Best Wordpress Hostings

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by wholenewmind, Oct 19, 2009.

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    There are so many questions about Wordpress Hosting. Let me try to address them in one single post so hope get sticky on the top.

    I have about 100 sites on 11 hosting account, actually 12 by today. Canceled a few bad ones. Mainly wordpress sites so my reviews are good for people with tons of sites.

    My screening criteria:

    1-800 support number

    * Live chat is nice and convenient but 1-800 number is essential
    * When you have to stay on the phone with support for hours, you appreciate the benefit of Toll-Free
    * 1-800 number gives your peace of mind

    Linux / Apache

    There isn’t anything better to host Wordpress than Apache web server on Linux platform

    * Best performance
    * Don’t even think of Windows / IIS because I have tried that and learned a big lesson (I am a Microsoft infrastructure consultant for 10+ years and still can’t get IIS web server to work well with PHP).

    PHP

    * PHP 5 support is a must, nice to have the option to roll back to PHP 4 for legacy application support

    Unlimited Add-On Domains/Sites

    This review is for people who has 10+ Wordpress domains / sites so we look for:

    * Allow unlimited Add-on Domains/Sites
    * At least 20 Add-on Domains/Sites
    * Not Sub-domain, not Parked Domain, you need Add-On Domain

    MySQL

    * Unlimited MySQL is the best but Wordpress sites can share single database easily
    * MySQL 5 or 4

    cPanel

    * cPanel is the standard
    * Do you want to learn another control panel?

    Money Back Guarantee

    * Specific Wordpress plug-in may require special configuration of the hosting environment
    * You need something to fall back on
    * I have tested a few cancellations, no problem at all

    Fantastic / Script (1-Click Wordpress Installation)

    * Optional
    * Great for people lack of technical skills

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    I am looking for more qualified hostings so if you have any of them meet my standard, please post it here and let us know.

    So far, I have bluehost, dreamhost, hostgator, justhost and other hostings at wordpresshostings dot com.

    Let me know.

    Thanks.
     
    wholenewmind, Oct 19, 2009 IP
  2. iloveunicorns

    iloveunicorns Peon

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    i dont agree with the 1800 number that is pointless

    because live chat is easier plus you can understand them clearly to in text.
     
    iloveunicorns, Oct 19, 2009 IP
  3. akel

    akel Guest

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    Fatcow and Hostgator is best for Wordpress Hosting
     
    akel, Oct 20, 2009 IP
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    micksss Notable Member

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    From your list, HostGator is your best option. If you can't afford them then bluehost or justhost.
     
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  5. neopoint

    neopoint Peon

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    Hmm...
    after i see this thread i open hostgator website and i see that on hatchling package there is few facilities disabled, and actually i dont understand what it means (coz im newbie on this things), maybe any of you can explain what this word means and what advantages if we get this facilities:

    Your Own Toll-Free Number
    Free Dedicated IP
    Free Private SSL
    Addon / Parked Domains
    Anonymous FTP
    Chilisoft ASP
    Private SSL Allowed

    then i also see there written "Google Adwords $50 Credit", what is it mean?

    and how coupon works for us? isnt it like a discount? but why when i opened one of site that offered coupon i see they price more expensive than hostgator regular price (hostgator 4.95 - 7.95 - 12.95 ; other site 5.95 - 8.95 - 13.95)

    sorry if im wrong and bother any of you, no offense meaning, just want to learn much and clearly from this forum..

    ups almost forgot, what do you think about free web hosting? is there any suggestion for best free hosting?

    i would appreciate any explanation from any of you guys..... big thanks..... =)


    Regards,


    ^_^
     
    neopoint, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  6. nileshnirale

    nileshnirale Active Member

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    at present i am hosting my site at surf7 hosting. the service is so bad that site gets hacked every 2 hours and surf7 is unable to trace from where the site is getting hacked. i am also looking for good wordpress hosting provider where sites wont get hacked. has anyone faced same problem with surf7
     
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  7. sakto

    sakto Active Member

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    I agree on this one as I usually prefer Host that offers chat support. You can also save the transcript of your chat for later reference.

    Hostgators and other popular hosting companies do well with wordpress installation but recently I've just found out www.esited.com offers better. This is so because I want to install a wordpress MU/Buddypress combo without having to buy the expensive dedicated or virtual servers. Their shared hosting service did just well with the installation and I find them relatively faster not to mention affordable.
     
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  8. Markwebuk

    Markwebuk Well-Known Member

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    Wordpress is a very popular blogging software and to run wordpress following applications should be installed on the Wordpress server :

    #PHP 4.3 or greater
    # MySQL 4.0 or greater
    # The mod_rewrite Apache module

    These are very basic applications which is available with nearly all the hosting providers.

    I'd strictly suggest you to ignore the UNLIMITED space and bandwidth offer b'coz bandwidth is a commodity that someone needs to pay for eventually. The term unlimited is only a marketing strategy go through the TOS of companies offering unlimited space or bandwidth and you will find some restrictions after all nothing in the world is unlimited.
     
    Markwebuk, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  9. ~ServerPoint~

    ~ServerPoint~ Banned

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    I believe any PHP/Mysql host will be fine
    Most of them even have 2click installers for that web application
     
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  10. wholenewmind

    wholenewmind Peon

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    Your Own Toll-Free Number
    Free Dedicated IP
    Free Private SSL
    Addon / Parked Domains
    Anonymous FTP
    Chilisoft ASP
    Private SSL Allowed

    Those are not must-have features to run a website. Ignore them for now.

    However, if you have more than one site then addon domains you need. Hatching plan is the basic so you need choose a plan suits your need.

    Google adwords is a coupon you can apply to your Google Adwords account if you decide to run search ads on Google. that will place your ads on the top or right side of any search result.

    Free Web hosting? eh. It depends on what you want to do with your site. If you are planning to make money on that, then you must be more serious at hosting, at least there is support you can rely on, right?

    Hope that helps.
     
    wholenewmind, Oct 23, 2009 IP
  11. DelhiCarWash

    DelhiCarWash Well-Known Member

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    From my 3 years experience with them, HostGator is the best Wordpress webhost ever. Very Fast with Wordpress. I haven't faced any problem with their host till now
     
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    Hmmm, most of the people posting here seem to not know what makes hosting faster. I would say the 1-800 number isn't very important. But mostly, litespeed webserver makes it fast. It is 600% faster than Apache. Also a good server makes it fast, many hostgator servers can be slow because of the high traffic and amount of people on one server. Also, many host offer something called fantastico. Fantastico allows you to press 1 button to install wordpress. If you have any question or need some more help email me at or drop me a pm.
     
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    anest.baik Peon

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    agree with this ... better live chat support ... especially with non - US customer like me ...

    my opinion -> use hostgator ..
     
    anest.baik, Oct 24, 2009 IP
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    Oranges Active Member

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    Dreamhost doesnt support all in one seo plugin for wordpress, as they beleive its a black hat practice (wonder why?), Thats really horrible.
     
    Oranges, Oct 24, 2009 IP
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    We have many wordpress clients and we also support on wordpress related issue plugins themes customization upgrade
     
    airstair, Oct 27, 2009 IP
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    vikg Peon

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    I would say Hostgator or Doreo Hosting [the latter has severe limits on add on domains though].

    _______________
    Emotionally Speaking
    JNU Holi
     
    vikg, Nov 15, 2009 IP
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    mentos Prominent Member

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    I now hosted at wpwebhost and they specialize in wp hosting.
    Sometimes when my blog got some problem,they will help me fix it for free.
     
    mentos, Nov 16, 2009 IP
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    chandan123 Prominent Member

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    whats that hosting specifications ? bandwidth , disk space , price?
     
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    I am using Dreamhost. I find them good but I am disappointed that it does not support All-In-One Seo Plugin.
     
    afmark, Nov 16, 2009 IP