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title: "Defining Managed WordPress Hosting"
description: "Users or creators of websites know that a web server is a requirement. Web servers provided by hosting services can vary widely in cost and complexity. They can also range in services and options...."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/product-guides/wordpress-hosting/defining-managed-wordpress-hosting/
date: 2019-09-05
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["WordPress Hosting"]
type: post
lang: en
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# Defining Managed WordPress Hosting

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Users or creators of websites know that a web server is a requirement. Web servers provided by hosting services can vary widely in cost and complexity. They can also range in services and options. Generally, the more options or services that you want with your hosting service, the more expensive it will be. [**InMotion Managed WordPress Hosting**](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/wordpress-hosting-solutions) services specialize in providing optimized server environments for your WordPress site. This means that the server is specifically designed for better performance of a WordPress site.

InMotion Hosting provides several configurations for ***WordPress-optimized Managed Hosting***. The hosting service is managed by our expert technical support team that works to install WordPress for you, manage server updates, upgrades, domain transfers, and website transfers. The technical team also monitors the servers to ensure performance and security.

### How Does InMotion Hosting Optimize Their WordPress Hosting Solutions?

InMotion Hosting uses a WordPress optimized stack in order to improve the performance of WordPress on the server. This specialized server configuration includes the use of [NGINX ](/support/edu/wordpress/why-we-use-nginx-in-our-wordpress-hosting/)and[ PHP-FPM (PHP FastCGI Process Manager)](/support/server/php-fpm/php-fpm-settings-for-better-optimization/). To learn about the specific details of the WordPress Optimized Stack, please see our article, the [WordPress Hosting Stack](/support/edu/wordpress/optimize-wordpress/). To learn more about using WordPress, please see our [product guide](/support/product-guides/wordpress-hosting/) for using WordPress.