This guide shows you how to configure WordPress SMTP email sending using the WP Mail SMTP plugin. You will set up authenticated email delivery through your HOSTDOG mail server so that contact forms, password resets, WooCommerce order notifications, and other WordPress emails are delivered reliably.

This article explains how to connect to your HOSTDOG hosting via SSH and run Drush commands to manage your Drupal site. It covers the most common operations — clearing cache, running database updates, importing and exporting configuration, managing modules, and creating database backups — plus a complete reference table of useful Drush commands.

This article covers two methods for updating Drupal: the Composer-based method (recommended for Drupal 9, 10, and 11) via SSH, and the admin UI update path available in older setups. Both methods finish with running database updates via Drush and clearing cache to ensure everything is working correctly.

This guide covers practical steps to speed up your WordPress site on HOSTDOG hosting. You will learn how to enable caching, optimize images, clean up plugins, upgrade PHP, and fine-tune your database — changes that can dramatically reduce page load times.

This guide shows you how to create a website using Sitejet website builder on your HOSTDOG hosting account. You will learn how to access Sitejet, choose a template, customize your pages with the visual editor, and publish your site — all without any coding knowledge.

This article covers two migration paths: the free HOSTDOG migration service where our team handles everything for you, and the self-service migration — a step-by-step process of exporting your database and files, transferring them to HOSTDOG, and updating your Drupal configuration. HOSTDOG has been handling Drupal migrations since 2002.

This article covers the essential Composer workflows for managing a Drupal site: installing modules and themes, updating packages, removing packages, and understanding the composer.json and composer.lock files. All commands are run via SSH — HOSTDOG provides SSH access and Composer 2 on all hosting plans.

This guide covers how to install WordPress manually on your HOSTDOG hosting account. You will download the WordPress package, upload it to your hosting via File Manager or FTP, create a MySQL database, and run the WordPress installer to complete the setup.

This guide walks you through installing WooCommerce on your HOSTDOG WordPress site. You will add the plugin, run the setup wizard, configure basic store settings, and verify that your shop is ready for products and orders.

This guide shows you how to install Joomla on your HOSTDOG hosting account using the Softaculous auto-installer. You will select your domain, configure basic settings, and have a working Joomla site in under five minutes.