{"id":5935,"date":"2018-05-17T10:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T17:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/?p=5935"},"modified":"2020-09-04T11:59:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:59:38","slug":"selecting-a-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/blog\/selecting-a-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting a Host"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\r\n<article class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\r\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-beige has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-772205c6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-beige--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\r\n<header class=\"wp-block-group c-breadcrumbs aligngrid has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-61973aa6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\r\n<header class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d68226ec wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediavine-dev.d1.moderntribe.qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chevron-left2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" style=\"aspect-ratio:9\/16;object-fit:contain;width:auto;height:20px\"\/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/\">Back to Blog<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/header>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"\/>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-neutral-20-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><div class=\"aligncenter aligncenter wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">WordPress Plugins<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Selecting a Host<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9b38c6d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div style=\"margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-author-name\">The Mediavine Team<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u2022<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2018-05-17T10:01:56-05:00\">May 17, 2018<\/time><\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">Choosing a hosting company is an important decision for any website owner. There are tons of options out there, and it can definitely be daunting (even though many hosting companies would like you to think it is easy).\n\nWordPress is available to set up in almost any hosting plan, with almost any hosting company. Finding a company that \u201ccan\u201d host a WordPress site is easy. But finding a company to host your site \u2014 and do it <strong>well<\/strong> \u2014 is much harder.\n\nMediavine publisher and computer scientist Laurence Norah of the travel blog\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findingtheuniverse.com\/\">Finding The Universe<\/a>\u00a0volunteered to document his site migration from Blogger to WordPress, and we jumped at the opportunity to share this wealth of knowledge on our blog.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/switching-blogging-platforms\/\">In last week&#8217;s post<\/a>, Laurence shared why he\u00a0decided to make the move to a new blogging platform,\u00a0WordPress. The next step for him was selecting a hosting company. Today, Laurence is going to detail his process, and then our Senior Platform Engineer Jordan has some tips for figuring out what type of host is best for your needs.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5938 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2_Days_In_Rome__The_Perfect_Rome_Itinerary_-_Finding_the_Universe-661x460.png\" alt=\"Finding the Universe homepage\" width=\"661\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2_Days_In_Rome__The_Perfect_Rome_Itinerary_-_Finding_the_Universe-661x460.png 661w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2_Days_In_Rome__The_Perfect_Rome_Itinerary_-_Finding_the_Universe-431x300.png 431w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2_Days_In_Rome__The_Perfect_Rome_Itinerary_-_Finding_the_Universe-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2_Days_In_Rome__The_Perfect_Rome_Itinerary_-_Finding_the_Universe.png 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/>\n\nThis is part 2 of our 3-part blogger platform migration series, written as a collaboration between Laurence and the Mediavine Platform Engineering team.\n<h1><strong>How Laurence Chose a Host<\/strong><\/h1>\n<em>Unlike Blogger, WordPress requires you to find a hosting provider who will store your website on their servers so people can find you. There are a great many hosting providers out there, and which you choose will vary depending on your level of technical knowledge and expertise. Some options to consider include Flywheel, SiteGround, Performance Foundry, Agathon and WP Engine.<\/em>\n\n<em>Personally, I have a good relationship with a web development team in the UK and they recommended\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/\">Flywheel<\/a>, which is what we went with. I actually have two websites, one of which is already on WordPress, so we moved them both over to a Flywheel VPS for simplicity.<\/em>\n\n<em>Your next decision is going to be how much of the work you want to do yourself. Whilst most hosts will handle setting up WordPress for you, that will usually be as much help as they will offer. For the rest of the process, from installing and customizing your new theme to migrating your Blogger content across, you will either have to do this yourself or work with a competent web developer or content manager.<\/em>\n\n<em>Personally, I did a combination of the two. I have a web developer who set up a staging environment for me, who then left me to it with getting everything ready. When I was ready to go live, they handled the migration to live, managed issuing my SSL certificate and the various DNS changes that needed to be made to redirect visitors from the Blogger site to my new install on WordPress.<\/em>\n<h1><strong>Two Cents from a Mediavine Engineer<\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4116\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jordan.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Cauley\" width=\"300\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jordan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jordan-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Cauley, Mediavine Senior Platform Engineer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nMediavine&#8217;s Jordan Cauley here again.\n\nLet\u2019s first talk about what a host is. When you have a website, the host is the server that stores the files and data that make up your site, and connect it to the web. When a reader visits your site, the web browser contacts the host to load your site\u2019s info. We have even more about this in our blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/learn-about-web-hosting\/\">Hosting 101<\/a>\u00a0from our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agathongroup.com\">Agathon<\/a>.\n\nWe hire hosting companies, who own the servers we need, to handle the technical side of hosting.\u00a0There are 5 main factors that need to be considered when selecting a hosting company and I&#8217;ll go into each below.\n<h2>1. What are your technical requirements?<\/h2>\nYour host should provide the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/about\/requirements\/\">requirements set by WordPress<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or they might not be an ideal choice. Most hosts will have a simple tool to install WordPress so it will run in most places.\n\nThe other technical requirement you\u2019ll want to pay attention to is storage. If you\u2019re planning to use a lot of pictures, you\u2019re going to want to make sure that your host supports at least 10GB of storage, and that they have options to increase your storage limits without requiring you to pay for other items you\u2019re not using.\n<h2>2. What type of site do you run?<\/h2>\nThe type of site you run is important for deciding which type of hosting you need. If you\u2019re hosting a blog, you\u2019ll need a different setup than if you\u2019re hosting a storefront or a forum that has lots of input from users.\n\nBlog content stays the same so you can use caching tools that will help speed up your site and keep you from needing as much power for your server. If you want to offer items for sale, or take a lot of user input on your site, you might need more power as those types of actions will use more computing power.\n<h2>3. What is your current traffic level?<\/h2>\nThe amount of traffic that you have will also impact your requirements. But if you\u2019re a serious blogger making it your business you should expect to pay between $30 and $70 for adequate hosting and support.\n<h2>4. What is the hosting company&#8217;s plan\/procedure for growth and upgrading?<\/h2>\nNo matter what host you choose, make sure they have tools to let you grow. Most hosts have the ability to scale up your capabilities as your traffic grows or if you need more storage. This feature is a must-have, so if you aren\u2019t sure you should always ask.\n<h2>5. What type of support do you need?<\/h2>\nThere are different types of hosting that provide varying levels of support. Consider your needs and experience level with hosting to help you decide which kind of host you need. Here are the\u00a0primary types of hosting:\n<h3>Shared Hosting<\/h3>\nThis is the most common type of hosting. Shared hosting requires a substantial amount of self service, limited technical support and limited ability to customize settings and options. In most cases this is where people start hosting a new site. Shared hosting is cheap although it typically can\u2019t handle very much traffic.\n<h3>Managed Hosting<\/h3>\nManaged hosting is a step up from shared hosting, often comes with much better support, and an ability to handle more traffic. Some managed hosts will even take care of plugin updates and other critical server operations. The trade off is that you will likely have less personal control over server settings and might not be able to install every plugin that you find.\n<h3>Virtual Private Server<\/h3>\nA virtual private server is a hosting environment with the maximum server control but little to no technical support. You can decide how you want the server setup, what software you want to run and may even need to install it yourself. However, this option is typically used by people who want to deal with the complicated details of hosting. Some VPS services provide a quick utility for setting up WordPress but the server will not get security updates or any service that you don\u2019t provide yourself.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hosting-infographic.png\" alt=\"Choosing a web host infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hosting-infographic.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hosting-infographic-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hosting-infographic-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hosting-infographic-184x460.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\n<em>Stay tuned for Part 3 of our migration series, Choosing a Theme, coming soon!\u00a0<\/em><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<section 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