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Introduction Managed WordPress Hosting Suggested Hosts
Introduction
WordPress in general requires more than shared hosting for anything bigger than a tiny blog or a static website.
GeoDirectory will not perform very well on shared hosting servers, even if only a few other plugins are installed.
The optimal server solution will depend on several factors, such as:
- Theme used (there are some themes that are so resource heavy that even without extra plugins they will choke on shared servers)
- Number of plugins
- Number of listings
- Amount of visitors
We normally suggest to start at least with a decent VPS (virtual private server), with 2GB of RAM.
The best performances for a GD site are to be expected on dedicated servers with 8GB of RAM or more.
Managed WordPress Hosting
All managed WordPress hosting uses caching systems that are not compatible with GD’s geolocation features.
Managed WordPress hosting is good only for blogs or static websites.
The only caching system that works with GD is GD Booster or WP Super Cache, and all other caching needs to be disabled. (this will no longer be valid starting from V2 of GeoDirectory that will be compatible with all caching systems)
Suggested Hosts
We have our demos installed on Spectrum Technologies Group LLC. Spectrum Technologies Group LLC is managed by one of our most faithful customers and we are satisfied with performances and we do highly recommend them.