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We're big fans of managed WordPress hosting providers for self-hosted installs with automated backups, added security, increased speed and more. Here are a few favorites.

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WPEngine plans start at $20/mo when paid annually. In addition to typical managed WP bonuses, their plans also include premium themes.

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Kinsta is a managed hosting provider built on Google Cloud. Plans start at $30/mo when paid annually. They have a hack fix guarantee in addition to other managed hosting goodies.

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Flywheel plans start at $13/mo when paid annually. Works amazingly with Local by Flywheel for a painless local > production deployment process.

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Pantheon basic plans start at $42/mo when paid annually. Their higher-level plans comes with uptime guarantees and they also have upstream workflows built in.

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Powered by AWS, Pagely is geared towards enterprise WordPress clients. They focus on the complex scaling and security needs of that base. Plans start at $375/mo.

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SiteGround is the cheapest managed WordPress host (the first year) and still a pretty solid choice for projects with less-intensive server needs. Plans start at $17.99/mo.

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SpinupWP massively simplifies hosting WordPress on something like DigitalOcean or AWS. If going that route, we can’t recommend this tool enough.

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Local WordPress Environments

These tools make it incredibly easy to get a local install up & running on your computer for those less comfortable tooling directly with Docker, XAMPP or MAMP. Local installs are perfect for testing plugins & themes.

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Local by Flywheel is a fuss-free way to develop WordPress locally. This solution works especially well with Flywheel-hosted sites, though not required. Both free and paid versions available.

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WordPress Newsletters

Here are a few of our favorite email newsletters for WordPress professionals.

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MasterWP is a weekly newsletter for WordPress professionals containing relevant apps, tools and links.

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The Post Status Newsletter contains weekly news & insights for WordPress professionals, as well as highlighted jobs & deals of the week.

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