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What hosting service do you use?

Posted by Shuttercraft • 8/23/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: wordpress

I am looking for a good hosting service to host a Wordpress blog. I want to move to a self hosted from the wordpress.com hosted due to how unstable the server seems lately. I would just host it myself with the mac pro I use as a server, I just can't do this wile walking across America. I need a good dependable server that works well with the Wordpress.org engine.

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8/23/09

husdal

I'm with bluehost.com.

There's a list of 'suggested' hosts at
wordpress.org/hosting/
Mind you, the list of hosts are affiliate links.

There are many others, and whichever you chose, unless you enjoy fiddling with files and directories, chose a host that offers Auto WordPress install.

Finally, don't forget, ALL servers can experience downtime.

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8/23/09

greencurmudgeon

Shutter -

It's a bit expensive, but I use:

www.1and1.co.uk

It's the only hosting company I've used that takes up Wordpress and most major extensions, without any hiccups.

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8/23/09

jijosunny

Justhost.com - The most from low cost

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1. 8/23/09
  
  husdal
  
  While their US pricing structure is a bargain, their Europe pricing structure is not. 3.95 dollars/month = 3.95 euros/month??? That's a 30% overcharge.
  
  OK, currency rates fluctuate, but a 1:1 dollar/euro rate is ridiculous. It has never ever been anywhere near that.
8/23/09

cevarz

I'm at webhostingpad.com paid for 3years only 1,99 US$/month, unlimited sites, bandwidth and disk

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1. 8/23/09
  
  Rainhat
  
  How do you like it so far? I've heard very bad things about them...
  
  I'm using Binero, a Swedish webhost. So far, I have no complaints at all. It's super-easy to use, reliable, and has all the features I could ever think of needing.
2. 8/23/09
  
  PetLvr
  
  $1.99/mo for unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space? Sounds good, although I have also heard unreliable things about webhostingpad.
  
  I used to have Globat.com and would trust their claim with the same thing, although its for $4.44 per month. I also dealt with a few other hosting servers and even a "green" host provider that does offer a partnership discount on the annual fee...
  
  However, currently, I use singlehop as my dedicated server and cannot vouch for anything other than this at the current moment, as host providers can get better and some can get worse or more popular, and less technical support. There's always something..
  
  Bottom line, with all my own sites .. unlimited bandwidth has never been an issue for me - what has always brought my sites down to a standstill is the CPU resources. For shared accounts, they usually limit you to 10% of the shared resource. For these cheap hosting plans, if you happen to end up on a shared server with more than 10 sites that are using up this 10% CPU resource usage, you will feel the pain because when that happens, the server usually just reboots at will.
3. 8/24/09
  
  jijosunny
  
  I have tried webhostingpad, It is giving a quota webspace and Bandwidth which they will increase only if we contact them.
  
  Another problem is that the server will be down sometimes for even 30 minutes.
8/23/09

Rozie818

siteground.com

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8/23/09

eatfoodrecipe

1and1? no way! bad service.. trust me. ^^

fantastiko! wordpress installation? go with hostgator..

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8/23/09

lagrouch

HostGator - $7.95/mo - unlimited everything, and dependable. I have 2 sites there (1 year)

Byethost - Free - No forced ads, great up time. (1 site 2+ years)

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1. 8/23/09
  
  Shuttercraft
  
  Byethost is free but I have herd some bad things about them. What is you experience?
8/23/09

oktubre

HostGator.. so far it's all good.. hth.

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1. 8/23/09
  
  Shuttercraft
  
  I have used then before and they where very bad. I had problems with my site crashing and the customer service was based in India... They say they are a 100% American Company.
2. 8/23/09
  
  oktubre
  
  seriously? oh boy. well i hope they've done something about that experience you had with them. so far so good for me, a friend of mine who happens to be a webdesigner recommended HostGator that's why I availed my hosting service there in the first place..
8/23/09

CreativeJunkie

I use lunarpages. They haven't been perfect, but they've been pretty darn good. And you can't beat the price.

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8/23/09

Shuttercraft

Thank you for all your input BC community!

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8/24/09

nonix

what about godaddy.is it expensive? thanks

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