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In today’s Hard Truths of Hosting, we’re looking at what can go wrong as your business starts scaling. When hosting businesses grow, something always breaks first, and it’s rarely what you expect. In your experience, is it Support, Security, Performance, Billing, or something else? Vote in our poll and tell us what has challenged your business the most in the comments! Sharing your insight can help other hosts scale smarter. 

In today’s Hard Truths of Hosting, we’re looking at what can go wrong as your business starts scaling. When hosting businesses grow, something always breaks first, and it’s rarely what you expect. In your experience, is it Support, Security, Performance, Billing, or something else? Vote in our poll and tell us what has challenged your business the most in the comments! Sharing your insight can help other hosts scale smarter. 

Every year teaches us something new about our websites or businesses.  What lessons did you learn in 2025 that will help you in 2026?  Share your insights in the comments. Your experience could help others plan better for the year ahead.

A hard truth of hosting: support teams don’t scale endlessly, but costs do.  Routine support tickets often come from repetitive tasks like updates, backups, and security checks. By leaning into automation with tools like WP Toolkit and WHMCS, you can reduce support load and free your team to focus on high-value issues.  Learn how WordPress automation reduces support pressure: https://b.link/npnv8qvp    Discover smarter hosting automation with Plesk’s hosting control panel.

One of the hard truths of hosting? Tools should reduce chaos, not add to it.  However, too many hosting setups are fragmented, manual, and guilty of stealing too much of your time. When billing, site creation, and server management live in silos, hosting gets messy.    As part of WebPros’ Web Enablement Ecosystem, Plesk brings it together:  ✨ WHMCS automates billing   ✨ Sitejet builds AI-powered websites faster  ✨ Imunify brings proactive server security  ✨ WP Toolkit allows you to manage WordPress at scale  And more!  Less complexity and more control are within your reach.  Discover how the right control panel changes everything:  https://lnkd.in/eZ4xXHtu

Plesk 18.0.75 is now available; our first Obsidian update of 2026!  This release focuses on stronger security, modern app support, and smoother day-to-day management.  We’ve introduced:  ✨ Support for short-lived certificates. SSL It! now offers both a manual and an automatic reissue flow  ✨ ASP. NET Core 10.0 support on Windows   ✨ Performance Booster support for MariaDB 11.8  ✨ Improved accessibility, stability, and dozens of bug fixes based on customer feedback  For existing customers, upgrading means a stronger security posture, better performance, and continued compatibility with modern stacks.  Read the full Plesk 18.0.75 release overview: https://b.link/ycz561ct

Your Plesk setup can grow beyond a control panel; it can become your new revenue stream.  With the right extensions, you can sell far more than hosting. From Plesk-developed tools like Language Pack, Power Pack, Web Presence Builder, and WP Toolkit to popular third-party solutions such as Imunify, SophosAV, and ModSecurity by Atomicorp, customers get the features they need while you get recurring revenue.  Add WHMCS to automate provisioning, billing, and client management and see how monetization scales without adding operational overhead.  Top it off by bundling security, performance, and backup options into bespoke hosting packages that feel premium, not add-on heavy.  Start turning Plesk into a scalable revenue channel!

Start the year strong with Plesk by elevating your customer experience.  From faster onboarding to fewer support tickets, customer experience is a key differentiator for hosting providers in 2026. Plesk helps you empower end users with intuitive tools, self-service capabilities, and built-in performance and SEO features – all designed to reduce friction and increase satisfaction.  Each slide highlights a customer experience improvement area, paired with a detailed Plesk resource or feature you can use today. Find the link to each in the first comment!  Improve your customer experience with Plesk.

In 2026, performance, scalability, and automation aren’t optional - they’re expected. This carousel highlights practical ways to upgrade your stack, including:  ✨ Performance tuning with NGINX  ✨ Smarter server management through automation  ✨ Virtual infrastructure optimization  ✨ Scaling strategies for growing workloads  Each slide connects to a specific detailed Plesk resource to help you optimize, scale, and future-proof your hosting environment.  Find the links for each in the first comment.  Upgrade your hosting infrastructure with Plesk!

The updated Plesk University is live! We’re shaping upcoming courses and would love to hear your input. From security and automation to WordPress and cloud hosting, which topic should we focus on next? Cast your vote in the poll! Don’t see your top choice? Share it with us in the comments! Your feedback helps guide what we teach at Plesk University