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  • Let's Encrypt stops SSL/TLS certificate expiration notifications: Why this is good news

    Let's Encrypt stops SSL/TLS certificate expiration notifications: Why this is good news

    Starting June 4, 2025, Let’s Encrypt will no longer send you emails to notify you when your SSL/TLS certificates are about to expire. This change, which may seem surprising, is actually excellent news for system administrators, web hosting providers, and website owners. In this article, we’ll explore why this decision simplifies certificate management and improves security. At LRob, our web hosting plans already include Let’s Encrypt and automate SSL certificate management, ensuring that HTTPS is always up and running without any manual intervention. Let’s Encrypt: A Key Player in Free and Automated SSL/TLS…

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  • Performance and Security: LRob's strategy for optimal WordPress hosting

    Performance and Security: LRob's strategy for optimal WordPress hosting

    High-performance, secure WordPress hosting—no compromises. At LRob, our mission is clear: to provide fast and secure WordPress hosting, minimizing the impact of attacks while optimizing server performance. Unlike standard solutions that merely react to threats, we go a step further by actively preventing unnecessary server load. While some hosting providers fail to implement—or inadequately implement—attack blocking measures or offer no transparency, LRob can proudly showcase the measures we’ve put in place and the results we’ve achieved. In this article, we’ll explain our strategy, which is based on three layers of security…

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  • Record attack: 2.8 million IPs compromised: What impact for WordPress hosts?

    Record attack: 2.8 million IPs compromised: What impact for WordPress hosts?

    A new threat of unprecedented scale is rocking the web: 2.8 million compromised network devices are currently being exploited to flood the Internet with malicious requests. At LRob, as a web hosting provider, we have observed a dramatic increase in attacks over the past few days. We’ll explain how we’re effectively blocking them. These attacks aren’t just a nuisance—they can seriously impact the performance and security of your websites. How does the attack work? What impact does it have on your websites? How can you protect yourself? Here are the answers. Details of the cyberattack Discovery of the attack on…

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  • How to choose the fastest web host in 2025?

    How to choose the fastest web host in 2025?

    Is your web hosting too slow? Your hosting provider’s technology and hardware choices directly impact your website’s performance. Yet most hosting providers remain vague about their infrastructure and actual performance. As a customer, you often don’t know what you’re paying for. At LRob, we strive to do better. Much better. We take a transparent approach: we measure, compare, and optimize every setting and every hardware choice to guarantee loading speeds up to 10 times faster than the competition. That’s how we aim to offer you specialized WordPress web hosting…

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  • [Video] LRob Interview «Security and Defense Professions»

    [Video] LRob Interview «Security and Defense Professions»

    As a secure WordPress host, I had the pleasure of appearing on the show «Taffer Comment?» on the MERCI BOBBY channel. The show’s concept 📌 To shed light on career paths in the security industry.📌 And for my segment, I talked about cybersecurity as a self-taught professional. Plus: An informative and accessible video, produced by Olecio & MERCI BOBBY! Thanks to them for having me and to Naïm Aouaichia for setting up the connection. I hope I did a good job representing our field while keeping things clear for the general public. Let me know what you think! Highlights from LRob’s segment «All services in…”

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  • PHP 8.4 support at your hosting provider - Available now

    PHP 8.4 support at your hosting provider - Available now

    Your favorite hosting provider is pleased to announce that PHP 8.4 is now fully supported on your WordPress-optimized web hosting plans. This version brings significant improvements to the language, enhancing performance, flexibility, and code readability. Here’s an overview of the main new features you can expect. Your LRob hosting provider supports PHP 8.4. Native support from Plesk was released on January 21. It took Plesk two months to roll this out, which is longer than usual. The update has just been deployed on LRob servers—and is now available for your hosting plans—as of January 24. PHP 8.4…

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  • Translate a WordPress site - In one go with TranslatePress

    Translate a WordPress site - In one go with TranslatePress

    Translating a WordPress site can be a challenge, especially when machine translation of a page requires visiting it first. As a WordPress-specialized hosting provider and WordPress-specialized webmaster, I regularly work on multilingual sites that use machine translation. To do this, I generally use TranslatePress Developer Edition, along with the DeepL API, to handle the translation. The problem? Translating everything at once isn’t possible natively. So I had to find a solution. Discover this solution and save hours! Problem: Translating the entire site at once isn’t possible. With TranslatePress, translating the content of your…

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  • A critical flaw in W3 Total Cache

    A critical flaw in W3 Total Cache

    The team at WordFence (a WordPress security plugin) has reported a security vulnerability, CVE-2024-12365, with a CVSS severity score of 8.5/10. What is W3 Total Cache? W3 Total Cache is a robust, high-performance, and highly customizable caching plugin that we highly recommend. Used by over a million websites, it stands out for its reliability, extensive configuration options, and support for Redis caching. What is the risk posed by this vulnerability? The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows unauthorized access to data due to a lack of capability checks in the function…

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  • 2024 Annual Report

    Business review 2024

    Although I started my entrepreneurial journey in 2010, it was in September 2023 that I decided to devote myself fully to my web-based business, which focuses on hosting, maintenance, and specialized development exclusively for WordPress. So 2024 marks the first full year for the «LRob» you know today. So, how did it go? Spoiler: The results are very encouraging! New Features and Improvements in 2024 2024 brought many service improvements at LRob. Here are a few highlights: And much more. Web Hosting Business in 2024 The WordPress hosting business is taking off! You’ve been…

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  • Black Friday 2024 at LRob!

    Black Friday 2024 at LRob!

    From November 29 to December 6, 2024—7 days to enjoy a lifetime discount of -50% on select hosting plans! -50% for life on select annual web hosting plans. Power your website faster than ever, with the maximum security and expert support you’ve always dreamed of. All with exemplary eco-responsibility! If you’re just discovering these incredible offers, find all the details on the dedicated page. -60% on website migrations. Entrust your migration to a professional hosting sysadmin for an exact copy of your content, with zero downtime. -45% on repairs and security updates for…

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