WHY RECOMMEND SITEGROUND WORDPRESS HOSTING?

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1 WHY RECOMMEND SITEGROUND WORDPRESS HOSTING? WordPress users face the challenge to choose between the hosting service of traditional hosts and managed WordPress companies. The traditional hosts are affordable and offer additional extras like , FTP, 24/7 support. But they are in no way optimized for WordPress. The managed WordPress hosts are optimized just for WordPress so they provide better speed, security and support expertise. However, they are considerably more expensive, their support is slower and they don't offer additional web hosting services. By recommending SiteGround you provide them with the most suitable solution because we have it all: SiteGround WordPress hosting is faster and more secure, we offer WordPress expert support and fully featured hosting service at a great price. By joining our affiliate program you will have a great product to recommend and the opportunity to earn big affiliate commissions! Additionally, we offer a great variety of service types (shared hosting, semi-dedicated services, cloud VPS and fully managed dedicated solutions) to satisfy every need and you will receive commission no matter which service your referral chooses. 1

2 WE MAKE WORDPRESS MORE SECURE AND YET FREE! We believe that SiteGround is the only company that provides unmatched WordPress security level and at the same time does NOT restrict the freedom of the WordPress users. Managed WordPress hosts also provide high security, but their customers have to sacrifice part of their freedom in return. For example they do not have control over upgrade process, or they are forced to give up using specific plugins the provider considers insecure. On the other hand, the high level of WordPress usage freedom the traditional hosts provide comes at the cost of low security and dealing with the WordPress specific risks on your own. SiteGround Hosting companies High WordPress Security High Usage Freedom WE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE WORDPRESS The first and most important thing for WordPress to be safe is to be up-to-date. That is why we developed an inhouse auto update tool. It tracks new versions and automatically updates WordPress and its plugins to the latest versions. Customers are notified 24 hours before every update so that they have the opportunity to skip it or do it manually. Prior to the update a backup of the website is made so if something is not working after the update, the previous version can be quickly restored. Auto Updated Outdated WordPress versions are extremely vulnerable Timely updates are the best way to keep your application secure 2

3 WE FIX MAJOR SECURITY ISSUES ON SERVER LEVEL Usually WordPress plugins are to be blamed when there is a massive global hacking attack against WordPress websites. In such cases traditional webhosts would leave you on your own, saying that you have chosen to install this plugin and it is your responsibility to deal with it. Managed hosts on the other hand will most probably force you to stop using this plugin until it becomes secure. Our philosophy in such cases is again to fix the problem with minimal intrusion in the customers' websites. We closely monitor the general security status of WordPress and its popular plugins. If a major vulnerability appears, we investigate the vulnerability and develop security fixes on server level that allow our users to continue using the plugin of their choice and still be safe. SITEGROUND SERVER STANDARD SERVER MANAGED WP HOSTS If major vulnerability appears, a server level fix is applied Many WordPress sites are affected when a major vulnerability appears Users will be forced to stop using unsafe plugins WE ISOLATE CUSTOMERS ACCOUNTS To additionally ensure that the freedom we grant to any WordPress users cannot affect the security of the other users on the same server we have implemented chroot isolation that separates the accounts on a shared server from each other. Thus even if there is one vulnerable installation, the other WordPress sites are safe. The account isolation makes the shared hosting as secure as the much more expensive dedicated solutions. SITEGROUND ACCOUNT ISOLATION NO ACCOUNT ISOLATION If a single vulnerable WordPress is hacked, the others are protected Through the single vulnerable WordPress many accounts are affected 3

4 WE MAKE WORDPRESS FASTER! To see how much faster your WordPress can be check the results of our benchmark tests, made on 14 leading traditional hosting companies and on the 3 of the most popular managed WordPress hosting companies*. Managed WordPress hosting companies showed better results than the majority of the traditional hosts. However, SiteGround performance is substantially better! Number of hits * The traditional hosts are Arvixe, BlueHost, Brainhost, DreamHost, FatCow, GoDaddy, Greengeeks, HostGator, HostPapa, HostRocket, InMotion, ixwebhosting, SiteGround, Webhostingpad and the managed WordPress companies are WP Engine, page.ly, zippykid Traditional Slowest Traditional Middle 5 Traditional Fastest 4 Managed WordPress providers SiteGround WE PROVIDE FAST AND FURIOUS HARDWARE We customise both the hardware architecture and the software installed on our machines and as a result we squeeze several times better performance than the strandard setup would normally provide. Additionally, we upgrade hardware regularly so that our customers benefit from the latest available technologies. Most hosting providers implement new hardware rarely and usually only for the new servers they setup. SiteGround upgrades hardware regularly and entirely so that both old and new customers enjoy the best speed at all times. 4

5 WE BRING THE WORDPRESS WEBSITE CLOSER TO ITS VISITORS We have 3 data centers on 3 different continents, so that each customer can choose the best location for his website, based on where its visitors come from. To make sure that the WordPress loading speed is amazing all over the world we have also added free CDN service in partnership with CoudFlare. It distributes a copy of your website to 23 additional data centers all over the world and serves your WordPress from the closest possible location. SiteGround data centers CloudFlare CDN server points. WE GIVE WORDPRESS SUPER SPEED WITH OUR SUPERCACHER We take extra care of WordPress speed with our internally developed web caching service SuperCacher. It accelerates the website by caching content to optimize its performance. It includes three levels caching static content, caching results from database queries and/or caching dynamic data. When SuperCacher is enabled, the server doesn't need to load each webpage from scratch every time there is a request, but immediately delivers the cached version by loading it hundreds of times faster.. Static Cache Dinamic Cache Memcached 5

6 WE OFFER MORE & FASTER WORDPRESS SUPPORT FOR FREE! We have also tested the support of the traditional and the WordPress managed providers. The results clearly show that there is no one that can beat our response time, WordPress proficiency and range of free WordPress services included. WE DO NOT KEEP OUR CUSTOMERS WAITING We have 24/7 ticketing, phone and chat support. However, what really makes the difference is the speed and efficient help we offer to our clients. We overstaff all shifts so that there is always someone to pick up the customer's phone call or online chat request and no one has to wait more than a few seconds for the next available operator. And our support is always available for you and for free, unlike with many other hosts where you have to pay extra for phone support for example. WE CAN FIX MORE WORDPRESS ISSUES AND WE DO IT FOR FREE Our support team members are true WordPress fans and often WordPress advanced users. As part of their continuous training they receive profound WordPress knowledge and they can resolve almost any WordPress issue. What is more, they will provide free assistance with more issues than any other providier. Our free WordPress support services including free WordPress transfer, free installation, basic troubleshooting of WordPress related problems, etc. Hosting companies Standart WordPress Issue Advanced WordPress Issue WordPress migration resolved response time resolved response time available free or paid SiteGround 0.07h 0.15h FREE Traditional host 1.30h avg NO * BOTH Managed WordPress host 3.25h avg 8.20h PAID ($250avg) *8 out of 14 traditional web hosts offer website migration services, 40% of them charge for the migration 6