Site Administration
I monitor all my accounts via MainWP and the Better Uptime platform.
Simple & Easy to Use * Lightning Fast Speed * Always-on Security
A 30-day money-back guarantee and $1 special intro pricing for all plans, with no hidden upsells. Unlike many hosting companies they never do price hikes on renewals. They offer FREE migrations so you can easily test your site before moving over?
Two months free with yearly billing!
Powerful WordPress hosting for a competitive edge.
Flexible cloud hosting with simple, 1-click settings (no command line, no cPanel, no wasted time).
Get access to ALL FIVE of these world-class providers without having to write a single line of code. DigitalOcean, VULTR, Linode, Google Cloud or AWS. Cloudways maintains propritory control of the servers created via the Cloudways interface.
Gridpane provides a control panel that lets you interface with the best Cloud service providers. You can pick companies like DigitalOcean, VULTR, Linode, or AWS Lightsail that provide Ubuntu KVM based VPS servers. You control the resources you need in any data center you choose. The managed servers belong to you and can be accessed via the cloud providers interface. You will need to have an account with each Cloud service linked to Gridpane via their API interface.
Gridpane is my goto hosting provider. Their service is WordPress focused and the servers they build are optimized WordPress performance and security. And their support is awesome. They also have an extensive knowledge base of technical information.
One-click WP installs, managed updates, WP-Cli, WordPress staging and git integration. Support is good.
NGINX-based caching, SSD-drives, PHP 7, CDN, HTTP/2 available.
Choose GoGeek plan at SiteGround and you get WordPress-specific features, free SSL, priority support,
WordPress hosting for small businesses
Fully managed WordPress hosting with speed, security, and support
Bluehost.com and all EIG hosting -- Not recommended
Bluehost shows up on google searches for best WordPress hosting sites.
Don't be fooled...they pay for that rating.
The company is one of many web companies owned by NewFold.com (formerly EIG Hosting Brands), who now control 80+ hosting companies. The performance and support not up to my standards. And the WordPress Install tool is to be avoided, it's very flaky and results can be erratic. ( Review Hell - EIG Hosting )
Bluehost provides inexpensive hosting – if you decide to go with Bluehost, at least pick the Pro account. They do provide Dedicated IP & free SSL for Wordpress site on the Pro account.
I have used Bluehost and experienced real problems with their service, including a higher amount of downtime this year.