funny story, and advice from pro please

I am not a sysadmin, but I think Im doing fine, thanks to eva and centmin

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today I was experiencing 504 errors on my server and was very angery as I thought Im under attack

I recovered a backup and it worked fine and the 504 again

then IREALISEDD that it is a wordpress plugin (chat) that their server is down and that afffected mine, problem solved when I DEACTIVATED the plaugin and now it will be deactivated for good

-during that down time, I said to myself; I shall move to a managed hosting, etc....

and I realized that the solid centmin was not the cause at all, love you centmin


My questions to the pro:

-I was using Cpanel with GoDaddy in the past, and thanks god I was never hacked, now with centmin with my current level of sysadmin (entry level) shall I go on with VPS and keep the pro have a look on the server every now and then?

-someone told me, as long as u keep the server update, no problem,

moreover, I use google firewall plus CSF; I even block access to SSH and FTP unless I need them.

I don't use CloudFlare as its free plan, in my opinion, makes u loose the optimization u do on the server

best.