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Creating a Staging Site on ULTRA Cloud

Want to test changes before they go live? A staging site lets you clone your live website and test everything in a safe sandbox. Here’s how to set one up. Step 1: Create a New Site Log into www.freethought.uk and open your ULTRA Cloud Panel. Click “Add a site” in…

Easy WebP Image Optimisation on ULTRA Cloud

Speed up your site instantly. WebP images are smaller and faster, but ULTRA Cloud handles the complexity so you don’t have to. One click to enable. WebP is Google’s preferred modern image format for the web because it offers superior compression (lossy and lossless), creating significantly smaller files than JPEG,…

Suspending Access to a Site on ULTRA Cloud

Need to take a site offline for a bit? Whether you’re performing maintenance or just need a temporary “time-out” for a project, the ULTRA Cloud Panel makes it incredibly easy to toggle access on and off. Step 1: Log In to ULTRA Cloud Panel First, head over to www.freethought.uk and…

ULTRA Cloud‘s WordPress Dashboard Protection feature

If you would like to strengthen your WordPress site’s security, ULTRA Cloud’s WordPress Dashboard Protection feature restricts access to the WordPress administrative dashboard (or wp-admin) by IP address. The protection still allows normal users to login, such as customers of a WooCommerce installation or members of a MemberPress installation, but…

Setting a Staging site to Live in ULTRA Cloud Panel

So you’ve built yourself a new site on a temporary/subdomain and you now want to set it live on another domain, perhaps one you’ve registered recently specially for this site. There’s a couple of different ways to do this in ULTRA Cloud, this guide will show you how to do both.…

Analyzing Site Disk/Storage Usage on ULTRA Cloud

Running out of storage? Need to find what’s eating up your disk space? SSH and the ncdu command make it easy to see exactly which files and folders are the culprits. What You’ll Need SSH access to your site — You’ll connect via terminal or SSH client. Terminal or SSH…

Site Modes in ULTRA Cloud – Live, Development and Debugging

The ULTRA Cloud provides three distinct Site Modes – Live, Development, and Debugging to help you manage your website effectively depending on its lifecycle stage. Each mode adjusts caching, search engine visibility, and diagnostic tools to suit your needs. Live Mode Purpose: Default mode for production websites. Features: Enables all…

Change PHP memory limit and other settings on ULTRA Cloud

The Scout Control Panel allows you to manage PHP settings for your hosted websites. Adjusting these settings can help optimize performance, handle larger scripts, and customize your environment to suit application requirements. This article explains how to change the PHP memory limit and other PHP-related configurations. Prerequisites Access to your…

CRON Jobs (Scheduled Tasks) on ULTRA Cloud

Automate repetitive tasks with scheduled jobs. Whether you need to clean up data every night, fetch data hourly, or run maintenance scripts, CRON jobs let your site work while you sleep. Step 1: Open Site Settings Log into www.freethought.uk and open your ULTRA Cloud Panel. Click the Settings icon beside…

Reset Permissions on Files and Folders in ULTRA Cloud

File permission issues can cause surprising problems – broken uploads, missing images, or strange errors. The good news? ULTRA Cloud makes fixing this incredibly simple. One click and you’re done. When You Might Need This Permission issues often show up when: File uploads aren’t working Images or assets aren’t displaying…