Ian oversees Web60's hosting infrastructure and operations. Responsible for the uptime, security, and performance of every site on the platform, he writes about the operational reality of keeping Irish business websites fast, secure, and online around the clock.
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Most small businesses have no website disaster recovery plan. Here is what happens when hosting goes wrong, and what a proper recovery setup looks like.
How Nginx, Redis, and FastCGI caching work together to keep your WordPress site fast. The full performance stack explained for business owners.
Hackers hijacked 250+ small business websites to spread malware in 2026. Learn why small sites are preferred targets and how managed hosting protects yours.
Google's March 2026 update now scores Core Web Vitals across your entire site, not page by page. A few slow pages can drag rankings down for your whole domain.
A routine plugin update killed a live checkout. Learn why every WordPress site needs a staging environment to test changes before they reach your customers.
Learn how managed WordPress hosting protects your small business site with server-level hardening, automatic backups, SSL, and malware scanning, all included.
99.9% uptime sounds bulletproof, but it allows nearly 9 hours of downtime per year. Learn what hosting SLAs actually guarantee and what to ask instead.
Patchstack's 2026 WordPress security report reveals plugin vulnerabilities jumped 42% year on year. What the numbers mean for your business and your hosting.
Google's March 2026 core update is shifting rankings right now. What it means for Irish business websites and why your hosting stack matters.
70% of Irish WordPress sites risk breaking from plugin updates. Learn how visual regression testing and smart automation keep your site secure.
When social media drives 2,000+ visitors in 10 minutes, standard hosting crashes. Learn how Irish restaurants prepare their WordPress sites for viral traffic.
A slow website loses customers before they see your products. Here is what slows most WordPress sites down and the fixes that actually work.
Learn how website maintenance mode protects your Irish business during updates. Professional maintenance pages prevent customer confusion and lost sales.
A plain-English guide to choosing website hosting that serves your business. Speed, uptime, security, support, data location, and the red flags to avoid.
Web60 uses magic link login instead of passwords. No password to forget, steal, or brute force. Safer WordPress authentication included for €60/year.
Worried switching hosting will tank your Google rankings? Here is what actually matters during migration and how to move without losing a single position.
Understand how Nginx FastCGI page caching, Redis object caching, and PHP-FPM work together to deliver fast WordPress page loads and strong Core Web Vitals.
Most business owners discover website downtime from customers, not alerts. Learn why uptime monitoring matters and how managed hosting prevents outages.
Migrate your WordPress site to Web60 in hours, not days. Follow Sarah's successful migration story with automated tools, zero downtime, and AI optimization.
SSL certificates should never cost extra. Learn what SSL does, why it matters for rankings and GDPR, and why Irish businesses get free SSL with Web60.
87% of WordPress backups never get tested and fail when needed most. Learn why Irish businesses lose €15k from worthless backup files and how to fix it.
