How to choose the best hosting for your WordPress website?

Quoting WordPress.org, “Just like flowers need the right environment to grow, WordPress works best when it’s in a rich hosting environment.”

Web hosting is an essential part of every successful website. Choosing the right WordPress hosting for your needs can drastically improve your SEO and increase sales. We took the time to research and read reviews on different hosting providers. Here is the list of the most popular web hosting platforms and their reviews.

Bluehost

This is one of the oldest web hosts, that became the largest brand name when it comes to WordPress hosting. Bluehost offers the ultimate WordPress platform and tools along with 1-click installation, a free domain name, FTP, free SSL, and more.

This hosting platform doesn’t offer a monthly package, the minimum commitment is one year. The maximum response time varies a lot, as expected from a shared hosting environment. Sometimes it takes up to 5 seconds, so you should consider that. For comparison, SiteGround maximum response time (tested in different countries) is 2.2 seconds. BlueHost is generally ranked 3.5 / 5 by users.

SiteGround

Probably, no list of best WordPress hosting could be complete without this provider playing an important role. And for good reason. Their hosting platform is powerful when it comes to WordPress optimized servers, plus they offer managed WordPress hosting at a very low price. You can’t find a cheaper managed host of the same quality anywhere else.

SiteGround offers unmatched support – via phone, tickets, social media, or chat. Support agents are knowledgeable not only about WordPress and hosting, but they can also help you with many other issues that might not be solely related to hosting.

Its average rating is 4.6 / 5.

WPEngine

The sign-up process is very simple because you don’t have to do any WordPress installing on your own, the WP Engine team takes care of that for you. The cheapest plan, “Personal”, allows your website to handle up to 25,000 visits per month, which should be enough as a starting point.

WPEngine has a wonderful response time averaging 150ms (0.15s). You can’t ask for anything more from a WordPress host. The subscription starts from $22.50 per month.

It is rated 4.7 / 5 by users.

DreamHost

Plans start from $2.59 per month. At DreamHost, you get a custom dashboard and incredibly fast WordPress installation. The interface is extremely easy to navigate. Customer support is easily reachable via chat and can help you to clear issues up quickly. Maximum response time (tested in a few locations across the world) is 1.68s which is a pretty good result.

DreamHost powers more than 600,000 WordPress blogs and is rated 4.4 / 5 by users.

Of course, there also are some free WordPress hosting options, but we wouldn’t advise you to use their services. As the old rule says, “if you’re not paying for the product you’re using, then you’re the product.”

Choose wisely 😀

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