WordPress hosting, tested before we recommend it.
Every plan we rank goes through the same 30-day test round. Then we tell US site owners which host to buy, how to set it up, and how to fix it when it breaks.
One test round, every plan
Response time from three regions, probed every 6 hours
US EastN. Virginia
EuropeFrankfurt
AsiaSingapore
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 6
- Day 7
- probe regions
- 3
- days of response-time runs
- 7
- visitors at once in the load test
- 50
- days of uptime checks
- 30
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Browse topicsEvery topic we cover
The full list. Seven topics cover a site's whole life on a host: choosing it, setting it up, keeping it fast and safe, and fixing it.
Hosting Buying Guides
Ranked shortlists for your kind of site, the plan types worth paying for, and what hosting really costs after the first term.
Host Reviews & Comparisons
One host at a time: its plans, renewal prices and limits, and how it holds up against the host you're also considering.
Hosting Platforms & Basics
Shared, VPS, cloud and managed hosting explained, plus WordPress.com against self-hosted and what a control panel does.
WordPress Setup & Migration
Install WordPress, move to a new host, set up staging, and get DNS, FTP and database access right the first time.
Speed & Performance
Make a working site faster: server response time, caching, CDNs and Core Web Vitals.
Security, Backups & Maintenance
Keep a site safe and current with backups, SSL, updates and hardening that fits your host.
Troubleshooting & Errors
Fix what broke: error messages, a hacked site, downtime and login problems.
How a host earns a place on our lists
Same WordPress test site, same probes, same 30 days, on every plan we rank. A plan that doesn't finish the round isn't scored.
Days 1–7
Response time from three regions
Probes in N. Virginia, Frankfurt and Singapore request the same WordPress test site every 6 hours, cached and uncached.
Days 8–9
50 visitors at once
A load test ramps to 50 simultaneous visitors and holds for 5 minutes, once on each day, to see where the plan slows or fails.
Day 10
Disk speed
Where the plan allows shell access, we benchmark storage reads and writes. It's recorded, never scored.
Days 1–30
Uptime, every minute
A monitor checks the home page every minute for the whole round, about 43,000 checks per plan.
How the score is weighted
- Response time across regions
- 35%
- Speed under load
- 30%
- Page load
- 20%
- Uptime
- 15%
Who pays for Blogger Nova
Readers do, indirectly, through affiliate commissions. Rankings come from test scores alone.
The business side
- You buy through our link
- The host may pay us a commission
The editorial side
- 30-day test round
- Score out of 100
- Our ranking
Money has no path to a ranking. A commission can’t move a host up, change a test result or soften a verdict, and hosts can’t pay for a better ranking. Affiliate disclosure
Questions readers ask first
Something else? Ask Aman, or read who runs Blogger Nova.
How do you test WordPress hosts?
We buy our own hosting accounts with our own money - no vendor-supplied free plans - then run real-world tests on each one: signup and onboarding, load-time and TTFB measurements from multiple regions, uptime monitoring, support-response checks, and a full teardown of the control panel and features. Every review shows when it was last tested so you know how current it is.
Is Blogger Nova independent, or paid for by hosting companies?
We're independent and reader-supported. No host pays us to change a verdict. We make money primarily from affiliate commissions when you buy hosting through our links, with display ads as a secondary source - but a commission never changes which host lands at the top of a ranking. When a link can earn us a commission, we disclose it.
Which hosts do you cover?
We maintain evergreen reviews and head-to-head comparisons for the major WordPress hosts - Hostinger, SiteGround, Bluehost, Cloudways, Kinsta, WP Engine, ScalaHosting, ChemiCloud and more - across managed, shared, VPS and cloud plans. We add new hosts based on reader demand.
How often are your guides updated?
It depends on the topic. Host reviews and buying guides are re-tested and refreshed on a regular cycle (prices, plans and performance shift constantly), while setup, speed, security and troubleshooting guides are reviewed whenever WordPress or a host changes something material. Each guide shows its last-updated date.
Can I ask about a specific host or hosting problem?
Yes. Use our contact page to suggest a host or topic to cover, or to ask for help with a hosting problem - like a slow site, a failed migration, or a WordPress error you can't shake. We prioritise coverage based on reader demand, so if enough people ask about the same host, it moves to the top of our queue.