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title: "Website hosting & maintenance"
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author: FireCask
description: "Managed WordPress hosting on Manchester servers, with core updates within two business days, weekly plugin updates, daily backups and uptime monitoring."
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At FireCask, we offer multiple services to help you and your business, including website hosting and management. Our expertise ensures your business and website are running as efficiently as possible.
We provide fully managed web hosting services powered by different CMSs, with our core focus being WordPress.
As well as helping you [maintain your website and its performance](/services/development/), we also provide [content marketing](/services/marketing/content-marketing/), [paid media advertising](/services/marketing/paid-media/) and other key marketing solutions. This makes us your ideal partner to elevate your business growth.
FireCask and the hosting servers are both based in Manchester. We look to take the pressure off by being the driving force behind your website’s performance.
## Why come to FireCask for web hosting in Manchester?
There are two packages. Premium adds retained time, so we can improve the site as well as keep it running.
| What is included | Hosting & maintenance | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress core updates | Within 2 business days, usually 1 | Within 2 business days, usually 1 |
| Plugin updates | Weekly, with conflict checks | Weekly, with conflict checks |
| Uptime monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Daily backups | Yes | Yes |
| Security updates | Yes | Yes |
| Bug fixes | Yes | Proactive, checking with you before anything large |
| Performance and security enhancements | No | Where retained time allows |
| Other work you direct | No | Yes, from retained time |
We’ve hosted more than 1,000 websites since 2013. [Beauty Bay](/case-studies/beauty-bay/) is one of them. We redesigned the site, then hosted and maintained it for around ten years: we updated and improved an old WordPress installation, added extra security to keep their data safe, and fixed bugs before they could affect the site.
If something goes wrong with your site, our development team fixes it.
Come to us for expert website hosting in Manchester. From full site rebrands and redesigns, to updated security measures. We actively remove outdated installations and plugins, keeping your website exceptionally maintained and marketed.
## How FireCask’s web hosting solutions work
We are a top Manchester-based company for website hosting and management, as well as maintenance. We always make sure to keep your business at the forefront of everything we do.
Whether you need a full rebrand and redesign or updated web security, we deliver outstanding results.
The packages above cover the whole site. You will never have to worry about one part of your site not working as intended. Should anything go wrong, or you want to update a certain element of your site, we’ll find the perfect solution.
## Why does your business need web hosting and maintenance solutions?
There are many benefits to web hosting and management services. These include the usual tech fixes, better site performance, and enhanced security.
Web hosting is important because it provides a home for your domain. It acts as a repository for your website’s code, images, content and digital data.
In order to maximise your site’s performance, you should consider WordPress as your CMS (Content Management System). We use WordPress to create our website solutions, along with [over 40% of the web, who use the WordPress open-source CMS](https://www.wpbeginner.com/research/ultimate-web-hosting-statistics-and-market-share-report/). That popularity also makes it the CMS attackers target most, which is why updates, monitoring and backups matter as much as the hosting itself.
We take advantage of WordPress’s international reputation, using it as the main host software for our services. Using this, we always deliver results for our clients.
## How do we track the success of our web hosting solutions?
We enable your site to run more efficiently with our hosting services. We constantly monitor and track how well your website is performing with audiences and carry out regular checks and backups of your site’s content to ensure everything is running efficiently. We also update security measures to keep your site and content as safe as possible.
Looking to chat with us about your website hosting? Feel free to contact us via the contact form below.
## Website solutions FAQs
### What are the benefits of website hosting and management?
The main benefits of website hosting and management include enhanced security, quick bug fixes upon discovery, and consistent updates and backups for your data and software. We update any outdated content, highlight areas of content that may need optimising, and carry out monthly reports on the performance of your site.
These, as well as countless other [marketing services](/services/marketing/), are all provided by FireCask.
### Where can I find website hosting in Manchester?
We are one of the top companies in Manchester for web hosting, management and maintenance. We have exceptional ratings and testimonials from our clients. We have a track record of partnering with popular brands and delivering professional and well-received results.
Come to us for a professional service tailored to your business needs. Expect nothing but the best website performance and site health thanks to our expertise. Get in touch with us below.
### Can you move our existing site to you?
Yes. We migrate the site onto our hosting, check it works as it should, and switch it over with as little downtime as we can manage.
### Do you host sites that are not built on WordPress?
It depends on the site. If it can run on our environment, then yes. Tell us what it is built with and we’ll tell you whether it can.