WordPress is one of the easiest and most powerful open-source content management system, powering more than 30% of the websites in the Internet. Originally created as blog platform, WordPress has evolved to a full featured CMS, whose functionality can be extended with a great number of free and premium themes and plugins for different purposes: you can use it to build any type of website very easily: with its help you can create your own blog, online store and even a portfolio/gallery website.

If you’re a WordPress user, then opting for WordPress hosting can be incredibly advantageous for your website. Below we look at some of the biggest benefits.
Improved performance as every aspect of the server environment is optimized for a WordPress installation.
Better security as the server is optimized to the unique security configuration of WordPress, instead of just running basic security protocols.

Shared WordPress hosting is basically a hosting environment that has a few WordPress-specific optimizations and offers easy WordPress installations. Most shared hosting environments offer some form of WordPress optimization since it’s such a popular CMS.
Managed WordPress hosting is the next level of WordPress hosting. This style of hosting essentially takes care of everything related to your WordPress site. It commonly includes features like site upgrades, improved WordPress performance, virus scans, backups, and more. With managed WordPress hosting everything related to your hosting environment is done for you.

Our staff goes through a rigorous training program to ensure that Media Temple Certified WordPress Techs can resolve your issue or point you toward a solution. They’re available through all our normal support channels: chat, email support request, and telephone. We also have training material available in our Media Temple Community as well as quick tutorial videos in your Account Center panel created by our very own in-house WordPress evangelist.

Managed WordPress hosting is only available to WordPress site owners, while shared WordPress hosting is generally more variable, depending on your host. Most shared WordPress hosting environments are generally basic shared hosting with WordPress add-ons. So, you could technically be using a shared host that also hosts other WordPress sites.