WordPress Hosting

What to look for when choosing a WordPress host

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1. What to look for in a

   WordPress Host
   

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2. WordPress Requirements
   • Apache or Nginx
   • PHP 5.2.4 5.6
   • MySQL 5.6 or Maria DB10.0
   

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3. Host Types
   • Shared
   • VPS
   • Dedicated
   • WordPress-specific
   

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4. Terminology
   • # Websites
   • # Domains
   • Visits
   • Bandwidth, Transfer
   • Storage, Space
   • Memory, RAM
   • CPU
   • FTP
   • SFTP
   • SSH
   • SSL
   

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5. Common Gotchas
   • Unlimited
   • storage
   • bandwidth
   • SSH & SFTP
   • First-term pricing
   

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6. Comparing hosts: shared
   GoDaddy Bluehost Siteground MediaTemple
   websites 1, ∞, ∞ 1, 10,∞ 1, >1, >1 10, 50, 50
   storage (GB) 100, ∞, ∞ 50, 150,∞ 10, 20, 30 20, 100, 100
   bandwidth ∞ ∞ ∞ 1, 5, 5 TB
   visits (per month) 10, 25, 100 (k/mth)
   cpu # * 2000 GPU
   backup extra $ included included included
   email 100, 500, 1000 5, 100, ∞ ∞ 1, 5, 5 Gapps
   $/month 10.99, 13.99, 21.99 7.99, 10.99, 23.99 9.95, 14.95, 29.95 30, 150, 350
   

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7. Comparing hosts: VPS
   GoDaddy Bluehost DigitalOcean Linode
   RAM (GB) 1-8 2-8 0.512-8 1-8
   storage (GB) 40-240 30-240 20-80 24-192
   bandwidth (TB) ∞ 1-4 1-5 2-8
   visits (per month)
   cpu (cores) 2-4 1-4 1-6
   backup included extra included
   email 5k SMTP relays
   $/month 43.99-203.99 29.99-119.99 5-80 10-80
   

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8. Comparing hosts: WP-specific
   GoDaddy Bluehost WP Engine Pressable
   websites 1-5 5-30 1-25 5-20
   RAM (GB) 2-8
   storage (GB) 10-50 30-240 10-30
   bandwidth ∞
   visits (per month) 25-800k 100m-∞ 25-400k 60-400k
   SFTP/CDN/security y/y/y y/y/y y/y/? y/y/y
   backup included included included included
   $/month 10.99-36.99 24.99-169.99 29-249 20.83-75
   

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9. Kristen’s Essentials
   • SFTP
   • PHP 5.6 or higher
   

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10. Nice to haves
    • Backups
    • SSH
    • WP-CLI
    • Logs
    • Cron control
    

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11. Image Credits
    • grover_net
    • Falzingo Photos
    • Tom Simpson
    • Lisa Brown

    • theaucitron
    • Christian Labarca
    • Hungry Squirrels
    (with permission or Creative Commons)
    

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