Manage WordPress servers without touching SSH.
Connect DigitalOcean, create a server, deploy WordPress, manage files, run backups, open terminal, optimize speed, and monitor uptime from one clean dashboard.
Built for agencies, freelancers, developers, and WordPress teams.
- twentytwentyfour
- storefront-child
- style.css
- functions.php
- screenshot.png
WordPress hosting gets messy fast.
The pain stacks up the moment you go from one site to dozens.
- Managing VPS servers manually eats your billable hours.
- SSH + FTP are risky for shared client workflows.
- Backups go unverified, untested, and quietly fail.
- Performance issues are hard to diagnose across many sites.
- Agencies juggle multiple panels per client just to ship work.
- Managed hosting is expensive and locks you out of root.
DeployBuddy gives you the control of cloud hosting with the workflow of a managed platform.
From DO token to live WordPress in under five minutes.
No SSH, no Ansible recipes, no nginx config files.
- 1
Connect DigitalOcean
Add your API token securely. Tokens are encrypted at rest and never logged.
- 2
Create a server
Pick region + size + name. We provision the droplet, install Docker, Caddy, and the firewall.
- 3
Launch WordPress
Deploy a Dockerized WordPress site with SSL, MariaDB, Redis, and nginx/php-fpm pre-wired.
- 4
Manage everything
Backups, file manager, terminal, monitoring, DNS, security, and speed — one dashboard.
Everything you need to run WordPress on your own cloud.
Replace the SSH + FTP + cPanel + spreadsheet stack with one focused control panel.
Cloud server management
Create + manage DigitalOcean droplets from one dashboard.
One-click WordPress deploy
Dockerized WP sites with SSL, MariaDB, Redis, and Caddy out of the box.
File manager
Browse, edit, upload, rename, delete, zip — without FTP.
Web terminal
Secure browser SSH for server + per-site shells with session logging.
Backups & restore
Local + S3-compatible remote backups, scheduled, verifiable, restorable.
Performance optimizer
PageSpeed analysis + safe one-click WordPress optimizations.
Uptime & monitoring
Track uptime, response time, CPU, memory, disk, and Docker health.
Cloudflare DNS
Point domains to servers without leaving the dashboard.
WordPress management
Core, plugin, and theme actions powered by WP-CLI under the hood.
Security hardening
Apply WordPress + server hardening with one click and an audit trail.
Team access
Owner / Admin / Developer / Viewer roles per team.
Audit logs
Every sensitive action across servers, sites, terminal, and files.
Fix common speed issues with one click.
Run a performance analysis, review recommendations, take a backup, apply the safe optimizations, then compare the before/after PageSpeed score side-by-side.
Safe mode avoids risky theme edits and creates a backup before applying changes.
No more jumping between FTP, SSH, and hosting panels.
Edit files, upload assets, tail logs, and run WP-CLI directly from each site's dashboard.
File manager
- wp-content/
- themes/
- twentytwentyfour/
- plugins/
- uploads/
- wp-config.php600
- readme.html
- Browse folders + breadcrumbs
- Inline code editor (syntax highlighting)
- Upload + download
- ZIP / extract in place
- Rename, move, delete
Web terminal
- Server-level shell
- Per-site shell scoped to wp_<site> container
- WP-CLI ready out of the box
- Live, streaming command output
- Every session logged for audit
Backups that are easy to trust.
Create local or remote backups, schedule recurring runs, restore in one click, and keep an honest backup history for every project.
- Manual + scheduled backups
- S3-compatible remote storage (DO Spaces / R2 / Wasabi)
- One-click restore from any backup
- Backup-first protection before risky actions
- Lock backups so retention rules never prune them
- Verify checksum + tar integrity
- today 04:00482 MB
- yesterday478 MB
- 2 days agopre-php-8.4locked verified512 MB
- 3 days ago471 MB
Built for the teams that actually ship WordPress work.
Agencies
Manage every client's WordPress site, backups, DNS, and team access in one panel.
Freelancers
Launch + maintain client sites without paying for expensive managed hosting.
Developers
Terminal, file manager, Git deployments, database tools, and WP-CLI workflows.
WooCommerce stores
Monitor uptime, optimize performance, and back up the store before any plugin update.
Small hosting providers
Run WordPress on your own infrastructure with a clean control panel for clients.
Built with control and safety in mind.
You stay in control of your servers. DeployBuddy helps you manage them safely.
Encrypted API tokens
DigitalOcean + Cloudflare tokens encrypted at rest.
Encrypted SSH keys
Private keys stored with Laravel encrypted casts; never logged.
Role-based team access
Owner, Admin, Developer, Viewer — least-privilege by default.
Audit logs
Every sensitive action recorded with user, IP, and metadata.
Backup before risky actions
PHP switch, plugin updates, restores — backup chained automatically.
Protected file paths
Caddy refuses .env, .git, wp-config.php, xmlrpc.php exposure.
Terminal session logging
JWT-signed short-lived sessions logged per shell open + close.
Viewer-safe defaults
Viewer role is strictly read-only — no DB, no terminal, no files write.
No public credential exposure
Secrets stay on the platform — never returned over the API.
Managed hosting simplicity. VPS-level control.
You shouldn't have to choose between flexibility and ergonomics.
| Capability | Traditional VPS | Managed WP Hosting | DeployBuddy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Own cloud server | |||
| Easy WordPress deploy | |||
| File manager | |||
| Terminal access | |||
| Scheduled + remote backups | |||
| Performance optimizer | |||
| Team roles | |||
| Server-level monitoring | |||
| Cloudflare DNS integration | |||
| Full infrastructure control |
Simple pricing. No per-site nickel-and-diming.
Final pricing lands shortly. Get notified the moment plans go live.
Starter
For freelancers running a handful of sites.
- 1 cloud server
- Up to 5 WordPress sites
- Manual backups + restore
- File manager + web terminal
- Uptime monitoring
- Email support
Pricing is preliminary. Swap labels in components/landing/Pricing.tsx → PRICING_TIERS.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a hosting company?
DeployBuddy is a server-management platform, not a hosting reseller. You connect your own cloud provider — DigitalOcean today — and manage WordPress sites from one dashboard.
Do I need a DigitalOcean account?
Yes. The MVP targets DigitalOcean droplets. Add your API token, choose a region + size, and we provision the server for you.
Can I use my own server?
The current release manages droplets created through DeployBuddy. Bring-your-own-server is on the roadmap.
Is my DigitalOcean token safe?
Tokens are encrypted at rest with Laravel's encrypted casts, never logged in plaintext, and never returned over the API after storage.
Can I manage multiple WordPress sites?
Yes. Each server hosts as many sites as its resources allow. The dashboard lists all sites with per-site backups, terminal, file manager, and performance scores.
Does it support backups?
Manual + scheduled backups, both local and S3-compatible remote (DO Spaces, R2, Wasabi). Backups can be locked, verified, downloaded, and restored.
Can I open terminal access?
Yes — both server-level and per-site (scoped to the wp_<site> container) shells. Sessions are JWT-signed, short-lived, and logged.
Can it improve my PageSpeed score automatically?
The Performance Optimizer analyzes common issues — compression, cache headers, transients, Redis hit rate, heavy plugins — and applies safe one-click fixes. A backup is captured before any change.
Will optimization break my website?
Safe mode avoids risky theme edits and always runs a backup first. Advanced optimizations are clearly marked and warn before they touch CSS or JavaScript.
Is this suitable for agencies?
Yes — team roles (Owner / Admin / Developer / Viewer), audit logs, scheduled backups, and per-site terminal/file access are designed around agency workflows.