WordPress PHP / MySQL Web Hosting
There are hundreds of thousands of web hosts out there, the vast majority of which meet the WordPress minimum requirements, and choosing one from the crowd can be a chore. Just like flowers need the right environment to grow, WordPress works best when it’s in a rich hosting environment.
We’ve dealt with more hosts than you can imagine; in our opinion, the hosts below represent some of the best and brightest of the hosting world. If you do decide to go with one of the hosts below and click through from this page, some will donate a portion of your fee back—so you can have a great host and support WordPress.org at the same time. If you don’t need the flexibility of a full web host, you may consider getting a free blog on WordPress.com.
Bluehost
“WordPress Auto-Install — new WordPress updates are made available within 24 hours. Unlimited disk storage, unlimited monthly data transfer, host unlimited domains on 1 account, 1 free domain name for as long as you host with BlueHost, 2,500 POP / WebMail addresses, 50 MySQL databases, free control panel, free SimpleScripts, 24/7 network monitoring, 99% uptime guarantee, mirrored storage backups, no hidden fees.”
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DreamHost
“WordPress 1-click install, auto-updates, unlimited hosted domains, and great support! DreamHost powers over 600,000 WordPress blogs and websites globally, and offers a 2 week free trial, a free domain name, plus unlimited disk space, bandwidth, MySQL databases, and email addresses. Easily install your favorite WordPress plug-ins, and rest easy with our 100% uptime guarantee.”
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Laughing Squid
“Laughing Squid Web Hosting is an independently owned and operated web host started in San Francisco that provides friendly, dependable, and secure web hosting services to artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits, and small businesses. We are open source geeks who are here to help you get your content online and rescue you from the endless void of impersonal and unreliable web hosting.”
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Requirements: PHP 5.2.4 or higher, MySQL 5.0 or higher, Apache or nginx recommended.
Host Feedback
We’re committed to helping create a wholesome and hassle-free WordPress hosting environment. If you feel there are issues with one of
the hosts listed here, please send a note to hosting dash feedback at this domain. If the situation warrants we’ll work with you and
your host on a solution. We also realize that we can’t highlight every good host, but if you have a
favorite host you think we should feature here, email hosting dash application at this domain.
Note before contacting us: Please don’t send us legal takedown orders or threats, we don’t actually host every WordPress blog in the world.
If you don’t understand that, you probably shouldn’t be sending legal notices anyway.
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We’re not currently soliciting new listings for this page, which we want to keep small and focused, however if you like us to know about you can send an email to hosting dash application at this domain. Listing is completely arbitrary, but includes criteria like: contributions to WordPress.org, size of customer base, ease of WP auto-install and auto-upgrades, bundling sane themes and plugins, avoiding GPL violations, design, tone, presence in forums, historical perception, using the correct logo, capitalizing WordPress correctly, not blaming us if you have a security issue, and up-to-date system software.