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Pressable
Company blog · pressable.com/blogwebsystems
Pressable is the company blog at pressable.com, writing about web and systems. Since 2013, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Automattic's hosting company Pressable offers to buy out your WP Engine contract”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Pressable's blog for a WordPress hosting performance comparison, its account of the WP Engine contract buyout, and a DNS record types explainer. One commenter found that explainer too shallow.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Pressable is where WordPress works best. We provide reliable, secure, and speedy WordPress hosting backed by expert support.
Most-linked posts?
- Automattic's hosting company Pressable offers to buy out your WP Engine contract2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-09-26
What Hacker News says?
Can someone ELI5 this whole topic? Is the crux of the issue that WPE website use to say things like: "Start creating on WordPress today" or "Power your creativity on the #1 platform for WordPress" Which might have implied that WPE was official Wordpress? https://web.archive.org/web/20220105010059/https://wpengine.... --- In comparison to other companies like Pressable that simply use marketing copy like: "WordPress…
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on “Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]”Submitted Understanding DNS Record Types as a story · 33 points
HN discussionBy that reasoning Apache should be faster than nginx, but alas. https://pressable.com/blog/head-to-head-performance-comparis... I think drawing any conclusions in the absence of benchmarks is unwise.
Comment linking /blog/head-to-head-performance-comparison-of-nginx-and-apache/
on “Ferron – A fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust”Submitted Re-Introducing the Pressable WordPress Community Lounge as a story · 11 points
HN discussionYes, I'd say Automattic puppeteering Wordpress.org, the org set up as a visible layer of separation, to make their competitor look back and then poach their customers ( https://pressable.com/wpe-contract-buyout/ ) is bullying, or "market distortion". Matt's just mad he didn't capture the enterprise Wordpress hosting market earlier, with WordPress.com always being aimed at more casual users and Pressable only aquired…
Comment linking /wpe-contract-buyout/
on “Automattic–WP Engine Term Sheet”Submitted Advanced WP-CLI Commands for Comments and Revisions as a story · 10 points
HN discussionI don't think this article is technically deep enough to be of any significant value ( at least for me ). Not discussed at all ( and that people interested in the topic should know ) : 1. NS, SOA records 2. What exactly is TXT record. 3. What's the difference between CNAME, A Records Later on I also checked the first article [1], which even doesn't explain what TLD is. [1] https://pressable.com/blog/2014/12/04/dns-m…
Comment linking /blog/2014/12/04/dns-management-basics/
on “Understanding DNS Record Types”Submitted DNS Record Types Explained as a story · 8 points
HN discussionIf I were in your shoes, I'd move to Kinsta[0], Pressable[1], or some other reputable managed WordPress host. Most hosting providers should have pricing between $50 and $100/month for a site with that amount of traffic. If you want to save some money, you might go with SpinupWP[2] and hook that up to a VPS. It's a bit more sysadmin-ish than managed hosting, but performs very well. [0] https://kinsta.com/ [1] https:/…
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on “Pantheon.io Wants to 10x Our Cost”Submitted Automattic's hosting company Pressable offers to buy out your WP Engine contract as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Helpful DNS Management Basics as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Security Month: Login Credential Safety and Integrity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted ZippyKid is now Pressable as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Desk: A New Way to Tell Stories as a story · 1 points
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