Hosting Compatibility

• Sometimes, servers are overloaded, causing browsing sites hosted on them very slow or server time outs.

• Sucuri is known to block some 20i’s IP addresses which can cause Error: code 403 when attempting to scan a Child Site within the Sucuri extension

• Problems may occur with sites bigger than 450MB

• No cPanel

• Reports that cURL does not come pre-installed on droplets, so you will need to install it to connect a Child site

• HTTP Loopbacks are not allowed (PHP connects back to the site via curl to Site URL).
• “Unlimited” is not truly unlimited. Storing backups in your account is PROHIBITED by unlimited plans terms of service.
• Resource related:
  • Extremely slow zip generation.
  • Problems may occur with sites above 22MB (limit can be increased with zip compression turned off) due to slow processing.
  • Possible workaround: Extend PHP timeout in the php.ini file to increase MainWP run-time.
• Uses custom control panel (No cPanel).
• Configuration related:
  • No native command-line zip.
  • Procwatch automatically kills off MainWP if it uses too many resources while creating a backup or clone.

• You need to verify your MySQL server as it may not be the common default localhost (important for cloning and migrating process).

Issues:

• Custom control panel (No cPanel). Some changes take up to hours to take effect.
• On some servers, slow site load time can occur.
• Some servers are overloaded not leaving processing power for backups or clones.
• The system kills any PHP process working too long or too hard (ie, backup /clone process).

Issues:

• GoDaddy uses a CDN by Cloudflare with some of their Managed WordPress plans. If a Child Site is hosted on such a plan, the CDN is known to block the connection to the MainWP Dashboard. The current workarounds are to either disable the CDN (as it is not configurable), or purchase an upgrade to the GoDaddy premium Firewall product that can be configured to whitelist the MainWP Dashboard.
  GoDaddy has made adjustments in the Cloudflare settings which should resolve this issue. If you are still experiencing it, please report it to GoDaddy for further investigation.

Benefits:

• Fast.
• Command-line zip is available for best MainWP experience.
• cPanel.

Issues:

• Max PHP runtime limit is 30 seconds for shared hosting.

Info:
Current limits of reseller and shared hosting (9/20/2011):

• safe mode = Off (cannot adjust)
• memory_limit = 64M (MAXIMUM)
• max_execution_time = 30 (MAXIMUM)
• max_input_time = 60 (MAXIMUM)
• post_max_size = 64M (MAXIMUM)
• upload_max_filesize = 64M (MAXIMUM)
• enable_dl = Off (cannot adjust)

• It does not allow loopback connections, so your Dashboard and Child need to be on separate servers

• Tested by the MainWP Team and no issues detected.

• Tested by the MainWP Team and no issues detected.

• Minimal issues.
• Linux command line zip is not supported.

• Minimal issues.

• Command line ZIP is blocked by this host.

• Reports of them automatically quarantining plugin files causing major issues. It can be resolved by contacting their support and asking them to remove the quarantine.

• Failing path/directory detection may occur due to symlink issues. (Prevents backups and cloning)
• We cannot accurately report the status of Cloudsites hosting.

• No expected issues. Please double-check the minimum system requirements.

• Tested by the MainWP Team and no issues detected. Please double-check the minimum system requirements.

• It’s recommended to add the following to your .htaccess

   php_value default_socket_timeout 6000

• Blocked command line zip via PHP exec().
• Downloading of backup files via the web is disabled for enhanced security purposes. This will also affect cloning.
• UpdraftPlus plugin is not working properly, so the MainWP UpdrafPlus extension may have issues with this hosting.
• Wordfence plugin disallowed
• Broken Link Checker plugin disallowed
• Deleting plugins and themes from child sites hosted on the WP Engine via Dashboard is not working by default due to Nginx configuration. To solve the problem, please check this help document.