Hosting for WordPress. How to choose a quality web hosting without spending a lot?

We think about the logo, the structure, the images, the colors, the texts, the pages it will have, the objective of the website, we even spend hours looking for a domain... But where are we going to host our website? ?, We think that when we are about to launch and we do not realize that we need a Hosting for WordPress.

According to our experience with clients, hosting is always something secondary, it is even an expense that they did not anticipate.

Sometimes, web pages that have been developed with great care and care and that have cost their money, we see them hosted in "second division" hosting, not to say "third division" or "regional", if you allow me the simile sports.

– Yes, of course, Mercedes, but I'm not a technician, I don't know what I have to hire, I don't even know how to start looking.

The client

Do not worry, with a few simple rules you will find a suitable hosting for your website.

The 5 aspects that must be taken into account when hiring a hosting.

1. ¿What does it offer a hosting service?
   - The transference It is important but we must analyze what we need.
   To host a website made with WordPress, if you are just starting out, a transfer of 20 or 30 GB is enough. But if you think that you are going to receive many visits or you have a page with many visits, take a good look at what plan you need, that it has a higher transfer rate and that it is scalable.
   - Backups from the website and database at least once a day.
   - The mail accounts It is something more commercial than real, since in the end you use 5 or 6 at most and sometimes not even that, with a domain account we can manage.
   – Databases, the same as the above, with one left over, even if they offer us 5.
   - support It is something that you will surely need, find out if it is through tickets, chat or by email and the hours, if it is 24/7 or only business days from 9 to 5. Some hosting services have very poor quality support.
   - SSD drivesThey are not essential, but if you have these discs much better.
2. Space.
   Do not hire less than 5GB. In most of the accommodations, in this 5GB space, not only the website is hosted, but also the email accounts. Also, if you plan to upload a lot of images, this space will be scarce in a short time.
3. Technology.
   Do not hire obsolete technology, check that it at least has the minimum requirements that WordPress needs. You can check it here https://es.wordpress.org/about/requirements/
4. The price.
   Cheap hosting is expensive in the long run, an average price that is within a reasonable level to be worth evaluating would be between 8 to 12 euros per month, about 100 to 140 euros per year. Unless they are specific offers, you will not have quality.
5. The fine print.
   The offers – You may see a lot of offers that offer you web hosting from 30 or 40 euros a year. Take a good look, it is only the first year, the next they will charge you much more.
   free domain – If they offer you a free domain in a hosting plan, make sure that if you cancel the service you can recover the domain (paying for its renewal). Sometimes, the hosting is linked to the domain and you cannot recover it or it is very difficult to do so. You have to pay much more than the full hosting one more year.
   
   If you allow me some personal advice, run away from 1&1 (now ionos) and don't even think about using wix.

Each case is different, there is hosting for all budgets without lowering quality. We are going to consider 4 different cases.

If you do not feel identified with these 4 cases, tell us your case and we will surely find a solution for you.

Types of users looking for web hosting.

EI'm starting

I advise you to opt for an initial hosting that does not cost much the first year, to validate your website. For example, SiteGround It offers you a StartUp option from 4 euros per month for the first year, then it goes up to 10 euros per month, but the value for money is very good. live together It also has good prices, they are also celebrating an anniversary and there are offers from 50 euros a year.

I have a website, in a regular hosting and I want to change hosting

Most of the hosting services make the transfer free, you just have to contract and ask them to transfer what you had in the previous hosting, they do it in a few hours. I keep recommending you SiteGround with the GrowBig product and live together with your professional shared hosting.

I have several websites and I would like to have them all on the same server

If you have less than 10 websites, contact the sales department and ask for an offer to host all of them, they will surely reduce the price than if you contract one by one.

From 10 websites I would advise you to hire a basic server with monthly or annual payment, from 100 euros per month you can find it at live together.

If you need help choosing a hosting, we can give you a good solution. But if you need to create a website with WordPress, created exclusively for you or for your client, do not hesitate to contact us, for this or any other configuration ask us for a quote, you will be pleasantly surprised.