I’m thinking about running a “managed WP service” for small businesses where we do the installs (including necessary plugins, themes, etc.), we handle the security updates, we do the backups, etc. This will be part of larger packages we offer that include marketing, etc.
The reason for my question is that we are fairly new to WP and have heard horror stories about security and speed/server usage. This is one reason we would manage the systems for our customers. For example we would only install trusted and necessary plugins. In fact, we would try to avoid letting customers do much more than add content only.
From a reseller point of view, if we have let’s say 10 WP blogs on 10 different accounts that we handle as above but are heavily marketing, would our current Lite hosting plan do and then as we add customers we move up to additional plans like Value or Silver?
At what point would we know that the server usage was too much?
What is the memory typically available to each install and plugins?
The reason I ask these basic questions, is that even though we have had a reseller account for years, we’ve never had “real” hosting customers but are now wanting to do that.
An additional question is how many WP installs could be handled on one account from a server resource view? For example if a customer needed x installs on x separate domains on their one account what would be a good limit guideline?
Sounds and good and there is another product on the market that is ‘similar’ but they are platform/host independent.
They mostly handle cleanup and resecure, but not hosting, so it would be a good measuring stick I think for what you want to offer more as a complete bundle?
About the numbers, it all depends on hits, Wordpress can be extremely intensive on a large amount of hits, however using cache and other areas the usage goes WAY down. I know some WordPress sites that fell under pressure of launch just in a small city based food guide on a VPS, but the same VPS and wordpress got optimized and it handles a lot more now. They are using nginx to cache in front of the VPS now, it also helps filter some attacks at times.
From a reseller point of view, if we have let’s say 10 WP blogs on 10 different accounts that we handle as above but are heavily marketing, would our current Lite hosting plan do and then as we add customers we move up to additional plans like Value or Silver?
At what point would we know that the server usage was too much?
What is the memory typically available to each install and plugins?
You may want to consider linux vps option rather than the reseller platform.
Plesk 11.5 has a lot more customization options, and we can even setup management packages for the server side itself for you
Update (2026): Native WordPress Installation with OPSPI
Since this discussion was started, our hosting platform has evolved significantly.
JodoHost now uses the OPSPI Hosting Automation Platform, which includes a native one-click WordPress installer for Linux hosting. Unlike traditional hosting control panels, this installation is performed directly by OPSPI using WP-CLI and does not require Softaculous or any third-party installer.
After creating a hosting account and adding a domain, customers can:
Install the latest version of WordPress with one click
Automatically provision the required database
Enable a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate with one click after DNS propagation
Open the WordPress Admin directly from the OPSPI dashboard
The goal of OPSPI is to reduce repetitive hosting tasks so businesses, agencies, and MSPs can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time building websites and serving their customers.
For a walkthrough of the current hosting workflow, see: