What's New in ZipWP

We’ve added an Add Live Site button to the Live Sites page. It helps you put your website on your own domain in a few easy steps.

Here’s how it works:

1. Click Add Live Site.
2. Add your domain. Use one you own, or buy a new one.
3. Choose how you want to build your website.
4. Verify your domain.
5. Go live.

Say you want a website for your photography business at yourname-photography.com. Click Add Live Site, add your domain, and build your site with ZipWP’s AI. Then verify your domain, and your site is live!

Here’s a fun new way to start your website.

When you build a site with ZipWP’s AI, the first thing it asks is to describe your business. The better the description, the better your site turns out.

Typing out a long description can feel like a chore. Sometimes it’s just easier to talk.

Now you can. Just click the mic icon in the description box and start speaking. ZipWP turns your words into text as you go.

ZipWP builds your WordPress site with AI, using Astra and Spectra under the hood. And your ZipWP plan comes with the premium versions of these products.

Now, managing those licenses is even easier. You can do it all without leaving ZipWP.

Just open the WordPress Toolkit tab in the ZipWP sidebar and connect your Brainstorm Force account with a quick login.

All your licenses show up right there.

You’ll see every plugin in your plan, your license keys, how many activations you have left, and when each one renews.

Here’s how it works in real life: Say you’ve just built a website for a local bakery with ZipWP. It looks great, but you want to add a few extra design blocks using Spectra Pro.

Here’s what you do:

• Click WordPress Toolkit in the ZipWP sidebar.
• Connect your Brainstorm Force account. You only do this once.
• Find Spectra Pro in the list and copy the license key.
• Paste it into the bakery site, and Spectra Pro is active.

We’re always looking for ways to make ZipWP simpler for you, and this is just one more step in that direction. Connect once, and your licenses are always a click away.

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.

When building an online store with ZipWP’s Classic Templates, you can now choose which eCommerce platform powers your website.

During the website creation process, select either SureCart or WooCommerce based on your business needs.

Both platforms offer different advantages:

• SureCart provides a modern, streamlined selling experience with built-in tools for payments, subscriptions, and digital products.
• WooCommerce offers extensive flexibility, a large extension ecosystem, and support for a wide range of store types.

This update gives you greater control over how your online store is built, while still allowing you to launch it quickly with ZipWP.

Start building your eCommerce website and choose the platform that works best for you.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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.