Wordpress hosting

Krystal Hosting (http://www.krystal.co.uk) is a UK hosting company who offer cPanel hosting with Fantastico scripts so you can get WordPress up and running in seconds.

There is a lot to like about Krystal – UK phone support, stable company history since 2002, 30 day no quibble money back guarantee, Fantastico installation scripts, decent prices and so on, but the completely unique thing is the Krystal data centre. You have to see this : http://www.krystal.co.uk/datacentre — What do you think ?! There can’t be anything that offers more secure hosting that that ?

There are three main plans in the web hosting section (they also offer business hosting and private servers) – Amethyst, Topaz and Ruby – all are good for running WordPress since they come with cPanel, Fantastico scripts, full support for PHP and MySQL databases. The difference in the plans is the number of domains you can host and the traffic / bandwidth  and storage you can use.  Another handy feature is the automatic backups (weekly & monthly).

For more advanced users / WordPress addicts / Web developers, the reseller hosting package offered by Krysal is pretty powerful. They offer a full white label where you can offer up to 250 cPanel accounts.

FatCow Hosting is a US based company but if you visit their website it’s easy to select UK from the top menu and see their UK pricing.

Installation of wordpress is done through their own conrol panel where they offer installation scripts to make it nice and easy to get up and running in minutes. Despite being in the US they do allow you to register a .co.uk domain name for free if you prefer that to a .com.

Fat Cow offers a simple hosting plan for blogs which includes what now seems to be pretty customary for US hosts, unlimited diskspace and unlimited bandwidth. One of the optional added extras when you register is daily backups. This might be something you should strongly consider or bear in  mind if comparing Fat Cow to UK hosts such as native space & Heart Internet Hosting where backups are included.

Fat Cow offer a 30 day money back guarantee along with 24 / 7 customer support (especially important if you are from the UK and are going to be hosting in the US). Last but not least, Fat Cow also promise that their hosting is 100% eco-friendly… Their offices and data centres are powered by wind energy.

Cool Handle are a web hosting company based in Los Angeles.
They offer cPanel hosting complete with fantastico so you can install wordpress or many other open source programmes in just a few clicks. Even the entry level package at Cool Handle allows for 5 domains and unlimited storage and bandwidth. Move up a level to the business package and you get the benefit of a free domain and you can host up to 100 domains!

Cool Handle now offers a full range of hosting services including reseller hosting, VPS and dedicated servers for users with heavy demands. For anyone that wants Windows hosting using Plesk control panel that is also available.

Signing up for 2 years enables you to get a cheaper rate and they have a 30 day “no quibble” guarantee.

Every so often a new company / product launches and a million would be entrepenuers have the same collective thought :

“argh – why didn’t I think of that”

The page.ly wordpress solution is one such product. They have created a package of domain+hosting+wordpress+themes+plugins which is just a win win, it saves time and makes life easier for wordpress bloggers – especially useful for first time bloggers or an established blogger making the move from the free version of wordpress to the freedom of self hosted wordpress.

There are a large number of included themes to choose from as well as optional upgrade to premium themes. Also bundled are some popular plugins to make your wordpress experience more even more user friendly.

Well worth a look – http://page.ly – and definitely a good place to get started with self hosted wordpress.

Evohosting (http://www.evohosting.co.uk) is a UK host based in Maidenhead. Evohosting have been offering web hosting since 2004. When looking at whether they are a good host for wordpress they tick all the boxes.  Their control panel includes Installatron which makes installing the latest version of wordpress a doddle. It takes just a few minutes and once you have done it a few times you will be able to install wordpress in more like 30 seconds.

The Starter Plan is a great place to get started with hosting wordpress since if you are unsure how much bandwidth and webspace you will need why pay more now… You can upgrade at anytime. If you want more than one domain though look at their “Home” package which allows you to host ten domains. By paying annually instead of monthly you’ll save money and if you sign up for a biannual deal you’ll get money off as well as other bonuses.

They also have  a useful blog which is well worth a mention and includes wordpress tutorials.

nativespace (http://www.nativespace.co.uk/) is a UK hosting provider with HQ in West Yorkshire that offers 24 / 7 support and an advanced data centre in London.

Every web hosting package from nativespace comes with the widely used cPanel control panel and features fantastico deluxe to enable a one click install of wordpress (no FTP or zip files to worry about). One more nice feature is the continuous backups which mean that you will be able to restore your site should something go wrong.

Packages range from “Premier” which lets you host 1 domain to “multi 50″ which lets you host 50 domains and unlimited MySQL databases. There’s also reseller accounts and dedicated servers for more professional users.

To top it off nativespace offers carbon neutral hosting as standard.

eUKhost offers UK hosting (data centre in Maidenhead) and are ideal for wordpress installations. Here are some of their main features :

• cPanel control panel.
• Fantastico Deluxe for 1 click install of Wordpress.
• PHP 5.
• MySQL 5.
• 24 / 7 support.
• Full range of shared hosting, VPS, Reseller and dedicated hosting.

Really impressed with the money back guarantee at eUKhost – it is an “anytime” refund. Within the first 30 days you can a full refund after that your refund will be on pro-rata so it inspires confidence to sign up to a 24 month plan (makes the hosting cheaper). If you like the sound of eUKhost you might also like to check our reviews of other UK hosting providers – EZPZ hosting and webhosting UK.

WebHosting UK (webhosting.uk.com) are a UK based hosting company that have all I like to see when considering hosting for wordpress. Even with their shared hosting package they have cpanel control panel equipped with Fantastico for the pain free one click install of the latest version of Wordpress as well as other open source applications such as php forums, Drupal and Joomla.

One stand out feature – especially useful for developers and affiliates is that you can host unlimited domains even on their cheapest Linux hosting shared packages. A dedicated IP (said to be good for SEO purposes) can be added to the Linux hosting as an optional extra. The data centres they use are in The UK as is the head office and support which is normally a good thing. When looking at hosting reviews,  most negatives are about offshore or ineffective support.

The company has some more encouraging features too – a 30 day money back guarantee, free transfers for existing websites, their own lively forums and 24 / 7 support.

Webhosting.uk.com Hosting Promotional Code

The best code we know about for WebHosting.UK.com is WHUKMAGIC which will give you a flat 10% off. This promotional code should work for an order on all their hosting plans.

Webhosting.uk.com Hosting Affiliate Scheme

Webhosting UK also have an affiliate scheme where you can earn very decent commission – they offer “up to” £300 for every sign up, cookies lasting for 150 days, monthly payouts and a high conversion ratio.

EZPZ hosting is a relatively small web hosting company started by a group of web designers when they became frustrated at the performance and support of a large hosting provider. With EZPZ you get great value UK hosting with good service.

Now I need to start by disclosing that EZPZ host this site, so if it’s slow you know what to think

So far I have been very happy with EZPZ hosting. The speed they answer my queries is in single digit minutes – it’s always nice to see that the after sales service is as quick as the pre-sales ! I have had to do a couple of technical things like request a restoration, and also used the automated back up system to restore a site I made a mess up of (they auto back-up 4 times day) and both were fine.

I find the cpanel very practical, mostly using the file manager, and of course fantastico for easy installation of wordpress and other programmes.

Sign up process was fine, no hidden costs and a very fast set up with plain English instructions on how to get started. Few minor points I noticed – they take paypal or credit card via Google checkout, they are carbon negative and have the 30 day no quibble money back guarantee that I always like to see.

Small and friendly ? You decide.

Heart Internet is a relatively new web hosting provider but has been founded by two guys who founded another web hosting company called Web Fusion back in 1997.

The one click installer for Wordpress is included as is a whole raft of other extra services such as an analytics programme and a voucher for adwords ( Google’s paid advertising system ). As a seasoned cynic I wouldn’t be suprised if it’s possible to get this stuff free elsewhere without making a purchase but even so it’s convenient to have it all bundled with the web hosting packages.

Heart Internet have amongst their many features a “no-fuss” 30 day money back guarantee.

One final thing to mention is the heart internet blog which I had a browse through. It has some very helpful articles on web design / usability / marketing.