WordPress

WordPress is the world’s most widely used content management system and powers over 40 per cent of all websites. With the Gutenberg block editor, you can manage content without any programming knowledge, whilst thousands of themes and plugins cater to almost any requirement – from corporate websites and blogs to online shops. Unlike with website builder providers, you retain full ownership of your data, design and extensions. Managed WordPress hosting takes care of the technical maintenance for you: you write the content, we run the platform.

Who is WordPress suitable for?

WordPress is suitable for virtually any organisation that wants its own website without being tied to a provider. A trust company or law firm can showcase its services and team on a professional corporate website; a doctor’s surgery can provide information on consultation hours and services; and a club can publish news and events, which several board members can update themselves. Agencies value WordPress as a flexible platform for client projects because its design and functionality can be freely customised. Multilingual websites – often a must in Switzerland – can also be easily implemented using established plugins.

WordPress hosting in Switzerland

With OpenHosting, your WordPress installation runs on an optimised PHP stack in Swiss data centres in the Zurich region. This is more than just a location advantage: form data, customer enquiries and newsletter sign-ups are processed in Switzerland in accordance with the nDSG. Daily backups following the 3-2-1 principle protect your content; with the Business Plan, we back up your data hourly and also provide a staging environment where you can test changes safely before they go live.

Updates and monitoring are included in our managed hosting service – which is particularly important for WordPress, as out-of-date plugins are the most common point of entry for attacks. If you’re moving an existing website from another hosting provider, our support team will assist you with the migration. Managed WordPress hosting is available from OpenHosting from CHF 19 per month, including daily backups and email support.