{"id":21183,"date":"2015-12-05T01:08:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T01:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.wpgeodirectory.com\/?p=21183"},"modified":"2018-12-17T17:29:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:29:42","slug":"server-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/server-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Server requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this page:<\/h4>\n

Introduction<\/a> Managed WordPress Hosting<\/a> Suggested Hosts<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Introduction<\/h4>\n

WordPress in general requires more than shared hosting for anything bigger than a tiny blog or a static website.<\/p>\n

GeoDirectory will not perform very well on shared hosting servers, even if only a few other plugins are installed.<\/p>\n

The optimal server solution will\u00a0depend on several factors,\u00a0such as:<\/p>\n

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  1. Theme used (there are some themes that are so resource heavy that even without extra plugins they will choke on shared servers)<\/li>\n
  2. Number of plugins<\/li>\n
  3. Number of listings<\/li>\n
  4. Amount of visitors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We normally suggest to start at least with a decent VPS (virtual private server), with 2GB of RAM.<\/p>\n

    The best performances for a GD site are to be expected on dedicated servers with 8GB of RAM or more.<\/p>\n

    <\/a>Managed WordPress Hosting<\/h4>\n

    All managed WordPress hosting uses caching systems that are not compatible with GD’s geolocation features.
    \nManaged WordPress hosting is good only for blogs or static websites. <\/p>\n

    The only caching system that works with GD is GD Booster<\/a>\u00a0or WP Super Cache<\/a>, and all other caching needs to be disabled<\/a>. (this will no longer be valid starting from V2 of GeoDirectory that will be compatible with all caching systems)<\/p>\n

    <\/a>Suggested Hosts<\/h4>\n

    We\u00a0have our demos<\/a> installed on Spectrum Technologies Group LLC<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    GeoDirectory will not perform well on shared hosting servers, this article explains the basics of finding a compatible host for your GD site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1676,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}