Choosing the right hosting for your WordPress website is very important. The speed and security of your website depend on your hosting. But how do you know which company is the best WordPress hosting?
When it comes to choosing the best host for a website, in addition to bandwidth and ample space, you should consider issues such as security, reliability, lack of firmness in the server, support for the number of domains and subdomains depending on the user and the lack of Common problems in sending and receiving emails.
3 important factors in choosing the right hosting
Speed: Also known as “load time”
Availability (uptime): at least. 99.94
Support: They should be able to help and answer any questions or problems you may have.
What is the best WordPress hosting?
- Bluehost
Bluehost is a popular hosting service for small business owners and bloggers. Therefore, Bluehost is a reputable company for people who want to create their website using WordPress.
- Load time: 689 ms
- Uptime: 99.99%
- Support: 9/10
- Website: Bluehost.com
They host more than 2 million websites.
The latest 12-month average update is 99.99% and the upload time is 689ms. They are certainly one of the strongest hosts.
BlueHost has a 24/7 support service for any questions you may have. Prices start at $ 2.75 per month, but they do have a free domain name.
Pros: High speed and loading time, free site transfer, free domain.
cons: There is no option for monthly payment.
- HostGator
- load time:96%
- up time: 462 MB
- Support: 9/10
- Website: HostGator.com
HostGator was founded in 2003 by Brent Oxley and later sold to the international group EIG. According to the official website, they have more than 10 million domains, making them one of the most popular web hosting providers in the world. (Next to GoDaddy).
Last time, their average 10-month loading speed was 462ms and the update time was 99.96%. This means that they have reliable hosting and only 1 hour of downtime per year. In addition, they were the third fastest web host.
Pros: Good load time, reliable, one-click installation for WordPress, 1-time free site transfer
cons: Renewal costs are higher
- SiteGround
The company has been operating since 2004. SightGround has grown into a vast network of over 800,000 domain names worldwide. Most of their employees live in Bulgaria, but their servers are located all over the world.
- Load time: 649 ms
- Uptime: 99.98%
- Support: 10/10
- Website: SiteGround.com
In the example below, the “Start-Up Plan” (cheapest) is used to monitor Apache and average loading speed. In terms of uptime, it saves 99.98% and load time is 649ms.
In addition, SiteGround is a free service provider for existing websites and they are officially recommended by WordPress.
Pros: Good uptime, stable speed, best WordPress support, free site transfer, officially recommended by WordPress, have free SSL.
- InMotion Hosting
InMotion was founded in 2001 and hosts more than 300,000 domains. They present themselves as the “best web hosting for businesses . But first, let’s look at InMotion hosting.
- Load time: 982 ms
- Uptime: 99.91%
- Support: 9/10
- Website: InMotionHosting.com
InMotion delivered 99.91% uptime in the last quarter. Very strong and consistent.
Keep in mind that the average speed in the hosting industry is around 890ms and InMotion Hosting has an average page load time of just under 982 ms. it is still good enough.
One of the problems with InMotion hosting is that there is no instant account access. This means that if you are an international customer, for example outside of North America, you may have a slight delay in validating your new account.
- Customer Support: Reliable, fast, good customer support
- cons: Immediate activation for people outside the US
- A2 Hosting
Hosted by A2 (founded in 2001), but only recently have they become more popular. They claim to be 20 times faster than their competitors. However, they manage to load faster than SiteGround or HostGator.
- Load time: 1.28 s
- Uptime: 99.90%
- Support: 9/10
- Website: a2hosting.com
is basically an instant page load and makes people happy because they do not have to wait for the pages to load. A2 hosting has storage that stores (caches) data in the user’s browser.
Unfortunately, the uptime has dropped to an average of 99.90% (currently 2 hours of downtime in 3 months). A2 provides 24/7 customer support via live chat, email, phone, and sales systems.
Pros: Fastest WordPress hosting, optimized WordPress servers
cons: Poor uptime (only 99.90%)
- iPage Company
iPage was founded in 1998 and has hosted more than one million websites since then. They belong to EIG. IPage hosting is a cheap hosting provider.
- Load time: 2.60 s
- Uptime: 99.98%
- Support: 8/10
- Website: iPage.com
Over a period of 3 months, they had 99.98% uptime.
The average load time is Not bad, but much lower than average competition.
iPage is probably not the best option for hosting WordPress. Although customer support and prices are great.
Pros: The best cheap hosting for WordPress
Disadvantages: Customer support is not very reasonable, inadequate online credibility.
- GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks, founded in 2006 by Terry Gardner, now has more than 300,000 websites during its 9 years of operation. They are the only green hosts on this list. They claim 99.9% credibility on their website.
- Load time: 697 ms
- Uptime: 99.92%
- Support: 9/10
- Website: GreenGeeks.com
When we tested our GreenGeeks, they had 99.92% uptime so 0.02% higher than they said is not bad. This means that they only have 3 hours of downtime (not as good as SiteGround or HostGator).
GreenGeeks has 24/7/365 support via live chat, phone, or email support. Some of their other features are free data transfer and free domain offers.
GreenGeeks offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. Although GreenGeeks has great updates, their speed is slow. I suggest you take a look at some of the better hosting options under consideration (such as # 1 and # 2 above) .
Pros: Strong upgrade, green web hosting provider, free site transfer
cons: Load time for WordPress website should be better
- Site5 Hosting
Site5, founded in 1999 by Matt Lightner (and later sold to EIG), promises to be the best web hosting for web designers.
- up time: 99.97 ٪
- Load time: 743ms
- Support: 8/10
- Website: Site5.com
After testing them for 3 months, Site5 load time was less than 743 milliseconds.
They can get good support via live chat, email, and phone support if you have questions and a 90-day money-back guarantee if you want to try them out.
Their initial price is $ 6.95 per month.
Pros: Very flexible
cons: Price and value are not correct
- Dreamhost
The next WordPress hosting site we looked at was DreamHost, which has another huge network of over 1.5 million sites (it has been in use since 1996).
- Load time: 445 ms
- Uptime: 99.90%
- Support: 7/10
- Website: Dreamhost.com
Their average page load time is Not very good.
Since they have received a DDOS attack, its speed is clearly very low. One of the big disadvantages of DreamHost is its price. Their lowest price Prices starting from $2.59 per month
Pros: Reliable, fast, good customer support
cons: The recent DDOS attack is expensive
10. Arvixe
Arvixe was first founded in 2003 and later acquired by EIG.
- up time:60%
- Load time: 5702 milliseconds (!)
- Support: 5/10
- Website: Arvixe.com
Arvixe offers unlimited bandwidth and a free domain for its credit.
Pros: 99.99% uptime (strong)
cons: Very low loading time, high cost, no customer support
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