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How can I clone a site with Timeline Backups?
Last Updated: April 28, 2026How can I clone a site with Timeline Backups? Timeline Backups allow you to restore data between hosting packages, making them an ideal tool to assist with ‘cloning’ websites in your account. For example, if you wanted to clone example.com into a package called example-clone.com: The control panel will show you when the restore is in progress. Navigating away from the...
How do I restore a site using Timeline Backups?
Last Updated: April 28, 2026You can easily restore lost data using the Timeline Backups tool which you can order from within your WebHostsOnline account. Timeline Backups takes a backup of all your websites and databases every day automatically and stores them for 30 days. You can restore from any available snapshot at any time. Site Files Databases Restoring a Deleted...
How do I set up Automatic Timeline Backups?
Last Updated: April 28, 2026With our Timeline Backups product, automatic snapshots of your website files and databases are taken on a daily basis and can be restored at any point. You do not have to take any action to configure this service. Once activated, we include all of your website files and databases as standard. To view any of the previous...
Does your hosting support Django?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Django is a popular open-source high-level Python web framework that provides tools and structure for building web applications. Django isn’t currently supported on the shared hosting platform, or on our Managed Cloud Server platform. If Django is a requirement, we recommend purchasing an Unmanaged VPS to facilitate the Django framework.
WordPress caching: what you need to know
Last Updated: September 24, 2025Optimising your WordPress site for performance can be done in a variety of ways, but few are as important as implementing caching for your site. Through caching, a lot of the heavier processes and queries that WordPress runs on each page load can be reduced significantly or outright bypassed thanks to temporary storage. So your...
Do I need caching plugins in addition to the WebHostsOnline CDN?
Last Updated: September 24, 2025The short answer is no, the WebHostsOnline Content Delivery Network takes care of caching for you. The free WebHostsOnline CDN caches static content and stores it until it’s purged via the Edge Caching section in MyWebHostsOnline . This means you shouldn’t use any additional caching plugins such as W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache. We handle optimisation via the Website Acceleration...
Why am I getting a cache status ‘MISS’?
Last Updated: September 24, 2025Headers returning x-cdn-cache-status MISS indicate the request was served by the origin WebHostsOnline server. This means that the response was not found in the cache and so was fetched from the origin server. This could result in a longer time-to-first byte (TTFB) and a longer total load time. On pages you want to be cached you’d expect to see x-cdn-cache-status...
How do I use WebHostsOnline’s CDN?
Last Updated: September 24, 2025WebHostsOnline’s CDN is quick and easy to use. Manage the package you want to enable our WebHostsOnlineCDN for and locate the CDN section. To activate the main Edge Caching element of the CDN, select Edge Caching – select the toggle to activate it (Manage Hosting > Manage > Edge Caching). There’s nothing more you need to do! All static content on your website...
How do I create a Website Acceleration Suite template?
Last Updated: September 24, 2025There are over 40 settings in the Website Acceleration Suite that can make your site load faster. You can save a template of your ideal settings so you can apply this to any other sites you host with us. Making a template of your Acceleration Suite settings is quick and easy. Restoring a template of...
Improve your WordPress website’s TTFB
Last Updated: September 24, 2025Time To First Byte (TTFB) is the time it takes for your browser to receive the first byte of page content from the server. Reducing TTFB plays an important role in ensuring your site is performant and responsive for its users. You may have seen the Google PageSpeed Insights TTFB audit. This audit can be passed by ensuring...
