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Which hosting I use for WordPress blogs?

I have been using HostGator.com over a year now and am more than happy with it.

Why I like HostGator:

  • WordPress 1 click installation. Hostgator is famous for its one-click installations (WP, Joomla, forums etc).
  • Great prices. I use a hosting plan for $7.95 a month for my regular WP blogs and a Reseller account for $24.95 for my WP MU sites.
  • Unlimited domains. All my websites are under one account, costing only the price you see above.
  • Unlimited disk space and bandwidth. It’s probably not really unlimited but I having several websites under this account haven’t had any problems yet.
  • PHP 5 and mod_rewrite. Many WordPress users have problems because their hosting doesn’t support php5 and mod_rewrite. No problems here.
  • Live support. If you have any problems or questions you can use live chat for support. They don’t know all the answers but they’ve helped me several times.

So if you’re looking for a good shared hosting then HostGator is one that I recommend. You can check out different hosting packages here.

NB! If you want to install WordPress MU and BuddyPress you will need a Reseller account to configure wildcard DNS in order to make subdomains work. Though WP MU works on a regular account too, but only with subfolders instead of subdomains.

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6 Responses to “Which hosting I use for WordPress blogs?”

  1. Elizabeth Edwards says:
    October 19, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    I use Hostgator too for all my sites, and for 2 installations of mu and one normal wordpress :) plus a couple of Xoops lol It is an excellent host.

  2. Olx Klnkin says:
    October 20, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Thanks for the comment.

    Do you also use a reseller account for the MU installations?

  3. Elizabeth Edwards says:
    October 20, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Yes I do, However I am useless at knowing what to do there LOL so just have everything set up to use folders, not subdomains.

  4. Olx Klnkin says:
    October 20, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    Try this tutorial.

  5. Elizabeth Edwards says:
    October 20, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    what a fantastic tutorial! I wish I had seen that before I set up the other blogs. Thank you .. I have bookmarked coz I am always playing with new things :)

  6. Olx Klnkin says:
    October 20, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    Glad I could help:)

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