Best WordPress Shared Hosting Companies & How To Choose The Right Website Host For You

In this video, I'll show you how to choose a WordPress shared hosting company and the things to look out for. At the end, I will make some recommendations and explain why they are the best shared hosting services.
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[@keithhunt8]

Man, you are one of the best resources on KZbin. Thank you.👍

[@RoroCreation]

Thanks for the video, man! Great quality. Very informative. And you managed to make 25 mins feel like 5.

[@WPCrafter]

While thanks for sticking with me for the 25 minutes. I know this one had a lot of information, hopefully you didn't put you to sleep.

[@strongpurposewebhostingaus7346]

Thank you for sharing, I enjoy watching your videos

[@Astro-Alice]

hey thank you for being so informative. great job

[@WPCrafter]

Thanks for watching, I try!

[@diannaprince5809]

thank you it helps alot

[@mariodiaz7957]

Thanks for the info, Adam. A question: In the case of SiteGround, the GrowBig and GoGeek plans, for multiple websites, is like a reseller plan, for host clients?

[@subhasarkar8823]

Very informative !

[@kevinroberts3789]

Excellent advice, as usual.

[@WPCrafter]

Thanks Kevin, appreciate it. I wanted to give people the guidelines to make their own informed decision.

[@ericmoldero]

More advanced beaver builder / themer vids with cpt and custom fields and advanced responsiveness please! Keep up the great work! I watch and rewatch you daily!

[@WPCrafter]

Thanks for your request.

[@pezreloaded8436]

Your videos and reviews are always informative and trustworthy.

[@WPCrafter]

Thanks, that means a lot to me! I want people to know what to look for in a new host.

[@pezreloaded8436]

@@WPCrafter I'm looking forward to your video about managed hosting, as it will be one of the steps I will have to take down the road.

[@JohnWagner1]

Good presentation. Great advice

[@WPCrafter]

Thanks for watching John!

[@darkjedi7797]

Hey Adam, seeing this video is 2 years old and there's been some changes including litespeed, which one do you recommend to get today? Would you get siteground and adter the 3 year discount see whethwr to move to another hosting provider?

[@yvonmarier8233]

Great info. I've been using BlueHost and very happy with their service and live support.

[@WPCrafter]

Yes they used to be REALLY bad, but have been making a comeback.

[@raynagillman1928]

I just left them because their cust. svc was so bad. Now looking for another shared host.

[@marcoprofwebsitenl6484]

Still the king thank you adam You really helped me with your videos ciao from italie

[@WPCrafter]

Thank you. If you keep watching I'll keep recording.

[@raynagillman1928]

Thanks for these recommendations pro/con. Now I understand why Bluehost gives such horrible/non existent support. I just left them today and am shopping for a new provider. Will check out InMotion and A2, whose "support" people are not on the other side of the planet and speak incomprehensibly. Have subscribed to your channel and will stay with you. Now all I need is someone to walk me through picking a good WP theme (responsive, cstomizeable, translation-ready). I am happy to buy a theme but the choices - ARGH!

[@tylerbrady7148]

Thanks for the video. I have a cousin that has a big joomla website and is on HostGator. Thats who I have my wordpress sites on with a shared server. One of them is ecommerce. what are you thoughts on HostGator for Ecommerce sites?

[@jonathanblair2283]

What are your thoughts on FastComet shared hosting?

[@MasterArmedforces]

What do you think of Greengeeks? I watched a speed vid which showed they were very fast on page loads(3 seconds or so) over a 30 day period.

[@mamtasahu2592]

What do you say about fastcomet??

[@AnushaYadav]

Didn't you mention that siteground will not help with any malware attacks ? Do you recommend I then get outside help for that if that happens ? Which service host would you recommend has active malware protection support ?

[@jamess5542]

Will I be able to transfer my WordPress website from one provider to another at the end of the plan period? So for instance, if I host a WordPress website with DreamHost for 1 year and then want to transfer it to BlueHost or SiteGround, would that be possible?

[@anainmazatlan]

I’ve been using Siteground for about 3 years now and they have been awesome in every way! Especially for someone like me (a senior) I have found their support to be very patient and helpful. I also love their built in caching.

[@WPCrafter]

Yea they really do have the best support around. There is no denying that one!

[@dover962]

Agree!!!

[@PatrickMcCoyJr]

Didn’t they just have a massive hack? I remember seeing a large number of people on here who’s website got hacked just due to being on site ground

[@dover962]

but have to admit I'm not too happy to learn of the huge increase for the hosting renewal fee...thanks Adam for the heads up! I renew next May so have some time to figure out what I will do but cannot afford the renewal price at SiteGround. I currently have their GoGeek plan which I love but $35 a month does not work for my budget :(

[@akhilsingal]

Halo Adam............Really it was a great informative video. But i am still confused between siteground and A2 hosting. I am a just a beginner and want a web hosting platform. Please advice where should i go and also tell whether i should go with shared hosting or not ?

[@learn_techie]

Which inmotion plan you are using for your online course?

[@LockedownSEO]

Great video Adam. I would add to this, if you hear a "known" person in WordPress endorsing a hosting company, make sure that they actually have experience using it. Many people endorse hosting companies because they have a friend that works there.

[@WPCrafter]

That's so true and something that is happening a lot. I think I will bring that up in the video on managed WordPress hosting, and managed WooComemrce hosting ;-)

[@LockedownSEO]

Exxxxxxactly!

[@ozzychoukri3236]

Any recommendations for Amazon FBA private label? just to have a website for 1 to 10 products. but not for transactions. Thank you

[@jay-leandrouchiha3369]

I've heard about siteground but I love InMotion too much to leave. Great, concise and informative video!

[@WPCrafter]

Thanks Jay. InMotion is a great all-rounder. And there are no limits with it, where Siteground plans have caps on the amount of visitors you can have.

[@jay-leandrouchiha3369]

Fun story: I first watched your e-commerce tutorial and before even being able to start the site I immediately packed up and left hostgator because of the quality content you put out. Keep it up!

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

Thank you for sharing!

[@raynagillman1928]

Glad to hear this -- I am about to check out inMotion as I leave Bluehost.

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

Thank you for taking the time to explain everything! I have been looking for the best web hosting company and domain but too afraid to buy one!

[@WPCrafter]

Your welcome. I hope the explanation made it easy to make a choice for your needs.

[@GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author]

@@WPCrafter yes, you and one of your subscriber's comments did. I just need details on it as I have never heard of it.

[@GrantSpoon]

Trust is why we keep listening to you Adam. I wish i could agree on A2 hosting though. Several years ago had to ask for a refund it was so bad. I've never had issues with the few EIG owned hosts I've used, only changed because of their prices. I'm with namecheap right now and very happy. Hosting reviews are very difficult to trust in general and therefore hard to decide. Good information though.

[@WPCrafter]

Yea I am trying to be 1000% transparent here so people can make their own decisions and maybe shared hosting is not even the right type of hosting. Also I have the uptime monitor publically available (at a big expense to me). There was a period where A2Hosting had some DDoS attacks on their network earlier last year, was that when you were their customer?

[@GrantSpoon]

@@WPCrafter don't recall exact time. But over a year ago during the black Friday sales

[@GeorgeStar]

I just want a simple online photo portfolio/gallery with my own domain name without doing major programming. Any suggestions? Should I first set up a WP account then choose a host? What about Google Cloud Platform? I'm confused.

[@waynejohnson2894]

Thank you so much I will be leaving my this weekend. 1 & 1 Ionos is garbage on so many levels. I will be visiting your website. Great job!!!!

[@tammieprintz3975]

Did I miss the part where you were going to talk about EIG, and The whole slew of companies they own and continue to buy up - that are subpar as far as working with.. ? I thank you

[@kostasfilippopoulos8737]

Hello Adam, I want to thank you for your so useful content, I want also to ask you something: I have one of my sites in Cloudflare for the last half a year. When I got in, I was in the 2nd page for my main keyword. Later started a few problems here and there (520 error) that made my site invisible. The last 2 months the problems stopped after the help of CF support team but my website continues to be dissapeared for the main kwrds. Do you think that the hosting provider plays a role on these results?

[@WPCrafter]

While sorry to hear that there was some reason that Google couldn't see your website and you went down in rankings for a particular keyword. You should always make sure that. you have Google web console connected to your website so whenever Google sees an error they will notify you via email so that you could resolve it. However the only thing that your host would have to do with ranking for anything is a faster loading website tends to rank a little better.

[@kostasfilippopoulos8737]

Thank you very much for your extented answer, please keep going because your channel is so valuable for us!

[@sandipbhattacharya4647]

What about Namecheap and Google Cloud Console Adam?

[@linuxbakery4726]

hello, what about contabo ?

[@johanstam3602]

Siteground also has the free option to Cloudflare cdn. You need it when you sell products world wide. And their server cache beats every caching plugin in my opinion...

[@WPCrafter]

I think most Webhost have that one click Cloudflare integration. But yes server-side caching is always going to be better than a plug-in.

[@michaelhofby]

I would like to go to Siteground but i just don't like when you have to pay 1 year at a time.. I feel more comfortable with month to month when it comes to hosting.

[@johncarterofmars5372]

Hi, Adam- I have a few questions for you: 1. SiteGround lost their PCI Compliance in December 2019 (on month after I signed up, ugh), because they dropped cPanel for their own control panel I was told. How does not being PCI Compliant affect Ecommerce websites? Should I be looking for another webhost? 2. In the video you mention how using cPanel makes it easy to migrate to a new web host. Is this really true? If I decide to switch from SiteGround to another web host, won't I be able to just restore my backup to the new web host, as long as I'm developing in Gutenberg? 3. Can you recommend 1 or 3 good Facebook groups for web design? Thanks! I've really learned a lot from your videos!

[@WPCrafter]

You don't have to have a PCI compliant host for Ecommerce because the payment info is not stored on your site. It's passed straight to the payment processor. Yes cPanel is easy to transfer the entire cPanel account to another host.

[@RichardWadeUK]

With the SSL is that also applied to the multiple sites, without paying more? (eg on A2 hosting)

[@WPCrafter]

Free SSL for every site and subdomain, all included.

[@riazahamed3859]

hey can you themeforest webste creation in wordpress .

[@WPCrafter]

You mean make a marketplace like ThemeForest?

[@nj5195]

What about Fastcomet?

[@subhankardasfineart]

Hi Adam, what you think about Hostinger hosting company? I'm using their service for a few months. My experience with them is fantastic. Their support system is excellent. I want to know about your opinion about them.

[@WPCrafter]

They had a HUGE security breach a few months ago, everyone's information and passwords were hacked and leaked on the internet. Would never use them.

[@truthfinderbeta]

Hi Adam, what can you recommend to a newbie?

[@WPCrafter]

I keep all my recommendations updated on my website www.wpcrafter.com/hosting

[@nardog10]

Hey Adam, what video editing software you use to create your videos and thumbnail please?

[@WPCrafter]

Its a complex setup with some expensive equipment. I use a program named vMix, a $2200 camera, a $1k dedicated PC, and a bunch of other gear to pull it off. My older videos were just a $100 webcam and my normal computer, so I grew into this over time.

[@nardog10]

@@WPCrafter awesome man can you recommend any good video editing software ?

[@PROHadFX]

What does the number of visits per month mean? Is it like the cumulative total amount of visit that you get starting from Day 1 to Day 30 or is it like 10,000 users going on at the same time?

[@WPCrafter]

Monthly visitors. Not concurrent visitors.

[@squishywatchbee3010]

But how do you make a blogging website that is NOT shared hosting? Does anyone know of a good place to start for that?

[@maximilianhogan1436]

i like it

[@WPCrafter]

Good to hear.

[@mrcosta6963]

What about Hostgator "Wordpress Optimized" plan? It is important to have Cpanel access or not?

[@mrcosta6963]

What about NameCheap Cloud?

[@alexanderbjerkvik]

I just tried Inmotion Hosting, and I think I should warn that they DO NOT have a full refund policy! They will not refund you the price for the "FREE domain", which is pretty messed-up given that "free" is $0 last time I did math. Another thing is that customer service chat for refund was a nightmare, with me having to wait >1hr.

[@jaisonroy4379]

The price after renewal looks similar to square space for people who does bogging. Do you recommend to go through one of this hosting providers and build from scratch or go with something like square space? ( For newbies who wants to have a bogging site)

[@jaisonroy4379]

Great detailed video btw

[@WPCrafter]

I would choose WordPress over Squarespace any day. It's just so much more flexible.

[@jaisonroy4379]

@@WPCrafter I was hoping WordPress route was cheaper, but it looks like after the discount time period is completed, the price ends Up to be the same, which I never really thought of.

[@shukurabdul7796]

do you check on namecheap hosting?what is your opinion?

[@WPCrafter]

I have heard very bad reports on speed and support.

[@kalinstone421]

I think that the best web hosting company for me is Bluehost. Very easy to use as specially for WordPress and Blogs. I am very happy with them.

[@WPCrafter]

Just make sure you're monitoring the uptime. Also check the speed on GT metrics.

[@ProfessorFirebolt]

Hi! Do you have a favorite affiliate program? I heard that the one A2 hosting offers is really good

[@WPCrafter]

They are all pretty much the same. I only work with hosts that I know are going to deliver a solid service. So many people will just work with the ones that pay the most but that is a reputation killer.

[@EverLuna]

Hi, do you recommend the namehero hosting service? Thanks

[@WPCrafter]

I have not personally use them so it's hard to say.

[@JackVJohnson]

My experience has been quite different with all 3 of the hosts you recommend. A few years ago I tried SiteGround, but they were unable to successfully transfer the first site I tried to move to them. (I was able to move that site to another host myself, so it wasn't the site's problem.) I tried A2 because of their reputed 99.9% uptime & reliability, and had more downtime than I've ever had on any host before or since. I've used InMotion for over a year, but I've experienced frequent short outages and periods of poor performance with them. I am also using Bluehost's cloud hosting service, and it (perhaps surprisingly) has been faster and more reliable for me than either A2 or InMotion. Just a data point; YMMV.

[@WPCrafter]

Yes all companies have their ebb and flows. Personally, I prefer managed WordPress hosting or what I am using now, managed cloud hosting.

[@jacekpoleszak]

Adam, what is it that you are using now to host your WPCrafter.com site? Thanks!

[@WPCrafter]

I have been using Cloudways for the last 8 months or so. I have been working up a tutorial on it and later in the series when I start talking about manage cloud hosting, that is when I will hit on that.

[@prabhmeetsingh3533]

What shared hosting you recommend for wordpress ecommerce Website?

[@jamess5542]

What do you think of DreamHost shared hosting plan?

[@WPCrafter]

DreamHost is complete garbage.

[@jamess5542]

@@WPCrafter But aren't they recommended by Wordpress?

[@WPCrafter]

@@jamess5542 All the companies listed there pay for the privilege. And I have heard the payment is over 1 million per year to be listed there.

[@jamess5542]

@@WPCrafter You just blew my mind away with this!!! And here I was trying to toss up DreamHost vs HostGator vs IM Creator. Ah, what can save the day?

[@user-fb2wh6zk1c]

Hey Adam nice video again, great reviews about hosting companies. Wish I was big enough to make a review for my company too. I heard you that you said to not trust small companies but I think in terms of support many times is better to have a small company. Anyway hope in the future to get in your eyes because I believe I make some difference even against big companies.

[@WPCrafter]

Well, I didn't say to not trust anyone. I recommend avoiding small companies because they don't usually have the depth of experience on their staff nor the financial resources to invest in infrastructure. It's usually 1 or 2 guys with a dedicated server somewhere reselling. That doesn't scale. I can point you to numerous instances where this has led to disaster for customers.

[@dannytetreault]

What is staging?

[@WPCrafter]

Its like a clone of your website for testing things, then you can push it to your live site.

[@euniceibeh2873]

Is bluehost a shared hosti g?

[@WPCrafter]

Yea, one of the worst unfortunately.

[@The67Crucible]

If I could download and share with everyone my Blue Host support tickets and conversations over the years, you would NEVER use them... I moved 20+ websites away from them, and also GoDaddy. If you're going to bet your business or a clients business on it? Use someone like WPEngine or FlyWheel. Charge clients accordingly. My .10 cents thanks for the video!

[@WPCrafter]

100% spot on. Yea I think the best type of hosting is Managed WordPress Hosting or Managed Cloud Hosting.

[@peterking8722]

Hi Adam, I have been enjoying your great youtube videos for some time. I checked www.wpcrafter.com/order-new-wordpress-hosting/ on your website, but found some discrepancies with stats.pingdom.com/zp1kq4gopbjs E.g., for A2 hosting, it shows disruption at the latter site on Oct 16 but not on yours which says it is 100%. Similarly Immotion on Oct 15, 16. What caused these discrepancies? Thanks.

[@WPCrafter]

I think you may be misunderstanding how monitoring works. A hosting company will have hundreds to thousands of servers. You can only monitor the server that my 1 website is on, same goes for that other monitor. If a website has a moment where the monitor can't connect, that doesn't mean the entire host is down, it simply means that the monitor could not connect to this 1 website on this 1 server at that 1 moment. Does that make sense?

[@peterking8722]

You had it right - I did not know you only monitor one server. Thanks for the explanation.

[@moorthyrm4747]

What is the best WordPress hosting company???

[@iamarya2k21]

GoDaddy is really bad company to host your website.

[@WPCrafter]

Yes I agree whole heartedly.

[@johnellositt63]

all talk.... the only reasons you gave to support your opinions were literally what was found on the homepage. 0 stars for effort.