{"id":6990,"date":"2020-03-20T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T11:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/?p=6990"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:34:10","slug":"cloudways-woocommerce-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudways WooCommerce Hosting Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Coupled With the Right WooCommerce Hosting Provider, the Online Shop Theme Can Load in Just 445ms or Less<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of our customer satisfaction and recommendations for WordPress web hosting providers, we gave Cloudways, a managed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce hosting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provider, a try.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They work a bit differently compared to traditional WordPress web hosting such as Shared, Dedicated, and VPS hosting. We decided to test our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/online-shop-most-useful-and-elegant-woocommerce-wordpress-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Shop theme<\/a> on Cloudways and see how well it can perform when hosted on a cloud infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without further ado, let\u2019s explore Cloudways and then test the Online Shop Theme on it with dummy data.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f547cbef20c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f547cbef20c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#What_is_Cloudways\" >What is Cloudways?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Specialized_in_WooCommerce_Hosting\" >Specialized in WooCommerce Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Getting_Started_with_Cloudways_WooCommerce_Hosting\" >Getting Started with Cloudways WooCommerce Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Server_Launch_Process\" >Server Launch Process<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Server_Management\" >Server Management<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Application_Management\" >Application Management<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Test_Online_Shop_Theme_on_Cloudways\" >Test Online Shop Theme on Cloudways<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Final_Words\" >Final Words<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\/#Get_Cloudways_WooCommerce_Hosting_Now\" >Get Cloudways WooCommerce Hosting Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Cloudways\"><\/span><b>What is Cloudways?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloudways is a cloud hosting platform that allows you to host your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/reasons-to-build-website-on-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordPress-based websites<\/a> on the best-in-class cloud infrastructure providers. It wouldn\u2019t be wrong to say that they are a <\/span><b>bridge between YOU and those top cloud providers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will manage the cloud server for you so that you can enjoy the benefits of cloud hosting while focusing on growing your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you know, store owners like you can not bear downtimes and compromises on security. This is why Cloudways has partnered with Google, Amazon, DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode for better performance, reliability, uptime, and security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-partners.png\" alt=\"cloudways-partners\" width=\"512\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Specialized_in_WooCommerce_Hosting\"><\/span><b>Specialized in WooCommerce Hosting<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their optimized solution for WooCommerce is made up of NGINX as a reverse proxy server, Apache as a web server, Varnish, Memcached, and Redis for advanced caching, and a lot more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides this, here are a few highlighted features that would be highly useful for any WooCommerce store owner:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple Cloud Providers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated Server Resources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60+ Data-Centers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlimited stores on a Single Server<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay-As-You-Go Pricing Model<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clone Server and\/or Store<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a Staging Environment for Testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1-Click FREE SSL Certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom Varnish Rules<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Get Cloudways WooCommerce Hosting Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of these features and many others, they claim that 80,000+ WooCommerce store owners trust them with their online stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6992 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-woocommerce-hosting-for-e-commerce-stores.png\" alt=\"cloudways-woocommerce-hosting-for-e-commerce-stores\" width=\"512\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_Started_with_Cloudways_WooCommerce_Hosting\"><\/span><b>Getting Started with Cloudways WooCommerce Hosting<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other renowned WooCommerce hosting providers, Cloudways offers a 3-days Free trial (without credit card) so that you can test the service before becoming a customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, you need to have an account on Cloudways. Head over to their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signup page<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, fill the required fields, and verify your email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/signup-cloudways.png\" alt=\"signup-cloudways\" width=\"495\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Server_Launch_Process\"><\/span><b>Server Launch Process<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once done, you will see a screen to launch your first server. Note that you have to launch a server with \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress with WooCommerce<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d as an application on it. You will pay only for the server regardless of the number of stores\/websites you host on a single server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is the server launch screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/server-launch-process-cloudways.png\" alt=\"server-launch-process-cloudways\" width=\"512\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, we selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-woocommerce-wordpress-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordPress with WooCommerce<\/a> in the very first drop-down followed by naming the application and server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, we selected DigitalOcean as our cloud hosting provider, server size, and the data-center location. Don\u2019t forget to choose the data-center that is nearest to your targeted audience. This helps in reducing the latency resulting in faster page load time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to choosing the cloud providers, users sometimes get confused about which one to choose. Here are the three parameters to consider while choosing a cloud provider.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Offers local-datacenter<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the cloud provider one-by-one and check which provider offers data-centers nearest to your targeted audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Uptime<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If two or more providers offer the same data center, look for the one that has the maximum uptime. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloudharmony<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an excellent uptime monitoring tool that records uptime for up to 30 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Budget<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, look at your budget. Each provider has different pricing plans, so just pick the one that fits your budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once done, click on the <\/span><b>LAUNCH NOW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button at the bottom right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-launch-now.png\" alt=\"cloudways-launch-now\" width=\"232\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your server with WordPress for WooCommerce installed will be ready in just a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6996 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-sever-woocommerce-ready.png\" alt=\"cloudways-sever-woocommerce-ready\" width=\"512\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Server_Management\"><\/span><b>Server Management<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is your ready-made server. Click on the server to access it and explore what you can tweak at the server-level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-server-management-woocommerce-1.png\" alt=\"cloudways-server-management-woocommerc\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will not get into the details because they have a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detailed guide<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explaining each tab.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Application_Management\"><\/span><b>Application Management<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to the Applications tab from the top-left, and you will see a list of applications. Get into one to see the application management screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7000 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-woocommerce-application-management.png\" alt=\"cloudways woocommerce application management\" width=\"1600\" height=\"825\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Details consist of the default credentials for your WooCommerce store such as a temporary URL, Username, and Password.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Login to your WooCommerce store using the above credentials and you will see that WooCommerce is already installed with Cloudways\u2019 built WordPress cache plugin, \u201cBreeze\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7001 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-woocommerce-dashboard.png\" alt=\"cloudways-woocommerce-dashboard\" width=\"512\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Test_Online_Shop_Theme_on_Cloudways\"><\/span><b>Test Online Shop Theme on Cloudways<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s come to the other part of this guide now; testing Online Shop Theme on Cloudways. Go to <\/span><b>Appearance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -&gt; <\/span><b>Themes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -&gt; <\/span><b>Add New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Search for Online Shop, Install and Activate the theme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7002 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/online-shop-cloudways-woocommerce-hosting.png\" alt=\"online-shop-cloudways-woocommerce-hosting\" width=\"524\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once activated, you will see a notification asking you to install some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/essential-wordpress-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">essential plugins<\/a> to run the Online Shop theme in a better way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/online-shop-recommends-plugins.png\" alt=\"online-shop-recommends-plugins\" width=\"1293\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We imported Demo 1 to test how well a store can perform with the dummy data and used Pingdom tools to test the performance of our store. And, here you go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7003 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/online-shop-speed-test-pingdom.png\" alt=\"online-shop-speed-test-pingdom\" width=\"540\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pingdom.com\/#5c3654d4cd000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impressive, isn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s conclude what we have done.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgraded our server to PHP 7.4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enabled Minification and Grouping in Breeze<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DigitalOcean 2GB RAM Server<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server and Testing Location was London<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above was just our testing environment. There are some other performance techniques such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-images-for-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">optimizing images<\/a>, minimizing redirects and the number of requests, and Lazy loading, etc. Just imagine the improved performance if we apply these as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And all this comes thanks to Cloudways\u2019 highly-optimized Server stack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you use a lot of plugins that rely on cookies and some dynamic URLs, you may encounter some unexpected things like the cart not working or something else. That\u2019s because of Varnish, a caching tool that boosts your stores\u2019 performance by caching everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To make it work again, you need to exclude URLs and\/or cookies. Get into your <\/span><b>Application<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -&gt; <\/span><b>Application Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -&gt; <\/span><b>Varnish Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click on <\/span><b>Add New Rule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7004 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudways-woocommerce-fast-loading.png\" alt=\"cloudways woocommerce fast loading\" width=\"1600\" height=\"740\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the two guides that help you to add rules:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exclude URL From Varnish<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include or Exclude Cookies From Varnish<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will not get into the details again because they have a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detailed guide<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explaining each Application Management tab.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Words\"><\/span><b>Final Words<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing a WooCommerce hosting isn\u2019t that easy. Mostly because you need to consider them as your business partner and it\u2019s that easy of a decision to make. If your hosting isn\u2019t reliable and goes down frequently, that will definitely harm your business. Choose your business partner wisely and do not forget to follow the guidelines mentioned above.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Get_Cloudways_WooCommerce_Hosting_Now\"><\/span><strong>Get Cloudways WooCommerce Hosting Now<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many of you already knew about Cloudways? 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