{"id":265,"date":"2024-03-05T10:31:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgrzyb.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2024-03-05T10:36:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:36:52","slug":"best-wordpress-hosting-for-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgrzyb.com\/best-wordpress-hosting-for-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best WordPress Hosting Setup for Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As a developer juggling multiple side projects, finding the right hosting for my WordPress sites was a tricky situation. It had to be just right\u2014affordable, but without sacrificing performance or security. After a bit of trial and error, I landed on a setup that feels right: a Digital Ocean droplet managed by Cloudways, with Cloudflare’s free tier stacked in front for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before jumping in to my explanation, it’s best that I breakdown what I’m using this setup to host. Over the years, I’ve worked with many clients who run local small businesses and need their websites’ built and hosted. These website usually receive about a thousand visits per month, some less and some more. The one thing they all have in common is that they are based on WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of these websites is for an Ontario virtual Speech Therapy service called SOY Clinic<\/a>, just to give you an idea. Anyways, onto the explanation…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloudways + Digital Ocean: A Maintenance-Free Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let me break down why this combo felt like striking gold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n