Evaluating WordPress Hosting
49mIntermediate2023-05-04
Authors

Joe Casabona
Course Developer, Founder of Creator Courses
Course details
One of the reasons that WordPress is so popular is that there are a vast number of hosting options. Some cost pennies a month, some cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. Besides cost, the features of each WordPress host vary enormously—different levels of security, backup services, and other WordPress-specific features may be offered. So how do you know which companies, offers, and features are right for your site? In this course, Joe Casabona helps you navigate the increasingly complex options for WordPress hosting, explaining how to evaluate your needs and how to purchase hosting. He starts with the important core question—what is hosting?—and then runs down critical hosting features. Joe details the different features you may look for if you’re hosting a blog, ecommerce site, membership site, or a mostly static site, and also offers advice on what you should do when hosting multiple sites.
Skills covered
WordPressContent Management Systems (CMS)Web DevelopmentOpen SourceOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- The many flavors of WordPress hosting
- What you need to know
- How this course works
Hosting Terminology
- What is hosting
- WordPress requirements and common features
- What is shared hosting
- What is managed hosting
- Where does WordPress.com fit in all of this
Crucial Hosting Features
- One-click WordPress installation
- Plugin compatibility
- Backups and security
- Caching and other performance considerations
- Support
- A rundown of popular, credible WordPress hosts
What Kind of Website Are You Hosting
- Mostly static brochure site
- Frequently update a blog with a lot of traffic
- eCommerce site
- Membership site
Reselling and Hosting Multiple Sites
- Hosting multiple sites vs. reselling
- Why you shouldn't just use WordPress Multisite
- Should your client own the hosting
- Barebones hosting for lots of flexibility
Conclusion
- Next steps