Slow Wordpress on Godaddy. Is Hostgator any better?

Janja · 01-28-2012, 05:40 AM

I have been using Godaddy for years and have been pretty happy with them. By now, I run tons of wordpress installs on my deluxe plan. Everything was ok until a few month ago when I started having problems.

My pages load awefully slow and sometimes I can't even access them through the ftp. I have called customer service about this many times already and it seems that some of it might have to do with some of the updates to the servers they have been doing. None of the suggestions have actually helped and super cache only works after the inital loading.

One of my customers sites is doing the same thing, so I wonder if Godaddy is just getting to big and running too many websites on one server...???

I have read some threads that hostgator was loading wordpress much faster.
Does anybody have any experience with that? Is there a rating of some sorts where I can see what the response/loading time should be?

Brian Angel · 02-02-2012, 10:27 PM

I use and recomend hostmonster. Haven't had an issue and they are priced well.

koddos · 02-09-2012, 01:05 PM

I have read many nice and bad reviews of host gator.
Maybe they are worth to be tried.

stach14 · 02-10-2012, 12:11 AM

There are more options then either of these two companies. If you want to provide some specs you are looking for people can offer some ideas. Keep in mind godaddy is a domain registrar and should be left to just that.

b2netsolutions · 02-14-2012, 02:02 PM

Think there are many better and faster companies.

Phreaddee · 02-14-2012, 09:52 PM

Yeah, neither are preferred by me, although of the two id go hostgator.
And even as a domain registrar, godaddy is bad!

AmethystNetwork · 02-15-2012, 02:54 AM

A quick google search will reveal tons of negative reviews of GoDaddy's hosting service. You are much better off with Host Gator

MarkR · 02-16-2012, 06:22 PM

Did a reverse DNS on a site a client of mine had on a Godaddy account, over 17 million websites being served by the same box!

1paket.com · 02-17-2012, 01:30 PM

Big companies are not always reliable.

01-28-2012, 05:40 AM	#1
Janja Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 55	Slow Wordpress on Godaddy. Is Hostgator any better? I have been using Godaddy for years and have been pretty happy with them. By now, I run tons of wordpress installs on my deluxe plan. Everything was ok until a few month ago when I started having problems. My pages load awefully slow and sometimes I can't even access them through the ftp. I have called customer service about this many times already and it seems that some of it might have to do with some of the updates to the servers they have been doing. None of the suggestions have actually helped and super cache only works after the inital loading. One of my customers sites is doing the same thing, so I wonder if Godaddy is just getting to big and running too many websites on one server...??? I have read some threads that hostgator was loading wordpress much faster. Does anybody have any experience with that? Is there a rating of some sorts where I can see what the response/loading time should be? __________________ JANJAWATSON www.jewel-webdesign.com

02-02-2012, 10:27 PM	#2
Brian Angel Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Philadelphia Pa Posts: 108	I use and recomend hostmonster. Haven't had an issue and they are priced well. __________________ Digital Heaven Web Design

02-10-2012, 12:11 AM	#4
stach14 New Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 19	There are more options then either of these two companies. If you want to provide some specs you are looking for people can offer some ideas. Keep in mind godaddy is a domain registrar and should be left to just that. __________________ Quality Hosting since 1996 Fully Managed Virtual & Dedicated Servers M3Server.com- FFMPEG, WordPress, Joomla, PHP Optimized Servers SKYPE: chris.stach14

02-14-2012, 02:02 PM	#5
b2netsolutions New Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9	Think there are many better and faster companies. __________________ Call us 24/7, toll free @ 1-866-609-6447 B2 VPS Virtually Limitless.

02-14-2012, 09:52 PM	#6
Phreaddee Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 895	Yeah, neither are preferred by me, although of the two id go hostgator. And even as a domain registrar, godaddy is bad! __________________ +++ headjam : focused visual communication +++

02-09-2012, 01:05 PM	#3
koddos New Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 14	I have read many nice and bad reviews of host gator. Maybe they are worth to be tried.

02-15-2012, 02:54 AM	#7
AmethystNetwork New Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4	A quick google search will reveal tons of negative reviews of GoDaddy's hosting service. You are much better off with Host Gator

02-16-2012, 06:22 PM	#8
MarkR Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 90	Did a reverse DNS on a site a client of mine had on a Godaddy account, over 17 million websites being served by the same box! __________________ Mark R Wubbleyou - Web Design Newcastle A professional web design agency based in Newcastle upon Tyne servicing clients based throughout the U.K. Home spray tan machine - Landlord Reviews

02-17-2012, 01:30 PM	#9
1paket.com New Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 24	Big companies are not always reliable. __________________ Daniel Sorcik http://www.1paket.com

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