{"id":11675,"date":"2018-12-20T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/?p=11675"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:56:33","slug":"patchman-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/patchman-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Patchman Now Available for KnownHost Shared and Reseller Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Updated December 19, 2018<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">We are happy to announce that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patchman.co\/\">Patchman<\/a> is now available for all shared\/reseller hosting<\/strong> packages at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\">KnownHost!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to W3Techs, nearly 1\/3 of the web runs on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/cms-hosting\">CMS&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>, of which 80% are exposed to one vulnerability or another due to running outdated versions.\u00a0 Making sure you are <strong>fully scanned and patched is an absolute must<\/strong> in this day and age!<\/p>\n<h2>What is Patchman?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Patchman is software designed to patch vulnerabilities in common CMSs in a non-breaking way without updating the core of your site. Patchman runs on all of our shared\/reseller hosting servers to scan and identify vulnerabilities. Adding the Patchman option to your account will <strong>enable automatic patching and detailed vulnerability information and statistics<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">For customers who purchase Patchman, we currently have <strong>automatic patching<\/strong> enabled for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and osCommerce. \u00a0This will be expanded in the future to also include WooCommerce, Magento, Prestashop, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">In addition to scanning for vulnerabilities and malware, Patchman can keep you informed of out of date software on your account. \u00a0The software we can identify is quite lengthy and can be viewed in full in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/shared-reseller-hosting\/\"> our shared and reseller hosting article\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Even if you don\u2019t purchase Patchman for your account it will still provide some benefit to you. \u00a0When malware or vulnerabilities are <strong>detected you will be emailed details<\/strong> on the issue including the file that the issue was detected in so you can address it. \u00a0You also have an overview available at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.knownhost.com\">my.knownhost.com<\/a><\/strong> on the \u201cmanage\u201d page for a service which will give you information <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">on vulnerabilities, malware, and software versions. \u00a0<strong>Additional detail and patching capability is available if you purchase Patchman<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How to Get Patchman?<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Patchman is available for Shared Hosting (SH-*) packages for $2\/mo and Reseller Hosting (RS-*) packages for $5\/mo.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> \u00a0For <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/reseller-hosting\">resellers<\/a><\/strong> Patchman will cover all of your accounts. \u00a0For reseller accounts we will only email you, not your customers\/resold accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">If you are interested in adding Patchman to your account you can do so via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.knownhost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my.knownhost.com<\/a><\/strong> or you can <a href=\"mailto:sales@knownhost.com?subject=Interest%20in%20Patchman\">contact us<\/a> via a support ticket or query on the website.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated December 19, 2018 We are happy to announce that Patchman is now available for all shared\/reseller hosting packages at KnownHost! 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