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I am very excited to announce that we have entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by DigitalOcean, the cloud for developers, startups, and SMBs. Ten years ago, myself, Pere, Uzair, and Umair founded Cloudways with the mission of partnering with SMBs to save them time and money and allow them to grow their business with peace of mind and improved productivity. Every day we have been inspired by our mission to help SMBs move their dreams forward and today we’re humbled to serve more than 72,000 customers on over 570,000 websites. I am extremely proud of what we,…
We have been working hard for some time now to ensure PHP 8.1 runs smoothly on our servers. With an official release on November 25, 2021, PHP 8.1 is finally available on the Cloudways platform! PHP 8.1 brings new features, performance improvements, better syntax, and more. What’s new in PHP 8.1 Bug-Free Scalar Type Hints PHP now gets way better error messages when type hinting doesn’t coordinate. This implies that if you’re expecting a string and PHP gets an integer, PHP will throw a clear and brief error message to assist you in debugging the issue. This can be just…
Here at Cloudways, we see tons of valuable info about the technical side of WordPress. We learn how to fix bugs, protect websites from DDoS attacks, and troubleshoot WordPress errors. But don’t you get the feeling we’re missing something? Content! Technically perfect, our WordPress website still needs stellar content for users to click, visit, read, and follow it. This article is a detailed guide on how to format WordPress posts for better visibility, SEO, and more clicks. Step-by-step instructions and a checklist will save your time on content creation and help make it more actionable for the audience to follow.…
Launched 15 years ago, today Ciphers Digital is a full-scale digital marketing agency that offers small businesses online visibility solutions through a client-centric approach. How Ciphers Digital Creates Impact for its Clients The Ciphers Digital team offers several digital services, such as digital marketing, social media marketing, website design, and web development. However, its core interest is helping businesses rank in the SERPs organically. That makes SEO their primary niche of operations. According to Mike Rux, Ciphers Digital is “committed to making a positive impact on our clients and the world around us, and we are always looking for new…
We are pleased to announce the Cloudways + Visual Composer Giveaway, starting From 5th August to 19th August. An aesthetically pleasing and fully functional website is a plus for the users as it enhances their user experience. This is why Visual Composer Website builder has appeared on the forefront as a viable solution to provide users with an interactive and visually appealing website. Having said that, free versions often come with their set of limitations and obviously don’t give their users uncontrolled access to their website. The premium version, on the other hand, can be quite risky because what if…
We are pleased to announce the Cloudways + Visual Composer Giveaway, starting From 5th August to 19th August. An aesthetically pleasing and fully functional website is a plus for the users as it enhances their user experience. This is why Visual Composer Website builder has appeared on the forefront as a viable solution to provide users with an interactive and visually appealing website. Having said that, free versions often come with their set of limitations and obviously don’t give their users uncontrolled access to their website. The premium version, on the other hand, can be quite risky because what if…
Launched 15 years ago, today Cipher Digital is a full-scale digital marketing agency that offers small businesses online visibility solutions through a client-centric approach. How Cipher Digital Creates Impact for its Clients The Cipher Digital team offers several digital services, such as digital marketing, social media marketing, website design, and web development. However, its core interest is helping businesses rank in the SERPs organically. That makes SEO their primary niche of operations. According to Mike Rux, Cipher Digital is “committed to making a positive impact on our clients and the world around us, and we are always looking for new…
Contra is a London-based digital agency. It started two decades ago when the digital landscape was in its infancy. The industry was called ‘new media’ back then. In the early days, things weren’t as easy as they are today. There weren’t any reliable off-the-shelf CMS, and the challenges were many. Contra paved its way through difficult times and consequentially became a highly technical and self-starter agency. Contra was developing websites even before people knew what they were. The agency had conviction in Google and believed that it’ll change the way business was done. Today, after 22 years of delivering top-notch…
A community-led open source content management system, ClassicPress splits off WordPress 4.9.x to preserve the classic TinyMCE editor as the default alternative. It’ll be promptly recognizable to WordPress 4.9.x users. ClassicPress combines careful, deliberate planning with the insight and collective wisdom of the ClassicPress community. The decision between WordPress and ClassicPress comes down more to what your requirements are, and whether you run a professional, business, or personal website. In this article, we will provide a hands-on comparison between WordPress and its alternative, ClassicPress. What is ClassicPress? ClassicPress uses the familiar WordPress interface longtime WordPress clients know, and releases standard…
Cloudways will be attending Namescon Global, the digital assets conference in Austin, Texas, from August 30th to September 3rd, 2022. Namescon Global is the flagship conference centering digital assets such as domains, NFTs, Blockchain, and more. Founded by Richard Lau and Jothan Frakes in Las Vegas in 2013, Namecon quickly became the most prominent conference focused on domain name investment. In 2016 Namescon became part of the WHD (World Hosting Days / CloudFest) family and moved their show to Texas in 2019. Now after several successful virtual events over the past two years, Namescon returns to Austin bigger and better…