WordPress Overview

WordPress Overview

High Leads Pro provides a comprehensive solution for managing your website needs, including a feature for hosting and managing WordPress sites. This guide offers an in-depth overview of WordPress to help you fully understand and utilize its capabilities.

Setting Up Domains:

  • Navigate to 'Sites' in your dashboard, and here you'll find the 'WordPress' option.
  • Domain Integration: Once you've initiated WordPress hosting, the next step is to integrate your domain. Update the DNS settings of your desired domain to direct traffic to High Leads Pro's servers. You can also set your primary domain and add up to five additional domains.

Restoring and Backing Up WordPress Instances:

Safety first! High Leads Pro offers an automatic backup feature.

Backup and Restore:

  • Backing Up:
    High Leads Pro routinely creates backups of your website, ensuring data safety.
  • Restoring:
    If you ever encounter issues or unwanted changes on your site, head over to the 'Backup' feature. Here, you can restore your website to any previous state from the saved backups.


Utilizing SFTP for Secure Data Transfer:

  • Go to Sites -> WordPress -> Advanced Settings -> FTP Access.
  • Click on Generate Credentials. You'll receive the Host URL, Port number, Username, and Password, which can be used to securely transfer files via an SFTP client.


Export Your Current Site: 

  • Use tools like 'All in One WP Migration' on your existing WordPress dashboard to export your website.
  •  Head back to__CompanyName, drag, and drop your exported website file. High Leads Pro will handle the rest, populating your site on its hosting solution.

User Management in WordPress:

High Leads Pro allows for versatile user management for your WordPress sites:

  • Navigate to 'Users' under the WordPress feature.
  • Here, you can add, edit, or delete users as per your requirements, ensuring the right people have access to the right resources.

Staging Environments

Staging environments are crucial tools for WordPress users aiming to refine their website development process, reduce risks, and uphold a polished online image. In essence, a staging environment is a mirror of your live website, placed on a separate server or directory, vital for various tasks pivotal to web development and upkeep.

Creating a Staging Environment in WordPress within High Leads Pro:
  • Navigate to WordPress -> Dashboard. Click on "Create Environment" under the staging access section.
  • After selection, the staging setup begins, which typically completes in 2-5 minutes, based on your WordPress site's size.
  • Post creation, make necessary adjustments and run tests before committing changes to the live website.
  • After finalizing changes, click on the "Publish" button. A confirmation prompt appears. On validation, your website updates within the next few minutes.
  • If needed, you can delete your staging setup and restart by clicking the "Delete" button.

Supporting Multiple WordPress Site Installs Under the Same Account

How to Use It:

  • Access the Dashboard: Navigate to Sites > WordPress > All Sites to open the updated dashboard.
  • Create & Manage Sites: To add a new site, enter the required details and complete the payment. To switch between sites, use the site info screen to toggle easily.

Benefit: This consolidates site management into one interface, making it easier to oversee and navigate your WordPress sites.

 Advanced Settings:

The Advanced Settings in the WordPress feature provides more granular control over various components of your website. This includes options related to FTP access, managing caching to improve load times and more.

 WordPress Specifications:

The following table provides a detailed view of the specifications and capabilities offered with High Leads Pro's WordPress hosting:

Capability  Details 
restore .htaccess and wp-config.php files Supported
Bandwidth Unlimited
Storage 2GB 
Visitors Unlimited
Chat Support 24/7
Access to Themes Yes
Access to Plugins Yes
Backup and Restore Up to the previous 3 days' Backup which can be restored by you
CDN Supported
Staging Environment Supported
WP Email system Built-in 
Import functionality Simple file upload
User Management menu Yes
Password Reset Functionality In-app
Site Installation time 10 minutes
Server Type Linux (VPS)
PHP Version 7.4.30
Mysql Version 8
mod_rewrite Loaded & enabled
PHP Short Tags Enabled
Base64 function Enabled
bcmath Enabled
Ctype Enabled
FileInfo Enabled
MBstring Enabled
Imagick Enabled (Ver 3.6.0)
JSON Support Enabled
OpenSSL Enabled
PDO PHP Extension Enabled
Tokenizer Enabled
XML, SIMPLEXML Enabled
ZIP Enabled
SFTP Supported


FAQ

  1. How do I integrate my domain with High Leads Pro's WordPress hosting?
    Navigate to 'Sites' in your dashboard and select 'WordPress.' After initiating WordPress hosting, update the DNS settings of your domain to point to High Leads Pro's servers. You can set a primary domain and add up to five additional domains.
  2. How can I restore my WordPress site if something goes wrong?
    Go to the 'Backup' feature under WordPress. You can restore your site to any previous state using the backups created automatically by High Leads Pro.
  3. What is the process for using SFTP to transfer files?
    Navigate to Sites -> WordPress -> Advanced Settings -> FTP Access. Click on 'Generate Credentials' to get the necessary details for SFTP. Use these credentials to securely transfer files via an SFTP client.
  4. How can I create and manage multiple WordPress sites under a single account?
    Access the dashboard by going to Sites > WordPress > All Sites. To create a new site, enter the required details and complete the payment. To switch between sites, use the site info screen to toggle easily between your WordPress sites.

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