May 6, 2025 : Managed WordPress Hosting

📅 May 6, 2025 - Today we're debunking the 10 most common myths about our favorite CMS, WordPress.

Having first-hand experience, I can guarantee that with WP you can achieve great things with your website. Okay, you'll probably also need a very reliable premium Managed WordPress Hosting provider like DNHOST!

In this article, we will debunk various misconceptions , “ fun facts, ” and lies , some of which may have filled you with doubts or prevented you from trying WordPress and seeing its infinite possibilities.

1. WordPress is only for blogs
Of course not! WordPress is a powerful tool for building websites of all kinds. It powers 43% of all sites on the Internet (i.e. 455 million out of 1.4 billion in total), and many of them are not blogs.

WordPress builds corporate & e-commerce sites, e-shops , online magazines and more. It is used by governments, organizations, universities and many Fortune 500 companies. WooCommerce (WP eCommerce plugin), is now the largest e-commerce platform in the world (bigger than Shopify , Magento etc.).

2. WordPress is not secure
WP is a very secure CMS . It attracts the most attacks because it is the most popular , not because it is prone to security breaches. The huge WordPress community feeds it almost daily with core and security updates , plugins and themes updates. So, its hacks happen because users don't upgrade it and don't use strong passwords!

Your WordPress security starts with you . You need to keep your WP core, themes , and plugins up to date at all times. Use strong passwords, and take regular backups.

In DNHOST's WordPress Hosting packages you will find the WordPress Toolkit, which automates updates without breaking your site and runs a set of scripts to further strengthen security. You will also find the most popular WP security plugin, Wordfence, pre-installed.

3. WordPress does not support e-commerce
By default, WordPress does not have a shopping cart feature. However, there are many WordPress plugins that add e-commerce functionality to WordPress. The most popular of these is WooCommerce , which powers more than 25% of e-commerce sites in the world.

If you want to sell physical or digital goods and services, you can do it very easily with Woo Commerce, which you will find pre-installed on our WordPress Hosting!

4. It has very limited support
Another common concern is that since you don't pay to use it, there's no one to help you when you need support. Wrong! WordPress has a large community of developers, designers, translators, bloggers, support technicians, etc. who have created the WordPress Codex, an extensive documentation.

There is also a very active support forum where you can ask your questions for free and get help from other WordPress users. And of course, for individual technical tasks, we can recommend specialized professionals or provide you with Premium WP Support services at a very low cost.

5. It's free, so it's low quality
WordPress is developed by thousands of developers with the best programming & security practices and is subject to continuous, cross -checking . The code behind WordPress is secure , stable , developer- friendly , open and free.

It is a state-of-the-art web content publishing system with a very user-friendly interface. It produces websites of high aesthetics , functionality and accessibility. That is why it is extremely popular and far ahead of any other CMS software in the world!

WordPress is used by the largest companies in the world, such as CNN, Microsoft, Adobe, The New York Times, etc.

6. All WordPress sites are similar
WordPress uses templates that control and differentiate the visual appearance of each website. There are thousands of beautifully designed free or premium themes available, such as DIVI which we provide Free with our WordPress Hosting .

With rich customization options, you can change colors, content layout, visual effects, and customize the look of your WP site. There are also drag & drop page builder plugins like Elementor , Visual Composer , or DIVI Page Builder to create your own layouts without any programming knowledge.

This way you will design your WordPress site exactly the way you want it, so that it is unique and stands out!

7. Its plugins are controversial
The same goes for you if you recklessly install poorly written , suspicious , or “ broken ” plugins and leave them without updates! Plugins extend the functionality and capabilities of WordPress in unimaginable ways, something that would be very difficult and/or expensive to achieve without them.

But not all plugins can be perfect. That's why you should avoid unreliable plugins or plugins with bugs, security holes, outdated and inefficient code, or poor support.

Choose those with a high number of downloads, excellent reviews , and fast support . Don't add plugins blindly, as this will result in poor performance, errors, and increased security risks. Do your research carefully.

8. WordPress sites are slow
WordPress uses the best web standards and semantic HTML, ensuring it is very fast to set up and use. Best coding practices make it search engine friendly from the start.

Slow loading speeds are usually associated with poorly coded plugins & themes and/or cheap hosting providers. Anonymous / unlimited hosting means overloaded servers, no resource and file isolation, no dedicated web server, caching system & support. All of these cause slow loading speeds, downtime and security risks.

If you have such an issue, we offer you a free WordPress Optimization Report service . We analyze your WP site and send you suggestions for optimizing speed, performance, and functionality.

9. Not suitable for high traffic sites
WordPress, as we said, is used by the vast majority of websites in the world. Thus, it supports many of the most popular ones such as Techcrunch , The New Yorker , The Next Web , Wired , Mashable , Observer , Variety , BBC America , Microsoft News , Sony Music , Vogue , The Walt Disney Company , etc.

Since WordPress is a self-hosted platform, you are responsible for managing its performance and scaling your web hosting resources (by upgrading your plan or service type) as your website grows.

If you don't want to deal with the technical side, then you can choose a hosting provider that takes care of this and advises you, as is done in our Managed WordPress Hosting packages .

10. Managing (WP) is difficult
Managing any website, not just a WordPress site, can sound daunting to a beginner. Beyond designing and creating content, there’s a lot more to do , such as approving comments, handling orders & emails, monitoring site security and traffic, updating themes, plugins, and WordPress core, etc. And if you have more than one WordPress site, the difficulty increases dramatically.

But with tools like ManageWP or even better with the Premium WordPress Toolkit (free with WP Hosting plans ), the difficulty disappears . You can monitor and manage all your WordPress installations from a single dashboard. With WP Toolkit, your WordPress development, testing, upgrades and security are limited to a few clicks , saving you many hours of work!



That's it! If you have any questions or have heard anything else about WordPress, don't hesitate to ask us by leaving us a comment.