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Public BetaWPShift vs Ploi
Ploi is a clean, developer-friendly server provisioner with a growing WordPress feature set. It still treats WordPress as one of many supported stacks. WPShift goes deeper on WordPress, with native plugin, theme, and wp-config management plus an AI Copilot.
- 01 WPShift Cloud, no setup
- 02 Or bring your own cloud
- 03 AI Copilot built in
Positioning
Who wins where
▸ WPShift wins on
WPShift specialises in WordPress. The Companion migration plugin, FastCGI cache with WP Super Cache and WooCommerce presets, magic logins, AI-explained alerts, and per-site SMTP are not in Ploi.
▸ Ploi wins on
Ploi has broad framework support: Laravel, Statamic, October, generic PHP. If you run several stacks side by side, that breadth is useful.
Matrix
Every feature, side by side
Updated periodically based on each vendor's public docs. Spot something out of date? Email hello@wpshift.io.
| Feature | ▸ WPShift | Ploi |
|---|---|---|
| § 01 · Built for WordPress | ||
| Purpose-built for WordPress | Yes | No |
| One-click WordPress site creation | Yes | Beta |
| Plugin and theme update manager | Yes | No |
| wp-config editor with validation | Yes | No |
| WP-CLI per site, in-app | Yes | Manual |
| Site cloning for staging | Yes | No |
| Site import via Companion plugin | Yes | No |
| § 02 · Servers and infrastructure | ||
| Bring your own cloud account | Yes | Yes |
| WPShift Cloud (no third-party cloud account) | Yes | No |
| Pricing independent of server size | Yes | Yes |
| Nginx, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis preconfigured | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-version PHP per server | Yes | Yes |
| SSH and firewall management | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time server metrics and logs | Yes | Yes |
| § 03 · Domains, DNS, and email | ||
| DNS management in dashboard | Yes | No |
| Mailbox creation per domain | Yes | No |
| IMAP, POP3, and webmail | Yes | No |
| SPF, DKIM, DMARC configured for you | Yes | No |
| Free SSL on every domain | Yes | Yes |
| § 04 · Operations, AI, and teams | ||
| AI Copilot (executes commands) | Yes | No |
| Automated off-server backups | Yes | Yes |
| One-click restore | Yes | Manual |
| Eight backup storage destinations | Yes | No |
| Uptime + PageSpeed monitoring | Yes | No |
| Team workspaces with RBAC | Yes | Yes |
| Designed for non-developers | Yes | No |
Honest take
When not to choose WPShift
We would rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one. Here is when we would point you toward Ploi instead.
Case 01
You run multiple PHP frameworks side by side
Ploi covers Laravel, Statamic, generic PHP, and more. WPShift covers exactly one framework, deeply.
Case 02
You prefer fewer opinions about WordPress
WPShift wires up Redis object cache, FastCGI page cache, and WP-aware defaults out of the box. If you want to assemble those yourself, a generic provisioner gives you more rope.
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