No staging. No cloning. Test everything on the live site.
A plugin update on a client's live site breaks the theme. You're rollback-less, debugging on production, while the client is watching their site look broken. No staging copy to fall back on.
Hosting for Web Developers
WordPress hosting with the tools developers actually use.
WordPress hosting with the tools developers actually use.
Build, stage, deploy. No compromises.
Stack2 gives Australian web developers and freelancers WP Toolkit, staging environments, SSH access, one-click cloning, and a dashboard that shows every client site at a glance. Australian data. Engineers who understand the stack.
WP Toolkit included
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Staging environments
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SSH & SFTP access
What you get
The hosting toolkit freelancers and developers need.
Not just a place to park WordPress sites — a platform with tools that fit how developers actually work.
All client sites, one dashboard
Every WordPress site you manage appears in a single dashboard — health scores, update status, uptime, and backup state. Stop logging into separate cPanel accounts for each client.
Staging environments
Build and test on staging before touching production. Push staging to live when it's ready. Your client's live site stays clean until you give the green light.
One-click site cloning
Spin up a copy of any site in seconds — useful for testing major updates, reproducing a bug, or starting a new client project from an existing template.
SSH, SFTP & Git integration
Full SSH and SFTP access for deployments and file management. Git integration for teams and version-controlled workflows. The access developers need without having to ask for it.
Client access control
Grant clients access to their own site or a read-only dashboard view — without exposing other clients or infrastructure controls. You stay in the driving seat. (Delegation coming soon)
AI error explanations
Know what broke and how to fix it — instantly. Useful when a client site throws an error you haven't seen before or when you're diagnosing a conflict at an inconvenient time.
Why Stack2
Most hosting was built for end users, not developers.
What developers typically deal with on standard shared hosting — and what Stack2 does differently.
Staging first. Push live when it's right.
Test every update, every theme change, every plugin upgrade on staging before it touches production. Your client's live site only changes when you've confirmed everything works.
A separate cPanel login for every client. Every. Single. One.
Eight clients on four different hosts. Eight different logins, eight different billing accounts, eight different support queues. Checking update status means logging into each one separately.
One dashboard. Every client site. One account.
All sites in one place — updates, health, uptime, backups, and billing. Log in once. See everything. Contact one support team if anything needs attention.
SSH locked behind a premium tier. FTP only. No Git.
The cheap tier is FTP only. SSH costs more. Git integration is someone else's problem. Your workflow gets bent around the host's limitations, not the other way around.
SSH, SFTP, Git — included. Developer access by default.
Stack2 hosting gives developers the access they expect — SSH, SFTP, and Git integration included. No upgrade required to use the tools that are standard in professional WordPress development.
FAQ
Developer hosting questions, answered.
If your question isn't here, contact us — an engineer will reply, usually within a few hours on business days.
Stack2 includes WP Toolkit for WordPress management, staging environments, one-click site cloning, SSH access, SFTP, and Git integration. The tools you need to build, test, and deploy without friction.
Yes. You can grant clients access to their site's WordPress dashboard or a read-only view of their hosting — without exposing other client sites, server controls, or your own account. You control exactly what each client can see and do.
Yes. Staging environments are included. Build and test on a staging copy of the live site, then push to production when you're ready. The live site is never touched until you sign off.
Yes. All client sites you host on Stack2 appear in a single dashboard — health status, uptime, pending updates, and backup state across every site. No separate logins for each client.
Yes. If you manage a significant number of client sites, contact us about the Agency plan — centralised billing, white-label reporting, and AutoCare for automated care plan delivery. Also see our hosting for marketing agencies page.
Yes. You can select and switch PHP versions per site through WP Toolkit. If you need a specific PHP configuration or extension for a project, contact us and we'll work through it with you.
Hosting built for developers, not against them.
WP Toolkit, staging, SSH, Git, and a single dashboard for every client site. Australian servers. Engineers who know WordPress.