared server uses up resources that other sites on that server need.
- [Bandwidth](https://ablepage.com/glossary/bandwidth): Bandwidth is the amount of data your website sends to visitors over a given period.
- [Cache](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cache): A cache is a stored copy of a page or query result, so it doesn't have to be rebuilt on every request.
- [ccTLD](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cctld): A ccTLD (country-code top-level domain) is a two-letter domain extension assigned to a country or territory, such as .uk, .de or .ca.
- [CDN](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cdn): A CDN (content delivery network) is a network of edge servers that delivers your site's files from a location close to each visitor.
- [CMS](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cms): A CMS (content management system) is software for creating and editing website content, such as WordPress, Drupal or Joomla.
- [CNAME](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cname): A CNAME (canonical name) record is a DNS record that makes one hostname an alias of another hostname.
- [cPanel](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cpanel): cPanel is a web hosting control panel for managing domains, email, files and databases.
- [CPU cores](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cpu-cores): CPU cores are the units of processing capacity allocated to your hosting account.
- [Cron job](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cron-job): A cron job is a command or script that your server runs automatically on a set schedule.
- [Cybersquatting](https://ablepage.com/glossary/cybersquatting): Cybersquatting is registering a domain name in bad faith to profit from someone else's trademark.
- [Data centre](https://ablepage.com/glossary/data-centre): A data centre is the secure building where the servers that host your website physically live.
- [Dedicated IP](https://ablepage.com/glossary/dedicated-ip): A dedicated IP is an IP address used only by your hosting account instead of being shared with other sites.
- [DNS](https://ablepage.com/glossary/dns): DNS (Domain Name System) is the internet's directory that translates domain names into the IP addresses of servers.
- [DNSSEC](https://ablepage.com/glossary/dnssec): DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records so answers can't be forged in transit.
- [Domain lock](https://ablepage.com/glossary/domain-lock): A domain lock is a registry status that blocks a domain from being transferred until you remove it.
- [Domain parking](https://ablepage.com/glossary/domain-parking): Domain parking is pointing a registered domain at a placeholder page instead of a live website.
- [Domain privacy](https://ablepage.com/glossary/domain-privacy): Domain privacy replaces your personal details in the public WHOIS record with the details of a proxy service.
- [Domain transfer](https://ablepage.com/glossary/domain-transfer): A domain transfer is moving a domain registration from one registrar to another while you keep ownership of the name.
- [Downtime](https://ablepage.com/glossary/downtime): Downtime is any period when your website can't be reached or doesn't work properly for visitors.
- [Drop catching](https://ablepage.com/glossary/drop-catching): Drop catching is trying to register a domain name the instant the registry deletes it and makes it available again.
- [Email deliverability](https://ablepage.com/glossary/email-deliverability): Email deliverability is how reliably your messages reach recipients' inboxes instead of spam folders or being rejected.
- [Entry processes](https://ablepage.com/glossary/entry-processes): Entry processes are the number of requests your hosting account can run at the same moment.
- [EPP code](https://ablepage.com/glossary/epp-code): An EPP code is the authorisation code a registrar needs before it will accept a domain transfer, also called an auth code.
- [Error log](https://ablepage.com/glossary/error-log): An error log is a file that records what went wrong when a page, script or server request failed.
- [Expiration date](https://ablepage.com/glossary/expiration-date): The expiration date is the day a domain registration lapses unless it is renewed.
- [Expired domain](https://ablepage.com/glossary/expired-domain): An expired domain is a registration that has passed its expiration date but hasn't yet been deleted by the registry.
- [Firewall](https://ablepage.com/glossary/firewall): A firewall is a filter that blocks malicious traffic before it reaches your site or server.
- [FTP](https://ablepage.com/glossary/ftp): FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an older, unencrypted protocol for transferring files between your computer and a server.
- [Glue record](https://ablepage.com/glossary/glue-record): A glue record is an IP address record, published by the registry, for nameservers that sit inside the domain they serve.
- [Grace period](https://ablepage.com/glossary/grace-period): A grace period is the window after a domain expires during which you can still renew it at the normal price.
- [Green hosting](https://ablepage.com/glossary/green-hosting): Green hosting is running websites in a way that reduces their energy use and environmental impact.
- [gTLD](https://ablepage.com/glossary/gtld): A gTLD (generic top-level domain) is a domain extension that isn't tied to a country, such as .com, .org, .site or .wiki.
- [GZIP](https://ablepage.com/glossary/gzip): GZIP is a compression method that shrinks files before the server sends them to a browser.
- [Hotlink protection](https://ablepage.com/glossary/hotlink-protection): Hotlink protection stops other websites from embedding your images and files directly and using up your bandwidth.
- [htaccess](https://ablepage.com/glossary/htaccess): An .htaccess file is a per-directory configuration file that controls redirects, rewrite rules and access.
- [HTTPS](https://ablepage.com/glossary/https): HTTPS is the encrypted version of HTTP, protecting data sent between a browser and a web server.
- [ICANN](https://ablepage.com/glossary/icann): ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the non-profit body that coordinates the global domain name system.
- [IDN](https://ablepage.com/glossary/idn): An IDN (internationalised domain name) is a domain that contains non-ASCII characters, such as accented letters or non-Latin scripts.
- [Imunify360](https://ablepage.com/glossary/imunify360): Imunify360 is server security software that combines a firewall, malware scanning and cleanup in one package.
- [Inode](https://ablepage.com/glossary/inode): An inode is a single file or folder, and your inode count is the total number of them in your account.
- [JetBackup](https://ablepage.com/glossary/jetbackup): JetBackup is backup software for hosting servers that lets account owners back up and restore their own files, databases and email.
- [Keep-alive](https://ablepage.com/glossary/keep-alive): Keep-alive is an HTTP feature that reuses one connection for several files instead of opening a new one each time.
- [LiteSpeed](https://ablepage.com/glossary/litespeed): LiteSpeed is a high-performance web server with page caching built in, designed as a faster replacement for Apache.
- [Load balancing](https://ablepage.com/glossary/load-balancing): Load balancing is spreading incoming traffic across several servers so no single server is overloaded.
- [Malware](https://ablepage.com/glossary/malware): Malware is malicious code placed on a website, usually through an outdated plugin, a weak password or a vulnerable script.
- [Managed hosting](https://ablepage.com/glossary/managed-hosting): Managed hosting is a service where the host maintains the server, software stack, security and backups for you.
- [Memcached](https://ablepage.com/glossary/memcached): Memcached is an in-memory caching system that stores database results and other data to speed up dynamic websites.
- [Migration](https://ablepage.com/glossary/migration): A migration is moving an existing website, its files, databases and often its email, from one host to another.
- [MX record](https://ablepage.com/glossary/mx-record): An MX (mail exchange) record is a DNS record that names the servers that receive email for a domain.
- [MySQL](https://ablepage.com/glossary/mysql): MySQL is an open-source relational database that most website software uses to store its content.
- [Nameserver](https://ablepage.com/glossary/nameserver): A nameserver is a server that answers DNS queries for a domain, telling browsers and mail servers where to find it.
- [Nameservers](https://ablepage.com/glossary/nameservers): Nameservers are the DNS servers a registrar points a domain at, and they decide where its website and email live.
- [NVMe](https://ablepage.com/glossary/nvme): NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a fast storage standard for flash drives, quicker than older SATA SSDs.
- [Object cache](https://ablepage.com/glossary/object-cache): An object cache stores the results of database queries in memory so pages need fewer queries to load.
- [Parked domain](https://ablepage.com/glossary/parked-domain): A parked domain is an extra domain name that points at an existing website and shows the same content.
- [PHP](https://ablepage.com/glossary/php): PHP is the server-side programming language that most website software, including WordPress, is written in.
- [PHP workers](https://ablepage.com/glossary/php-workers): PHP workers are the server processes that run your site's PHP code to build pages that can't be served from cache.
- [Premium domain](https://ablepage.com/glossary/premium-domain): A premium domain is a domain name priced above the standard rate, either by the registry or by an owner reselling it.
- [Redemption period](https://ablepage.com/glossary/redemption-period): The redemption period is a paid recovery window that starts after a domain's grace period ends and before it's deleted.
- [Redirect](https://ablepage.com/glossary/redirect): A redirect automatically sends a visitor, or a search engine, from one URL to another.
- [Redis](https://ablepage.com/glossary/redis): Redis is an in-memory data store used for object caching, session storage and queues.
- [Registrant](https://ablepage.com/glossary/registrant): The registrant is the person or organisation that legally holds a domain registration and controls what happens to it.
- [Registrar](https://ablepage.com/glossary/registrar): A registrar is the company you buy a domain name through and use to manage its registration, renewals and settings.
- [Registry](https://ablepage.com/glossary/registry): A registry is the organisation that operates a top-level domain extension and keeps the master database of its names.
- [Registry lock](https://ablepage.com/glossary/registry-lock): A registry lock is a high-security domain lock that requires manual verification with the registry before anything can change.
- [Renewal price](https://ablepage.com/glossary/renewal-price): The renewal price is what a domain costs each year after the first year of registration.
- [Reseller hosting](https://ablepage.com/glossary/reseller-hosting): Reseller hosting is a type of hosting that lets you sell web hosting under your own brand using another company's servers.
- [Resource usage](https://ablepage.com/glossary/resource-usage): Resource usage is how much CPU, memory, disk I/O, processes and storage your hosting account is consuming.
- [Server response time](https://ablepage.com/glossary/server-response-time): Server response time is how long a server takes to start sending back a page after it receives a request.
- [Shared hosting](https://ablepage.com/glossary/shared-hosting): Shared hosting is a type of hosting where many accounts live on one server, each with its own resource allocation.
- [SLA](https://ablepage.com/glossary/sla): An SLA (service level agreement) is a written commitment from a provider to a level of service, such as uptime, with compensation if it falls short.
- [Softaculous](https://ablepage.com/glossary/softaculous): Softaculous is a one-click installer that sets up hundreds of web applications, such as WordPress, on your hosting account.
- [Spam filter](https://ablepage.com/glossary/spam-filter): A spam filter is software that checks incoming email and keeps unwanted or dangerous messages out of your inbox.
- [SSD](https://ablepage.com/glossary/ssd): An SSD (solid-state drive) is flash storage with no moving parts, faster than mechanical hard drives.
- [SSH](https://ablepage.com/glossary/ssh): SSH (Secure Shell) is an encrypted command-line connection to your hosting account or server.
- [SSL certificate](https://ablepage.com/glossary/ssl-certificate): An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that proves a site's identity and enables HTTPS on its domain.
- [Staging site](https://ablepage.com/glossary/staging-site): A staging site is a private copy of your website where you can test changes before they go live.
- [Subdomain](https://ablepage.com/glossary/subdomain): A subdomain is a prefix added to your domain that can hold its own content, like blog.example.com.
- [Technical contact](https://ablepage.com/glossary/technical-contact): The technical contact is the person listed on a domain registration to handle technical matters, such as DNS and nameserver issues.
- [TLD](https://ablepage.com/glossary/tld): A TLD (top-level domain) is the last part of a domain name, the extension after the final dot, such as .com.
- [Transfer lock](https://ablepage.com/glossary/transfer-lock): A transfer lock is the 60-day period after a registration or a transfer during which the domain can't be transferred again.
- [TTFB](https://ablepage.com/glossary/ttfb): TTFB (time to first byte) is how long it takes from a browser's request until the first byte of the server's response arrives.
- [Two-factor authentication](https://ablepage.com/glossary/two-factor-authentication): Two-factor authentication is a login method that asks for a second proof of identity on top of your password.
- [Typosquatting](https://ablepage.com/glossary/typosquatting): Typosquatting is registering misspellings of a well-known domain to catch visitors who mistype it.
- [UDRP](https://ablepage.com/glossary/udrp): The UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy) is the process for resolving complaints about domains registered in bad faith.
- [Uptime](https://ablepage.com/glossary/uptime): Uptime is the percentage of time a website or server is up and reachable.
- [URL](https://ablepage.com/glossary/url): A URL (uniform resource locator) is the full address of a web page, including the protocol, domain and path.
- [VPS](https://ablepage.com/glossary/vps): A VPS (virtual private server) is a virtual machine with its own operating system and resources reserved for you on shared hardware.
- [WAF](https://ablepage.com/glossary/waf): A WAF (web application firewall) filters and blocks malicious HTTP requests before they reach your website.
- [Webmail](https://ablepage.com/glossary/webmail): Webmail is email you read and send in a web browser instead of a desktop or phone app.
- [WHM](https://ablepage.com/glossary/whm): WHM (WebHost Manager) is the administration panel above cPanel, used to create and manage many cPanel accounts.
- [WHOIS](https://ablepage.com/glossary/whois): WHOIS is the public directory of domain registration data, such as who holds a domain and when it expires.
- [WordPress](https://ablepage.com/glossary/wordpress): WordPress is free, open-source content management software and the most widely used way to build a website.
- [Zero downtime migration](https://ablepage.com/glossary/zero-downtime-migration): A zero downtime migration is moving a website to a new host without visitors seeing any interruption.
- [Zone file](https://ablepage.com/glossary/zone-file): A zone file is the complete set of DNS records for a domain, stored as a text file on its nameservers.
- [Hosting glossary: plain-English definitions](https://ablepage.com/hosting-glossary): Plain-English definitions of the hosting terms you meet when you buy, move or run a website, each with a note on where it shows up on a real account.

## Machine-readable

- [XML sitemap](https://ablepage.com/sitemap.xml)