Our shared webhosting platform is now running MariaDB 10.11, a long-term stable MariaDB stable release series, supported by MariaDB until February 2028. This is part of our ongoing commitment to running up-to-date, supported software. (Running obsolete software, especially PHP and… READ MORE
05 Feb.2024
PHP 8.3, the latest PHP version series, is now available for all customers. You can change the PHP version which your website runs on in your control panel. (Information on which PHP versions the PHP group still officially supports is… READ MORE
29 Jul.2023
Our shared hosting platform was successfully upgraded this morning. This brings us updated versions of many pieces of internal software, and should ensure that the platform is stable for many more years to come. The upgrade went smoothly and there… READ MORE
26 Jul.2023
PHP 8.2 (the latest series of the PHP programming language) is now available for all customers. If you are currently using a different version and wish to try it, then it can be chosen in your web hosting control panel…. READ MORE
14 Jul.2023
“High Performance Order Storage” (HPOS) is a major change to WooCommerce’s internals, intended to fix a long-standing design flaw in how WooCommerce stores orders in the WordPress database. This design flaw results in stores getting progressively slower over time when… READ MORE
21 Jan.2023
We are pleased to announce that our webmail facility now includes a calendar module, available to all users with mailboxes on the system. Create events, get reminders, show holidays, show Google calendars, and more besides. To use it, simply login… READ MORE
10 May.2022
Though running out-of-date technologies, even years after their end-of-life, is normal in the web hosting industry, at Simba Hosting we try hard to avoid this, and make sure that our platforms are modern and maintained: no corner-cutting. As part of… READ MORE
17 Jul.2021
Simba Hosting are committed to providing current technologies, not allowing our platform to slowly rot over the years, as is too common in the industry. As part of this commitment, the database server (MariaDB) has been upgraded on our main… READ MORE
26 Apr.2021
Most customer email services are currently out of action, both receiving and sending (POP3, IMAP, SMTP, webmail). This is due to a malfunctioning network storage device at the datacentre hosting these services. This is currently being given our full attention… READ MORE
10 Feb.2021
WooCommerce 5.0 has been released. As noted in their release notes, they have changed version scheme, and “This is a minor release, which means everything is backward compatible with the previous version.” As such, our popular collection of WooCommerce plugins… READ MORE