Recommended Services for WordPress Users Who Cannot Build Their Own Cloud Environment

Running a WordPress site on cloud services like AWS or Google Cloud requires technical expertise. For those who are not satisfied with traditional hosting environments, we introduce recommended services that make it easy to manage a WordPress site in the cloud.

Using AWS Lightsail

Running a WordPress site on AWS requires understanding various AWS services such as EC2 and CloudFront. Additionally, AWS uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model, so if the environment is not configured properly, costs can quickly become high.

AWS Lightsail is a service that allows you to use AWS in a low-cost, flat-rate manner—literally a “lightsail” version of AWS—making it easier to manage a WordPress site without worrying about complex configurations or unexpected charges.

Running a WordPress Site on AWS Lightsail

AWS Lightsail provides a pre-configured environment for running WordPress sites. With plans starting at just $5 per month, it is possible to operate a WordPress site on AWS Lightsail easily and cost-effectively.

Kinsta: WordPress Hosting Optimized for Google Cloud

Kinsta provides a service that uses Google Cloud infrastructure optimized specifically for running WordPress sites. While Google Cloud itself operates on a pay-as-you-go model similar to AWS, Kinsta offers a fixed monthly pricing for its service.

Unlike AWS Lightsail, Kinsta is slightly more expensive, but it provides a fully optimized environment for WordPress that justifies the higher cost.

Build a WordPress site with Kinsta

Setting Up an Optimized Cloud Environment for Your WordPress Site

To build an optimized cloud environment for your WordPress site on your own, the following technical knowledge is required:

• Understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud
• Knowledge of the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache/Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP)
• Familiarity with technical concepts related to monitoring, such as metrics and performance tracking

The Difficulty of Setting Up a WordPress-Optimized Cloud Environment Yourself

From the perspective of the author, who holds the following certifications, we explain the challenges of building an optimized cloud environment for WordPress:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• LinuC Level 1, 2, and 3 (300, 303, 304) – a Japanese market-optimized version of LPIC

To begin with, setting up an optimized cloud environment for WordPress requires understanding services from platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud. However, these cloud platforms themselves are not easy to grasp.

For example, take a look at the following official Google Cloud overview article:

https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-cloud-computing?hl=en

It is full of technical terminology, without illustrations, and consists largely of text. Can a complete beginner realistically form a clear picture of Google Cloud services from this document alone?

Even for experienced developers, the official Google Cloud documentation can be difficult to visualize. For beginners with little or no prior cloud experience, understanding how the services work can be extremely challenging due to the dense technical language and lack of diagrams.

Understanding a Cloud Environment Requires Knowledge of Multiple Technologies

Even though we call it a “cloud environment,” at its core it is just a portion of resources borrowed from servers in a data center. To truly understand how a cloud environment works, you first need a technical understanding of the cloud services themselves. On top of that, you also need knowledge of the systems you set up on the cloud, such as Linux, databases, and web server software.

Sharing Information on Cloud Environment Setup and Using Cloud Services

While the technical understanding required for cloud environments can be challenging, this site aims to provide information about cloud platforms and related technologies in a way that is as easy to understand as possible.

Even if you are capable of understanding the technical details, using services like AWS Lightsail or Google Cloud is recommended to reduce the learning and maintenance costs associated with managing a cloud environment.

This site also provides information on services that handle cloud service management, including overviews and usage guides, as explained above.

Conclusion

We have introduced services that manage cloud environments for you. When using cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud on your own, there is often no one to ask for help, and you must rely on documentation to figure out how everything works.

With services like AWS Lightsail or Kinsta, you are provided with an environment already optimized for WordPress. This allows you to run a WordPress site with an optimal setup while requiring far less learning and effort than building and managing the environment yourself.