Web Hosting & Features Overview

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  • December 2, 2014 at 8:19 pm #23323

    thebirdiemachine
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    Hi everyone,

    I am looking for a new web hosting provider. I have searched the forum and found things here and there.

    I was wondering if maybe it would be helpful if there was a pinned post about web hosting that would have things like:

    1. Hosting Companies to avoid
    2. Hosting Companies that are recommended.
    3. Required features/products (like sessions)
    4. Feature/products that cause problem (like w3 Cache)
    5. Preferred service type (VPS, dedicated etc)
    6. Specs to look for (like nginx better than apache, RAM recommendations etc)

    I really don’t know where to go right now, but I was looking at RackSpace Cloud service, Media Temple dv. Any and all suggestions are welcome. I am looking a provider that I can continue to upgrade with.

    Cheers
    Stacey

    December 3, 2014 at 4:31 pm #23407

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    1 point to add to the list would be to avoid managed wordpress plans, because they don’t handle sessions.

    The 1st question to answer when chosing a hosting provider is: where are my visitor coming from? If the majority are from Europe than chose a European provider. If they are from the US, than a US provider will be preferred.

    Thx

    December 12, 2014 at 8:01 pm #24203

    directory
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    I am using a managed WP hosting and so far my GD sites work good. The owner of the hosting company is very familiar with GD and even helps me troubleshoot if needed.

    Paolo is right. I had negative experience with other managed WP hosting but the one I have now works fine so far. The owner configured something on the server to make GD work and I don’t even need to use a caching plugin.

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