We've become auDA accredited, meaning we can register .au domains for you without having to go through a reseller. Any .au domains registered by us before the end of 2025 will now show Webslice as the registrar. Read about our auDA accreditation in the blog.
Copying the IP address when viewing your server inside the Control Panel has been simplified. You can now hover your mouse over your IP address displayed on the header and left-click to copy the details, saving you a few clicks. This also works for copying database hostnames and IP addresses within the Manage tab of the Control Panel.
In your list of server backups, a new option to 'Clone' each backup has appeared. As the name suggests, this creates a new server based on the backup that you select. Handy if you want to retrieve old files without overwriting the live server, or as a "most of the way there" starting point for a new server. Read about Server Cloning in the KB.
We’ve improved the dropdown field to select contacts when editing a domain. It’s now a full text search field that loads gradually, making it faster and easier to find contacts, even if you have hundreds or thousands on your account. This change should make managing your domain contacts much smoother.
As explained in the blog, there was a time when we applied monitoring alerts to all Cloud Containers, even unmanaged ones, so we could keep a close eye on the platform. That's no longer necessary, so we're taking this internal monitoring off unmanaged Cloud Containers. Newer containers, managed servers, and alerts and monitoring that you have set up for yourself are all unaffected. As always you can add your own monitoring or add Server Management today.
MariaDB 11.8 is now available as an integrated database option for Cloud Containers. You can select it as a database host directly from the Add Databases page, giving you access to the latest features and improvements in MariaDB.
The SiteHost Dockerhub account now contains public versions of our latest PHP web images, integrated database images, and our pma image. Each one matches a Cloud Container image, with all the essential files baked in. The blog has more news and the Knowledge Base explains how to use these images to develop websites in a local environment that matches production Cloud Containers as closely as possible.
We’ve improved the underlying logic and caching behind the forms you use when creating Cloud Containers and selecting images. This optimised forms now load and perform faster, making things quicker and smoother for you.
When you create your own server backups via the Control Panel you can add notes and set an expiry date. Manual and automated backups are listed together, each with the option to Restore. There's more in the KB.
Anyone creating a new SiteHost account will be emailed a six-digit confirmation code, which replaces the old email verification step. Each login after that will also involve an email code, unless you switch to an authenticator app (the KB explains how). New accounts will be unable to opt out of two-factor authentication.