Now you want to start your new project, and you want to know if you could use a WordPress hosting or you rather stick to your well-known shared hosting.
so today I’m going to be breaking down to you the main difference between a shared hosting and a WordPress hosting and of course I’m going to be telling you the disadvantages and advantages of using a WordPress hosting which is also a hosting that is being managed specifically for WordPress.
Advantages of using a WordPress hosting
Greater security
It is no news that running a WordPress website today requires a high level of security due to the open license attached to the software. However a WordPress managed hosting comes with an extremely high level of security.
Quite compared to share hosting, the level of security is not anywhere near each other as one of the major prowess of managed WordPress hosting is the degree of security that comes with it.
Core and plugin update
Although as WordPress improves on it’s software daily they have being able to add something that looks like this feature in recent time. Automatic Plugin update refers to the immediately upgrading of any of your plugins when a newer version is released while the core update is the update of the WordPress version.
Automatic Plugin update can be done on even a shared hosting, however, core updates can only be done manually on a shared hosting
High speed and performance
When you talk of speed you should take a loot at WordPress hosting. One of the most affordable WordPress hosting which is easywp which is owned by namecheap boost of a speed above that of bluehost. Yes, they are actually that fast because the servers are streamlined for that function alone.
Support and help
Due to the fact that they are quite more expensive than shared hosting
Backup feature
Due to the fact that you are not granted access to a cpanelfacility. you are actually given a weekly or probably a daily backup of your site to make sure that you lose nothing.
Although other shared hosting possess such facilities, it cannot be as comprehensive as that of a WordPress hosting
Disadvantages of a Managed WordPress hosting.
Higher price
managed WP are usually noted for their high prices for example, when you could easily find a Shared hosting plan for 0.9 dollars a month that of a WordPress hosting actually comes for about $5 to $90 a month. I can’t remember where i say a WP hosting plan being priced for $49 a month as a discounted price. so it comes with great facilities but not necessary a great pricing
Not flexible
Now if you are a developer, and you probably want to make use of other scripts or content management software popular called CMS on your hosting plan, a wp hosting is not for you. In order words, as the name implies you only get to use WordPress and you can never set up joomla or drupal on your hosting plan. so even if you got a custom coding don’t use a wordpress hosting because it is not going to work. In fact a wp hosting comes with wordpress pre-installed and you can’t uninstall it.
Plugin restrictions
when you are on a managed WordPress hosting your site is been hosted with a lot of other sites that also opted in for that particular kind of hosting, so they actually choose and determine the kind of plug-ins you can activate on your website. for instance, plugins that are not certified, plugins that are not updated recently, are considered as spamming plugins and as a result you may not be able to use a custom plugin easier. Even when you log into your WordPress dashboard you’re going to be seeing a lot of plugins that are not eligible for your website
No email hosting
now I think it’s actually the bad part that comes with a wp hosting. In the sense that I can’t imagine myself paying to host my blog and then paying again to host a custom email address. because a lot of WP on the web don’t allow you to create custom emails just like the shared hosting would do. for instance I can create a custom email on my on my shared hosting at no extra cost to me but this is not true for a WP hosting if you got a WordPress site that runs on a WP hosting plan, you actually need to pay again for a custom email address.
Now friends I know you will now be able to choose from a wp hosting and a shared hosting which is best for your next project. kindly take note of each and every one of those points I have listed above and make a choice.
Good luck
