[stephenr]

> Most WordPress websites are just "brochure websites"

Thats possible for the overall majority of WP users, it just isn't what I've seen it used for.

> Maintenance problems are those you have when you need to update your installation but you can not because the update break stuff around.

How does this service solve that problem? Or do you mean, it allows you to not update immediately to patch a vulnerability, because the site is not the one publicly accessed?

[zener79]

> it allows you to not update immediately to patch a vulnerability, because the site is not the one publicly accessed?

Exactly. You can never update a vulnerable plugin if you don't want to.

[stephenr]

Right. Doesn't this just make your "admin" site the target then?

[zener79]

The "admin" lives in a random-generated subdomain, is basic-auth protected and is alive only for the time needed for the editor to make the changes through the dashboard. For the rest of the time WordPress simply doesn't exist.

[spleenteo]

brilliant