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    # Default Plan (Configuration)

    • What this section controls
    • Hosting Limits
    • Plugins & Themes
    • Backups
    • Automatic Updates
    • Other
    • Important behavior

    Use Default Plan to define baseline behavior for newly created services and WordPress instances. Treat this section as your policy template for limits, backups, updates, and user permissions.

    # What this section controls

    You configure five tabs:

    • Hosting Limits
    • Plugins & Themes
    • Backups
    • Automatic Updates
    • Other

    There is also a plan selector at the top, so you can switch between available plans and edit each one independently.

    # Hosting Limits

    Use this tab to define technical capacity for new hosting accounts under the selected plan.

    Typical options include:

    • Disk space, memory, CPU, read/write speed, and monthly bandwidth.
    • Limits for MySQL databases, FTP accounts, SFTP accounts, addon domains, subdomains, and inodes.
    • Redis and LiteSpeed cache toggles.
    • PHP-FPM / LSPHP related account settings.
    • Dedicated IPv4 / Dedicated IPv6 options (if supported by server type).

    Use this tab to build clear package tiers (for example, Starter/Pro/Agency) and prevent over-allocation.

    # Plugins & Themes

    This tab controls what plugin/theme stack is prepared for new sites.

    Core options:

    • Default plugin/theme package.
    • Automatic plugin installation list.
    • Automatic theme installation list.
    • Default theme selection.

    Control options:

    • Plugin blacklist.
    • Delete blacklisted plugins.
    • Delete blacklisted themes.
    • Scan interval for blacklist enforcement (when available).

    Use this tab to enforce technical standards and block unsupported tooling from day one.

    # Backups

    This tab defines default backup policy for new instances.

    Main options:

    • Enabled by Default - whether backups are turned on automatically
    • Editable by User - whether end users can change backup settings
    • Frequency - daily, weekly, monthly (depending on available options)
    • Local backup limits:
      • Maximum size per site (GB)
      • Maximum number of backups per site

    Use this tab to balance recovery readiness and storage usage.

    # Automatic Updates

    This tab defines update policy for newly created sites.

    Main options:

    • Editable by User - allows or blocks user-level update-policy changes
    • WordPress auto-update
    • WordPress update policy (for example, minor-only)
    • Plugin auto-update
    • Theme auto-update

    Use this tab to reduce manual maintenance while controlling regression risk.

    # Other

    This tab includes global defaults and permissions.

    Main options:

    • Default PHP version
    • Enable PHP version management in Client Area
    • PHP settings (Configure)
    • Disable privileges (Configure)
    • Default WordPress version
    • Default WordPress language
    • Default WordPress configuration (Configure)
    • Plan instances copying
    • Post install script (Configure)
    • Allow domain transfer (available only for selected server types, e.g. WP Cloud)
    • Disable search engine indexing policy
    • Show control panel bar
    • Show control panel link in admin menu
    • Show control panel link in admin bar

    Use this tab for final policy decisions: what users can change, what is locked by admin, and what every new site receives by default.

    # Important behavior

    Plan changes usually apply to newly created services/instances. Existing services typically keep current values unless changed separately.

    Before changing production defaults:

    1. Save changes in a low-risk period.
    2. Create a test service/instance.
    3. Confirm limits, backups, updates, and permissions in that test site.
    4. Roll out changes to production workflows.