WordPress Web Hosting

Below are the normal hosting companies you see promoted on Google, they pay great kick backs to the promoters of these companies and hey there’s nothing wrong with that!

Hostinger

SiteGround

iPage

BlueHost

GoDaddy

IONOS

HostGator

InMotion

DreamHost

A2 Hosting

So would you like to know more about WordPress hosting?
read on…

WordPress Hosting and shared hosting are very similar as you’ll be renting a portion of a server, which is shared with other domains or customers. However, think of it as a bespoke service for those who specifically want to use WordPress for their websites. Often, WordPress hosting comes in two forms, these are managed and unmanaged.

If not stated by a potential web host whether their WordPress hosting package is managed or unmanaged, assume every time it’s unmanaged. Unmanaged simply means that you’ll have control over your WordPress installations. You will be responsible for installing, uninstalling and updating your website, along with implementing security updates, maintenance and any optimisation you may want to do. This is not a negative, unmanaged hosting is very common and often customers like the control it offers.

Managed hosting has distinct differences between web hosts, so beware, but it generally means that the web host will maintain things for you. An example of this maybe, if your WordPress website needs updating, (which they always do) it will do this for you. You’ll sometimes have access to WordPress experts who can help you with any questions you may have.

Managed WordPress hosting is normally more expensive than unmanaged WordPress hosting, because of it’s bespoke service. So what are the pros and cons of managed vs unmanaged.

Unmanaged…

• is normally cheaper than managed
• offers more control
• comes with a control panel like cPanel
• means more time and effort spent on maintaining website
• isn’t ideal for complete beginners

Managed… 

• means less maintenance tasks to worry about
• more time to create your website
• WordPress experts on hand, (but the internet is full of people like that)
• means more expensive
• not given full-root access to your content (files)

Done to here….

Advantages of U.K. based WordPress Hosting

I often get asked if there’s much of a difference in website performance when choosing a data center for your web hosting. I can 100% say for sure that there is a difference, and there’s plenty of advantages to choosing U.K. WordPress hosting if this is where your website is based, or where most of your website visitors are based.

When you visit a website it can take a certain amount of seconds to load. The loading speed of a web page consists of multiple factors, one of these is your server’s location. If your web hosting is based in the U.K. and the majority of your WordPress website visitors are also based in the U.K., you’ll have the perfect recipe for offering better website performance.

You can use a CDN like CloudFlare to assist with website performance if your web host doesn’t offer a choice in data center. However, I would recommend that you find a WordPress web host that does offer multiple server locations, or at least one that suits your needs.

 Data centers offer stringent security

 Offers faster speeds for your website

 Provides a better user experience for your visitors

 U.K. based data centers meet EU General Data Protection Regulation

 Can improve SEO as loading times are a rating factor

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