This method will give you an awesome, fully optimized and secured WordPress setup. All commands used in the tutorial are shown on our blog here: https://ideaspot.com.au/blog/wordops-... We used Linode in this example, but you can use pretty much any VPS. We recommend these free trials if you'd like to try for yourself: Vultr ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/vultr (my favourite) Linode ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/linode-trial Digital Ocean ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/digital-ocean If you'd like an easier method, our previous Vultr & Plesk tutorial also gives the same outstanding results, but with a graphical setup rather than using the command line: https://youtu.be/7vUl16bdW8Q Even easier still is Cloudways, albeit a little more expensive, but your server is fully managed and secured by Cloudways: https://youtu.be/N7C9RR28Ggg Cloudways is recommended for those of you who are new to managing their own server. However, take advantage of the other free trials too, you will learn a lot and build some great experience. Guides for changing your DNS (depending on where you bought your domain) https://www.digitalocean.com/communit...https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-... Email Options: Zoho Mail Box: https://youtu.be/OE2yoJJVgjY Gmail Custom Domain Email: https://youtu.be/0fbUMJYvteQ SMTP for WordPress Notificaitons: https://youtu.be/uwjc4kuthv4 Migration Examples: All in one migration: https://youtu.be/Eumc4hLrx6E Duplicator: https://youtu.be/MN6_8rF8mKo SSH Key Guide — There are several ways to use SSH if you prefer (rather than a root password). I used the 'Generate a Key Pair with PuTTY' for windows under part 3 here: https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/us... 0:00 Introduction to WordOps 1:10 Recommended Cloud Servers 2:32 Why use WordOps? 4:12 WordOps Setup on Linode 13:33 WordPress Performance Example: Google PageSpeed Insights 15:30 WordOps Backend Panel 16:22 WordOps Maintenance 18:09 Email Options 18:38 Adding more WordPress Sites 19:29 Migration Options 20:07 Conclusions