{"id":1173,"date":"2014-02-24T21:34:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T07:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/?page_id=1173"},"modified":"2014-02-24T21:34:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T07:34:40","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Over the years I’ve tried various web hosts, started to find faults in those webhosts and moved on to others. This is just a log of what hosts I’ve used and how\/why I used them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started with GoDaddy and HostGator because they were the cheapest and most popular at the time. They offered shared hosting for under $10\/month. I soon realized how slow and outdated their servers can get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found WPEngine<\/a> because I needed a more secure server. They offered free fixes if your website ever got hacked, automatic WordPress updates (before WordPress had automatic updates built into core), and also a support team that was knowledgable about WordPress. They were great except now I think their support team moved to the development team and their new support team isn’t as experienced as before. Their servers are also a bit more crowded than before, but for most static business websites their caching allows websites to still load pretty fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kinsta<\/a> was a necessary host for a website that was getting 502 and 504 errors on WPEngine. Having a guaranteed amount of resources on Google Cloud Engine’s premier tier helped resolve those issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloudways<\/a> also used Google Cloud Engine but at a way cheaper cost. They didn’t have as many of the tools as Kinsta and WPEngine, but speed-wise they were just as fast. The amount of flexibility Cloudways provides for the affordable costs is awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MediaTemple seemed like a good choice with their fancy website, plus I was on a VPS plan. However, load times weren’t as fast as the other managed WordPress hosts. After switching a website from MediaTemple to Cloudways, my suspicions were confirmed. The website loaded in half the time on Cloudways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So the web hosts I use now are Kinsta, Cloudways and WPEngine. Each have their own advantages and disadvantages. You can read more about them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nKinsta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cloudways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MediaTemple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Who’s the Best?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n