Cloudways Review – Fast, Fully Managed WordPress Cloud Hosting

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Interested in a new way to host your WordPress website or application? Nowadays, everything seems to be moving to the cloud…and website hosting is no exception.

So how does Cloudways factor into this equation? Well, Cloudways is one of those hosting companies pushing the cloud revolution by offering fully managed cloud hosting in a neat, easy to use package.

I’ll get into all of this in more detail in my Cloudways review, but the important thing for you to know right now is that this gets you:

  • An easy to use interface
  • Awesome performance

To learn why I’m making those claims, keep on reading my review….

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How to speed up WordPress – Part 2 – Hosting

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In Part 2 of our How to speed up WordPress guide (Part 1 covered some fundamentals WordPress speed bottlenecks) we take a closer look at the single most important thing you can do to speed up your WordPress website – find the right hosting provider.

If you’re reading this you’ve probably already spent hours researching WordPress hosting providers, trying to find the best one. You’ve narrowed down your choices to what people seem to be telling you are the best options available. Often you’ll be wary of choosing a host because your hear conflicting recommendations. HOST X is Great! HOST X is terrible – AVOID! Argh!

Who do you listen to?

Which WordPress web host selection strategy

We’ve all been here.

Finding the right WordPress hosting provider for your websites is one of the biggest problems most WordPress users face on an ongoing basis. In this part 2 of our How to speed up WordPress guide we’re going to take a dive into the world of WordPress hosting and guide you to my tried and tested way of finding the right host that best meets your needs.

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