(OT) WordPress Hosting

[Keith Smith]

I have a site that is built using WordPress.  I host it at HostGator.  
HostGator was bought about 2 years ago and they has improved 
substantially.  Better hardware and less packing of sites.  My site has 
good performance.

I would think GoDaddy, Blue Host, HostGator, and others would be fine.  
I am seeing a lot of the cheap hosting companies claiming they 
specialize in hosting WordPress.  Not sure what exactly they are doing 
that is specific to WordPress.  I think WordPress requires MySql 5.6 and 
PHP 5.6 so maybe you will want to consider that as well when selecting a 
host.  https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

If your daughter wants to attract readers, I would suggest the Yoast SEO 
plug in and would recommend reading the entire Yoast site.  Lots to 
know.

I would recommend permalinks and using a mobile responsive theme.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks





On 2016-05-18 18:18, Mark Phillips wrote:
> My daughter has become a blogger of late
> (http://www.sustainablesixty.com/)...I [1] guess a recently minted BS
> from ASU needs a summer hobby while she works and saves up her money
> to start her MS in the Fall at ASU.
> 
> I was thinking of hosting her Wordpress blog on some spare space I
> have on a Linode machine, saving me the cost of paying to host her
> site. Does anyone on the list support Wordpress, and if so, any
> suggestions or gotchas about hosting Wordpress?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://www.sustainablesixty.com/)...I
> 
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