Over the last decade, one company (EIG) has bought up independent web hosts. These hosts were successful, not only because of their hosting packages but also because of the customer support and human interaction. In other words, you could reach a person on the phone. Now they are replaced with hosting at the same data center and a business so huge, they couldn’t give a rat’s ass about you. Most stuff is found in a knowledge base and you have to hunt down the answer, which is very often out of date and hard to understand.
I wrote a lengthy post about this a while back. Also avoid GoDaddy hosting (their registration is fine). Yuck.
Among the hosts that are owned by EIG are BlueHost and HostGator, both used to be good. I had accounts with both for over 10 years and they have become disappointing.
Non EIG Hosting Companies I recommend!
Flywheel
So many reasons to chose Flywheel for your WordPress blog. The biggest is the superfly customer service by WordPress ninjas and their super fast hosting. I wish all of my clients would understand that the $25.00 per month (min) is completely worth it considering that you can get a back up of every day and roll back your site easily and their support is leaps and bounds over other support, even the ones listed on this page. Fact. They have fewer accounts per shared server and they are run by EXPERT WordPress engineers. Free SSL too!
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InMotionHosting
This is the host I use and I have had very good, reliable service with them. They are available by phone 24/7 and they are a Green Host. They offer free SSL. In the middle of the day the wait times are long on the phone for support. Currently they are training more techs (in the USA) to help with the increase customer demand.
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SiteGround
I have used SiteGround for 99% of the sites I create these days. Many people on the WP forums recommend them. Great support, love their speed and security and the free SSL! SiteGround is officially recommended by WordPress.org, however WordPress also officially recommends EIG hosts I avoid, my list of hosting recommendations will more likely help you avoid future annoyance.
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