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Thoughts on WordPress hosting
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Comparing Red Delicious to Granny Smith

How do you like these apples?

Assumptions:

  • shared hosting
  • ftp and cPanel access (+phpMyAdmin)
  • wordpress optimized, all or most themes supported

Start with Performance

Speed: more than a movie with Sandra Bullock

Because fast.

Top 7 WordPress Hosts Compared

Load test sliding linearly up to 50 concurrent users. Their picks, based purely on performance:

Each of the above hosts averaged similarly for page load times, ~700ms. That's really decent performance.

Additional Considerations

Shell Access

Not this kind of shell

All of them support this

Version Control

Because knowing is half the battle

All of the hosts support git, svn or both.

Security

Keeping up with the Internet Joneses

SiteGround autoupdates core and plugin versions, so you don't have to worry about this. They are the only host surveyed that offer this service.

Theme Support

A picture is worth

  • SiteGround: Free and paid themes, custom theme support
  • Site5: no limitations
  • Dreamhost: no limitations

Support

Which way do I go, George?

  • SiteGround: fanatical. 24x7 phone, chat, and tickets
  • Site5: phone during Eastern TZ business hours, chat, email
  • Dreamhost: email only

Cost

Money talks

Overall Recommendation:

And the winner is

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