How do you know what WordPress Host to pick? What is a WordPress host and how is it different than a Web Host? What is PHP and why is it important?

1. WordPress Hosting
What to look for in your WordPress Host

2. I am here because I love teaching
people about technology
Hello!
I Am Ashley Cribb
You can contact me at :
@ashecribb
ashley.e.cribb@gmail.com
910-619-9030

3. ““ A person who
never made a
mistake never
tried anything
new ”

5. Your Hosting company is
important!

6. 75,000,000
This is how many websites on the
internet use WordPress

7. Want to control your content yourself? It’s
cheaper, but, it also means that if there are
updates then you will have to update it
yourself.
Unmanaged Hosting
Want someone to handle everything there
is for your website? Then you should sign
up for managed hosting. It means that the
hosting company will manage your site for
you!
Managed Hosting
Managed vs Unmanaged Hosting

8. Here is my own
example of a
managed host

9. What to look for in your WordPress Host
SecurityPerformance
Support Wordpress Specific Requirements

10. ● PHP version 7 or greater
● MySQL version 5.6 or
greater OR MariaDB version
10.0 or greater
● HTTPS support
● Apache or Nginx web server
Specific WordPress Requirements
With our world going to a
mobile future performance
and speed are very
important. Has the host
invested into infrastructure
for performance issues.
Performance
There are malicious threats
throughout the internet.
Does your host have security
built into their features so
that your site is safe?
Security
Three important areas to look for in a Host

11. ● PHP is an acronym for
"PHP: Hypertext
Preprocessor"
● PHP scripts are executed
on the server
What is PHP? What can it do?
● PHP runs on various
platforms (Windows, Linux,
Unix, Mac OS X, etc.)
● PHP is compatible with
almost all servers used
today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
● PHP supports a wide range
of databases
Why PHP?
What in the world is PHP?
● PHP can generate
dynamic page content
● PHP can create, open,
read, write, delete, and
close files on the
server
● PHP can add, delete,
modify data in your
database

12. Your web server processes all of the PHP scripts on your host’s machines and not
your customer’s computer.
Your Host’s infrastructure is very important when PHP is used on or as your
website.
PHP? What does that have to do with a host?

13. Test your site for free!
https://testmysite.thinkwithgoogle.com/

14. How secure is your hosting company?

15. Hosting
Company
Price
Per Month
Plans Support
time
Go Daddy 4.99 / 9.99 Deluxe hmm long time
Site Ground 5.95 Grow Big less than a
minute
Flywheel 15.00 Tiny Around 7
minutes
WP Engine 30.00 Personal Less than a
minute
Some great WordPress hosting companies

16. Performance
comparison
Credit:
https://www.designbombs.co
m/best-wordpress-hosting/

17. Thanks!
You can find me at: @ashecribb
ashley.e.cribb@gmail.com
Any questions?

18. https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/S
erver_Optimization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PHP_accelerators
CREDITS
Here are some resources to look over when you
want to decide on your host.

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