Finding a Hosting Service for Your WordPress Website
July 14th, 2009 | 
Author: A good hosting service is the backbone to your site. It can help you load WordPress onto your site.
Wordpress is becoming common enough that many hosting services have the ability to install this program onto a site with a few clicks. Also many of these services seem to offer the same features at relatively the same price. Does it make a difference where you go? There may be factors to consider.
To download WordPress, you have to go to WordPress.org, and this site has many other resources for you, including recommended hosting services. Downloading is easy; just click on the button on the home page. To find the hosting sites listed, you have to go to another page titled Hosting. These providers change every so often, but most have been the official providers for a while. Considering that they are listed here, I imagine that they have been vetted, and that they have been proven helpful to site owners/webmasters with WordPress sites. That makes this list a great starting point. You probably will not have to download the program if you go with one of these sites.
You may want to look for other hosting services, but there are some items which you have to check into first. On the WordPress home page, you will see system requirements which are needed for the program to work. PHP is a programming language, and the host has to have the correct version on their system for your program to work. Most sites will list this in their specifications page about their hosting. You could look to see if the service mentions hosting WordPress. Another concern is the IP address of the host. This would be harder for you to discern, but if your hosting service provides space for spam sites, there is a chance that the search engines might be wary of your site. Another problem is their customer service. Quite a few sites rely on automated answers with few means to send off an email. Once you do send off an email, you may not get a response.
I chose my hosting service on the suggestion of another blogger. This may be a good place to start. I am not always satisfied with my provider, but I know enough now to do most things that I want to do. When conducting searches for providers, look for negative reviews or comments. Typing in “I hate (name of provider)” can produce results. There are sites that discuss reviews of hosting providers too. If you are not going with a standard host from the list at wordpress.org, you have to do your homework.
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I would have to say that if you want to use wordpress then you need to have cpanel.. if you have cpanel in place.. it is soo easy then to install wordpress using fantastico or simple scripts as well..
Bluehost, Hostgator, just host are the big boys when it comes to good reliable cpanel hosting that can be used for wordpress.
Wordpres is excellent — but remember: it’s not just for hosting blogs. You can also use it to power a complete website. With regard to Fantastico: It’s best to install WordPress manually, IMHO. Any good hosting company will do it for you.
When considering someone new to working with the web may have a few difficulties doing everything manually. I am only thinking how setting up and modifying a site can be done with ease, and Fantastico does do that well.
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