Top 3 WordPress Hosting
We all know that WordPress is hands down the very best blogging platform… #2 isn’t even close.
But who’s the Best WordPress Host?
That’s not so clear. Lots of sites claim to be the best WordPress for hosting but who is really the best? We compared the top 3, see if we can find a clear winner.
Let’s focus on features, reputation, dependability, customer service and price.
DreamHost
DreamHost: Top 3 WordPress Hosting Companies
DreamHost has been around for over 14 years, impressive!
Let’s see what they offer in their share hosting package.
- Unlimited Storage
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- Unlimited Domain Hosting
- Unlimited Email Accounts
For $8.95 per month, I call that impressive. I haven’t even mentioned the one-click WordPress installation. You’ll automatically install and configure your new WordPress blog in minutes.
24/7 human technical support is phenominal, and DreamHost includes it for free… pretty sweet!
You even get 50GB of free backup space… you’ll be able to store your website in the “cloud”. How much would you be willing to pay just for that option? You got to love that it’s included for Free.
DreamHost also has a phenomenal uptime reputation. Your WordPress site will have Enterprise-Level Reliability.
$8.95 for all of this, and a 97 day money-back guarantee is a deal in any one’s book!
For full details read our Dreamhost Review.
Bluehost
bluehost: Top 3 WordPress Hosting Companies
Now bluehost has been around for about 15 years… just one uping DreamHost. Longevity is important, and if you are shopping for a shared hosting plan, keep an eye out for this.
As for services, Bluehost is pretty similar to DreamHost. You get:
- Unlimited Domain Hosting
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- Unlimited Storage
- Unlimited Emails
Plus
- Free Domain Name
- Free $75 Google AdWords Credit
All for $5.95 per month, with the one-click WordPress installation, 24/7 technical support & anytime money back guarantee… bluehost gives you a lot.
Let’s take a look at what the 3rd king of WordPress hosting has to offer.
For full details check out our Bluehost Review.
HostGator
HostGatort: Top 3 WordPress Hosting Companies
HostGator has been offering hosting services for almost 10 years.
Again we see similarities.
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- Unlimited Storage
- Unlimited Domain Hosting
- Unlimited Emails
They also have the one-click WordPress install, 24/7 technical support, 45 day money back guarantee, plus $100 in Free Google AdWords Credit… for $3.96 per month because of a 20% discount promotion that HostGator is currently running.
Oh… and if you upgrade to their business plan, you’ll get your own private ip address and a free toll-free number that you can point to any existing number that you already have.
The business plan is currently $10.36 per month, because of the same 20% discount.
For full details make sure to check out our Hostgator review.
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Written by Nick Reese
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quick question. how does the 50GB backup space on Dreamhost differ from the “unlimited storage” that all the site offer?
Good question… It’s a personal backup, for stuff that’s not related to your website.
Think of it as a cloud storage drive…. just like a box.net account. Here is some more information from DreamHost http://goo.gl/yrosk
Hey Wilson your site doesn’t load for me… got issues, or is it my ISP?
To clarify what you said, ALL “unlimited” hosting packages are NOT unlimited. Try hitting 40GB on any of them, and see how fast they’ll warn and then close your account. The 40GB is a magic number, because it is usually the size at which backup jobs start failing.
The trick with “unlimited” is, as you said, the data stored has to be website content, everything else – including your email – is considered “data warehousing”, or a similar term, and is therefore a violation of the TOS.
The “unlimited” packages not allowing data warehousing, together with a TOS that allows a host to close down you account based on their own courtesy, make a red light go on each time I see such an offer.
I’m looking for a quality WP host that offers 24/7 live, human support. I’ve tried DreamHost, but the best they can do is a call-back plan, for which they charge extra. That can leave you in the middle of a problem for a long time. I’ve also tried GoDaddy, which is not on your list, and while there’s some hold time, you can actually speak to someone at any time, and often they will stay on the line with you while you fix the problem (if the fix is fairly short). But, since GoDaddy isn’t on your list, I wonder if there’s a problem there?
What companies would you recommend as a quality WP host with 24/7 live human support?
Hostgator has been my personal choice for a web hosting company for a few years now. From time to time I’ve had to call tech support… I’ve always spoken to a live person, with wait times being minimal. I’m pretty sure that customer service and tech support is housed in Texas.
I’ve used GoDaddy years ago… and had issues with tech support. I haven’t used them since.
Hey,
Surpass Hosting, a subsidiary of HostDime, would be my suggestion. They got real technicians in the live chat 24/7, and 3 out of 4 times they were able to fix issues while I chatted with them. Also nice is, their support center is located within the server farm in Orlando, so they can actually walk to your server, if they have to. I started using them in 2004 as a reseller, since then we have moved to our own dedicated server located in their data center as well.
I agree about hostgator
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