Since 2009, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of customers troubleshoot WordPress issues.
Bugs can happen when releasing a new product or a major update, but very often the real cause is an external factor: a 3rd party plugin or service, or the hosting provider.
Hosting quality is the single biggest external factor we see in support tickets. To make things easier for you, here’s our honest take on the hosting companies our customers use most.
If a company is on this list, you can expect a smooth, stress-free experience with WordPress and our products.
⭐️ Our Recommendation ⭐️
Pressable: Our top pick for anyone who wants full control without babysitting a server. Our own website runs on Pressable.
⭐️ Best for Beginners ⭐️
Hostinger: The clear winner on price-to-quality ratio. Affordable plans with support you can actually count on.
⭐️ Best for Performance/Business/Ecommerce ⭐️
The providers below sell hosting at a very low price (under $10/month), targeting beginners or users who aren’t focused on performance.
If your website is hosted with one of them and everything runs fine — great. If you’re happy with what you’re getting for your money, there’s no reason to move.
However, based on 15+ years of support tickets, these are the shared hosting providers where we see slow sites and resource-limit issues most often:
If you’re paying very little for your hosting, chances are very high you’re on a shared plan. This means your website sits on the same server as hundreds of others — and if one of those sites gets a traffic spike or eats too many server resources, your site slows down.
Our themes work great on all hosting providers and have no known incompatibilities.
There are no special requirements to install one of our themes beyond the official WordPress requirements:
While our themes will work fine no matter where you host your website, we reserve the right to decline technical support if your website is loading very slowly due to your hosting environment.
When hosted by a reputable provider, there’s a lot you can do to improve your website’s loading speed. Start with our tutorial to speed up your WordPress site.
On shared (aka cheap) hosting, however, installing a resource-heavy plugin like WooCommerce or Elementor is often enough to slow your site down noticeably. That’s a clear sign your hosting — not your theme or plugins — is the bottleneck, and it’s time to migrate to a reputable WordPress hosting.
Read also:
How to Increase the WordPress PHP Memory Limit
How to Upgrade PHP Version on Your Website
