Migrations are a bit off-topic, but typically you would set up the new WordPress site locally or as a staging site, meaning it could be on the final server, but you’re using a different URL while you get everything set up. Once you have all the content loaded, all the themes and plugins how you … Read more
I personally wouldn’t bother with any of the hosting review sites. Instead ask friends and peers which services they use and if they are any good. Also checkout the userbase and the community at the host you are considering as they will give you a good indication of whether the host is of good quality … Read more
It’s almost certainly a permissions problem – your wp-content folder must be writable by your webserver user. Typically setting permissions to 755 will sort this.
Assuming that the hosting account is capable of meeting the minimum requirements, yes, you can install WordPress in a subdirectory of an existing site. See more info here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
Your question lacks info, but I think you only need a guidance on how to start. If you want do develop locally, you should install XAMPP, WAMPP or any other program that ’emulates’ a server in your computer. After you do that, you need to configure your database with PhpMyAdmin for example, to create the … Read more
This seems off-topic, but I’ll answer anyway. It entirely depends on your arrangement with the client, as well as whether you want to take care of supporting your client’s site after you deliver it to them. Reputable hosts like wpengine.com provide different levels of access via developer roles: your client pays for everything and has … Read more
Your first issue is the fact that you’re on shared hosting. The fact that 1,195 websites are using the same IP address is a dead giveaway. You’re likely running into resource limits with your hosting provider. Second is a misconception of what caching does to optimize a site. Caching helps clean up and optimize load … Read more
Instead of delete, you can move all files from /wp to root folder. Then use this script to replace url from example.com/wp to example.com inside the database https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/ Follow these few steps. Move all your website files to root from /wp folder. Upload the script folder to your web root. Browse to the script file … Read more
Try wpengine.com, they seem to be WordPress-addicted enough to provide, what you need 🙂
CDNs work best when the objects – images, scripts – are hosted on a completely different server. Hosting a CDN on the same box that holds your web site defeats the purpose, as the processor, RAM and bandwidth are already being used for the site, and even if the CDN is on a subdomain, your … Read more