Fucking Hostgator... any alternatives with better security?

[jaded]

I made the switch to Knownhost from Hostgator 1,5 years back and it has been smooth sailing ever since.

Hostgator was giving me a lot of downtime and always blamed it on my sites. Needless to say no downtime with Knownhost. Transition was swift and painless.

 

[avatar33]

1 week. That's the time it took for Dreamhost to get back to me and answer my questions.

I guess that's a no no.

I'll try with knownhost, liquidweb and inmotionhosting.

 

[qualo]

Just tried LiquidWeb and KnownHost on VPS plans. Neither could get a Wordpress website to stay online. Support was poor with both.

Anyone else to try? Should I be looking at dedicated hosting for a single site? I don't want to pay more than $100 though, if it can be avoided. Site only has 150 pages.

 

[golan]

Just tried LiquidWeb and KnownHost on VPS plans. Neither could get a Wordpress website to stay online. Support was poor with both.

I don't know man, KnownHost's support is the best of the best, they always reply in minutes and solve pretty much everything... I mean what concerns the server side, but they are also willingly giving advises about Wordpress etc. Maybe some bad luck with your specific question?..

 

[SeoReborn]

Just tried LiquidWeb and KnownHost on VPS plans. Neither could get a Wordpress website to stay online. Support was poor with both.

Anyone else to try? Should I be looking at dedicated hosting for a single site? I don't want to pay more than $100 though, if it can be avoided. Site only has 150 pages.

I've been with liquidweb for over 7 years and they have solved all my issues. I am on a dedicated server though. Their support is top notch.

 

[qualo]

Thanks for the reassurance SeoReborn. We are currently with them and they are trying to fix the problems, so may stay with them after all. Had to remove the website though for now as it just wasn't working with them. I have asked if we need a different package like a dedicated server. They get lots of thumbs up on various threads on this forum so I will give them a chance to get it right.

 

[Weeds]

Cloudways gets all of my sites now. It's essentially a GUI for digital ocean, with preconfigured servers optimized with varnish, Apache + nginx, memcache, and newrelic. Best deal in town starting at $5/month.

 

[HurrDurr]

 

[bitfiend]

WordPress hacking has gotten out of control. I think the problem has more to do with WordPress than the host. Someone should create an alternative blogging platform that is much less vulnerable to being hacked (or at least easier to detect hacking), with fewer useless folders, directories, and other fluff. Wordpress hackers will often bury their code in very obscure folders.

Always make sure you choose STRONG passwords for all logins, including FTP accounts. Everything. Delete any files, directories, or addon domains that are unused.

 

[Jumangi]

WordPress hacking has gotten out of control.

I don't think it's so much Wordpress, and moreso the demands from customers to make their lives easier, so hosting companies did exactly that. They accommodated the market, and you can't blame them for doing so. People want to pay $14.95/month for a hosting package with 50 domains, cPanel access, one-click WP install, have one-click WP Plugin install within WP admin panel, access to phpMyAdmin, no IP restrictions or SSH keys, and all that shit. Not to mention, then people save their server passwords on things like Google Docs or Dropbox.

I'm sorry, but what a security cluster fuck that is. Just cPanel based sites are insecure in and of themselves, because they're open to file injection. Might be more convenient for you the end-user, but by no means secure.

If your sites are making that kind of money, then don't skimp, drop a couple thousand into proper security with a server admin hardening everything for you, and just smile & nod at the inconveniences your server admin provides for you, because he's doing it in your best interest.

 

[jasonbrown225]

I don't think it's so much Wordpress, and moreso the demands from customers to make their lives easier, so hosting companies did exactly that. They accommodated the market, and you can't blame them for doing so. People want to pay $14.95/month for a hosting package with 50 domains, cPanel access, one-click WP install, have one-click WP Plugin install within WP admin panel, access to phpMyAdmin, no IP restrictions or SSH keys, and all that shit. Not to mention, then people save their server passwords on things like Google Docs or Dropbox.

I'm sorry, but what a security cluster fuck that is. Just cPanel based sites are insecure in and of themselves, because they're open to file injection. Might be more convenient for you the end-user, but by no means secure.

If your sites are making that kind of money, then don't skimp, drop a couple thousand into proper security with a server admin hardening everything for you, and just smile & nod at the inconveniences your server admin provides for you, because he's doing it in your best interest.

Very well said.