FEATURES
Liquid Web’s Features Focus on Business
Liquid Web offers solutions for businesses of all sizes, from freelancers to e-commerce entrepreneurs to mega-corporations. Developers, designers, and agencies are sure to appreciate the special collaboration and management features.
Liquid Web is known for its custom-built solutions, making it popular with the enterprise-level crowd. But for this review, I’m going to focus on Liquid Web’s Managed WordPress Hosting services.
Now, I’ve been around the hosting block at least a couple of times, and I’ve seen hosts that will just take a regular shared hosting plan and market it as “WordPress hosting.” Liquid Web isn’t one of those. We’re looking at a premium Managed WordPress host here. This means it’s got the specially-optimized infrastructure you need to keep your WordPress website running smoothly.
All the basics, of course, are covered – domain registration, SSL certificates, managed security, and website migration. From the company’s website:
Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the more advanced features Liquid Web has to offer.
Staging Sites
Liquid Web’s staging feature, called ‘Stencils’, allows you to create a copy of your WordPress website, so you can work on it offline without affecting the performance of your live website.
Many hosts out there offer various staging platforms, but what makes ‘Stencils’ unique is how easy it is to use. You can create a stencil with one click, and you get a distinct dashboard for your staging sites.
Secure Hosting
All Liquid Web websites come with full SSL certificate protection by default. The entire network, power, and cooling infrastructure are also fully redundant, and the servers are guarded by 24/7/365 on-site security.
I don’t know about you, but I sleep better at night knowing my website is safe and sound behind multiple layers of protection.
State-of-the-Art Data Centers
Liquid Web owns and operates its core data centers, with on-site technicians available around the clock to diagnose and resolve any issues on the spot. In a world where many hosts just lease a few servers in someone else’s data center, that means a lot.
Liquid Web’s five facilities are located in Central and Western United States as well as in the Netherlands. These data centers are SSAE-16, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, AMS-IX, and ISAE 3402 compliant as well as ISO9001, 14001, and 27001 certified.
Cloudflare CDN
You can sign up for Cloudflare CDN, set it up, and manage it through your Liquid Web dashboard.
If you’ve ever tried to do this on your own with the limited support most other hosts offer, you know this is a huge plus.
Developer Tools
Whether you’re a freelancer or part of a big agency, you’ll find that Liquid Web provides you with the tools you’ll need. On top of SSH, Git, and WP-CLI, you also get full server access.
Liquid Web will even accommodate special requests for anything your project may require, such as a database server.
