Managed WordPress Hosting for Developers: Infrastructure Reference 2026

Infrastructure Specification

The server stack — actual specifications

Most managed hosts describe infrastructure in marketing language. These are the actual specifications for WP Pro Host's production servers.

PHP Handler Reference

LiteSpeed LSAPI vs PHP-FPM: what actually changes

From a PHP application perspective, LSAPI and PHP-FPM are functionally identical — your code behaves the same way. The differences are at the process and caching layer, and they are operationally significant for WordPress at scale.

Deployment Reference

Standard deployment workflow with WP-CLI

A repeatable deployment sequence for WordPress on LiteSpeed managed hosting. Each step addresses a specific concern — database schema alignment, rewrite rules, cache coherency. Automate via GitHub Actions or a bash script on the server.

name: Deploy to Production

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Deploy files via rsync
        uses: burnett01/rsync-deployments@6.0.0
        with:
          switches: -avz --delete --exclude='.env' --exclude='wp-config.php'
          path: ./
          remote_path: /var/www/your-site/public_html/
          remote_host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
          remote_user: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
          remote_key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}

      - name: Run post-deploy commands
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          script: |
            cd /var/www/your-site/public_html
            wp core update-db --allow-root
            wp rewrite flush --allow-root
            wp litespeed-purge all --allow-root

Store SSH_HOST, SSH_USER, and SSH_PRIVATE_KEY as GitHub repository secrets. The private key should correspond to an SSH key added to Enhance CP for your account.

Cache Control Reference

LiteSpeed cache control for developers

LiteSpeed Cache operates at the web server layer. Cache management via WP-CLI, .htaccess directives, and the QUIC.cloud API gives developers precise control over what is cached, what is excluded, and when the cache is invalidated.

# Purge all cached pages
wp litespeed-purge all

# Purge a specific URL
wp litespeed-purge url https://yourdomain.com/page/

# Start the crawler (pre-warms cache after purge)
wp litespeed-crawler start

# Check crawler status
wp litespeed-crawler status

# Exclude a specific path from cache
<IfModule LiteSpeed>
RewriteRule ^api/ - [E=Cache-Control:no-cache]
</IfModule>

# Exclude requests with specific query strings
<IfModule LiteSpeed>
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} nocache=1
RewriteRule .* - [E=Cache-Control:no-cache]
</IfModule>

# Exclude specific cookies (logged-in users excluded by default)
<IfModule LiteSpeed>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} custom_session_cookie
RewriteRule .* - [E=Cache-Control:no-cache]
</IfModule>

# Purge a specific URL from QUIC.cloud CDN
curl -X POST https://api.quic.cloud/v1/purge \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-QC-Token: YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://yourdomain.com/page/"]}'

# Purge all CDN-cached content for a domain
curl -X POST https://api.quic.cloud/v1/purge/all \
  -H "X-QC-Token: YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"domain": "yourdomain.com"}'

Developer Capability Comparison

Developer capability across hosting tiers

The table below maps capability availability across hosting tiers. The gap is largest at the infrastructure transparency layer — the capabilities that affect what you can commit to clients.

API Reference

Enhance CP API for programmatic site management

The Enhance CP API enables programmatic management of WordPress sites, SSL certificates, and DNS records. Relevant for agencies managing multiple client deployments or automated site provisioning workflows.

Full Enhance CP API documentation is available at apidocs.enhance.com. Authentication uses API keys generated from the control panel.