Features WordPress-aware

WordPress server management, feature by feature

WPShift covers the whole job: provisioning servers on your own cloud, installing and cloning sites, and running the day-to-day work that generic panels leave to SSH.

Servers & provisioning

One-click servers on the cloud you already use

Connect a provider with an API token and WPShift builds a production-ready server: Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and Redis, tuned and hardened. Or skip the setup entirely and run on WPShift Cloud.

  • Provision on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, Linode, AWS EC2 or Google Cloud
  • Firewall hardening and automatic security updates
  • Multi-PHP: run different sites on different PHP versions
  • Full root access stays yours, because it is your server
provision.log
$ wpshift server create --provider digitalocean --size s-2vcpu-4gb
Droplet created · AMS311s
Nginx + PHP-FPM 8.3installed
MySQL 8 · Redistuned
UFW firewall + fail2banarmed
server ready · 1m 42s
WordPress operations

The work that generic panels leave to SSH

Every screen knows it is managing WordPress. Install a site in one click, clone it for staging, and manage plugins, themes and wp-config from the dashboard.

  • One-click installs and full-site cloning for staging
  • Plugin and theme updates rolled out across every site
  • Edit wp-config constants without touching SSH
  • Redirects, WP-Cron and site health in one view
app.wpshift.io/sites/clientsite
WPShift managing a WordPress site's plugins and themes, with per-plugin version and auto-update status.
Backups & security

Daily backups that live off the server

Backups stored on the same box disappear with the box. WPShift keeps them off-server, so a bad deploy or a dead droplet is a restore, not a disaster.

  • Automatic daily backups of files and database
  • Off-server storage, restore any site in minutes
  • Automated SSL: issued, renewed and revoked per domain
  • Firewall and OS security updates kept current
clientsite.com
Today · 03:14
412 MB Restore
shop.clientsite.com
Today · 03:11
1.2 GB Restore
blog.studio.nl
Yesterday · 03:09
288 MB Restore
Email & DNS

Mailboxes and DNS, from the same dashboard

Spin up professional mailboxes per domain with SMTP, and let WPShift set SPF, DKIM and DNS so mail actually lands. No separate control panel, no registrar tab-switching.

  • Mailboxes per domain with SMTP access
  • SPF, DKIM and DNS records configured for deliverability
  • Manage every domain and DNS record in one place
  • No registrar tab-switching to point a domain
SMTP
Per-domain mailboxes
SPF · DKIM
Set for you
DNS
Records in one view
Domains
Point without a registrar tab
Performance

Fast by default, no plugin stack to babysit

Object cache and page cache are wired in at the server, not bolted on as a plugin. Sites stay quick under real traffic, and you can pick the PHP version per site.

  • Redis object cache installed and configured by default
  • Server-level page cache, tuned for WordPress
  • Multi-PHP: 7.4 through 8.3, per site
  • Isolated PHP-FPM pools so one busy site never starves another
Stack per site
NginxPHP 8.3PHP 8.2PHP 7.4MySQL 8RedisPage cache
7.4–8.3
PHP versions
Redis
Object cache
Isolated
FPM pools
Team workspaces

Bring your team without handing out SSH keys

Invite teammates into a workspace with role-based access. A developer gets server access; a client sees only their sites. Nobody has to share credentials.

  • Role-based access per workspace
  • Give a client a view of only their sites
  • Developer access without shared SSH keys
  • Built-in AI Copilot to help with the busywork
Owner
Full access · billing
Developer
Servers + all sites
Client
Their sites only

Bring your own cloud, or run on WPShift Cloud

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See it running on your own cloud

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