1st Nov 2026
Faster, safer hosting: our new server platform
We’ve moved our hosting servers to a new web platform, built and run by our own team. It’s faster under load and better protected against the attacks that hit websites every day. The upgrade is rolling out server by server, at quiet hours, and is included in your hosting at no extra cost.
What’s new
A faster web server. Your sites now ...
22nd Oct 2026
PHP security vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)
22 October 2026
On 21 October the PHP project announced two critical security vulnerabilities in PHP. PHP is the software that runs most websites, including WordPress, WooCommerce and Joomla. The flaws could let an attacker run code on a website without logging in.
What we did
Since 21 October, the Imunify360 firewall on all our servers has ...
30th Aug 2026
Introducing Hostking Rewards
We've added a Rewards page to every Hostking account, and we'd like you to try it while we work out whether it's any good.
There are two halves to it.
CREDIT FOR THINGS YOU MAY HAVE DONE ALREADY
Saving a card so your invoices pay themselves, turning on two-factor authentication, upgrading a plan, opening an affiliate account. If any of those ...
30th Aug 2026
New support hours from 31 August
From Monday 31 August 2026, our support team is available 06:00 – 18:00 UTC (08:00 – 20:00 SAST), seven days a week.
Why we changed
Looking at when tickets and chats actually come in, the majority arrive within a concentrated part of the day, while our late hours were consistently quiet. Our busiest periods were also the ones where customers ...
