You now have SSH access for your live sites, right alongside SFTP. We’ve also added a dedicated SSH Settings tab under Manage Website, so grabbing your connection details takes seconds.
With SSH, you type commands from your own computer using a terminal app, but they don’t run on your computer. They run on your site’s server, the machine where your website actually lives.
For example, say you’re locked out of your WordPress admin because you forgot your password. Normally you’d have to reset it through email, which can take time if email isn’t set up right. With SSH, you can type one command to reset your admin password directly on the server and log back in within seconds.
Once you’re connected, you can run commands, fix issues, or set things up directly on the server
Connecting a custom domain to your ZipWP site should be simple, but for some domain registrars, it wasn’t. If you bought your domain from providers like Bluehost, Hostinger, or GoDaddy, you may have run into a wall: these registrars don’t support the standard verification method (a root CNAME), which meant some users got stuck mid-setup with no clear way forward.
Not anymore. You can now verify your domain using an A record instead, a simple alternative that works with registrars that don’t play nicely with CNAMEs.
So whether you’re on Bluehost, GoDaddy, Hostinger, or elsewhere, going live with your custom domain should now just work.
Head to your site’s domain settings and connect your domain. If a CNAME isn’t an option provided by your domain provider, you’ll now see the A record method ready to go.
When you build an eCommerce website with ZipWP, the sample products will now match your business.
Previously, every online store was generated with the same generic products, such as hoodies, books, and bottles. While these products helped demonstrate the store layout, they did not always reflect what the business actually sold.
ZipWP now uses your website details to generate relevant sample products. For example, a sneaker store may include running shoes, high-top sneakers, casual sneakers, and other products suited to its audience.
This gives you a more realistic version of your store from the beginning. You can then update the product names, descriptions, images, prices, and other details before launching your website.
Previously, in AI Site PLanner, you had to select the number of pages before generating your website. However, choosing the right number is not always easy, especially when you are starting with only a business idea.
With the new Decide for Me option, ZipWP analyzes your business details and recommends the pages needed to present your services, answer visitor questions, and create a complete website structure.
Simply choose Decide for Me, and ZipWP will generate a suitable sitemap based on your business and website goals. You can review and adjust the suggested pages before continuing.
You can now start building a ZipWP website by entering the URL of an existing website directly from your dashboard.
ZipWP analyzes the website to understand its structure, pages, and offerings. It then uses that information to generate:
A relevant sitemap
Page wireframes
Website content
A complete WordPress website
This is useful when you already have a website you want to rebuild in WordPress or when you need a new website with a similar page structure and business offerings of an existing website.
Simply select From URL, paste the website link, and let ZipWP create the first version of your site.
You can now upload WebP images when building your site. WebP files are smaller than JPEGs or PNGs without losing quality, which means your site loads faster and looks just as sharp.
Sometimes your site doesn’t need a full rebuild, it just needs a refresh. That’s why we added two new buttons: “Regenerate Site” and “Rewrite Copy.”
Regenerate Site re-runs the AI builder and updates your live WordPress site with new design, colors and contert. This saves you from starting from scratch. Whereas, Rewrite Copy updates the website content with new content. Design, layout and images remain same.
Both actions use a credit, and once the update goes live, you’ll get a notification letting you know it’s done. No need to keep checking back.
You can now move an existing WordPress site into ZipWP without rebuilding it from scratch.
The migration tool transfers everything over: your content, plugins, themes, media, and users, automatically.
There are three ways to do it. Enter your WordPress admin credentials and let ZipWP handle the rest. Connect via SFTP if you have server access. Or export a backup from your current host and upload it directly.
All three methods leave your original site untouched.
Once the migration is done, you’ll get an email with a link to log straight into your new site.
Ready to move your site? Log in to your ZipWP dashboard and start your first migration today.
The library that’s built thousands of websites just got a lot easier to reach.
For years, Starter Templates has quietly powered some of the web’s best sites. Local businesses, agencies, restaurants, portfolios, stores. Designers and developers around the world have trusted its professionally crafted, full-site templates to give their projects a real head start.
However, to use or explore a template, you required a few things like hosting with WordPress installed. Then you had to install Starter Templates plugin, browse through the templates, chose one and begin customizing.
There was some friction before you’ve seen anything. We wanted to change that. So we integrated Starter Templates library into ZipWP!
No hosting to set up. No WordPress to install. No plugin to touch.
Simply open ZipWP, spot the template that feels right, and with one click it’s live on a temporary URL. Ready to explore. Ready to make yours.
Tweak the content. Adjust the details. Take your time. When you’re ready to go live, connect your domain. That’s the whole process.
Why did we add the Classic Starter Templates when AI site builder was there?
ZipWP already lets you build a site with AI. Describe your business and it’s done in seconds. Many people love that.
Classic Templates are for when you want full creative control from the start. Built by designers with real-world conversion and UX in mind, these templates lightweight, fast-loading, and optimized for how users actually move through a site. Every template works with both Block Editor and Elementor, is easy to customize, and has been proven across thousands of live websites.
What you see in the preview is exactly what goes live. For designers and developers who already know what they want, it’s a familiar workflow and a faster path than starting from AI output and reworking it.
Neither is a compromise. One gets you moving fast. The other gives you a designer’s head start. Pick the one that fits how you build.
