What’s A Good WordPress Hosting Price? (That Depends…)

Inside: My favorite bloggers have shared the best website hosting options out there. I’m detailing the pros and cons and the WordPress hosting price of each. Know what you’re paying for and what to expect!

Whether you’re a new blogger or an experienced blogger looking to make a change, selecting the right website host is super important. I’ve taken suggestions from a community of my favorite bloggers and created this list of the best website hosting options they use.

Note: There is a TON of information for each website host on the various company sites. I’ve taken highlights from each site to provide a fairly in depth preview of each platform’s services. For full details, make sure to visit each site.

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Also, some of these web hosts provide services for multiple hosting types including, shared and/or managed general hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, etc. The pricing and plans I’ve listed may vary, depending on the actual type of hosting you choose to use from each provider. The pricing I’ve listed may be subject to change!

Related: The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started With WordPress

Why Is Website Hosting Important?

If you’re new to having a self-hosted blog, you may be overwhelmed and confused by what hosting even is and why it’s important.

When you create a blog somewhere other than a free service (like Blogger), you’ll need a web hosting provider that will house all of your blog files and make them available on the internet. It’s just how it works when you move from free to self-hosted.

Choosing the right web host is important because you want your website to be available to readers who are interested in your posts; you don’t want outages on your site or slow loading times. You also want to look for a host who has a quick customer service response time and is available when you need them.

I don’t want you to think that I wrote this post just to get some affiliate sales. That was my original intention for this post, but after reading through a few comments from other bloggers, I realized that I needed to share ALL of the options with you, not just the one that would make me a few bucks.

I’m going to list several different options for website hosting below that were recommended by my blogging community. I’m providing these to you based on their word because I’ve only used one hosting service in my blogging career.

Please note that, with everything, someone could have a great experience with one host and another person could have a terrible experience. Compare the plans, chat with customer support, and then go with your gut! If you’re not happy with the hosting, you can always change down the road.

The two companies that I hear bad reviews from over and over again are Bluehost and GoDaddy. If I were you I’d stay away from those!

One thing that I do recommend is to purchase the longest plan possible when you sign up for a website host. This is because you’ll lock in that amazing price for up to 3 years. If you only purchase the hosting service for 1 year, then after that year, most hosts will remove the promotional pricing and you’ll be stuck paying a higher monthly fee.

The worst thing that could happen is that you really don’t like your host and you want to switch. In that case, it’s worth a try to contact customer service to see about a refund for canceling your contract early. But that shouldn’t happen with any of the following hosts 😉

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SiteGround

I, personally, use SiteGround for my website hosting. As their website states, they are “trusted by the owners of 2,000,000 domains”. They are also, officially, recommended by WordPress.org. Their interface is easy to navigate and they offer 24/7 contact support. They also provide free and “smooth” website transfer if you’re looking to migrate over from another platform.

SiteGround is ideal for designers and agencies that build sites to transfer to clients. And, if you’re looking to create a website for yourself and don’t know where to start, SiteGround provides free WordPress installation and Weebly sitebuilder.

Another great perk of working through SiteGround is their affiliate program. They provide performance-based commissions with weekly payments and no minimum payout. The more sales you make, the more per sale you receive. Pay starts at $50 per sale.

Here is the list of accolades SiteGround boasts:

• Variety of Platforms
• Multiple Server Locations (They have data centers across 3 continents for better website performance)
• Optimized Performance (SiteGround servers are geared to the most popular apps)
• Unmatched Speed (They claim customized software that creates unique speed boosting solutions)
• Advanced Security
• Expert Support (Fast, 24/7 support, beyond just hosting. I’ve written into chat SEVERAL times with complicated issues and they are always so quick to help.)

Pricing is very reasonable and they frequently offer discounts and deals, depending on the time of year. They usually have a great sale around Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Here are their current hosting options:

StartUp Plan: Special Price of $3.95/mo. (Regular $11.95/mo.)

• 1 Website
• 10 GB Web Space
• ~10,000 Visits Monthly

GrowBig Plan: Special Price of $5.95/mo. (Regular $19.95/mp.)

• Unlimited Websites
• 20 GB Web Space
• ~25,000 Visits Monthly

GoGeek Plan: Special Price of $11.95/mo. (Regular $34.95/mo.)

• Unlimited Websites
• 30 GB Web Space
• ~100,000 Visits Monthly

WP OPT

In their own words, WP OPT provides “performance optimized WordPress hosting for any traffic level”. They also supply domains if you still need to purchase a domain name. WP OPT is a smaller company, which they view as an advantage. This company was born from a WordPress design and consulting business.

Their “Main Man”, Charles, offered consulting services to clients and saw a need for customized website hosting. The mission of WP OPT is to step away from the “one plan fits all” hosting that many of his original clients were faced with.

If you want to make the switch to WP OPT, site migration is free and taken care of by one person so there is full control of the process and complete accountability.

These are the accolades WP OPT cites for their services:

• High Performance (“All hosting runs off full SSD arrays in RAID 10 with lightspeed Web Server”)
• One-Click Staging Environment (You can test any changes to your site before going live)
• Easy Host Configuration (cPanel comes standard)
• High Security (Free firewall, automated malware and virus scanning)
• Amazing Support (24/7 Support community)
• Free Backups (Free backups provided twice a day + multiple times weekly, to two separate destinations and using independent systems)
• Powerful Tools (Easy integration of new WordPress installations and other cPanel add-ons)

WPOPT offers a 30 day money-back guarantee to get started. They have 6 different plans. I’ve listed details for their starting, middle and most premium plans:

PWH-Start Plan $19.99/mo.

• For those just beginning or who have low traffic
• ~100,000 Monthly Pageviews
• 15 GB Storage
• Unlimited Transfer Allowance
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited Hosted Sites
• 1 Site Migration

PWH-2 $79.99/mo.

• ~400,000 Monthly Pageviews
• 50 GB Storage
• Unlimited Transfer Allowance
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited Hosted Sites
• Free Staging Environment
• 3 Site Migrations

PWH-5 $249.99/mo.

• Best for full-time bloggers with very high traffic
• ~5,000,000 Monthly Pageviews
• 70 GB Storage
• Unlimited Transfer Allowance
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited Hosted Sites
• Free Staging Environment
• 10 Site Migrations

Orange Geek

Orange Geek is another great website hosting option my blogging community suggested. They offer “premium managed WordPress hosting”. In their own words, that means you’ll receive, “. . . concierge level service that ensures you never have to lift a finger. [They] will take care of everything hosted related”.

Here are the support services provided:

• Unlimited WordPress Support
• Expert WordPress to WordPress Website Transfer
• Intitial Security Cashing Configuration
• Basic Malware Scan and Removal
• Website Optimization Analysis and CDN Setup
• Database Snapshots and Nightly Redundant Backups
• Updates for Plugins, Themes, and WordPress Core
• 24/7 Uptime Monitoring and Troubleshoot
• Mult-Site discount $30.00/mo. per add-on site

They have several plan options, starting at $199/mo. I’ve listed the first three:

Plan 1 $199.00/mo.

• Singe node hosting, including unlimited WordPress Premium support
• Limit 1 million page views per month

Plan 2 $299.00/mo.

• Single node hosting, including unlimited WordPress Premium support
• Limit 2 million page views per month

Plan 3 $399.00/mo.

• Single node hosting, including unlimited WordPress Premium support
• Limit 2 million page views per month

BigScoots

BigScoots website hosting services came to be about 9 years ago. They are willing to directly take on their competition with their, cited, additional and improved services.

On their website, they specifically list several ways they outperform their competition. So, if you want a head to head comparison with Siteground and other platforms, their site provides that. Here are some advantages they claim (I’ve only including Siteground comparisons as the other platforms they compare to did not make this list):

Their site migration is handled by a professional for free, while Siteground uses an automated plugin. Pricing with BigScoots is transparent and always as advertised. They have never increased pricing. They also show stats that seem to indicate their site speed is about twice as fast as Siteground, consistently.

Here are more perks they list:

• 45 Day Guarantee
• Personal, 24/7 Management (“The industry’s most positively reviewed support management team”)
• 99.9% Uptime

Managed WordPress Pricing and Plans:

Starter $34.95/mo.

• 1 Installation
• 250,000 Monthly Pageviews
• 10 GB
• Free SSL Certificates
• Free Email
• Fully Managed

Professional $98.95/mo.

• 10 Installs
• 750,000 Monthly Visits
• 30 BG
• Free SSL Certificates
• Free Email
• Fully Managed

Business $248.95/mo.

• 20 Installs
• 1.5 Million Monthly Pageviews
• 250 GB
• Free SSL Certificates
• Free Email
• Fully Managed

New Blog Hosting

New Blog Hosting is a smaller host, but is one that is highly recommend by a blogger with six-figure page views every month.

Though New Blog hosting has been in business for five years, owner David Allen brings more than 20 years of hosting experience with him. He is one of the first to be a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator. He is customer-oriented, personal, stays up to date on all things hosting as well as virus protection, and is always available to help out in any way he can.

Here are some of the other benefits they list:

• Hands on support
  
• Domain transfer
  
• Secured servers
  
• Daily backups
  
• Free migration
  
• DNS Management
  
• Fast servers

WordPress Hosting Plans and Pricing:

Basic Plan Special Pricing $35/yr.

• Unlimited bandwith
• Unlimited disk space
• Unlimited email addresses
• Free migrations
• Cpanel access
• Daily backups

Hostgator

Hostgator is another popular web hosting platform. According to a fellow blogger, “They are better than any host I’ve ever had, and I’ve had some horrific experiences”. They offer services, perfect for anyone from small businesses to large enterprises.

They provide WordPress hosting, VPS hosting and Dedicating hosting. They claim to be one of the easiest website hosting services to use and aren’t afraid to boast their achievements. Their website lists the awards they’ve received such as “Best Host to Grow With” and PC MAG’s “Editor’s Choice”.

Here are some of their service guarantees:

• 24/7/367 Support (Telephone or LiveChat for any hosting related questions)
• 45-Day Money-Back Guarantee
• 99.9% Uptime
• 2.5X Faster Load Times & Increased Website Performance
• Easy to Use Control Panel
• Free Website Migration

WordPress Hosting Plans and Pricing:

Starter Plan $5.95/mo.

• 1 Site
• 100,000 Monthly Pageviews
• Relative Compute Power 2x
• 1 Free Site Migration
• Automatic Daily Database Backups (File Level Restore) 1 GB
• Automatic Malware Renewal
• Unmetered Storage Space
• $100 Google Adwords Credit
• Free SSL

Standard Plan $7.95/mo.

• 2 Sites
• 200,000 Monthly Pageviews
• Relative Compute Power 2x
• 2 Free Site Migrations
• Automatic Daily Database Backups (File Level Restore) 2 GB
• Automatic Malware Renewal
• Unmetered Storage Space
• $100 Google Adwords Credit
• Free SSL

Business Plan $9.95/mo.

• 3 Sites
•  500,000 Monthly Pageviews
• Relative Compute Power 5x
• 3 Free Site Migrations
• Automatic Daily Database Backups (File Level Restore) 3 GB
• Automatic Malware Renewal
• Unmetered Storage Space
• $100 Google Adwords Credit
• Free SSL

Greengeeks

Greengeeks came highly recommended by my blogging community. They offer general web hosting and WordPress hosting. Here is a quote from a happy user, “Greengeeks has my loyalty because their customer support is ridiculously amazing. I can chat with them at 3 pm or 3 am and get issues resolved and even answers to random questions.”

According to their site, they have “Blazing Fast & Secure Eco-Friendly Web-Hosting.” I had no idea that web hosting could even be “eco-friendly” until I looked into their services. Here’s an explanation from their site:

GreenGeeks replaces 3x the amount of energy we consume from the grid in the form of renewable energy credits. Your website will be “carbon-reducing” when hosted on our platform. You can feel good that you’re making a difference.

Here are more of the service perks they claim:

• Free Drag n’ Drop Builder
• Free Website Transfer
• cPanel & Softaculous
• 30-day Money Back Guarantee
• Free Let’s Encrypt Wildcard SSL
• Free Shopping Cart Installation
• Developer Friendly
• Multiple Data Centers
• Container Based Technology
• Real-Time Securty Scanning
• Automatic App Updates
• Enhanced Spam Protection
• Nightly Data Backup
• 24/7 Technical Support (Live Chat, Telephone and Email Tickets)

General web hosting plans and pricing:

Light Plan $2.95/mo.

• Perfect for small websites or blogs that are just getting started
• 1 Website
• 1-Click App Installer
• Unlimited Web Space
• Unlimited Data Transfer
• Free Domain Name for 1st Year
• Free Wildcard SSL
• Standard Performance

Pro Plan $5.95/mo.

• Great for growing websites that need more speed and resources
• Unlimited Websites
• 1-Click App Installer
• Unlimited Web Space
• Unlimited Data Transfer
• Free Domain for 1st Year
• Free Wildcard SSL
• 2x Performance
• PowerCacher Included

Premium Plan $11.95/mo.

• Unlimited Websites
• 1-Click App Installer
• Unlimited Web Space
• Unlimited Data Transfer
• Free Domain for 1st Year
• Free Premium Wildcard SSL
• Free Dedicated IP
• 4x Performance
• PowerCacher Included

DreamHost

DreamHost is another great web hosting option. Their tagline is, “Web Hosting with Purpose” and they will make sure your website is, “fast, secure and always up so your visitors and search engines trust you. Guaranteed.”

They won PC MAG’s “Editor’s Choice” award 4 years in a row. They offer several hosting options, including general hosting, WordPress shared hosting, WordPress managed hosting and VPS hosting. They also provide free, professional site migration.

These are some of their service features:

• Super Easy to Use (Easy to use, custom control panel)
• Full Featured (Tool suite includes everything needed for success)
• Fast and Reliable 
• 24/7 Expert Support (Award-winning US-based experts)
• Independently Owned
• Passion for Privacy (Strong anti-spam policy and free WHOIS privacy)
• Commitment to Security (Multi-factor authentication and more)
• Embrace Open Source
• 100% Uptime, Guaranteed

WordPress shared web hosting plans and pricing:

Shared Starter Plan $2.59/mo.

• 1 Website
• Free Domain Included
• Unlimited Traffic
• WordPress Pre-Installed
• WP Website Builder
• Fast SSD Storage
• Free SSL Certificate

Shared Unlimited Plan $5.95/mo.

• Unlimited Websites
• Free Domain Included
• Unlimited Traffic
• WordPress Pre-Installed
• WP Website Builder
• Fast SSD Storage
• Free SSL Certificate
• Unlimited Email @ Your Domain

I Hope you Found the Best Wordpress Hosting Price and Option for you!

I love sharing my experiences and the insights I’ve gained through blogging, but I’ve only used one website hosting service in my blogging career, so I knew I needed to get some additional opinions on hosting options from other reputable bloggers.

I hope this list gave you the knowledge you need to choose the best web hosting option for you! Let me know in the comments if you have more web hosting questions. Regardless of what stage your blogging or business ventures are in, there are great web hosting options to fit any need.

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